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Speech Pathology Week 2019 COMMUNICATING WITH CONFIDENCE!

25-31 August 2019

Each year Speech Pathology Australia hosts Speech Pathology Week to create awareness of those in our community who have a communication or swallowing difficulty. This year the theme is ‘Communicating with confidence!' Around 1.2 million people in Australia have a communication disability. Every day speech pathologists work with these Australians to provide them with the confidence to communicate. Sadly, communication disability is largely invisible. Unseen and out-of-sight. Australians with communication disability are the silent sufferers that cannot maximise future educational, health and social outcomes, without the intervention of a speech pathologist. Speech Pathology Week (25-31 August) is the opportunity to make all Australians aware of those in our community who have a communication disability. Speech pathologists work to ensure everyone is communicating with confidence. As in previous years, individual Speech Pathology Week kits have been made available and have now been distributed to upwards of 400+ Association members who registered to receive them. In addition, promotional collateral has been sent to the Association’s Branches for use in promoting the week and the events they have planned. Campaign material is also available for downloading from the Association’s website. Finally, members can help promote Speech Pathology Week through social media. Take a photograph of your Speech Pathology Week activity or involvement and post it on Instagram or Twitter. Remember to include the Association’s handle @SpeechPathAus and/or the hashtag #SPweek. Photographs can also be sent to Association’s National Office for use in publications and social media. Please make sure you have the permission of everyone in the photographs before you send them to the Association support@ speechpathologyaustralia.org.au

Help promote Speech Pathology Week!

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Take a photograph of your Speech Pathology Week activity or involvement

Post it on Instagram or Twitter

Include the Association’s handle @SpeechPathAus and/or the hashtag #SPweek

Michael Kerrisk Communications and Marketing Manager

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August 2019 www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au

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