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Change of editors – Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology (JCPSLP)

It’s hard to believe that two years and six editions have passed since we took over as editors of the Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology ( JCPSLP ) from Marleen Westerveld and Kerry Ttofari Eecen. What big shoes to fill! While we knew that the editing role would provide a great learning and professional development experience, we realise on reflection just how much we have gained from this role and thank SPA for providing us with the opportunity. We have read widely and learned much, with submitted

and Natalie Ciccone; the Publications Officer at SPA, Lana Busby; and our editing and desktop publishing team, Carla Taines and Bruce Godden, for their ongoing support, time, input and patience as we completed our role as editors. Their contribution to each issue was invaluable. Although we will be sad to finish our editing role with JCPSLP in November this year, we are excited to hand over the editing reins to David Trembath, and we look forward to reading the fantastic issues he will oversee in 2015/16.

From left: SPA wishes to thank retiring JCPSLP editors Anna Copley and Jane McCormack, and welcomes incoming editor David Trembath.

and interventions, clinical education, interprofessional practice and education, translating research into practice, and policy implications across the speech pathology scope of practice.

many authors, reviewers, our editorial committee, the editors of other SPA publications, and the publication team at National Office. We would like to thank our editorial committee, specifically Deborah Hersh, Jade Cartwright, David Trembath, Samantha Turner, Elizabeth Lee,

papers covering topics as diverse as computer- assisted assessments

anna copley & jane mccormack JCPSLP Editors

We have had the pleasure of working closely with

spotlight on professional support Mentoring update Thirty mentoring partnerships have been

colleague. Go to the aforementioned link and follow the steps to registering as a mentee. External Supervision Thanks to those of you who have registered expressions of interest in providing paid external supervision. We will continue to maintain and expand this register. If you are currently employed as a speech pathologist and your employer does not provide you with regular clinical supervision, the Association encourages you to negotiate a means of receiving regular clinical supervision with your employer. This may involve paying an external supervisor for regular clinical supervision. For details of speech pathologists who have expressed interest in providing external supervision please contact Meredith Prain at psa@ speechpathologyaustralia.org.au .

New Association documents –

Professional Support The Association has been working on revising the position statement – The role and value of professional support, and a set of Supervision Standards. These documents will be released soon so please keep an eye out for notices announcing their release. Supervision agreements, record keeping templates and other documents to support the provision of clinical supervision are also being developed. For any queries regarding professional support – supervision and mentoring – please don’t hesitate to get in touch via psa@speechpathologyaustralia.org.au .

established since the launch of the revised mentoring program earlier this year. While we currently have 12 unmatched mentors registered, there is an ongoing need for mentors to register throughout the year as new mentees enter the program at all times of the year. We currently have no available mentors registered in Victoria and very few registered in NSW, so if you have approximately one hour a month available to support a less experienced colleague, please consider registering at http://www. speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/ information-for-members/mentoring- program . This is also the site to go to if you feel you could benefit from some additional support from a more experienced

Meredith Prain Professional Support Advisor

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