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22 Speak Out August 2015 Speech Pathology Australia
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEWS
National Office has a 1300 368 835 number to support members within Australia to have equity
in telephoning National Office for the cost of a local call. When phoning about SPA Events, please
have your SPA member number ready to help us to assist you as efficiently as possible.
2015 National Tour
Kids, communication and context: Providing holistic and evidence-based care to children
with speech and language difficulties by Associate Professor Jane McCormack.
Registrations for all 2015 National Tour workshops are now open – Brisbane, Launceston, Sydney,
Melbourne, Perth and Adelaide.
Please note the revised dates for the Sydney and Melbourne workshops. The co-hosted NSW/ACT
workshop is now running on 7 & 8 September, and Melbourne on 10 & 11 September.
The CPDLive event is on Thursday 10 December, 4–5.30pm AEDT, with further information coming
soon.
For further information and the National Tour itinerary, you can visit the
(accessed from the ).
SPA Live Online 90-minute CPD events run in conjunction with CPDLive
Check out the monthly events – upcoming CPDLive online events and Recorded events – on the
accessed via ). These accessible events cover an array of areas
of speech pathology practice.
SPA Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities are supported by a strong and wonderful team
of SPA members in each Branch.
• ACT – to be advised
• NSW – Christine Sheard
• NT – Erin Coonan
• QLD – Maureen Liddy and Stella Martin
• SA – Barbara Lyndon
• TAS – Alison Gardner
• VIC – Kate Bridgman and Linda Crisci
• WA – Kelly Robinson
• And many thanks to all the members who volunteer
their time, knowledge and support through their active
involvement in their Branch CPD committees.
CPD – who’s who in 2015
Thanks to Katina Swan who has been a wonderful ACT CPD rep for all her hard work, commitment and time.
We wish Katina every success in her new roles.
The committees in each Branch are headed by the following valued volunteers:
The CPD Leaders and committees are supported by paid staff, who are SPA members. These include CPD Coordinators in
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia:
• Shirani Gomes, New South Wales CPD Coordinator
• Tricia Chardon, Queensland CPD Coordinator
• Catherine Quin, South Australian CPD Coordinator
• Erin Masson, Western Australian CPD Coordinator
Branch CPD committees are also supported in the running of their events by staff based at National Office – Sharon Crane, Senior
Advisor, Professional Education & Certification (also a SPA member), and Anita Rodricks, Professional Education Administration.
CPD Coordinators and National Office staff had a meeting in Melbourne on 16/17 July. We will let you know feedback from this
meeting in the next Speak Out.