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National Office has a 1300 368 835 number to support members within Australia to have equity in phoning National Office for the cost of a local call. When phoning about CPD, please have your SPA member number ready to help us assist you as efficiently as possible.

SPA Members: If you are registering for CPD Events, you will need to log on using your SPA username and password. As a SPA member, please do not create a new account or you will not be recognised as a current member and your fee will appear at Non Member rates. (Only non-SPA members who do not have a SPA account, need to go to Create Account to proceed with registration.)

SPA is offering Live Online 90-minute CPD events run in conjunction with CPDLive The events to date are: • Developmental Pathways to Language Competence and Language Disorder: Implications for Speech Pathology Practice by Dr Patricia Eadie . You can register for the Recording (viewing available only until 11 July 2014) of the Live Event from 11/4/14.

• Managing Dysphagia via Telepractice: What's the Evidence? By Professor Liz Ward . You can register for the Live Event on Wednesday 2 July 2014 (3pm AEST for live event) or the Recording available post- session.

• The role of Speech Pathology with clients with Mental Health Disorders By Mary Woodward and Natalie Albores . You can register for the Live Event on Thursday 28 August 2014 (1pm AEST for live event) or the Recording available post-session.

To find out more , go to the SPA website, and then to SPA News and Events > CPD Events > CPD Branch Events & CPDLive .

We would value member input on any suggestions for future topics for 90-minute online CPD events via email to Sharon Crane at scrane@speechpathologyaustralia.org.au . We look forward to hearing from you.

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 Brisbane and Melbourne sold out.) Registration is now available for all workshops Dr Caroline Bowen will be presenting for SPA across a number of states in 2014… 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!

Workshops are open for registration in Perth, Sydney, Toowoomba, Townsville, Brisbane and Tamworth.

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Speech Pathology Australia