Friends and colleagues (old and new) at the Speech Pathology Australia National Conference

The Speech Pathology Australia National Conference was a great time of connecting in person with my team (since we all live in different cities), as well as with friends and colleagues (old and new). I particularly enjoyed meeting current and past students and hearing about how they have been using our research and books in their work. I had many rich conversations and learned a lot.

Some of the attendees at the IALP session

The SLM team at the end of the conference:
Sharynne McLeod, Emily-Jane Woodhead, Sarah Bartlett, Kate Margetson, Sarah Faulks

Kate Margetson, Emily-Jane Woodhead, Beth Armstrong, Mitchell Walley, Sarah Bartlett, Megan McAllister, Sharynne McLeod

Sharynne and Louise Brown with Hana Richmond an enthusiastic student volunteer

Prof Natalie Munro sharing wisdom with Sharynne and Sarah Bartlett

Sharynne and Alice Lans from Noah's Inclusion Services

Sharynne and Caroline Tiong

Sharynne with Dr Mary Claessen

Sharynne with our CSU student

Prof Bronwyn Hemsley and Sharynne
with Laura and Hana - student volunteers from WA

Sharynne with Dr Sarah Masso

Sharynne with A/Prof Elise Baker

Sharynne with helpful student volunteer Emily Candy

Prof Anne Whitworth, Prof Andrew Whitehouse, Prof Sharynne McLeod

SLM team at IALP in New Zealand

What a joy it was to meet with members of the Speech-Language-Multilingualism team in Auckland New Zealand while at the 32nd World Congress of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP). Members who were present were

• Prof Sharynne McLeod
• A/Prof Sarah Verdon (and Ruby)
• A/Prof Ben Pham (and family)
• Dr Suzanne Hopf
• Dr Helen Blake
• Kate Margetson
  
• Holly McAlister
• Caitlin Hurley
  
• We also welcomed Dr Chelsea Sommer (and connected with LOTS of new and old friends and colleagues).

Everyone presented papers, workshops, chaired sessions and were very involved in the congress. We also met from 1-6pm on Wednesday afternoon to discuss our research, future directions, and have icecream!

Sharynne with Ruby

Ben with Anne

 

 

Workshop: Qualitative Data Analysis in Communication Disorders Research

Today I attended the workshop titled "Qualitative Data Analysis in Communication Disorders Research" with members of our SLM and CSU team. The workshop was organised by Rena Lyons (Ireland) and Lindy McAllister (Australia) and covered the following topics:

• Overview - Rena Lyons and Lindy McAllister 
• Thematic analysis and content analysis - Deborah Hersh, Anne Hill, Karen Wylie 
• Narrative analysis overview - Rena Lyons, Philippa Friary, Stacie Attrill and Deborah Hersh 
• First Nations research - Karen Brewer and Deborah Hersh 
• Grounded theory - Clare Carroll 
• Rigour - Lindy McAllister 

Workshop presenters

The workshop drew on the expertise of the authors of these books:

• Lyons, R., & McAllister, L. (Eds.). (2019). Qualitative research in communication disorders: An introduction for students and clinicians. J&R Press. https://www.jr-press.co.uk/diving-deep.html.
• Lyons, R., McAllister, L., Carroll, C., Hersh, D., & Skeat, J. (Eds.). (2022). Diving deep into qualitative data analysis in communication disorders research. J&R Press. https://www.jr-press.co.uk/diving-deep.html. 

Workshop attendees

 

The workshop was held on the Epsom campus of the University of Auckland that includes the Faculty of Education and Social Work.