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2020 National Tour Dr Gayle Hemsley and Dr Alison Holm: Working effectively with Australian

SPA Webinars Queensland Legacy Funded Webinars 2019 National Tour - Medications and dysphagia: challenges across the lifespan by Dr Julie Cichero Fri, 6 March 2020, 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM (AEDT) Upon successful conclusion of this webinar, participants will be able to: • discuss decision making for safety to swallow tablets and capsules for people with dysphagia; • address cutting and crushing medications, including medicolegal and safety implications; • identify Australian resources for medication administration for people with dysphagia or feeding tubes; • cite evidence around medication interactions with thickeners used for infants and adults; and, • identify the reasons why people have trouble swallowing medication, including evidence on how to teach people to swallow tablets and capsules. Social participation: Supporting relationship maintenance after a right hemisphere stroke by Dr Ronelle Hewetson Friday, 20 March 2020, 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM (AEDT) Upon successful conclusion of this webinar participants will be able to: • describe the significance of a cognitive-communication disorder in relationship and role maintenance following a right hemisphere stroke; • explain the importance of collecting and analysing social participation and social network data as a part of rehabilitation goal setting; and, • identify tools to analyse social participation and social network change post acquired brain injury.

multilingual children Registrations opening soon

Australian speech-language pathologists frequently work with culturally and linguistically diverse children. Unfortunately, many multilingual publications and resources from around the world don’t seem to fit well in an Australian context. The children who come through our doors also have a diverse range of language backgrounds and other risk factors, which make it difficult for us to develop cultural competence and linguistic understanding. Although achieving culturally responsive, valid, and clinically feasible assessment and intervention for this population can be challenging, it is possible. In this two-day workshop, focusing on working with multilingual children (aged 4-12 years) in an Australian context, we will: • outline typical development of speech and language for children learning English as an additional language. • describe differences between monolingual and multilingual speech and language development. • explain assessment options that assist with differentiating speech and language difference from disorder. • explore the clinical reasoning and differential diagnosis process. • review the evidence for multilingual speech and language intervention. • highlight strategies for supporting multilingual students within the classroom setting. • identify important processes for working effectively with interpreters. • provide a framework for managing complex cases where there are risk factors including trauma, social disadvantage, cognitive or hearing impairment.

Coming soon to the Learning Hub

Coaching for speech pathologists

Speak Up Podcast: Season 2

Speech Pathology Australia, with Dr Jennifer Arnold Levy, are currently developing online learning modules in coaching for speech pathologists. Dr Arnold Levy is a speech pathologist and human communication and performance specialist with doctoral qualifications in psycholinguistics and cognitive psychology. Dr Arnold Levy’s learning programs and approach to coaching are shaped by the known link between how well an organisation performs and the communicative effectiveness, emotional intelligence, engagement and health and wellbeing of its workforce. The modules will be available on the SPA Learning Hub shortly.

Season two of the Speak Up podcast started on 22 January. There will be plenty of fresh clinically-based content coming your way across a range of topics. Head over to your favourite podcast app and catch up on season one!

Maree Brown Manager Professional Education

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