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S p e e c h P a t h o l o g y
opening the world of communication
s Social Thinking®
thinking
Essential resources for working with individuals with social challenges.
Make your programs more effective and meaningful with books, posters
& resources to teach abstract skills in a concrete way.
teaching the
Michelle Garcia Winner, SLP, coined the term Social Thinking® and developed the related treatment
approach for individuals with Asperger’s Syndrome, high-functioning autism and difficulties with social skills
“Social thinking is what we do when we interact with other people; we think about them. And how we think
about people affects how we behave, which in turn affects how others respond to us, which in turn affects
our own emotions.”
behind being social
Available at
• It’s International Stuttering Awareness Day!
Dr Susan Block from @latrobe represented
#SLPeeps today on @abcgippsland (21 Oct)
• A new genetic pathway to speech and
language? (31 Oct)
• Study says poor social & communication
skills (among others) can be predictors for
bullying & victimisation (31 Oct)
• The cap has been scrapped! @JoeHockey
said Gov won't proceed with $2000 cap on
self-edu expenses. Great news (5 Nov)
• “The loneliness of language difficulties” (10 Nov)
Join the conversation and follow us on Twitter: @SpeechPathAus
SPA Twitter update
Interesting links tweeted and/or re-tweeted on our
Twitter feed in October to November included: Dr Tanya Serry and author
Ursula Dubosarsky appeared
on ABC Breakfast on the
morning of the Book of the
Year Awards in Melbourne
(left). SPA would like to thank
both Tanya and Ursula for
doing such a great job of
promoting awareness for
children’s speech, language
and literacy skills.
SPA Facebook highlights
from October to November
included...
The Advertiser newspaper published an article (above) featuring Flinders
University students discussing a program to target speech and language
difficulties in young primary school students.
At the time we
went to print, we
have grown to a whopping
3,946 followers – thank
you to all our social media
fans for your support.
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