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BRANCH news WESTERN AUSTRALIA

SPA at the 2015 Pregnancy Babies and Children's Expo

The WA Branch held a stand at the 2015 Pregnancy Babies and Children’s Expo which ran in Perth from Friday 31 July until Sunday 2 August. This expo is a national event and attracts more than 1.5 million adults nationally each year. The expo aims to provide information, resources and advice from individuals involved in early childhood. Volunteer speech pathologists and speech pathology students represented Speech Pathology Australia at the expo in Perth in order to promote the profession of speech pathology, increase awareness of speech and language development and provide information on how to access speech pathology services in Western Australia. Over 400 people visited our stand in order to ask questions and obtain information on how to find a speech pathologist. Questions were based on developmental milestones and how to promote speech and language development in children. Fact sheets from the Speech Pathology Australia website were distributed to parents. Children’s books were displayed which appeared to attract people to the stand and were used to promote book sharing with babies and children. It was fulfilling to be able to speak to such a large number of parents and soon to be parents and help them understand the importance of speech and language development. A big thank you to our amazing volunteers who were informative, friendly and passionate!

Lucy Fitzsimons (above) and various speech pathology professionals and students (below) hosted the SPA stand at the Pregnancy Babies and Children's Expo.

Lucy Fitzsimons

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