It has been really exciting to attend the Speech Pathology Australia National Conference in Hobart. I have attended SPA conferences from 1989 - 2019, it was cancelled in 2020, then I attended online in 2021 and 2022. It has been wonderful to see old friends and make new ones.
The venue at Consitution Dock (Grand Chancellor Hotel) is a gorgeous backdrop for inspiring conversations.
Here are the presentations of our team:
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Plenary launch of the IJSLP special issue "Communication, Swallowing and the Sustainable Development Goals"
- T4A | Workshop: Sustainable Development Goals, speech pathologists, and people who experience communication and/or swallowing disability - Sharynne McLeod and Julie Marshall
- T3C | Panel: What you’ve always wanted to ask about speech sound disorders: A Q&A panel discussion
- W3F | Children's speech development, assessment and intervention in 50 languages - Sharynne McLeod
- W3F | Oral presentations: Non-English sounds in English speech assessment: Patterns of cross-linguistic transfer in Vietnamese-Australian children’s speech - Kate Margetson, Sharynne McLeod and Sarah Verdon
- W3E | Oral presentations: Working with adults with communication support needs - Intelligibility Enhancement with a multilingual Spanish-English university staff member - Helen L. Blake and Sharynne McLeod
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Children's speech development, assessment and intervention in 50 languages - Sharynne McLeod
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| Non-English sounds in English speech assessment: Patterns of
cross-linguistic transfer in Vietnamese-Australian children’s speech -
Kate Margetson |
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Members of the SSD Panel
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Additionally, on Wednesday morning I have been invited to launch the IJSLP Sustainable Development Goals special issue on Communication and Swallowing prior to the keynote address.
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Sharynne with Dr Suzanne Hopf at the AGM
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Grand Chancellor Hotel - conference venue
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Opening plenary
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Rebecca brought her book for me to sign!
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