Speak Out
October 2014
9
spotlight on professional support
Mentoring update
Thirty mentoring
partnerships
have been
established since the launch of the
revised mentoring program earlier
this year. While we currently have 12
unmatched mentors registered, there
is an ongoing need for mentors to
register throughout the year as new
mentees enter the program at all
times of the year. We currently have
no available mentors registered in
Victoria and very few registered in
NSW, so if you have approximately
one hour a month available to support
a less experienced colleague, please
consider registering at
This is also the site to go to if you feel
you could benefit from some additional
support from a more experienced
colleague. Go to the aforementioned link
and follow the steps to registering as a
mentee.
External Supervision
Thanks to those of you who have
registered expressions of interest in
providing paid external supervision.
We will continue to maintain and expand
this register.
If you are currently employed as a
speech pathologist and your employer
does not provide you with regular
clinical supervision, the Association
encourages you to negotiate a means
of receiving regular clinical supervision
with your employer. This may involve
paying an external supervisor for regular
clinical supervision. For details of speech
pathologists who have expressed
interest in providing external supervision
please contact Meredith Prain at
New Association
documents –
Professional Support
The Association has been working
on revising the position statement –
The role and value of professional
support, and a set of Supervision
Standards. These documents will
be released soon so please keep an
eye out for notices announcing their
release. Supervision agreements,
record keeping templates and other
documents to support the provision
of clinical supervision are also being
developed.
For any queries regarding professional
support – supervision and mentoring –
please don’t hesitate to get in touch via
Meredith Prain
Professional Support Advisor
Change of editors –
Journal of Clinical Practice in
Speech-Language Pathology
(JCPSLP)
It’s hard to believe
that two years and six
editions have passed since
we took over as editors
of the
Journal of Clinical
Practice in Speech-Language
Pathology
(
JCPSLP
) from
Marleen Westerveld and
Kerry Ttofari Eecen. What big
shoes to fill! While we knew
that the editing role would
provide a great learning and
professional development
experience, we realise on
reflection just how much we
have gained from this role
and thank SPA for providing
us with the opportunity.
We have read widely and
learned much, with submitted
papers covering topics
as diverse as computer-
assisted assessments
and interventions, clinical
education, interprofessional
practice and education,
translating research
into practice, and policy
implications across the
speech pathology scope of
practice.
We have had the pleasure
of working closely with
many authors, reviewers,
our editorial committee,
the editors of other SPA
publications, and the
publication team at National
Office. We would like to
thank our editorial committee,
specifically Deborah
Hersh, Jade Cartwright,
David Trembath, Samantha
Turner, Elizabeth Lee,
and Natalie Ciccone; the
Publications Officer at SPA,
Lana Busby; and our editing
and desktop publishing
team, Carla Taines and Bruce
Godden, for their ongoing
support, time, input and
patience as we completed
our role as editors. Their
contribution to each issue
was invaluable.
Although we will be sad
to finish our editing role
with
JCPSLP
in November
this year, we are excited to
hand over the editing reins
to David Trembath, and
we look forward to reading
the fantastic issues he will
oversee in 2015/16.
anna copley
&
jane mccormack
JCPSLP Editors
From left: SPA wishes to thank retiring
JCPSLP
editors Anna Copley and
Jane McCormack, and welcomes incoming editor David Trembath.
