Speak Out August 2021

Association NEWS

• CPD points cannot be carried forward to another membership year • CPD activities must be relevant to professional practice as a speech pathologist, extend skills and knowledge and be related to the speech pathologist’s professional development plan. • CPD activities may be speech pathology specific or non-speech pathology specific, however a minimum of 10 CPD points per membership year must be accrued in professional development activities related to clinical practice. • It is expected that professional development activities be evidence-based. For more information go to: www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/psr

Re-entry graduates After successful completion of the re-entry program, members have four years to accrue a minimum of 200 speech pathology practice hours. By five years post program completion members must have met the minimum 1000 practice hour requirement to be eligible for CPSP status. What are the continuing professional development requirements? The continuing professional development requirements apply to both provisional CPSP and full certified practising members. • A minimum of 20 CPD points must be accrued each membership year. • A maximum of 12 points can be earned in each activity type.

New position Senior Advisor Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Strategy and Practice

We are very pleased to welcome Tara Lewis to the SPA team in a newly created position of Senior Advisor, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Strategy and Practice. Tara is an Iman woman who lives and works on Yuggera Country. Since her graduation as a speech pathologist, Tara has always had a strong desire and commitment to ensuring Aboriginal ways of knowing, being, doing, seeing and belonging are centred within her speech pathology practice. Early on in her career, Tara was awarded the prestigious award of Indigenous Allied Health Professional of the Year by Indigenous Allied Health Australia. Tara has worked across a range of Aboriginal children’s services, maintaining efforts to ensure that speech pathology services are community driven and culturally safe and responsive. Additionally, Tara has contributed to curriculum development and education of undergraduate speech pathologists in the area of culturally safe practice.

Tara has also previously contributed to a

Tara Lewis

range of Association activities in the area of culturally safe and responsive practice and research, including being inaugural chair of the Association's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Committee and participation on the Reconciliation Action Plan working party, to form the Association’s first ‘Reflect’ RAP. In this new paid position, Tara’s scope of work will include contributing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspective to inform Association functions and activities, providing advice to the Board and management, as well as providing leadership and support for the development of cultural responsiveness and culturally safe practice within the profession.

Welcome Tara, we look forward to your contributions in this very important role.

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