Children Draw Health: Children's advisory group to analyse drawings and podcast

Today Dr Belinda Downey and Dr Travis Holland I met to plan the 4 x weekly sessions in September where our children's advisory group will analyse drawings from our Children DRaw Health project - and create podcasts. We had LOTS of great ideas.

 

Podcast interview - Community Broadcasting Association of Australia

This morning I was interviewed by Noah Secomb, Political Reporter in Canberra for the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) for the Pillar to Post podcast. The topic of the podcast was motivated by the Australian government reducing students' HECS debts in parliament yesterday. Noah wanted to discuss more broadly how much should higher education cost by interviewing me as an example of someone who benefited from free higher education and who advocated for my PhD students.

Here is the podcast: https://omny.fm/shows/pillar-to-post/relief-for-student-debts-opens-the-door-to-further-university-reform 

 

Sustainable Development Goals - Speech Pathology Australia podcast

Sustainable Development Goals - Speech Pathology Australia podcast

The Speech Pathology Australia Sustainable Development Goals podcast has been released: https://soundcloud.com/speechpathologyaustralia/rebroadcast-un-sustainable-development-goals-s7e19?si=cee835ba2d994b928d6381f9823712b8&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing 

Resources:

• IJSLP Issue on Communication, Swallowing, and the Sustainable Development Goals (Open-Access): https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/iasl20/25/1  
• SPA introduction to the special issue of the IJSLP: https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/SPAweb/whats_on/Speak_Up_for_Communication_Rights/Special_edition__Communication_Swallowing/SPAweb/What_s_On/Speak_Up_for_Communication_Rights/Table_of_contents_Swallowing.aspx?hkey=4159a312-eca2-4070-88cc-ec4fc98e2f4e  
• United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: https://sdgs.un.org/goals  

UTS Podcast - Understanding each other: Multilingual speech pathology practice

I was invited to be a guest on the "What’s Got Us Talking: The UTS Speech Pathology Podcast"

Discover the latest research and insights in Speech Pathology from the University of Technology Sydney. Join Professor Bronwyn Hemsley, Head of Speech Pathology at UTS, as she starts the conversations shaping the field. A must-listen for speechies, students, and their curious friends. 

https://omny.fm/shows/whats-got-us-talking-the-uts-speech-pathology-pod

 Here are the shownotes:

Understanding each other: Multilingual speech pathology practice

https://omny.fm/shows/whats-got-us-talking-the-uts-speech-pathology-pod/understanding-each-other-multilingual-speech-patho

Description
As multilingual speech pathology is an emerging field of research and practice, we explore how and why speech pathologists support multilingual clients, and several new developments. it.

Resources:

Multilingual Children’s Speech YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXcSAl_dA7arRMrE0qdxLuzGChY1LgY2

Multilingual Children’s Speech website: https://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech

Key paper:

McLeod, S., & Crowe, K. (2018). Children’s consonant acquisition in 27 languages: A cross-linguistic review. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 27(4), 1546–1571. https://doi.org/10.1044/2018_AJSLP-17-0100

Free posters: https://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech/speech-acquisition/learning-english-consonants

Host: Prof Bronwyn Hemsley

Guests: Dr Denise Ng,  Prof Sharynne McLeod, Emily Chan, and Lily.

Produced by Laura Corrigan, thanks to 2SER

SDGs podcast for Speech Pathology Australia

Prof Julie Marshall and I were interviewed by Nathan Cornish-Raley for a Speech Pathology Australia podcast in the Speak Up series. We were interviewed about the special issue of the International Journal of Speech-Langauge Pathology focussing on the Sustainable Development Goals. The episode has just been released on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/speechpathologyaustralia/un-sustainable-development-goals-how-speech-pathologists-can-support-peace-and-prosperity-s05e18

Here are some of Nathan's excellent questions that we discussed:

• You received a lot of submissions on this topic: 36 articles. Did you think you would get that type of a response? What does that tell us about how speech pathologists see themselves and communication positioned in global, sustainable development?
• Can you give us an overview of the 17 SDGs? How did they come to be and what is next for them? · There’s an emphasis throughout the work on global partnerships and co-constructing change with local communities or people with lived experience
• Were there any “lessons-learned” about partnerships and multi-directional learning that stood out to you? · What were some of the things you discovered, or interesting perspectives on sustainability that you found during this project? 
•  There is an international call for an additional Sustainable Development Goal: SDG 18: Communication for All. Tell us about this. Where does it fit within this sustainable development? What movement has already happened in this space? How can speech pathologists help move this forward?

SBS podcast interview

Today I was interviewed by Dr Van Tran for her weekly SBS podcast. We talked about the impact of having speech, language and communication needs on children's educational and social outcomes. I talked about the research we have undertaken using the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC). Thanks Van for the opportunity to speak with your Vietnamese listeners.

Dr Van Tran interviewing Sharynne

SBS Podcast "My Bilingual Family"

Our VietSpeech team have been contacted by Masako Fukui and Sheila Pham who are developing a new SBS podcast "My Bilingual Family" that focusses on parents trying to raise their kids bilingually (or multilingually). The podcast will be in English, but parts of it will be translated into other languages and broadcast on SBS Radio. 

Masako Fukui and Sheila Pham (https://www.sheilatakeabow.com/) have just finished another podcast/radio series for ABC Radio National (RN) called Tongue Tied and Fluent, which just last month won an international award. Tongue Tied and Fluent was directed at a much wider audience. 

Here is the link to Tongue Tied and Fluent: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/earshot/features/tongue-tied-and-fluent/

Dr Van Tran from our VietSpeech team is also hosting an SBS podcast in Vietnamese to support home language maintenance called "Let's maintain Vietnamese together" https://speakingmylanguages.blogspot.com/2021/11/sbs-radio-program-lets-maintain.html

Speak Up Podcast: "Communication is everyone's right"

I was interviewed by Anneke Flinn from Speech Pathology Australia for their Speech Pathology Week podcast titled "Communication is everyone's right". In the podcast I was able to share our presentation to the United Nations in 2019 and how we all can advocated for communication as everyone's right.

Happy Speech Pathology Week! In this week’s episode, SPA’s Anneke Flinn explores this year’s Speech Pathology Week theme, “Communication is everyone’s right” with Professor Sharynne McLeod, from Charles Sturt University. Sharynne would like to extend her gratitude to Gail Mulcair (SPA CEO), Gaenor Dixon (2019 SPA President), Belinda Hill (2019 SPA Vice President) and Jess McLeod for sharing her UN journey. To view the Speech Pathology Australia “Speak Up for Communication Rights” page referred to in this episode. Speech Pathology Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of lands, seas and waters throughout Australia, and pay respect to Elders past, present and future. We recognise that the health and social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are grounded in continued connection to culture, country, language and community.

Here is a link to the podcast: https://soundcloud.com/speechpathologyaustralia/communication-is-everyones-right-s03-e31  

The President of Speech Pathology Australia sent the following email: 

Hi Sharynne and Anneke, Thank you for a great commute home today. The SpeakUp podcast for SPweek was excellent. Both a celebration of the work we do, and a galvanising call for activities during the week. Nicely done! Best wishes Tim.

Speech Pathology Week 2021

22-28 August is Speech Pathology Week 2021. The theme is Communication is everyone's right. https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/SPAweb/whats_on/Speech_Pathology_Week  

"Speech pathologists work to ensure everyone can communicate with confidence. It is important that the broader community understands that: 

• communication is a basic human right;
• 1.2 million Australians live with communication disability;
• communication disability is largely invisible. Unseen and out-of-sight;
• confident communication helps maximise educational, health and social outcomes; and 
• communication is more than just speech. "

I was interviewed by Speech Pathology Australia for their SPA Week podcast which will be released soon.

 

Podcast for Up and Coming Speechies

Recently I was interviewed by Hannah McKerral and Sienna McCormack, two up and coming speech pathologists for their podcast. The resulting 27 minute interview is here: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/in-the-loop-professor-sharynne-mcleod/id1528880071?i=1000529636429

They certainly asked some interesting questions - and I have enjoyed listening to their other podcasts exploring the lives of Australian speech pathologists. Here is their abstract:

In today’s Up + Coming Speechies in the loop episode, we are SO excited to be chatting to Professor Sharynne McLeod. Sharynne is a professor of speech and language acquisition, researcher and advocate for communication rights for all. She specialises in multilingual children’s speech acquisition and children with speech sound disorders. She has made an incredible contribution to our profession, and after learning from her books and research for many years it was an honour to sit down and chat with her. In this episode we talk about Sharynne’s career pathway, her research and incredible experiences, including presenting to the United Nations and her most current projects. This episode was a quick and speedy one, but we absolutely loved hearing about Sharynne's rich experiences and hope you do too! If this is your first time checking us out, hellooo!!! Thanks so much for listening! We are Sienna and Hannah, two Australian Speech Pathology students wanting to help educate, motivate and inspire other speech students, recent graduates or even someone thinking about studying Speech Pathology through student-friendly interview episodes. If you want to learn more about us and the direction of this podcast you can do so here. Or you can check out our most recent episode with just the two of us here! In this episode catch up after our brief hiatus, talk all about final year, beginning a new semester, placement tips n trick, speech pathology assistant work and hear from our brand new speechie hotline!! We also share some big announcements, so get listening so you know what's coming!

Recording a podcast for Speech Pathology Australia

Today I recorded a podcast for Speech Pathology Australia week. The theme is "Speak Up for Communication Rights" so they interviewed me about speaking at the United Nations (https://speakingmylanguages.blogspot.com/2019/06/presentation-at-united-nations-in-ny.html)

It was an honour to be interviewed by Anneke Flinn from SPA and to relive the wonderful opportunity I had in 2018 to edit a special issue of the International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology on communication rights then to speak at the United Nations in 2019.

 

My paper in the special issue of IJSLP that was titled "Communication rights: Fundamental human rights for all" has been downloaded over 25,000 times! https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17549507.2018.1428687

Here are some links about communication rights:

• Speech Pathology Australia: https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/SpeakUp
• Special issue of IJSLP: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/iasl20/20/1
  
• International Communication Project: https://internationalcommunicationproject.com/2019/05/international-communication-project-event-united-nations/

Presenting at the United Nations in 2019

Recently, the International Communication Project submitted comments about the impact of communication disability on employment to a United Nations (UN) committee that monitors the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 

https://internationalcommunicationproject.com/2021/05/icp-submits-comments-to-un-committee/

Podcast interview

Today I was interviewed for the Up & Coming Speechies podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/up-coming-speechies/id1528880071

It was a pleasure to discuss my career trajectory with Sienna and Hannah

CSU Vice Chancellor's profiles Dr Sarah Verdon and Dr Kate Crowe

 

Here is the link to the podcast: https://soundcloud.com/user-83287832-705182774/ep-1-kids-and-communication

Here how the podcast is described:

Join leading two leading speech pathology experts for a discussion about language development and communication disorders. Dr Sarah Verdon and Dr Kate Crowe answer some of the most common questions about kids and their speech development and share their top tips for parents, teachers and speech pathologists. This episode is first in our Alumni Podcast Series - the podcast where our Interim Vice-Chancellor, Professor John Germov, talks to some of Charles Sturt's most outstanding alumni who are working to better their industry and the community. The next episode in the series lands on Thursday 6 May. Dr Verdon is the Head of Speech Pathology at Charles Sturt and Dr Crowe is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Iceland and Adjunct Research Fellow at Charles Sturt. For more from Dr Verdon, check out the The Talking Children Podcast© svp-slp.com/the-talking-children-podcast/

 

Dr Michelle Brown's SpeakUp podcast

Dr Michelle Brown's SpeakUp podcast titled "Reading with babies" is available here:
https://soundcloud.com/speechpathologyaustralia/reading-with-babies-s01-ep06%20
There have been over 600 downloads in 24 hours!
More details (including the transcript) are here (podcast number 6).
Congratulations Michelle!