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CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT NEWS

The Association is also delighted to announce that Dr Caroline Bowen will be presenting workshops for SPA across a number of states in 2014 …

Known throughout the SLP profession for her www.speech-language-therapy.com website, Caroline Bowen PhD has practiced in Australia as a clinical speech-language pathologist for over 40 years. She is an Honorary Associate in Linguistics at Macquarie University in Australia and an Honorary Research Fellow in Speech-Language Pathology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Tending to live out of a suitcase, her current workload comprises research, writing and constructing and presenting Continuing Professional Development events: nationally around Australia and internationally in a dozen or more countries. Her professional expertise is in children’s speech sound disorders and she is intensely interested in the part families can play in intervention.

Dr Bowen has announced that 2014 will be her last year for presenting workshops in Australia, so watch out for these events to open for online registration as they sell out fast and there won’t be repeats!

The planned itinerary is as follows:

Location

Dates

• Tuesday 1/Wednesday 2 April 2014 Speech Sound Disorders: the Basics and Beyond II ONLINE REGISTRATION NOW OPEN • Friday 4 April 2014. Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) ONLINE REGISTRATION NOW OPEN • Monday 7 April 2014 Parents and Children Together (PACT) (1-day event) ONLINE REGISTRATION NOW OPEN • Tuesday 8 April 2014 Parents and Children Together (PACT) (1-day event) ONLINE REGISTRATION NOW OPEN • Monday 25/Tuesday 26 August 2014 – Spoiled for Choice and Sound Reasoning (2-day event) ONLINE REGISTRATION NOW OPEN • Thursday 28 August 2014 Parents and Children Together (PACT) ONLINE REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

Perth

Melbourne

Sydney

• Monday 1/Tuesday 2 September 2014 Speech Sound Disorders: the Basics and Beyond II

Toowoomba, QLD

• Thursday 4 September 2014 Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS)

Townsville, QLD

• Saturday 6 September 2014 Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS)

Brisbane, QLD

• Monday 8 September 2014 Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) • Tuesday 9 September 2014 Parents and Children Together (PACT)

Tamworth, NSW

2013 CPD Events summary: • In 2013, the Association ran 56 CPD events across the nation, with the majority of events being one-day workshops. • A total of 1778 registrants attended these events, which was up on registration numbers from the previous year. • The average evaluation ratings for events were very high, as they have consistently been for a number of years. On a scale of 1–5 (where 5 = excellent), both the average ‘overall rating’ of the events and the average ‘quality of the presentation’ speaker rating = 4.5.

• The National Tour was well attended with a total of nearly 300 people participating in the workshops which ran in all eight Branches, with nearly all workshops being sold out. • The traveller’s incentive was taken up on 252 registrations (which is the same as last year’s uptake), with the highest uptake being for CPD events in NSW and in Victoria. 2013 CPD Events Library in summary: • There were over 200 library loans for 2013. • The highest number of loans was to metropolitan members, followed by loans to rural and remote members, and then overseas members.

Speak Out February 2014

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