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INTERVENTION: WHY DOES IT WORK AND HOW DO WE KNOW?
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• what commitments, both time and financial, the family
will need to make;
• what language and educational support Julie can expect
to get within her school;
• any other information Geraldine would like to help her
with her decisions. This might include, for example,
research on long-term outcome for children with language
impairments.
This conversation must also lay plain the potential conflict of
interest for the speech pathologist – if a choice between
interventions is made, will the speech pathologist lose a
client?
I began by saying real-life is complex and can be messy and
in the end, the evidence may or may not be clear about the
effectiveness of all our interventions. However, it IS our ethical
responsibility to know what the available evidence tells us. Every
individual client is different and will respond to interventions
differently. The best evidence needs to be integrated with
clinical reasoning in order to make ethical decisions around
service delivery for each of our clients.
National Online Speech
Pathology Australia Search
Use the National Online Speech
Pathology Australia Search when
searching for Speech Pathologists
Search For A Speech
Pathologist
National Online Speech
Pathology Australia Search
Don’t forget to use and refer your clients to the
National Online Speech Pathology Australia
Search which is currently available on the
Speech Pathology Australia website. On the
homepage you will find a button on the bottom
right hand corner titled ‘Find a Speech
Pathologist’ click this button to be linked to the
Database.
The National Online Speech Pathology Australia Search holds information on all our members, both private and public
speech pathologists, Australia wide. If you are looking for a speech pathologists in your local area, it is as simply as
entering your Postcode, and ticking the ‘Search surrounding suburbs’ box.
Speech Pathology Australia members are encouraged to keep their practice information up-to-date as much as possible
either via your online ‘User Profile’ or by contacting National Office. The information you submitted at the time of
renewing your membership is entered into the Database. This information will be available online unless you have
indicated ‘I do not want these details used for public referrals, private practice directory listings or online searches’
Remember this referral information is both a service to the public and a benefit to the marketing of your own practice/
services.