Thank you Anne Whitworth for posing this question. Absolutely it is important to understand the theories behind our interventions! #SPAConf

Looking forward to this workshop. How to contribute to quality research in clinical settings? A scoping/planning workshop for “us” clinical SLPs to contribute to research. Grab your lunch and participate! #SPAconf Dr Samuel Calder RosieHodges Harmony Turnbull Nicole McGill

Wonderful session on becoming research active. Great focus at #SPAconf

So proud of you Anushki Jay. You were wonderful! #SPAconf

Great workshop on demystifying research for speech pathologists. Have really enjoyed the section on how to help your team start to engage with research. 💡 Ideas for our little team @WestSydSpeech #SPAconf

Time for a debate! Love that Tristan Nickless brought wine for his team! #SPAconf

Go Prof Natalie Munro! First speaker for the negative team at #SPAconf debate!

Conference dinner time! #SPAconf @WestSydSpeech

Was great to hang out in Tassie this week with you Anushki Jay. A little devil to remember your first conference presentation. The first of many I’m sure!

New commentary from me on the current challenges in the autism field, and how families are feeling abandoned. acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ca… "Neither of these perspectives is right or wrong; they are accurate for their own defined purpose..." /1

It is crucial that Australian children receive quality early childhood supports given what we know about the importance of the first 2000 days of life.

Word Stars Speech Pathology is hiring! Celine Pascual RosieHodges will be hosting a Hiring Seminar. For more info, click the link seek.com.au/job/73573776

Our paper on the emergent literacy skills of children with a history of late talking is out! This research highlighted that more children with a history of late talking had a weak emergent literacy profile compared to children with a history of typical development.

More promising evidence for VAULT therapy for late talkers.

#SPAConf2024 interested in learning about multilingual language assessment? There are two new papers in International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 🧵Paper 1: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

A study by Lennox et al shows that the RAPT missed between 11 and 21% of monolingual students performing below expectations in oral narrative. My take on that is that the RAPT is not a good measure of Oral discourse nor is it Aus nor is it diagnostic. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29439270/

This looks cool! Prof Natalie Munro Elise Baker Sarah Masso Dr Samuel Calder

Hello parents and carers of children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), Here is a rare opportunity to share *your* thoughts on speech pathology for your child (or children!) 📣 Complete the survey: sydney.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bp… 📣 Please share widely! Thanks SLPs and families.