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Pathology Australia national conference in Canberra. This was an opportunity to put forward our clinical guidelines framework and seek feedback from the audience. Following this feedback, the Board of Speech Pathology Australia then reviewed these clinical guidelines and provided approval for the document to be made available on the Speech Pathology Australia website. At a practice-based level, the guidelines adopt a framework for working at various levels... Marleen Westerveld, PhD - Griffith University, QLD Melinda Schambre, Private practitioner, University of Melbourne, VIC Pamela Snow, PhD, La Trobe University, VIC Rachael Furner, Department of Education and Training, VIC Roslyn Neilson, PhD Private practitioner, Consultant, NSW Shae Morrish Independent School Speech Pathologist, VIC Suze Leitao, PhD Curtin University, WA Toni Seiler, PhD Curtin University, Private practitioner, WA/VIC Tracey Rowe, Department of Education and Training, VIC References: Fallon, K. A., & Katz, L. A. (2011). Providing written language services in the schools: The time is now. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools , 42(1), 3–17. doi:10.1044/0161- 1461(2010/09-0068) Katz, L. A., Fallon, K. A., DiDonato, J., & Van Der Linden, K. (2006). Written language & the school-based S-LP: A preliminary survey study. Paper presented at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Conference, Miami, FL. Sackett, D. L., Rosenberg, W. M., Gray, J. M., Haynes, R. B., & Richardson, W. S. (1996). Evidence based medicine: What it is and what it isn't. British Medical Journal , 312(7023), 71–72. Serry, T. A. (2013). Capacity to support young low-progress readers at school: Experiences of speech-language pathologists. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 15(6), 623- 633. Snow, P. C. (2009). Child maltreatment, mental health and oral language competence: Inviting speech-language pathology to the prevention table. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 11(2), 95-103. ` Working party members Emma Jones, Private practitioner, ACT Kate Walmsley, Private practitioner, WA

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