August 4, 2017

Invited speaker at National Health Innovation and Research Symposium

I was an invited speaker at National Health Innovation and Research Symposium this week in Coffs Harbour. The program and presenters are here: https://www.mnclhdevents.com.au/
My presentation was titled: Communicating with children and families in a multilingual world
Here is my synopsis:
More than 20 per cent of Australians speak a language other than English at home. This presentation will highlight the benefits of multilingualism and provide insights from an international research program into how monolingual health professionals can successfully work with multilingual children and families.
Presenting in a session chaired by Professor Gail Whiteford
Presenting recent data from the Australian Census about
changes in the top 5 languages spoken between 2001 and 2016
The dinner speaker was Dr Karl Kruszelnicki and amongst many other topics he described the importance of free education and healthcare to a nation's wellbeing.