Archived SPEECH PATHOLOGY News and Events

2011

Discipline's Associate Professor Leanne Togher, accepts SPA invitation to be the 2011 National Tour Speaker. Leanne will be presenting workshops on Aphasia and on Traumatic Brain Injury.

Tour Dates:

Canberra - 26th July, 2011

Brisbane - 28th and 29th July, 2011

Hobart - 17th and 18th October, 2011

Melbourne - 20th and 21st October, 2011

Sydney - 2nd and 3rd November, 2011

15th July, 2011
Intervention for Speech Sound Disorders in Children: One-day workshop for Speech Pathologists

Presented by Elise Baker, PhD

Find out what recent research has to say about some long-standing questions....

“Does eclectic phonological intervention achieve outcomes equivalent to prescribed phonological intervention approaches?”

“Is there an ideal ‘dose’ for children who have a SSD? How much intervention is enough?”

This one-day workshop is for speech pathologists who work with children who have a phonologically-based speech sound disorder (SSD). The workshop will provide speech pathologists with both knowledge and practical strategies for:

• implementing a select range of evidence-based phonological intervention approaches
• quickly analyzing children’s speech to identify and match ideal targets with evidence-based intervention approaches
• reducing toddler and preschoolers’ risk of future literacy difficulties
• managing concomitant speech and literacy difficulties in young school-age children, using a psycholinguistic approach

The workshop will be divided into three parts.

1. Part 1: Review of a select range of evidence-based phonological intervention approaches
   Part one of the workshop will provide speech pathologists with an opportunity to compare and contrast their implementation of specific phonological intervention approaches with researchers’ original intentions. The approaches to be examined include: multiple oppositions (Williams, 2010), perception-production intervention (Rvachew & Brosseau-Lapre, 2010), Cycles (Prezas & Hodson, 2010), and phonological intervention alternating with morphosynatax intervention (Tyler & Haskill, 2010). Evidence on ‘dosage’ or how much is enough will also be addressed. During this component of the workshop, speech pathologists will learn how to quickly analyse children’s speech, identify ideal treatment targets and match targets to suitable evidence-based intervention approaches.
2. Part 2: Overview of strategies for targeting emergent literacy skills in preschoolers who have phonologically-based SSD
   Research suggests that even if children (with a history of SSD) start school with relatively intelligible speech, they may still be at risk of future literacy difficulties (Anthony, Aghara, Dunkelburger, Anthony, Williams, & Zhang, 2011). Part two of the workshop will provide speech pathologists with practical evidence-based strategies for targeting the emergent literacy skills (including underlying phonological processing skills) of the children on their caseloads who have SSD.
3. Part 3: Overview of Stackhouse and Well’s (2001)psycholinguistic approach for managing concomitant speech and literacy difficulties in early school-age children
   Children who begin school with unresolved or persisting SSD face an increased risk of literacy difficulties (Nathan & Simpson, 2001). During part three of the workshop, speech pathologists will learn how to conduct and use the findings from a psycholinguistic assessment to guide their development and implementation of individualized speech and literacy programs for early school-age children.

IS THIS WORKSHOP FOR YOU?

• This workshop is designed for practising speech pathologists who work with children who have a speech sound disorder (SSD). It is a unique opportunity for speech pathologists to enrich their management of the toddler, preschool and early school-age children on their caseloads.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

• Dr. Elise Baker is a speech pathologist and lecturer with Discipline of Speech Pathology, at The University of Sydney. She is recognized nationally and internationally for her expertise on the evidence-based management of speech sound disorders in children, and has a keen interest in helping clinicians put research into practice.

TO REGISTER

• Please download, complete and post or fax a registration form.
• Got a question? Require further information? Contact Elise
• Receipt of registration will be confirmed via email. Please ensure that all details are correct on your registration form.

CONDITIONS OF REGISTRATION

• Closing date for registrations is Friday 1st July, 5pm. Full payment must accompany the registration form. 100% of registration fee will be refunded if you cancel before the registration closing date (1st July); 50% of your registration fee will be refunded if you cancel your registration up to 48 hours before workshop. No refund if you cancel your registration within 48-hours of the workshop, or you do not attend. A minimum number of registrations is required for the workshop to proceed. If cancelled due to insufficient numbers or unforeseen circumstances, registrants will be notified by email, and a full refund will be issued, however, Elise Baker nor The University of Sydney will bear no responsibility for any costs incurred (such as flights, accommodation, travel expenses) or loss of income.

February 2011
Professor Karla McGregor from the University of Iowa, will be visiting us from the 31st of January till the 11th of February. The Discipline is hosting her visit as part of our International Program Development Fund professorial exchange grant success.

During her visit Professor McGregor will be presenting 2 talks. You are invited to come along to either or BOTH!

Thursday the 3rd of February from 12-1pm - about Professor McGregor's current research. Click here for full details.

Tuesday 8th of February from 2-4pm - is a 2 hour clinician seminar presented by Professor McGregor, Dr Elise Baker and Dr Natalie Munro. Click here for full details.

2010

Announcing a presentation by GEM Year 2 Student
Tuesday 23rd March 2010 - Click here for full details (PDF).

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