10 Speak Out
June 2014
Speech Pathology Australia
2014 national conference news
Announcement:
Ros Neilson’s new phonological
awareness tests have been published!
SEAPART
(School Entry Alphabetic and Phonological
Awareness Readiness Test): $132 incl. GST.
• Tests readiness for literacy instruction.
• Criterion referenced – based on mastery scores.
• Provides clear guidelines for early intervention.
• Suitable for preschool and early primary school.
AIST-2
(Astronaut Invented Spelling Test-2): $99 incl. GST.
• Tests phonemic awareness and emerging orthographic
knowledge.
• Administered individually or in whole classes.
• Norms provided.
• Spreadsheets provided to facilitate scoring.
• Strong correlation with SPAT-R.
• Suitable for early primary school onwards.
Both tests are sold as a printed manual plus a USB drive
containing all resources, as well as demonstration movies.
Both SEAPART and AIST-2 manuals provide extensive
literature reviews, glossaries, and lots of resources and
practical suggestions for intervention based on the test results.
Available from Ros Neilson:
Also distributed by ACER.
Thank you
to everyone who registered to
attend, we are sure you enjoyed the 2014 National
Conference, listening to all the presentations and
networking with fellow colleagues. As always
our sponsors and exhibitors were an important
component to the success of the Conference.
The Conference Feedback Survey was emailed to
all Conference participants on Friday 23 May 2014
and we thank you for completing it. Your feedback
is important with regards to the planning for future
conferences.
The August 2014 issue of
Speak Ou
t will be the
full ‘wrap up’ of the 2014 National Conference
connections: client.clinician.context
, so we look
forward to telling you all about it then!
Diane Jacobs
Conference Convenor, 2014
Pamela Richards
National Conference Manager
18–21 May, 2014
Crown Conference
Centre, Melbourne,
Australia
The full wrap-up of the 2014
National Conference and AGM will
appear in the August issue of
Speak Out
!
