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2014 National Tour Dr Julia Starling – “Supporting upper primary older school-aged children and adolescents with language and literacy difficulties: Time for some creative thinking!” Registration is available for all upcoming workshops. (Get in quickly to avoid disappointment as most workshops have sold out.)

The most recent National Tour workshop by Dr Starling ran in Darwin on 26/27 June 2014.

The two-day Darwin National Tour workshop Supporting older school-aged children

positive evaluations from the registrants. Melissa Ridd NT CPD We would also to take this opportunity to thank Melissa Ridd (aka Melba) for being the lynchpin in NT CPD – Melba is a dedicated and valued member of the CPD team, and we genuinely appreciate her efficiency and skills in being a wonderful SPA CPD rep at workshops in the NT. Many thanks Melba! Sharon Crane SAPEC

and adolescents with language and literacy

difficulties: Time for some creative thinking! by Dr Julia Starling ran in Darwin on Thursday 26 and Friday 27 June 2014. We were lucky to have a small group of registrants with plenty of interaction throughout the workshop. We benefitted from Julia’s years of experience and

for helping her clients and sharing her knowledge was reflected in the glowingly

research in this somewhat niche area of speech pathology. Julia’s passion

The annual CPD Coordinators’ meeting at National Office was held recently...

A very productive and beneficial meeting was held in mid-July at National Office for the team of SPA CPD employees. A range of topics were discussed, with external and internal visitors also attending the meeting. It was a jam-packed 1.6 days with lots of actions resulting and lots for the CPD Coordinators to take back to their respective Branches for further discussion. In the words of those who attended, the benefits of the meeting included: “forward planning greatly enhanced”, “ability to plan CPD calendars”, “connecting (introduction and catch up) with National Office staff”, and “great to see and hear all about CPDLive (online events)”.

From left: Anita Rodricks (Professional Education Administration Officer), Sharon Crane (Senior Advisor Professional Education and Certification [CPD & PSR], and Vic CPD Coordinator), Erin Masson (WA CPD Coordinator), Catherine Quin (SA CPD Coordinator), Shirani Gomes (NSW CPD Coordinator), and Tricia Chardon (QLD CPD Coordinator).

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