Speak Out August 2019 Digital Edition

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Newcastle graduates present honours thesis posters At this year’s Speech Pathology Australia Conference in Brisbane, three University of Newcastle graduates presented posters outlining their honour’s theses. Nicole Alley, Joanne Walters, Rachael Unicomb, Hannah White (pictured below left)) Alex Little, Matthew Kelly (pictured below right) and Sally Hewat presented posters on 'Production of /k, g/ in Australian school-aged children: A retrospective file audit', ‘Speech pathology in schools (SPinS): Use of technology to facilitate caregiver communication and home practice with children with speech sound disorders’ and ‘Working inter-professionally to support people with communication and swallowing impairments’. Alice Harland

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ACT 108 NSW 2912 members as at June 2019

Raising Apraxia awareness at USYD Student representatives from Sydney University held two stalls on campus for Apraxia Awareness Day. Students from all disciplines were invited to find out more about apraxia and test their new knowledge by taking quizzes, decoding speech samples and adding to a mind-map of post-it notes. Prizes were awarded to all who participated. The stalls were a great success, with many students learning more about apraxia and the important role of speech pathologists. Jared Roduard Hermogenes

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