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Appendix Sample interview questions 1. What do you think about assistants in speech- language pathology? 2. What makes you feel this way? 3. Do you have any prior experience working with assistants? 4. Do you have any concerns about working with assistants? If yes, what are they? 5. What are some roles you think an assistant might perform in speech-language pathology? In your specific work setting? 6. How do you think your role would change if you were to work with an assistant? 7. What do you think your service would gain if working with assistants? 8. What sort of circumstances or supports do you think the profession would need to make the transition to working with assistants easier for clinicians? 9. Do you think there is a difference between contexts when working with assistants? E.g. would it be easier / harder in a paediatric vs adult setting? Rural vs metropolitan setting? Large department vs small department/ sole clinician?

Correspondence to: Rachael O’Brien University of Newcastle PO Box 282, Raymond Terrace, NSW 2324, Australia phone: +61419610515 email: Rachael.l.obrien@uon.edu.au

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Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology