August 31, 2021

NSW Health presentation: "Communicating with children and families in a multilingual world"

Dr Sarah Verdon, Dr Van Tran and I presented the second of three Allied Health Telehealth Virtual Education Sessions today (31 August 2021) - titled "Communicating with children and families in a multilingual world" 

Registrations closed with more than 85 health professionals from 54 NSW Health facilities registered to attend. "This has again proven to be a very popular topic!" (Jen Nicols)

  • Registered participants are from a range of professions including audiology, dental, dietetics, genetic counselling, nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, psychology, social work and speech pathology. 
  • Registered Local Health Districts are: ACT Health, Albury-Wodonga Health, Central Coast, Hunter New England, Mid North Coast, Murrumbidgee, Nepean Blue Mountains, Northern Sydney, South Eastern Sydney, South Western Sydney, Southern NSW, Sydney, Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Western NSW, Western Sydney. 


 

Here is some of the feedback written in the online chat that was sent to us from Jen Nichols at NSW Health 

  • “thanks for the tips on home maintenance of mother tongues. This answered a lot of my questions” 
  • “Great presentation, very useful tips and information to use with families. Thank you very much!” 
  • “Lots of great things to think about and helps us challenge our own practice and approaches."
  • “Very positive presentation with a lot of good tips and information :)”