I'm getting some serious #NZSPAConf FOMO right now! I'm grateful to be looped in via tweets from my amazing colleagues. Hope I'll be able to make it next year. Keep them coming #SLPeeps! 🙏

I’ve really enjoyed #NZSPAConf. Thank you to everyone for making me feel so welcome here! Congratulations 🎊🎈 to the conference committee for organizing an excellent conference. 😊🇮🇪

Congratulations Tim Kittel on your appointment as President of Speech Pathology Australia! You're going to do an incredible job and we are lucky to have you at the helm. Sorry I couldn't be there to celebrate with you at #NZSPAConf #SPApresident 🍾🎉🎊

Thrilled to hear the news that the ever-impressive Tim Kittel is the new National President of Speech Pathology Australia, and very much looking forward to seeing all the positive outcomes come out of this well-deserved new leadership. Congratulations, wonderful Tim!

Our annual tax appeal has started! we raised over $2,500 AUD but targeted is $50,000. Find out more about the MOU agreement signed with the Cambodian government to establish the first university speech therapy. We need support, please give what you can! lnkd.in/fgJYdnM

@McrSALT Susan Not to mention considerable ethical ramifications! I have lost count of adolescents I’ve met who I’ve diagnosed with #DevLangDis who had a previous self-concept of being “stupid” or “delinquent”. Not diagnosing leads down a destructive pathway which could be treated.

While I understand the wish to be consistent internationally, why is language is elevated above swallowing, voice, fluency...? I agree with the marketing research - the title is not really the point.

I’m officially sick of snake oil merchants 🐍 and neuroflapdoodle 🧠 taking advantage of families. I’m also sad that families are driven to desperation. #ShitSLPDay

On 3 July we are launching our new podcast: ‘Speak Up’. Each podcast is a short conversation covering key issues in speech pathology practice, or a research and/or evidence-based practice update . All conversations are with respected contributors. #WeSpeechies #SLPeeps #slp2b

New 'Speak Up' podcast launched today, with Mary Woodward talking with criminal lawyer/linguist Ben Grimes soundcloud.com/speech-patholo…

More strong support for the Simple View of Reading. "Strikingly, language comprehension and decoding, together with their interaction and curvilinear effects, explain almost all (99.7%) of the variance in reading comprehension skills at 7 years of age." psycnet.apa.org/record/2018-62…

Gentle reminder: language matters. therword.com.au

My study is looking at the relationship between parental involvement and NDIS-funded speech and language intervention. Are you an Australian SLP who works with children funded by the NDIS? This survey may be relevant to you: canterbury.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bk…

#Dyslexia and #devlangdis (DLD) are distinct but often co-occurring disorders.

#Oliverscampaign Let’s all stop & think about this for one moment The narrative matters

Speech paths: iOS 17 will include a feature called “personal voice” that lets users create a synthesised version of their voice with <1 hour of recording. #MND macrumors.com/2023/06/05/ios…

Happy to say that my first paper has finally been published in IJSLP. This research explored how Australian SLPs aimed to involve parents in NDIS-funded intervention. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

New paper by Thomas Gaffney, Jayne Newbury, Dean Sutherland & Toby Macrae: "Speech-language pathologists’ practices and perceptions of parent involvement in paediatric services funded by the NDIS in Australia" International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology #OA #SLP tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

This is a monumental piece that every reading teacher should read, led by Reid Smith Reid Smith and Pamela Snow tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…