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In this week’s episode, Jodie Rawson, South Australia Professional Education committee member, speaks with Professor Brigid McNeill, Speech Pathologist and Deputy Head - School of Teacher Education at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, about Speech Pathologists collaborating with classroom teachers to implement a tiered approach to early literacy development.

In this week’s episode, Sarah Cunningham, SPA's Victoria and Tasmania Professional Education Coordinator, talks with Rosie Martin, speech pathologist, criminologist, courage facilitator and 2017 Tasmanian Australian of the Year recipient, about improving speech, language, literacy and relationship outcomes for adults in, or at risk of entering, the justice system.

In this week's episode of Speak Up, Trish Johnson, Manager Ethics and Professional Issues and Nadia Marunssinszky, Ethics Advisor, from Speech Pathology Australia talk about the frequently asked questions received by members regarding ethics.

In this week's episode, Erin West (Speech Pathology Australia's Professional Practice Advisor), talks with Katie Lyon, Georgia Burn and Hilary Johnson from SCOPE about communication access and becoming accredited with the communication access symbol.

In this week's episode, Sue McCandlish talks with Dr Carol Westby about personal narratives.

In this week's episode, Jane Delaney, Speech Pathology Australia's Senior Advisor Early Childhood and Education, talks with Kathryn Marrington from Goodstart Early Learning about giving children a good start from early childhood education.

In this week's episode, Chantele Edlington - Speech Pathology Australia's Senior Advisor Justice and Mental Health - interviews Kate Headley about working with young people who have experienced trauma.

In this week's episode, Anneke Flinn interviews Professor Pam Snow and Associate Professor Tanya Serry about the development of ‘Science of Language and Reading Lab (SOLAR Lab)’

In this week’s episode, Trish Johnson, Manager Ethics and Professional Issues and Nadia Marussinszky from SPA interview Dr Jennifer Arnold-Levy and Belinda Hill about the ethics of giving and receiving gifts.

In this week’s podcast, Sarah Cunningham from the Victoria Professional Education Committee interviews Dr Kimberly Docking from The University of Sydney about brain trauma and leukemia in children.

Danielle Stone talks with Colleen Kerr about how she started in voice therapy, her research, and the importance of mentoring and seeking support.

This week is another double feature on rural and remote speech pathology. Interviews are conducting by members of SPA's Early Career Reference Group.

In this week's episode, Speech Pathology Australia staff members discuss the recently released 2020 Code of Ethics. Featuring Trish Johnson, Nadia Marussinszky, and Nathan (Nate) Cornish-Raley.

In this week's episode, Pauline Weldon-Bowen and Cori Williams discuss the importance of NAIDOC week. Pauline is SPA's Reconciliation Action Plan Implementation Project Officer. She is a proud Wiradjuri-Bidjigal woman with passion for working towards a positive future for the Aboriginal People of Australia. Cori is SPA's Senior Advisor Evidence Based Practice and Research.

In this week's episode, Nichola Harris (SPA's Manager Professional Practice) talks with Associate Professor Sally Hewat and Joanne Walters about generating new ideas for clinical education.

This week's episode features an interview with Vikesh Anand, National President and Councillor of Australia Speak Easy Association, and SPA's own Dr Simone Arnott, Senior Advisor Professional Standards.

In this week's episode, Dr Emily Dawes interviews the team behind Speech Pathology Australia's new Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) learning program. The team includes: Associate Professor Marleen Westerveld, Dr Mary Claessen, Associate Professor Natalie Munro, Associate Professor Suze Leitão, and Associate Professor Tanya Serry.

In this episode, Amanda Rooney interviews Dr Jade Cartwright, who discuss dementia care and speech pathology.

In this week's episode, SPA's Jane Delaney (Senior Advisor Early Childhood and Education), talks with Pam Thuan about speech pathologists in schools and the response to intervention model.

This week's episode is a double feature with two conversations about rural and remote speech pathology practice. The interviews were conducted by members of SPA's Early Career Reference Group. First up is Nicola Lay interviewed by Luke Mitchell, followed by Star Kost interviewing Emma Eagleton.

In this week's episode, Harmony Turnbull and Nichola Harris discuss important updates to the Speech Pathology Australia Guide to Report Writing.

In this week's episode, Professor Marleen Westerveld discusses narratives in speech pathology. She is interviewed by Anneke Flinn.

In this week's episode, Kym Torressi (SPA's Senior Advisor Aged Care) talks with Professor Linda Worrall and her work in aphasia rehabilitation.

In celebration of Speech Pathology Week, this episode features a discussion between SPA's early career reference group and two of our Board Director's - Dr Chyrisse Heine and Dr Maree Doble.

In this week's episode, Dr Julia Starling is interviewed by SPA's Cori Williams. They discuss language disorders within adolescents.

In this week's episode, speech pathologist Natalie Kippin talks about communication difficulties and differences in WA youth justice. She is interviewed by SPA's Mary Woodward.

In this week's episode, Dr Andy Smidt talks about working as a speech pathologist in disability settings. She is interviewed by Tayla Brown from Speech Pathology Australia's Early Career Reference Group.

This week, Tayla Brown from SPA's early career reference group talks with Kate Cook about reflective practice. Kate is a clinical educator in speech-language in New Zealand.

Speak Up is celebrating its one year anniversary! The podcast would not be what it is today without our wonderful listeners, and the team of National Office staff that produce the episodes. In this week's episode, take a peek behind the curtain and get to know our production team, and how you can contribute to the future of the podcast.

This week, Associate Professor Suze Leitão and Trish Johnson (SPA's Manager Ethics and Professional Issues) discuss the evidence of ethics and evidence based practice.

In this week's episode, Professor Ianessa Humbert and Margaret Monroe discuss modified diets.

This week features a discussion about the new 'Accidental Counsellor PLUS' training for speech pathologists. It is the result of an exciting new collaboration between Speech Pathology Australia and Lifeline Australia.

In this week's episode, Nathan Cornish-Raley (SPA's Professional Support Advisor) talks with Dr Jennifer Arnold-Levy about difficult conversations in the workplace. Dr Arnold-Levy is running online coaching workshops in July/August 2020 for the Association. More information is available at the Speech Pathology Australia Learning Hub: https://learninghub.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/speechpathologyAust/welcome

In this week's episode, SPA's Mary Woodward talks with Chris Morris about speech pathology in a regional youth justice setting.

In this week's episode, Dr Donna Thomas and Professor Tricia McCabe discuss telepractice intervention for children with apraxia of speech using ReST.

In this week's episode, Mary Woodward (SPA's Senior Advisor Justice and Mental Health) talks with Melanie Breese about speech pathology in older adult mental health.

In this week's episode, Dr Emily Dawes talks about her PhD research with Dr Mary Claessen. They discuss inferential comprehension principles and narrative expression in developmental language disorder (DLD).

In this week's episode, Anna Pannuzzo (WorkPlacePLUS) talks with Nichola Harris (Speech Pathology Australia's Manager Professional Practice) about navigating the return to face-to-face working as COVID-19 restrictions ease.

In this week's episode, Ms Alessandra Giannini, Ms Emma Ball and Mx Sterling Quinn discuss foundations of working with trans and gender diverse young people and adults. This discussion is in conjunction with taped panel presentation called: 'Foundations of working with trans & gender diverse young people & adults' which is now on the Learning Hub, which includes all those listed in the social media promotion.

In this week's episode, Dr Nicola Clayton talks about 'Covid-19 and beyond: Dysphagia in respiratory disease and critical care.' She is interviewed by Susan Starr and Colleen Kerr from Speech Pathology Australia's NSW professional development committee.

In this week's episode, after conducting a webinar on the same topic just last week (available now to members on our website), Breanne Hetherington discusses the topic 'restrictive practices: what are they and why do speech pathologists need to know?'

In this week's episode, SPA's Senior Advisor Evidence Based Practice and Research, Cori Williams, talks to Dr Ronelle Hewetson from Griffith University about social participation after a right hemisphere stroke.

To celebrate World Autism Month, Anneke Flinn talks to Associate Professor Marleen Westerveld and Dr Jessica Paynter from Griffith University about the literacy skills of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

In this week's episode, the Association's Kym Torresi (Senior Advisor Aged Care) and Trish Johnson (Manager Ethics and Professional Issues), discuss Speech Pathology Australia's guidance for speech pathology practice during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This week on Speak Up, we talk to clinical psychologist Claire Mayers about recognising stress and reaching out to others in times of crisis.