ABC Western Queensland Breakfast (QLD)– Natalie Ellston (Acting National President Speech Pathology Australia) 24/08/2010

The Wire (nationwide) – Natalie Ellston (Acting National President Speech Pathology Australia) 24/08/2010

ABC Melbourne Drive (VIC) – Gulsen Ellul 24/08/2010

96.5 Brisbane (QLD) – Natalie Ellston (Acting National President Speech Pathology Australia) 24/08/2010

STAR FM 91.9 Bendigo (VIC) – news item, “Bendigo Health is running a school readiness group to mark Speech Pathology Week.” 24/08/2010

ABC Wide Bay Mornings (QLD) - Natalie Ellston (Acting National President Speech Pathology Australia) 24/08/2010

3BO Bendigo (VIC) – news item, “This week Bendigo Health is celebrating Speech Pathology Week. The Speech Pathology Department is running a school readiness group.” 24/08/2010

ABC 774 Melbourne Drive (Melbourne, VIC) – Gulsen Ellul. Gulsen Ellul, Burns Speech Pathologist, The Alfred Hospital. Alul says many of their patients have inhalation injuries from smoke. Burns says many people forget just how many people were effected by the Black Saturday Bushfires and in how many ways. Ellul says the bushfire survivors have become the most persistent patients of hers. Ellul says she also deals with facial scarring from burns and ways it can be treated. 24/08/2010

WIN TV News (Bendigo, VIC) – news item, “Communication is the message of the 2010 Speech Pathology Week. Bendigo Health receives more than 250 referrals for paediatric speech pathology each year.”  24/08/2010

ABC Central Australia Drive Show (Alice Springs, NT) – Speech Pathology Week, 25/08/2010

ABC Riverina Breakfast (NSW) – Melinda Hewitt. Interview with Melinda Hewitt, Speech Pathologist about Speech Pathology Week. Hewitt explains what a speech pathologist does, noting she is a paediatric clinician.,26/08/2010

ABC Tropical Queensland Mornings (QLD) – Kelly Richardson, 26/08/2010

ABC Capricornia Mornings (Rockhampton, QLD) – Kelly Richardson. Interview with Kelly Richardson, speech pathologist, about National Speech Pathology Week. Richardson says that about one in seven children need to be seen by a speech pathologist, which she says is quite high. She says the ability to communicate is imperative to be able to develop relationships both in work and socially, and to be able to access a good education. She says early detection of speech and language issues is important, so problem areas can be identified and helped. Richardson lists some speech problems in Qld's children, she says that a lot of children are unable to pick up language as well as their peers, lots of children with hearing impairments have trouble speaking, children with motor speech disorders, and children who have suffered trauma or neglect in the early years of their lives. Richardson says the iPhone is becoming increasingly popular in treatment because it has a lot of applications that deal with speech. Richardson goes on to discuss speech therapy for adults. She says that Speech Pathology Week is about raising the awareness of what speech pathologists do and how they can help. 26/08/2010

 
ABC Newcastle Mornings (Newcastle, NSW) – Brodie Warren. Interview with Brodie Warren, Speech Pathologist, John Hunter Hospital, talking about speech pathology and the importance of the first few years for children in line with Speech Pathology Week. It's theme this year is 'Vocation Communication'. Warren says she works at the Children's Hospital and they see the kids who have speech or language difficulties. She says they see children with complex feeding difficulties and in the community, many speech pathologists will see children who have problems with speech or understanding. She talks about treating children individually. Duncan talks about her second child and her previous concerns regarding speech. Warren discusses the first words of children. She proceeds to discuss research into kids in a multi lingual household. She suggests that the first call of parents who may have concerns will be their GP, the local child health nurse and speech pathologists in any of the Hunter Health's community health centres.
Speech Pathology Week, 25/08/2010

ABC Darwin Mornings (NT) – Wayne Dillon & Priscilla Lenne, 26/08/2010

Stateline, ABC TV Tasmania – speech pathologists from Launceston General Hospital. To air 7.30pm Friday 3 September 2010

4GR (Toowoomba, QLD) – news item, “The Toowoomba Hospital's Speech Pathology Department says speech pathologists have a very important place in Toowoomba. Speech Pathology Week 2010 finishes tomorrow.” 27/08/2010

ABC Overnights (nation wide) – SPA National Advisor Private Practice, Chris Lyons, 40 minute talkback segment discussing different problems and strategies to deal with communication and swallowing disorders. 31/08/2010

ABC Hobart Mornings (Hobart, TAS) – Rosalie Martin discussing speech pathology and taking calls. 09/09/2010 (10.30am)

• Speech Pathology Week 2010 Diary Date

• Main Media Release - Adrian Briffa 

• Case Studies 

  Wayne Dillon  -Northern Territory

  Kiara Donald         Queensland

  Harry & Jack Apostolopoulas -Victoria

  Ron Morey -      Victoria

  Che Phillips -     Queensland

   

• Career Profiles
  

• Gulsen Ellul -      Victoria

  Debbie Phyland -      Victoria

  Meredie Tyberek -      Tasmania

The most fundamental ‘vocation’ we all have is the ability to complete the daily tasks of living.  With advances in speech pathology technology and inclusive practices in our society, people with communication disabilities eg stuttering and voice disorders or after-effects of stroke or head injuries, are now able to aspire to the work they feel drawn to - their vocation in life.

Therapeutic intervention may work on varying aspects of communication including:

• Speech
• Writing
• Gesture
• Facial expression
• Signing
• Augmentative and alternative communication eg. picture-based systems 

Some examples of where communication difficulties/disorders may impact on a person’s vocation:

• Professional voice users such as teachers, actors, newsreaders and singers must ensure their voices have the capacity to meet the daily demands of their work
• School-aged children need to be able to grasp the educational curriculum, learn to decode and encode written forms of information and to negotiate, understand and communicate with their peer group
• A teenager requires the ability to engage in the intrinsic language of job interviews and tertiary education
• Adults juggle the daily communication of running a home, interacting in the workplace and being an active member of the community: processing the various forms of media, impact of government policy and social communication
• Older adults dealing with retirement must navigate a ‘new world’ that continues to change and challenge the mediums of communication with which they were familiar.

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Member information concerning Speech Pathology Week guides and resources can be accessed in the 2010 Speech Pathology Week members section.