Allied health assistants - a valuable resource

Today we have had a wonderful yarn with people from OAMS regarding allied health assistants (AHAs) - a very valuable resource to support professionals such as speech pathologists in their work with children and families.

Sarah B, Katrina, Anna, Emily-Jane, Sharynne

Covidence review of services and resources to support Indigenous children's communication

Today Dr Carolyn Gregoric, Sarah Bartlett and I met to advance our Covidence review of services and resources to support Indigenous children's speech, language and communication.

Here is our PRISMA diagram from our work so far. We have gone from 2100 articles to 75 to be included in our review.

Carolyn, Sarah and Sharynne

Are public funding models for speech-language pathology reflecting recommended evidence?

I enjoyed speaking with Tristan Nickless at the IALP conference in Auckland about his research into policies and practices impacting speech pathology services in Australia. He has just informed me about the publication of this important article: 

Nickless, T., Davidson, B., Finch, S., Gold, L., & Dowell, R. (2024). Aligned or misaligned: Are public funding models for speech-language pathology reflecting recommended evidence? An exploratory survey of Australian speech-language pathologists. Health Policy OPEN, 100117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hpopen.2024.100117

Acknowledgments: The authors wish to thank all participants who shared their experiences and time for this study. In addition, the authors would also like to acknowledge the following colleagues for their assistance with identifying differential treatment intensity studies: Associate Professor Suze Leitao and Dr Samuel Calder (language); Professor Tanya Serry, Professor Pamela Snow and Dr Lisa Furlong (literacy); Dr Katherine Sanchez and Ms Carly Veness (infant feeding); Professor Sharynne McLeod (speech); and Associate Professor Debra Phyland (voice).

PhD publications

The following papers have just been published that have been written as part of Suzanne and Kate's PhDs. Congratulations Suzanne and Kate!

Hopf, S. C., & McLeod, S. (2015). Services for people with communication disability in Fiji: Barriers and drivers of change. Rural and Remote Health, 15, 2863. (Online). Retrieved from http://www.rrh.org.au/articles/subviewnew.asp?ArticleID=2863

Here is the blogpost from when it was accepted for publication earlier this year.

Crowe, K., McLeod, S., McKinnon, D. H., & Ching, T. Y. C. (2015).  Attitudes towards the capabilities of deaf and hard of hearing adults:  Insights from the parents of deaf and hard of hearing children.  American Annals of the Deaf, 160(1), 24–35. Retrieved from https://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/american_annals_of_the_deaf/v160/160.1.crowe.pdf

Here is the blogpost from when it was accepted for publication in September 2014.