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Acknowledgements
Gaenor Dixon, National President, Speech Pathology Australia/
Principal Advisor, Therapies
Tim Kittel, Director, Speech Pathology Australia
Alison Smith, Queensland Branch Chair/ Director Strategy and
Performance, Metropolitan Region, Department of Education
and Training (Queensland)
Gail Mulcair, Chief Executive Officer, Speech Pathology
Australia
Candice Brady, Speech Pathologist at Children’s Hospital
at Westmead (SCHN), Leader for Advocacy and Influence –
Speech Pathology Australia (NSW Branch)
Felicity Burke, Practice Leader Speech Pathology, Clinical
Innovation and Governance, Ageing Disability and Home Care,
Department of Family and Community Services
Associate Professor Patricia Eadie, Melbourne Graduate
School of Education
Dr Charlotte Forwood, Leader of Advanced Learning –
Strathcona Girls Grammar School
Associate Professor Suze Leitao, Life Member SPA, School of
Psychology and Speech Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences,
Curtin University
Professor Sharynne McLeod, Life Member SPA, ASHA Fellow,
Professor of Speech and Language Acquisition, School of
Teacher Education, Charles Sturt University
Eleanor McMillan, Speech Pathologist in Private Practice/
School Leader in the ACT Education Direcorate
Dr Natalie Munro, Course Director BAppSc(SpPath) and Senior
Lecturer Speech Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, The
University of Sydney, and University Associate, Curtin University
Dr Tanya Serry, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of Speech Pathology;
Chair, Human Research Ethics Sub-Committee; Honorary
Research Fellow, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Policy
Equity and Transition Group
Dr Julia Starling, Certified Practicing Speech-Language
Pathologist Adjunct Lecturer, The University of Sydney;
President, Learning Difficulties Coalition of NSW
Kathryn Thorburn, Speech Pathologist/Teacher Language and
Learning: K-12 Speech Pathology and Learning Support
Pamela Thuan, Speech Pathologist and Speech and Language
Specialist Consultant
Sue Wilks, Speech Pathologists/Managing Director One Stop:
Allied Health & Medical Centre
Christine Lyons, Senior Advisor – Professional Practice, Speech
Pathology Australia
Cathy Olsson, National Advisor – Disability, Speech Pathology
Australia.
Speech Pathology Australia Reference Group
The reference group was supported by Mary Gornik, SPA National Advisor - Education, Early Childhood and Projects.
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Acknowledgment is given to the members of the profession who contributed their knowledge and current literature
to this project.