This week I was invited to represent Australia to speak at the “One Belt, One Road” Speech and Language Rehabilitation Summit Forum at the China National Convention Center in Beijing. My invited presentations were titled:
- Speech Sound Disorders in Children
- Speech Pathology Education in Australia
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| Prof GAO Liqun (China - Organizer), Prof Sumalai Maroonroge (Thailand/US), Philippa Friary (NZ), Prof Lilly Cheng (US), Prof Sharynne McLeod (Australia), Prof Kartini Ahmad (Malaysia), Dr Ben Pham (Vietnam) |
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| Prof Pao-Chuan Torng (Taiwan) and Prof Sharynne McLeod |
Dr Ben Pham represented Vietnam and presented an invited paper on the development of the speech and language therapy (SALT) profession in Vietnam.
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| Dr Ben Pham presenting her invited paper |
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| Congratulating Ben after her presentation: Prof Sumalai Maroonroge (Thailand/US), Dr Lemmietta McNeilly (ASHA, US), Prof Kartini Ahmad (Malaysia), Dr Ben Pham (Vietnam), Christine Medina-Chin (Philippines), Prof Lilly Cheng (US), Mae Catherine Sadicon and Elinor Cunanan-Bautista (Philippines) |
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| Prof Sharynne McLeod presenting the McLeod and Crowe (2018) research about children's speech acquisition |
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| Chatting with Dr Ao Chen from Beijing Language and Culture University |
