Speak Out April 2013

Continuing Professional Development News

National CPD Update

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CPD Events in 2012 in summary: • In 2012, the Association offered 59 CPD events across the nation, with the majority of events being one-day workshops. This was slightly less than the number of events offered in 2011 (63 events) but higher than all other preceding years (with the

2013 National Tour Workshops The planned itinerary is listed below. (Please note that this may be subject to change.)

Where

Dates of two-day workshop

Launceston

Workshop has run

Monday 15 and Tuesday 16 July 2013 Registrations opened

Canberra

previous highest prior to the record number in 2011, being 54 events in 2010).

Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 July 2013 Registrations opened Thursday 1 and Friday 2 August 2013 Registrations opened

Adelaide

• A total of 1641 registrants attended these events.

Perth

• The average evaluation ratings for events were very high, as they have consistently been for a number of years. On a scale of 1-5 (where 5 = excellent), the average ‘overall rating’ of the events = 4.5 and the average ‘quality of the presentation’ speaker rating = 4.7. more than one event, including the National Tour speaker with 15 workshops. • The National Tour was well attended with a total of 561 people attending the workshops which ran in all eight Branches, with 13 of 15 workshops being sold out. • The traveller’s incentive was taken up on 254 registrations, with the highest uptake being for CPD events in Queensland and in Victoria. • There were 33 different presenters (as per 2011), four of whom presented

Thursday 5 and Friday 6 September 2013

Darwin

Friday 8 and Saturday 9 November 2013

Brisbane

Thursday 21 and Friday 22 November 2013

Melbourne

Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 November 2013

Sydney

Earlybird Registrations are available up to one month before the event date.

The 2013 National Tour speaker... Dr Elise Baker Dr Elise Baker will be presenting a

webpage link, along with the planned itinerary as listed in the table above. The CPD Events Library in summary: • There has been an increased awareness and utilisation of the library following

two-day workshop – ‘Best practice in the management of speech

sound disorders in children: Making every session count’ – exploring a range of evidence-based approaches for managing phonological impairment in toddlers, preschool, and school-age children. The brochure for the 2013 National Tour workshop can be accessed via the SPA website – National Tour

implementation of strategic actions relating to the library over the past 4 years.

• Loans were approximately evenly distributed between

metropolitan and non- metropolitan members.

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