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INTERVENTION: WHY DOES IT WORK AND HOW DO WE KNOW?
Regina Walsh has worked in education since 1985 and
has an interest in the various paradigms of practice
within the profession. She was the project officer for
Speech Pathology Australia’s Terminology Frameworks
Project from 2005 to 2007.
Correspondence to:
Regina Walsh
Disability Services Support Unit
Department of Education
Training and the Arts
141 Merton Road
Woolloongabba Qld 4102
phone: 07 3269 2799
email 1:
email 2:
Almost 40 years ago, Rockey (1969, p. 175) urged the
profession to consider terminology “as a specialised field of
study requiring as much research and thought as other
specialities”. This call has remained largely unanswered, but
it is as insightful and urgent today as it was then. Some
authors (e.g., Tanner, 2006) have explored the contribution of
philosophical enquiry to the development and future
advancement of the field, including its terminology. The
profession needs to “step outside itself” to reflect on its values
and its choices related to terminology to foster the develop­
ment of a mature profession.
Acknowledgements
The Terminology Frameworks Project was funded by Speech
Pathology Australia with support from the Australian
Department of Education, Science and Training from 2005 to
2007.
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