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Following the Evidence
There are very few exceptions to the statement ‘everyone can learn to read and write’. Learning to read is one of the most studied human skills. We certainly now know enough about it to build a nation, which in practical terms is fully literate. This research has...
Fantastic Job Opportunities for Justice-Minded Speech Pathologists
Tasmanian. The quiet pursuit of the extraordinary.Together with our partner Connect42, Speech Pathology Tasmania is in quiet pursuit of the extraordinary. Will you join us? We are the service partner delivering the speech pathology components of a new justice...
Learning From Our Clients
There is no one that teaches us more about the work we do than our clients themselves. This is true for any of the helping professions and is certainly true for speech pathologists. It is through our interactions and applying theory, practically, to the presenting...
Just Time and Juggling in Times of Covid
Just Time and Juggling in Times of Covid (Or, you couldn’t write a manual to solve this!) We all maintain good health and hygiene practices, right? 1.5m apart, washing hands with soap, sneezing into elbow, staying at home if unwell, etc. It’s this ‘staying home if...
Change Flooding Up
Above image: left to right: Linda McKillop, speech pathologist & Orton-Gillingham master trainer; Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Kate Warner AC, Governor of Tasmania; Rosie Martin, speech pathologist. “We’ve been talking about improving the literacy rates...
My Friend Linda
I first met my dear friend Linda McKillop more than 30 years ago. I met her in the waiting room at the then Clarence Community Health Centre. I was a 24 year old ‘speechie’ working there two days each week; she was a 22 year old speechie working for the Education...
Big Girl Pants: Coming to terms with my son’s need for speech therapy
In the early stages of my son’s speech pathology sessions, I had doubts. Not because of the service or care he received, but because of my own, deep rooted and complex feelings about how I was doing as a parent. I’ll cancel. He doesn’t need to go. There’s another kid...
“I Don’t Know”
We understand that saying “I don’t know” is the beginning of something good. We teach our clients to say “I don’t know”. It matters to teach this overtly to children.
Dyslexia Q & A with Linda McKillop
Local literacy legend, Linda McKillop, in partnership with Square Pegs Tasmania Dyslexia Support & Advocacy, is presenting this free Q & A session about all things dyslexia and literacy. This is a fabulous opportunity! Don't miss it!...
Girls’ Night In
Speech pathology is a profession that is 97% female dominated. Yes, you read that correctly!... you didn't think there were any professions like that left, right? So women's cancer matters to us. It's a dark shadow of possibility over the lives of the mums of our...