Speak Out October 2018

Speech Pathology Week

FNQ celebrations

Mini Olympics at Macquarie Students at Macquarie University held a mini-Olympics on campus with their peers to promote Speech Pathology Week. The stall was fun and engaging and helped to build awareness of communication and swallowing disorders. The stall was a mini Olympics event in which people participated in six activities, covering each of the range of practice areas. Activities included, decoding a short phrase written in IPA , an MPT

Rachael Di Bella, Grace Munro, Erin Colley and Chanelle Chate at a SPW brunch at Tinaroo Dam.

challenge, and mixing and drinking thickened fluids. The stall was a great success, there were lots of students getting involved – not only those studying in the areas of speech/hearing and linguistics, but students with limited to no prior knowledge of speech pathology as a profession.

Fiona Maher, Erin Colley and Laura Nelson celebrate a Speech Pathology Week afternoon tea in Mareeba Far North Queensland.

Interactive at USYD The student representatives of Sydney University hosted a variety of interactive stalls in celebration of Speech Pathology Week. Each stall was framed around our profession’s key range of practice areas, which included tasting thickened fluids (swallowing), decoding paraphasias (language) and ordering baked goods using alternate communication methods (AAC). Overall, the “speechie stalls” initiative was a great success, with many students from other disciplines engaging in the activities whilst learning more about the work of speech pathologists.

16

October 2018 www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au

Speak Out