P4-5

June 2016

Speak Out

Hi all.

I’m happy to say that I will be continuing in the role of

Professional Support Advisor and have had contact with many

of you regarding mentoring and supervision.

I’m also happy to let you know that the Professional Support

Advisor role now includes providing support to members

who have Provisional Certified Practising Speech Pathologist

(CPSP) status. I’ve enjoyed speaking with many of you already

and have been particularly pleased to hear how many of you

are receiving regular supervision within your work place.

If you have Provisional CPSP status, it is important that you

are aware of the requirements to progress to full Certified

Practising Speech Pathologist status.

These requirements are:

• Minimum 200 hours of clinical practice (within one year)

• Completion of the Ethics Education package (accruing 4

points in PSR activity type Independent Study/IS)

• Completion of the Evidence-Based Practice Independent

Study Resource (accruing 4 points in PSR activity type

Independent Study/IS)

• 12 hours of supervision and/or mentoring in one year

(accruing 12 points in PSR category Mentoring, peer

support, clinical supervision/M)

I am contacting all members who had Provisional CPSP status

last year and did not progress to full status this year to provide

information and support to them to progress to full CPSP

status next year.

I look forward to speaking with many of you, and please do

not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions regarding

mentoring, supervision, Provisional CPSP status or any other

professional support issues. Please note that I only work at

Speech Pathology Australia on Tuesdays.

Provisional CPSP member support - Meredith Prain

New people, new roles

Speech Pathology Australia recently expanded its staff to

support and assist members through the requirements for

Certified Practising membership.

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