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Professional Development

Provisional CPSP member support - Meredith Prain New people, new roles Speech Pathology Australia recently expanded its staff to support and assist members through the requirements for Certified Practising membership. Professional Self Regulation

Hi all. I’m happy to say that I will be continuing in the role of Professional Support Advisor and have had contact with many of you regarding mentoring and supervision. I’m also happy to let you know that the Professional Support Advisor role now includes providing support to members who have Provisional Certified Practising Speech Pathologist (CPSP) status. I’ve enjoyed speaking with many of you already and have been particularly pleased to hear how many of you are receiving regular supervision within your work place. If you have Provisional CPSP status, it is important that you are aware of the requirements to progress to full Certified Practising Speech Pathologist status. These requirements are: • Minimum 200 hours of clinical practice (within one year) • Completion of the Ethics Education package (accruing 4 points in PSR activity type Independent Study/IS) • Completion of the Evidence-Based Practice Independent Study Resource (accruing 4 points in PSR activity type Independent Study/IS) • 12 hours of supervision and/or mentoring in one year (accruing 12 points in PSR category Mentoring, peer support, clinical supervision/M) I am contacting all members who had Provisional CPSP status last year and did not progress to full status this year to provide information and support to them to progress to full CPSP status next year. I look forward to speaking with many of you, and please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions regarding mentoring, supervision, Provisional CPSP status or any other professional support issues. Please note that I only work at

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