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ACQ Volume 11, Number 3 2009 129
Mental health
When ACQ committee member Andrea Murray proposed
the idea of a mental health special issue of ACQ we initially wondered
whether this topic would be of interest to the broad range of speech
pathologists that make up our readership. However, as many of the
articles in this edition demonstrate, the role of the speech pathologist in
mental health is something we all need to be aware of. For example, Dean
Sutherland and colleagues discuss the important links between behaviour
problems and language impairment in children and adolescents, whereas
Julie Ball and Ferhana Khan discuss the speech pathologists’ role in the
care of children who have experienced trauma. Other articles describe
working with children with selective mutism, speech pathologists’
involvement in intervention for children with behavioural difficulties, and
the importance of fostering mother–infant attachment. In an interesting
article, Sandra Drabrant and her colleagues describe the role of the art
therapist in working with clients with mental health concerns. Our regular
columns are here too, including a poignant Webwords in which Caroline
Bowen recalls her own experiences of the impact of the mental health of a
client’s family on speech pathology practice, and the research updates
column which reports on current research being conducted into the
mental health of adults who stutter.
Andrea and her colleagues in mental health have done a wonderful
job in helping to bring this issue together, demonstrating the expertise of
speech pathologists working in a variety of roles in mental health across
the country. Many thanks to all of them and we hope this edition of ACQ
highlights ways in which you may further the role of speech pathology in
mental health. As always we welcome feedback from our readers about
the journal. Please feel free to email us at or
From the editors
Nicole Watts Pappas and Marleen Westerveld
129 From the Editors
130 From the President: Musing on mental health
131 Introduction: Andrea Murray
132 Communication impairments and behaviour
problems in children and adolescents: A review of the
literature – Dean Sutherland, Brigid McNeill, and Gail Gillon
136 Art therapy in mental health practice: Application in a
multidisciplinary day program for young people with
severe mental health problems – Sandra Drabant,
Maggie Wilson, and Robert King
141 Selective mutism or selective deafness? –
Debbie Plastow
144 Communication and childhood complex trauma:
An evaluation of speech pathology consultation liaison
and assessment services to a complex trauma treatment
team – Julie Ball and Ferhana Khan
149 Differentiating between childhood communication
disorders: Implications for language and psychosocial
outcomes – Andrew Whitehouse
152 Clinical insights: The Autism Diagnostic Observation
Schedule-Generic (ADOS-G): A clinical referral pathway
for young people suspected of pervasive developmental
disorders at a mental health clinic – Nickolina Aloizos
155 Webwords 35: Wednesday’s child – Caroline Bowen
157 Exploring the need for the speech pathologist in
forensic and mental health settings – Laura Caire
160 Clinical insights: Kool Kids Positive Parents: A school-
based early intervention and prevention program for
children with challenging behaviour and emerging
conduct disorder – Suzanne Lim
163 To tube or not to tube: Who can ethically answer that
question? – Helen Smith and Noel Muller
165 Clinical insights: A good start to attachment: The Story
Telling and Rhyme Time (START) group – Lisa Dyer
167 My journey into relationship-based practice –
Kristy Collins
169 A national snapshot of clinical placements in
Australia – Heads of Speech Pathology Programs and
Speech Pathology Australia
171 Adolescent mental health versus child development:
A new graduate’s perspective of working within these
settings – Shannon Walsh
172 The clinical education experience in Child and Mental
Health Service – Melissa Saliba and Carly Littlewood
173 A consumer speaks: “Tammy”
175 My top 10 resources: Infant, child, and adolescent
mental health services – Andrea Murray
177 Burnout in clinicians – Deborah Perrott
178 Research updates
Mental health and stuttering – Lisa Iverach
The Toddlers Without Tears study – Jordana Bayer
180 Around the journals
182 Outside the square: Speech pathologist to mental
health clinician in paediatric oncology – Diana Russo
184 Resource reviews
Contents
Nicole Watts Pappas (left) and Marleen Westerveld
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