Speak Out June 2017

“I have never regretted the hard work of running my own business and experience joy with every new client and every gain each client makes.”

Melbourne 4 & 5 August Adelaide 6 & 7 August Brisbane 9 & 10 August Sydney 12 & 13 August Who Should Attend • Occupational Therapists • Physical Therapists • Speech Pathologists • Psychologists • Developmental Optometrists

• Special Educators • Interested Others

in the process. The Private Practitioner’s Network in Victoria welcomes new attendees and meets several times a year with lively discussions and experienced practitioners willing to share their stories. “I have never regretted the hard work of running my own business and experience joy with every new client and every gain each client makes. It has been a privilege to see many clients progress from 5-year-olds to 25-year-olds, including a 3-year-old boy with childhood apraxia of speech, mild intellectual disability and autism who was recently voted school captain of his secondary school. But we know it’s not all “fuzzy wuzzy”. As one 8-year-old student said, with a scowl on his face when he stormed out of a session and plonked himself down in the waiting room folding his arms defiantly in front of him: ‘I’m over Robyn!’, and my receptionist chimed in ‘So am I!’”

This 2-day workshop provides a practical opportunity for participants to interact with a sensory integrative occupational therapist and a developmental optometrist as they collaborate on the goal of facilitating optimum performance in children with movement and vision issues. Many children have unidentified visual and vestibular challenges which interfere with the development of physical, emotional and cognitive skills including receptive and expressive language, reading and writing. Speakers will reveal and clarify some of the mysteries of previously ambiguous performance issues in childhood. Participants will develop a broader net for capturing the subtleties of visual-vestibular behaviour by gaining insight into underlying causes. What They’re Saying “I very much appreciate the experience and knowledge base that the presenters brought to the workshop.

Excellent workshop. Very valuable to my practice.” Register now at SensoryTools.net

THE ACTION IS IN THE INTERACTION! DIR / FLOORTIME

For those working with children with autistic spectrum disorders , communication & learning difficulties , regulatory disorders & developmental delays .

This training offers a unique opportunity to experience an integrated approach to the Melbourne & Sydney: July & August, 2017 Presented by: Kathy Walmsley, Occupational Therapist & Mari Caulfield, Speech and Language Therapist. child’s sensory processing capacities, emotional development & developmental language acquisition. “ The DIR model provided me with a whole new way of working with children and families. Kathy and Mari have an enormous amount of experience and generate such positive energy and warmth as they take you through the components of the DIR model and the Floortime approach. ” past training participant. www.sensoryconnections.com.au/events.php Ph 08 9382 8538

Robyn Stephen is congratulated by her team on the 20-year anniversary of being in private practice.

For the last 6 years, Robyn Stephen was a director on the Association’s Board. In that time, Robyn was Vice- President Operations, and Vice-President Communications and participated on numerous committees. Robyn’s tireless commitment to the future of the speech pathology profession, and its Association, has been inspiring. Robyn has listened, urged and mentored many members in her role on the Board – and while Rob says that she has gained much more than she gave this means she must have gained an enormous amount, because she has given generously of her time and energy. With thanks... Gaenor Dixon National President

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June 2017 www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au

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