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Thursday, June 12, 2025

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	Thursday 12 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Thursday registration & information desk opening hours ℹ️
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM	🎛️ Thursday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
2:00 PM - 5:15 PM	A critical analysis of (social) communication in Speech and Language Pathology: towards a neurodiversity affirming approach utilising conversational analysis Dr Vishnu Nair and Professor Betty Yu	Speaking Kaurna: understanding the sound system of Aboriginal languages Jack Kanya Kudnuitya Buckskin
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	Heads of Speech Pathology Program (HoSPp) meeting

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	Thursday 12 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Thursday registration & information desk opening hours ℹ️
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM	🎛️ Thursday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
2:00 PM - 5:15 PM	A critical analysis of (social) communication in Speech and Language Pathology: towards a neurodiversity affirming approach utilising conversational analysis Dr Vishnu Nair and Professor Betty Yu	Speaking Kaurna: understanding the sound system of Aboriginal languages Jack Kanya Kudnuitya Buckskin
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	Heads of Speech Pathology Program (HoSPp) meeting

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	Thursday 12 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Thursday registration & information desk opening hours ℹ️
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM	🎛️ Thursday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
2:00 PM - 5:15 PM	A critical analysis of (social) communication in Speech and Language Pathology: towards a neurodiversity affirming approach utilising conversational analysis Dr Vishnu Nair and Professor Betty Yu
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	Heads of Speech Pathology Program (HoSPp) meeting

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	Thursday 12 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Thursday registration & information desk opening hours ℹ️
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM	🎛️ Thursday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
2:00 PM - 5:15 PM	Speaking Kaurna: understanding the sound system of Aboriginal languages Jack Kanya Kudnuitya Buckskin
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	Heads of Speech Pathology Program (HoSPp) meeting

Friday, June 13, 2025

	60/120-minute presentations	60/120-minute presentations	60/120-minute presentations	20-minute presentations	20-minute presentations	20-minute presentations	10-minute presentations
	Friday 13 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Friday registration & information desk opening hours ℹ️
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM	🎛️ Friday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome to the Speech Pathology Australia 2025 Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Beyond Cultural and Linguistic Diversity: A Critical and Decolonial Vision for Speech and Language Therapy Dr Vishnu Nair
9:30 AM - 7:00 PM	🏟️ Friday Exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Friday morning tea ☕
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	🧠 Knowledge Hub partner session: splose 🧠
	FM1 City Rooms 1&2	FM2 City Rooms 3&4	FM3 Room L3	FM4 Room L2	FM5 Room L1	FM6 Hall L	FM7 Knowledge Hub, Exhibition area
	In-person only			In-person and virtual			In-person only
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	First Nations culturally safe and responsive practice and assessment. Nikita Austin	Accessible content for families: Making your website and resources speak their language Dr Shaun Ziegenfusz and Clancy Conlon	Voice Banking: An Investment in the Speech Pathologist’s Toolkit Dr Lillian Krikheli and Dr Sarah El-Wahsh	Acoustic and perceptual profiles of swallowing sounds in preterm neonates: normative data from a cross-sectional study cohort Assoc Professor Thuy Frakking	The clinical placement experiences of speech-language pathology students with dyslexia. Dr Jacqueline Lim and Joanne Martin	PPA Communication Project – pilot results Prof Kirrie Ballard	Swallowing Skill Training: Approaches & Motor Learning Principles Bailey Garwood
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM							Implementation of mealtime recommendations in community-based adult disability: A scoping review Sulekha Gunasekaran
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM				Transition time
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM				Exploring the impacts of dysphagia on quality of life of children and young people: A scoping review. Dr Rebecca Smith	Innovative speech pathology service provision: Pilot of a 7-day week service at a tertiary paediatric hospital Gloria Tzannes	A pilot investigation of core outcomes for individuals living in Sydney with Primary Progressive Aphasia: What do people with PPA really want from Speech Pathology? Rachel Kingma and Dr Cathleen Taylor-Rubin	A scoping review of online resources providing pre-appraised evidence-based information for speech pathology Katherine Smith
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM							A Scoping Review of Dynamic and Technology-Mediated Communication Assessment in Traumatic Brain Injury Sheree Lu
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM				Transition time
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM				The Beginning – Feeding Outcome Measures in Neonates Kathryn McHugh and Pari Kulkarni	The views and experiences of Australian speech-language pathologists using telesupervision with students on clinical placement: An online survey Joanne Walters, Dr Lucy Bryant and Professor Bronwyn Hemsley	Stigma and the right to rehabilitation for people with dementia – Development of an online learning package for health professionals Kym Torresi	What are teachers' perspectives on the communication skills of children entering their first compulsory year of school in Australia? Dr Jacqueline Lim
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM	Harnessing technology to minimise the negative impact of waiting lists on children with SSD Professor Kirrie Ballard and Dr Jacqueline McKechnie	Depathologising the speech pathology profession: Beyond colonisation, ableism and the medical model Assoc Professor Sarah Verdon	Unlocking communication potential: A Q&A panel on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Clancy Conlon, Charlene Cullen, Leanna Fox, Dr Darryl Sellwood, Associate Professor Andy Smidt and Dr Abi Thirumanickam.				How Chinese Parents Support their Preschoolers Language Learning: Insights for Culturally Responsive Practice Joyce Cai
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM				Transition time
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM				Customer-directed mealtime services for people with cerebral palsy across the lifespan: What do they need and when do they need it? Lisa Moshovis and Assoc Professor Kelly Weir	Speech pathology & nursing students’ experience of an interprofessional EMR-based patient case simulation Stephanie Weir	'Invest' in your voice: How a novel co-designed voice banking service supports people with MND Dr Lillian Krikheli	Preparedness of Australian New Graduate Speech Pathologists in Managing Adult Dysphagia in Community Settings. Jade Telfer
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM							Enhancing Care and Connection: Understanding and Facilitating Student-led Interprofessional Practice Across the Life Span Catherine Linnett-Young
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM				Transition time
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM				The Power of Collaborative Care: The Speech Pathologists Role in a Multi-Disciplinary Team Assessing and Treating Feeding Disorders Kirsten Duffy and Sophie Thorpe	From theory to practice: Practice educators' perspectives on how SLP students transfer knowledge and skillls Dr Lillian Krikheli and Dr Simone Arnott	Understanding Practice: Factors influencing management of cognitive and behavioural changes in MND. A qualitative study using the Theoretical Domains Framework. Rebecca Francis	A Growing Understanding of Inclusion: Leading a workplace culture through inclusive client care Lauren Haskins
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM							Swallowing Difficulties Associated with Ageing and Muscle Loss: Preliminary Evidence from Ultrasound Imaging Studies of Swallowing Structures Michael Siu Wai
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	🍽️ Friday lunch 🍽️
12:31 PM - 1:30 PM	🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Queer Speech Collective meet-up 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Come and grab your packed lunch and meet others at the conference registration and information desk before heading off together to the offsite meetup.
	FA1 City Rooms 1&2	FA2 City Rooms 3&4	FA3 Room L3	FA4 Room L2	FA5 Room L1	FA6 Hall L	FA7 Knowledge Hub, Exhibition area
	In-person only			In-person and virtual			In-person only
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM	How do I choose an AAC device? Charlene Cullen and Leanna Fox	No scheduled presentation	Changing culture: Rethinking models of care In residential aged care Kym Torresi, Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright and Natalie O'Brien	Is motivation the missing link in motor speech therapy? Dr Megan Keage and Ellen Hall	The perspectives of older adults on the meaning, role and value of communication in their everyday lives. Ella Matthiesson	Enhancing communication access for people with communication support needs Alyssa Walter and Rae Anne Carorasan	Exploring tDCS for Stuttering: Lessons from Advancements in Aphasia and Dysphagia Research Dr Hamid Kamiri and Kowsar Esfandeh
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM							Opinions of adults and teens who stutter and speech language pathologists regarding a proposed group improv therapy program for advanced stuttering Damien Aston
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM				Transition time
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM				A proposed framework for understanding and supporting relational recovery following aphasia: The evolution of interpersonal relationships and the relational self Amy Ford	Parents’ lived experience of community interaction involving their young child with Communication Support Needs Caitlin Slaney	Development of a tool kit to facilitate shared conversations between speech pathologists and families about engagement in an early intervention service. Dr Katelyn Melvin and Lorelle Evans	Fostering statewide peer support and best practice translation for Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES): an evaluation of the NSW/ACT FEES working party Sara Bolt
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM							Enhancing Rapport and Engagement through Community Visits: Advancing Telepractice with In-Person Connections Jessica Lamonaca
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM				Transition time
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM				Evidence for multilevel aphasia interventions: How, why, and with whom do they work? Grace Aryee	Communication access in healthcare services: The perspectives of healthcare workers Lauren McKibbin	Accessibility and health literacy implications of allied health reports: Views of allied health professionals who write reports about people with lifelong communication disability. Harmony Turnbull	The effectiveness of Speech Pathology Australia’s ethics learning program. Dr Rachael O'Brien
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM							Stop, Collaborate, and Listen: Students as partners in co-designing their placement Alyssa Walter and Rae Anne Carorasan
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM				Transition time
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM				Extending Speech Pathology: A pilot study of telehealth-based group breathing intervention for adults with chronic pain Asta Fung	Co-designing learning modules with people with disability: The role of speech pathologists Assoc Professor Robyn O'Halloran	Speech pathology practice and human rights – A scoping review and narrative synthesis Stephanie Weir	Outcome measures in Australian speech-language pathology health settings: An exploration of speech-language pathologists' perspectives and experiences. Georgia Bogdanovski
2:55 PM - 3:05 PM							Breaking Barriers: Enhancing Collaboration Between Speech Pathologists and Allied Health Assistants for Timely Intervention Rishni Perara
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM				Transition time
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM				Telehealth delivery of an immersive virtual reality therapy tool for communication rehabilitation: A feasibility study. Dr Clare Burns	Inklings program for infants: Caregiver experiences and mental health Sarah Pillar	Behind the screen: The surprising union of 'speechies' and 'tech-heads' Antonia Isaacson	The training experiences of Australian support workers assisting people with communication support needs: Where do speech language pathologists fit? Clancy Conlon
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM							Cervical auscultation for detecting oropharyngeal aspiration in paediatric and adult populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Annelise Cron
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	☕ Friday afternoon tea ☕
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	The culture of care: Maggie Beer on food, choice, and wellbeing Maggie Beer AO and Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	🤝 Welcome reception 🤝

	60/120-minute presentations	60/120-minute presentations
	Friday 13 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Friday registration & information desk opening hours ℹ️
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM	🎛️ Friday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome to the Speech Pathology Australia 2025 Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Beyond Cultural and Linguistic Diversity: A Critical and Decolonial Vision for Speech and Language Therapy Dr Vishnu Nair
9:30 AM - 7:00 PM	🏟️ Friday Exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Friday morning tea ☕
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	🧠 Knowledge Hub partner session: splose 🧠
	FM1 City Rooms 1&2	FM2 City Rooms 3&4
	In-person only
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	First Nations culturally safe and responsive practice and assessment. Nikita Austin	Accessible content for families: Making your website and resources speak their language Dr Shaun Ziegenfusz and Clancy Conlon
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM	Harnessing technology to minimise the negative impact of waiting lists on children with SSD Professor Kirrie Ballard and Dr Jacqueline McKechnie	Depathologising the speech pathology profession: Beyond colonisation, ableism and the medical model Assoc Professor Sarah Verdon
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	🍽️ Friday lunch 🍽️
12:31 PM - 1:30 PM	🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Queer Speech Collective meet-up 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Come and grab your packed lunch and meet others at the conference registration and information desk before heading off together to the offsite meetup.
	FA1 City Rooms 1&2	FA2 City Rooms 3&4
	In-person only
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM	How do I choose an AAC device? Charlene Cullen and Leanna Fox	No scheduled presentation
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM
2:55 PM - 3:05 PM
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	☕ Friday afternoon tea ☕
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	The culture of care: Maggie Beer on food, choice, and wellbeing Maggie Beer AO and Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	🤝 Welcome reception 🤝

	60/120-minute presentations	20-minute presentations
	Friday 13 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Friday registration & information desk opening hours ℹ️
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM	🎛️ Friday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome to the Speech Pathology Australia 2025 Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Beyond Cultural and Linguistic Diversity: A Critical and Decolonial Vision for Speech and Language Therapy Dr Vishnu Nair
9:30 AM - 7:00 PM	🏟️ Friday Exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Friday morning tea ☕
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	🧠 Knowledge Hub partner session: splose 🧠
	FM3 Room L3	FM4 Room L2
	In-person only	In-person and virtual
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Voice Banking: An Investment in the Speech Pathologist’s Toolkit Dr Lillian Krikheli and Dr Sarah El-Wahsh	Acoustic and perceptual profiles of swallowing sounds in preterm neonates: normative data from a cross-sectional study cohort Assoc Professor Thuy Frakking
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM		Transition time
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM		Exploring the impacts of dysphagia on quality of life of children and young people: A scoping review. Dr Rebecca Smith
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM		Transition time
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM		The Beginning – Feeding Outcome Measures in Neonates Kathryn McHugh and Pari Kulkarni
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM	Unlocking communication potential: A Q&A panel on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Clancy Conlon, Charlene Cullen, Leanna Fox, Dr Darryl Sellwood, Associate Professor Andy Smidt and Dr Abi Thirumanickam.
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM		Transition time
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM		Customer-directed mealtime services for people with cerebral palsy across the lifespan: What do they need and when do they need it? Lisa Moshovis and Assoc Professor Kelly Weir
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM		Transition time
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM		The Power of Collaborative Care: The Speech Pathologists Role in a Multi-Disciplinary Team Assessing and Treating Feeding Disorders Kirsten Duffy and Sophie Thorpe
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	🍽️ Friday lunch 🍽️
12:31 PM - 1:30 PM	🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Queer Speech Collective meet-up 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Come and grab your packed lunch and meet others at the conference registration and information desk before heading off together to the offsite meetup.
	FA3 Room L3	FA4 Room L2
	In-person only	In-person and virtual
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM	Changing culture: Rethinking models of care In residential aged care Kym Torresi, Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright and Natalie O'Brien	Is motivation the missing link in motor speech therapy? Dr Megan Keage and Ellen Hall
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM		Transition time
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM		A proposed framework for understanding and supporting relational recovery following aphasia: The evolution of interpersonal relationships and the relational self Amy Ford
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM		Transition time
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM		Evidence for multilevel aphasia interventions: How, why, and with whom do they work? Grace Aryee
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM		Transition time
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM		Extending Speech Pathology: A pilot study of telehealth-based group breathing intervention for adults with chronic pain Asta Fung
2:55 PM - 3:05 PM
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM		Transition time
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM		Telehealth delivery of an immersive virtual reality therapy tool for communication rehabilitation: A feasibility study. Dr Clare Burns
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	☕ Friday afternoon tea ☕
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	The culture of care: Maggie Beer on food, choice, and wellbeing Maggie Beer AO and Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	🤝 Welcome reception 🤝

	20-minute presentations	20-minute presentations
	Friday 13 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Friday registration & information desk opening hours ℹ️
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM	🎛️ Friday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome to the Speech Pathology Australia 2025 Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Beyond Cultural and Linguistic Diversity: A Critical and Decolonial Vision for Speech and Language Therapy Dr Vishnu Nair
9:30 AM - 7:00 PM	🏟️ Friday Exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Friday morning tea ☕
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	🧠 Knowledge Hub partner session: splose 🧠
	FM5 Room L1	FM6 Hall L
	In-person and virtual
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	The clinical placement experiences of speech-language pathology students with dyslexia. Dr Jacqueline Lim and Joanne Martin	PPA Communication Project – pilot results Prof Kirrie Ballard
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM	Transition time
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM	Innovative speech pathology service provision: Pilot of a 7-day week service at a tertiary paediatric hospital Gloria Tzannes	A pilot investigation of core outcomes for individuals living in Sydney with Primary Progressive Aphasia: What do people with PPA really want from Speech Pathology? Rachel Kingma and Dr Cathleen Taylor-Rubin
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM	Transition time
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM	The views and experiences of Australian speech-language pathologists using telesupervision with students on clinical placement: An online survey Joanne Walters, Dr Lucy Bryant and Professor Bronwyn Hemsley	Stigma and the right to rehabilitation for people with dementia – Development of an online learning package for health professionals Kym Torresi
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM	Transition time
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM	Speech pathology & nursing students’ experience of an interprofessional EMR-based patient case simulation Stephanie Weir	'Invest' in your voice: How a novel co-designed voice banking service supports people with MND Dr Lillian Krikheli
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM	Transition time
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM	From theory to practice: Practice educators' perspectives on how SLP students transfer knowledge and skillls Dr Lillian Krikheli and Dr Simone Arnott	Understanding Practice: Factors influencing management of cognitive and behavioural changes in MND. A qualitative study using the Theoretical Domains Framework. Rebecca Francis
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	🍽️ Friday lunch 🍽️
12:31 PM - 1:30 PM	🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Queer Speech Collective meet-up 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Come and grab your packed lunch and meet others at the conference registration and information desk before heading off together to the offsite meetup.
	FA5 Room L1	FA6 Hall L
	In-person and virtual
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM	The perspectives of older adults on the meaning, role and value of communication in their everyday lives. Ella Matthiesson	Enhancing communication access for people with communication support needs Alyssa Walter and Rae Anne Carorasan
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM	Transition time
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM	Parents’ lived experience of community interaction involving their young child with Communication Support Needs Caitlin Slaney	Development of a tool kit to facilitate shared conversations between speech pathologists and families about engagement in an early intervention service. Dr Katelyn Melvin and Lorelle Evans
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM	Transition time
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM	Communication access in healthcare services: The perspectives of healthcare workers Lauren McKibbin	Accessibility and health literacy implications of allied health reports: Views of allied health professionals who write reports about people with lifelong communication disability. Harmony Turnbull
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM	Transition time
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM	Co-designing learning modules with people with disability: The role of speech pathologists Assoc Professor Robyn O'Halloran	Speech pathology practice and human rights – A scoping review and narrative synthesis Stephanie Weir
2:55 PM - 3:05 PM
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM	Transition time
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM	Inklings program for infants: Caregiver experiences and mental health Sarah Pillar	Behind the screen: The surprising union of 'speechies' and 'tech-heads' Antonia Isaacson
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	☕ Friday afternoon tea ☕
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	The culture of care: Maggie Beer on food, choice, and wellbeing Maggie Beer AO and Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	🤝 Welcome reception 🤝

	10-minute presentations
	Friday 13 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Friday registration & information desk opening hours ℹ️
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM	🎛️ Friday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome to the Speech Pathology Australia 2025 Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Beyond Cultural and Linguistic Diversity: A Critical and Decolonial Vision for Speech and Language Therapy Dr Vishnu Nair
9:30 AM - 7:00 PM	🏟️ Friday Exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Friday morning tea ☕
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	🧠 Knowledge Hub partner session: splose 🧠
	FM7 Knowledge Hub, Exhibition area
	In-person only
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Swallowing Skill Training: Approaches & Motor Learning Principles Bailey Garwood
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM	Implementation of mealtime recommendations in community-based adult disability: A scoping review Sulekha Gunasekaran
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM	Transition time
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM	A scoping review of online resources providing pre-appraised evidence-based information for speech pathology Katherine Smith
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM	A Scoping Review of Dynamic and Technology-Mediated Communication Assessment in Traumatic Brain Injury Sheree Lu
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM	Transition time
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM	What are teachers' perspectives on the communication skills of children entering their first compulsory year of school in Australia? Dr Jacqueline Lim
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM	How Chinese Parents Support their Preschoolers Language Learning: Insights for Culturally Responsive Practice Joyce Cai
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM	Transition time
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM	Preparedness of Australian New Graduate Speech Pathologists in Managing Adult Dysphagia in Community Settings. Jade Telfer
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM	Enhancing Care and Connection: Understanding and Facilitating Student-led Interprofessional Practice Across the Life Span Catherine Linnett-Young
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM	Transition time
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM	A Growing Understanding of Inclusion: Leading a workplace culture through inclusive client care Lauren Haskins
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM	Swallowing Difficulties Associated with Ageing and Muscle Loss: Preliminary Evidence from Ultrasound Imaging Studies of Swallowing Structures Michael Siu Wai
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	🍽️ Friday lunch 🍽️
12:31 PM - 1:30 PM	🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Queer Speech Collective meet-up 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Come and grab your packed lunch and meet others at the conference registration and information desk before heading off together to the offsite meetup.
	FA7 Knowledge Hub, Exhibition area
	In-person only
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM	Exploring tDCS for Stuttering: Lessons from Advancements in Aphasia and Dysphagia Research Dr Hamid Kamiri and Kowsar Esfandeh
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM	Opinions of adults and teens who stutter and speech language pathologists regarding a proposed group improv therapy program for advanced stuttering Damien Aston
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM	Transition time
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM	Fostering statewide peer support and best practice translation for Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES): an evaluation of the NSW/ACT FEES working party Sara Bolt
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM	Enhancing Rapport and Engagement through Community Visits: Advancing Telepractice with In-Person Connections Jessica Lamonaca
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM	Transition time
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM	The effectiveness of Speech Pathology Australia’s ethics learning program. Dr Rachael O'Brien
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM	Stop, Collaborate, and Listen: Students as partners in co-designing their placement Alyssa Walter and Rae Anne Carorasan
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM	Transition time
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM	Outcome measures in Australian speech-language pathology health settings: An exploration of speech-language pathologists' perspectives and experiences. Georgia Bogdanovski
2:55 PM - 3:05 PM	Breaking Barriers: Enhancing Collaboration Between Speech Pathologists and Allied Health Assistants for Timely Intervention Rishni Perara
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM	Transition time
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM	The training experiences of Australian support workers assisting people with communication support needs: Where do speech language pathologists fit? Clancy Conlon
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM	Cervical auscultation for detecting oropharyngeal aspiration in paediatric and adult populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Annelise Cron
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	☕ Friday afternoon tea ☕
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	The culture of care: Maggie Beer on food, choice, and wellbeing Maggie Beer AO and Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	🤝 Welcome reception 🤝

	60/120-minute presentations
	Friday 13 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Friday registration & information desk opening hours ℹ️
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM	🎛️ Friday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome to the Speech Pathology Australia 2025 Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Beyond Cultural and Linguistic Diversity: A Critical and Decolonial Vision for Speech and Language Therapy Dr Vishnu Nair
9:30 AM - 7:00 PM	🏟️ Friday Exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Friday morning tea ☕
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	🧠 Knowledge Hub partner session: splose 🧠
	FM1 City Rooms 1&2
	In-person only
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	First Nations culturally safe and responsive practice and assessment. Nikita Austin
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM	Harnessing technology to minimise the negative impact of waiting lists on children with SSD Professor Kirrie Ballard and Dr Jacqueline McKechnie
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	🍽️ Friday lunch 🍽️
12:31 PM - 1:30 PM	🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Queer Speech Collective meet-up 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Come and grab your packed lunch and meet others at the conference registration and information desk before heading off together to the offsite meetup.
	FA1 City Rooms 1&2
	In-person only
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM	How do I choose an AAC device? Charlene Cullen and Leanna Fox
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM
2:55 PM - 3:05 PM
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	☕ Friday afternoon tea ☕
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	The culture of care: Maggie Beer on food, choice, and wellbeing Maggie Beer AO and Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	🤝 Welcome reception 🤝

	60/120-minute presentations
	Friday 13 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Friday registration & information desk opening hours ℹ️
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM	🎛️ Friday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome to the Speech Pathology Australia 2025 Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Beyond Cultural and Linguistic Diversity: A Critical and Decolonial Vision for Speech and Language Therapy Dr Vishnu Nair
9:30 AM - 7:00 PM	🏟️ Friday Exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Friday morning tea ☕
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	🧠 Knowledge Hub partner session: splose 🧠
	FM2 City Rooms 3&4
	In-person only
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Accessible content for families: Making your website and resources speak their language Dr Shaun Ziegenfusz and Clancy Conlon
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM	Depathologising the speech pathology profession: Beyond colonisation, ableism and the medical model Assoc Professor Sarah Verdon
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	🍽️ Friday lunch 🍽️
12:31 PM - 1:30 PM	🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Queer Speech Collective meet-up 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Come and grab your packed lunch and meet others at the conference registration and information desk before heading off together to the offsite meetup.
	FA2 City Rooms 3&4
	In-person only
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM	No scheduled presentation
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM
2:55 PM - 3:05 PM
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	☕ Friday afternoon tea ☕
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	The culture of care: Maggie Beer on food, choice, and wellbeing Maggie Beer AO and Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	🤝 Welcome reception 🤝

	60/120-minute presentations
	Friday 13 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Friday registration & information desk opening hours ℹ️
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM	🎛️ Friday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome to the Speech Pathology Australia 2025 Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Beyond Cultural and Linguistic Diversity: A Critical and Decolonial Vision for Speech and Language Therapy Dr Vishnu Nair
9:30 AM - 7:00 PM	🏟️ Friday Exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Friday morning tea ☕
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	🧠 Knowledge Hub partner session: splose 🧠
	FM3 Room L3
	In-person only
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Voice Banking: An Investment in the Speech Pathologist’s Toolkit Dr Lillian Krikheli and Dr Sarah El-Wahsh
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM	Unlocking communication potential: A Q&A panel on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Clancy Conlon, Charlene Cullen, Leanna Fox, Dr Darryl Sellwood, Associate Professor Andy Smidt and Dr Abi Thirumanickam.
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	🍽️ Friday lunch 🍽️
12:31 PM - 1:30 PM	🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Queer Speech Collective meet-up 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Come and grab your packed lunch and meet others at the conference registration and information desk before heading off together to the offsite meetup.
	FA3 Room L3
	In-person only
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM	Changing culture: Rethinking models of care In residential aged care Kym Torresi, Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright and Natalie O'Brien
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM
2:55 PM - 3:05 PM
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	☕ Friday afternoon tea ☕
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	The culture of care: Maggie Beer on food, choice, and wellbeing Maggie Beer AO and Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	🤝 Welcome reception 🤝

	20-minute presentations
	Friday 13 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Friday registration & information desk opening hours ℹ️
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM	🎛️ Friday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome to the Speech Pathology Australia 2025 Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Beyond Cultural and Linguistic Diversity: A Critical and Decolonial Vision for Speech and Language Therapy Dr Vishnu Nair
9:30 AM - 7:00 PM	🏟️ Friday Exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Friday morning tea ☕
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	🧠 Knowledge Hub partner session: splose 🧠
	FM4 Room L2
	In-person and virtual
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Acoustic and perceptual profiles of swallowing sounds in preterm neonates: normative data from a cross-sectional study cohort Assoc Professor Thuy Frakking
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM	Transition time
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM	Exploring the impacts of dysphagia on quality of life of children and young people: A scoping review. Dr Rebecca Smith
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM	Transition time
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM	The Beginning – Feeding Outcome Measures in Neonates Kathryn McHugh and Pari Kulkarni
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM	Transition time
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM	Customer-directed mealtime services for people with cerebral palsy across the lifespan: What do they need and when do they need it? Lisa Moshovis and Assoc Professor Kelly Weir
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM	Transition time
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM	The Power of Collaborative Care: The Speech Pathologists Role in a Multi-Disciplinary Team Assessing and Treating Feeding Disorders Kirsten Duffy and Sophie Thorpe
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	🍽️ Friday lunch 🍽️
12:31 PM - 1:30 PM	🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Queer Speech Collective meet-up 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Come and grab your packed lunch and meet others at the conference registration and information desk before heading off together to the offsite meetup.
	FA4 Room L2
	In-person and virtual
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM	Is motivation the missing link in motor speech therapy? Dr Megan Keage and Ellen Hall
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM	Transition time
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM	A proposed framework for understanding and supporting relational recovery following aphasia: The evolution of interpersonal relationships and the relational self Amy Ford
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM	Transition time
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM	Evidence for multilevel aphasia interventions: How, why, and with whom do they work? Grace Aryee
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM	Transition time
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM	Extending Speech Pathology: A pilot study of telehealth-based group breathing intervention for adults with chronic pain Asta Fung
2:55 PM - 3:05 PM
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM	Transition time
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM	Telehealth delivery of an immersive virtual reality therapy tool for communication rehabilitation: A feasibility study. Dr Clare Burns
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	☕ Friday afternoon tea ☕
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	The culture of care: Maggie Beer on food, choice, and wellbeing Maggie Beer AO and Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	🤝 Welcome reception 🤝

	20-minute presentations
	Friday 13 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Friday registration & information desk opening hours ℹ️
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM	🎛️ Friday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome to the Speech Pathology Australia 2025 Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Beyond Cultural and Linguistic Diversity: A Critical and Decolonial Vision for Speech and Language Therapy Dr Vishnu Nair
9:30 AM - 7:00 PM	🏟️ Friday Exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Friday morning tea ☕
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	🧠 Knowledge Hub partner session: splose 🧠
	FM5 Room L1
	In-person and virtual
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	The clinical placement experiences of speech-language pathology students with dyslexia. Dr Jacqueline Lim and Joanne Martin
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM	Transition time
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM	Innovative speech pathology service provision: Pilot of a 7-day week service at a tertiary paediatric hospital Gloria Tzannes
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM	Transition time
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM	The views and experiences of Australian speech-language pathologists using telesupervision with students on clinical placement: An online survey Joanne Walters, Dr Lucy Bryant and Professor Bronwyn Hemsley
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM	Transition time
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM	Speech pathology & nursing students’ experience of an interprofessional EMR-based patient case simulation Stephanie Weir
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM	Transition time
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM	From theory to practice: Practice educators' perspectives on how SLP students transfer knowledge and skillls Dr Lillian Krikheli and Dr Simone Arnott
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	🍽️ Friday lunch 🍽️
12:31 PM - 1:30 PM	🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Queer Speech Collective meet-up 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Come and grab your packed lunch and meet others at the conference registration and information desk before heading off together to the offsite meetup.
	FA5 Room L1
	In-person and virtual
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM	The perspectives of older adults on the meaning, role and value of communication in their everyday lives. Ella Matthiesson
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM	Transition time
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM	Parents’ lived experience of community interaction involving their young child with Communication Support Needs Caitlin Slaney
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM	Transition time
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM	Communication access in healthcare services: The perspectives of healthcare workers Lauren McKibbin
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM	Transition time
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM	Co-designing learning modules with people with disability: The role of speech pathologists Assoc Professor Robyn O'Halloran
2:55 PM - 3:05 PM
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM	Transition time
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM	Inklings program for infants: Caregiver experiences and mental health Sarah Pillar
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	☕ Friday afternoon tea ☕
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	The culture of care: Maggie Beer on food, choice, and wellbeing Maggie Beer AO and Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	🤝 Welcome reception 🤝

	20-minute presentations
	Friday 13 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Friday registration & information desk opening hours ℹ️
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM	🎛️ Friday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome to the Speech Pathology Australia 2025 Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Beyond Cultural and Linguistic Diversity: A Critical and Decolonial Vision for Speech and Language Therapy Dr Vishnu Nair
9:30 AM - 7:00 PM	🏟️ Friday Exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Friday morning tea ☕
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	🧠 Knowledge Hub partner session: splose 🧠
	FM6 Hall L
	In-person and virtual
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	PPA Communication Project – pilot results Prof Kirrie Ballard
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM	Transition time
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM	A pilot investigation of core outcomes for individuals living in Sydney with Primary Progressive Aphasia: What do people with PPA really want from Speech Pathology? Rachel Kingma and Dr Cathleen Taylor-Rubin
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM	Transition time
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM	Stigma and the right to rehabilitation for people with dementia – Development of an online learning package for health professionals Kym Torresi
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM	Transition time
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM	'Invest' in your voice: How a novel co-designed voice banking service supports people with MND Dr Lillian Krikheli
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM	Transition time
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM	Understanding Practice: Factors influencing management of cognitive and behavioural changes in MND. A qualitative study using the Theoretical Domains Framework. Rebecca Francis
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	🍽️ Friday lunch 🍽️
12:31 PM - 1:30 PM	🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Queer Speech Collective meet-up 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Come and grab your packed lunch and meet others at the conference registration and information desk before heading off together to the offsite meetup.
	FA6 Hall L
	In-person and virtual
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM	Enhancing communication access for people with communication support needs Alyssa Walter and Rae Anne Carorasan
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM	Transition time
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM	Development of a tool kit to facilitate shared conversations between speech pathologists and families about engagement in an early intervention service. Dr Katelyn Melvin and Lorelle Evans
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM	Transition time
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM	Accessibility and health literacy implications of allied health reports: Views of allied health professionals who write reports about people with lifelong communication disability. Harmony Turnbull
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM	Transition time
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM	Speech pathology practice and human rights – A scoping review and narrative synthesis Stephanie Weir
2:55 PM - 3:05 PM
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM	Transition time
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM	Behind the screen: The surprising union of 'speechies' and 'tech-heads' Antonia Isaacson
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	☕ Friday afternoon tea ☕
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	The culture of care: Maggie Beer on food, choice, and wellbeing Maggie Beer AO and Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	🤝 Welcome reception 🤝

	10-minute presentations
	Friday 13 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:30 AM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Friday registration & information desk opening hours ℹ️
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM	🎛️ Friday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome to the Speech Pathology Australia 2025 Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Beyond Cultural and Linguistic Diversity: A Critical and Decolonial Vision for Speech and Language Therapy Dr Vishnu Nair
9:30 AM - 7:00 PM	🏟️ Friday Exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Friday morning tea ☕
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	🧠 Knowledge Hub partner session: splose 🧠
	FM7 Knowledge Hub, Exhibition area
	In-person only
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Swallowing Skill Training: Approaches & Motor Learning Principles Bailey Garwood
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM	Implementation of mealtime recommendations in community-based adult disability: A scoping review Sulekha Gunasekaran
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM	Transition time
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM	A scoping review of online resources providing pre-appraised evidence-based information for speech pathology Katherine Smith
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM	A Scoping Review of Dynamic and Technology-Mediated Communication Assessment in Traumatic Brain Injury Sheree Lu
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM	Transition time
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM	What are teachers' perspectives on the communication skills of children entering their first compulsory year of school in Australia? Dr Jacqueline Lim
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM	How Chinese Parents Support their Preschoolers Language Learning: Insights for Culturally Responsive Practice Joyce Cai
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM	Transition time
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM	Preparedness of Australian New Graduate Speech Pathologists in Managing Adult Dysphagia in Community Settings. Jade Telfer
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM	Enhancing Care and Connection: Understanding and Facilitating Student-led Interprofessional Practice Across the Life Span Catherine Linnett-Young
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM	Transition time
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM	A Growing Understanding of Inclusion: Leading a workplace culture through inclusive client care Lauren Haskins
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM	Swallowing Difficulties Associated with Ageing and Muscle Loss: Preliminary Evidence from Ultrasound Imaging Studies of Swallowing Structures Michael Siu Wai
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	🍽️ Friday lunch 🍽️
12:31 PM - 1:30 PM	🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Queer Speech Collective meet-up 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Come and grab your packed lunch and meet others at the conference registration and information desk before heading off together to the offsite meetup.
	FA7 Knowledge Hub, Exhibition area
	In-person only
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM	Exploring tDCS for Stuttering: Lessons from Advancements in Aphasia and Dysphagia Research Dr Hamid Kamiri and Kowsar Esfandeh
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM	Opinions of adults and teens who stutter and speech language pathologists regarding a proposed group improv therapy program for advanced stuttering Damien Aston
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM	Transition time
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM	Fostering statewide peer support and best practice translation for Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES): an evaluation of the NSW/ACT FEES working party Sara Bolt
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM	Enhancing Rapport and Engagement through Community Visits: Advancing Telepractice with In-Person Connections Jessica Lamonaca
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM	Transition time
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM	The effectiveness of Speech Pathology Australia’s ethics learning program. Dr Rachael O'Brien
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM	Stop, Collaborate, and Listen: Students as partners in co-designing their placement Alyssa Walter and Rae Anne Carorasan
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM	Transition time
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM	Outcome measures in Australian speech-language pathology health settings: An exploration of speech-language pathologists' perspectives and experiences. Georgia Bogdanovski
2:55 PM - 3:05 PM	Breaking Barriers: Enhancing Collaboration Between Speech Pathologists and Allied Health Assistants for Timely Intervention Rishni Perara
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM	Transition time
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM	The training experiences of Australian support workers assisting people with communication support needs: Where do speech language pathologists fit? Clancy Conlon
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM	Cervical auscultation for detecting oropharyngeal aspiration in paediatric and adult populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Annelise Cron
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	☕ Friday afternoon tea ☕
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	The culture of care: Maggie Beer on food, choice, and wellbeing Maggie Beer AO and Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	🤝 Welcome reception 🤝

Saturday, June 14, 2025

	60/120-minute presentations	60/120-minute presentations	60/120-minute presentations	20-minute presentations	20-minute presentations	20-minute presentations	10-minute presentations
	Saturday 14 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:00 AM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Saturday registration and information desk opening hours ℹ️
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM	🧘 Yoga 🧘
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	🏃 Torrens parkrun 🏃
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM	🎛️ Saturday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome back to the Saturday of the Speech Pathology Australia Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	The art and science of connection: how humans and technology shape communication Dr Fiona Kerr
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM	🏟️ Saturday exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Saturday morning tea ☕
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	🧠 Knowledge Hub session: Refreshing our Code of Ethics 🧠 Ethical challenges evolve, and our Code of Ethics should too. Help shape a Code that reflects contemporary issues and supports ethical decision-making in the profession.
	SAM1 City Rooms 1&2	SAM2 City Rooms 3&4	SAM3 Room L3	SAM4 Room L2	SAM5 Room L1	SAM6 Hall L	SAM7 Knowledge Hub, Exhibition area
	In-person only			In-person and virtual			In-person only
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Working with children and adolescents with mental health concerns Adele Wallis, Dr Angela Clarke and Elle Sleeman	Ears, ears everywhere Alicia Dickson, Jenna Bongioletti and Leah Hanley	Neurodiversity affirming practice: The next frontier in culturally responsive practice? Assoc Professor Sarah Verdon and Lucia Flint	Child-focused participatory action research: Seeking children's voices in speech-language pathology research Dr Suzanne Hopf	Communicating Their Way: Exploring How Teachers Navigate Stuttering in the Classroom Meryl Lefort	Unspoken needs, visible solutions: Exploring healthcare settings for communication access Sumaita Tasneem	Identifying barriers and solutions to access to rehabilitation for people with dementia: A co-design approach Kym Torresi
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM							Tell us what you think, what you really, really think! Updating the Living with Aphasia Guide. Louise Cleary
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM				Transition time
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM				Speech Pathology and the role within a Developmental Multi-disciplinary Assessment Team Hannah Bowen and Melissa Egan	How Expert and Generalist Speech Pathologists Address Stuttering Variability in Assessment and Treatment Dr Hamid Kamiri, Amir Hossein Rasoli Jokar and Professor J Scott Yaruss	SPARC: Speech Pathology led Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) service delivery model in the acute inpatient setting: does a refined model of care enhance access to instrumental assessment and expedite optimal patient outcomes? Eva Norman	What is the evidence-base for Hanen® programs? A narrative review Sarah Bartlett
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM							Is it neurodiversity-affirming practice or not? Systematic review and social media scan of Gestalt Language Processing/Natural Language Acquisition (GLP/NLA): Implications for quality, evidence-based speech pathology professionals. Professor Bronwyn Hemsley, Dr Lucy Bryant, Gaenor Dixon, Caroline Bowen, Katharine Beals and Howard Shane
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM				Transition time
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM				Speech-language pathologists' practices and perceptions of parent involvement in paediatric services funded by the NDIS in Australia Thomas Gaffney	Stuttering on social media: A comparison of representation and engagement on Instagram and X Dr Hamid Kamiri and Amir Hossein Rasoli Jokar	“Communication disability plays a massive role”: A research synthesis on management of hospital falls in patients with communication disability after stroke. Dr Rebecca Sullivan	Enhancing Rural Allied Health Workforce Sustainability: A Comprehensive Examination of Perspectives on Recruitment and Retention among Rural Allied Health Professionals and Final Year Allied Health Students Hannah Hill and Elizabeth Quixley
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM							Practical Partnerships: Working in Partnership with Schools and Educators via Telehealth. Taylah Rooker-Nean
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM				Transition time
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM				Not only for now: The importance of speech pathology services to improve health outcomes of children with cancer during and after treatment. Siew-Lian Crossley	Education, Ease, and Empowerment: Using the 3Es model for state school students who stutter. Part 1 – focusing on Education & Ease. Susan Pryde-Walsh and Patrick Hollamby	RESCUE: Rapid, Effective, Safe Communication in Emergency Departments (ED): Views of ED staff on communication while wearing personal protective equipment. Professor Bronwyn Hemsley, Dr Nicola Clayton, Margaret Fry, Dr Rebecca Sullivan and Amy Freeman-Sanderson	Experiences of a speech pathology student led clinic: A client perspective Dr Lauryn Stewart
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM							A qualitative study exploring final year speech-language pathology students’ perspectives and experiences of language sample analysis. Joshua Barbante
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM				Transition time
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM				A co-designed response to long waiting lists in a child development service Dr Katelyn Melvin	Education, Ease, and Empowerment: Part 2 - The 3Es model in empowering and giving voice to state school students who stutter. Susan Pryde-Walsh, Carolynn Fisher and Jodie Quayle	Exploring the experiences of speech-language pathologists working with laryngectomy and tracheostomy patients in an acute care setting: A qualitative study. Victoria Rossiter	"It's bigger than Ben-hur”: Impacts of dysphagia on quality of life from the perspective of children, young people and their parents. Dr Rebecca Smith
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM							Seeing the bigger picture: Feasibility of TeleVFSS to support Geraldton Regional Hospital (GRH) Louise Cleary
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	🍽️ Saturday lunch 🍽️
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM	🧠 Knowledge Hub partner session: Reading Doctor 🧠
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM	🤝 Queensland member meet-up 🤝 If you're a Queensland-based speech pathologist and curious about the QLD Branch, grab your lunch and join us for a casual meetup during the break. It’s a great chance to connect, ask questions, and hear what’s happening in your state.
	SAA1 City Rooms 1&2	SAA2 City Rooms 3&4	SAA3 Room L3	SAA4 Room L2	SAA5 Room L1	SAA6 Hall L	SAA7 Knowledge Hub, Exhibition area
	In-person only			In-person and virtual			In-person only
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM	Applying the role of speech pathologists into positive behaviour support to reduce risk of harm behaviours and restrictive practices Julia Dukhno, Cara Newman and Leonie Harding	Speak Up Podcast recording: Artificial intelligence Nadia Marussinszky and Nathan Cornish-Raley	A recipe to avoid disaster: Harnessing the power of the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System (RTSS) to make neuro-intervention plans easy-to-follow and easy-to-explain. Justine Hamilton	Supporting Students to Thrive on Complex Placements: Lessons from a Multi-Disciplinary Team Clancy Conlon	Enhancing intercultural communication in allied health: Lessons from a Yolŋu-Balanda collaboration in the Northern Territory Anna Pritchard, Rebecca Boyall and Kyla Logan Whittard	A validity study of the Early Language Inventory: Investigating ecologically appropriate communication assessment for Aboriginal children in western Sydney. Chantelle Khamchuang	Conversational Alignment of Autistic and Neurotypical School-Aged Children in Adult-Child Interactions Adriana Chee Jing Chieng
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM							"Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! (with a nod to Dr. Seuss): Teaching and Learning Clinical Reasoning in Speech Pathology" Kathryn Fitzgerald
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM				Transition time
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM				Embracing diversity through a flipped classroom model: Recommendations for inclusive tertiary education Clancy Conlon	Guyati, Garraka wa Witing: Speech pathology student services in an Aboriginal community controlled preschool. Dr Gwendalyn Webb and Samantha Barnsley	“They don't realise how hard he has to try every day”: The rewards and challenges of parenting a child with developmental language disorder. Prof Suze Leitao	Exploring the extent, nature, effectiveness and training requirements of counselling models and skills used by speech-language pathologists in practice: A scoping review. Mia Segal
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM							Interdisciplinary psychology and speech pathology “Aphasia Mood Group”: A mixed methods study Madeleine Campbell
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM				Transition time
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM				Research Capacity and Culture in Speech Language-Pathology: An International Survey Dr Dai (Debbie) Pu	A contrastive analysis of Quranic Arabic and Standard Australian Sara Kablaoui and Dr Suzanne Hopf	Dosage factors influencing change in referential and inferential language following receipt of Launch to School (L2S): an emergent literacy intervention for preschoolers with communication disorders Dr Kate Short	Evaluation of dysphagia education for nursing, environmental services and residential aged care staff at a regional health service Morgan Perry
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM	The development of the PPA Progression Planning Aid (PPA-squared) and its clinical application: Improving care for people living with Primary Progressive Aphasia Dr Cathleen Taylor-Rubin and Rachel Kingma	The art of doing more with what you've got: A Northern Territory guide to quality improvement. Kyla Logan Whittard and Anna Pritchard	Dialogue on ‘disability dysphagia’ and mealtimes: considering speech pathology ‘work as imagined’ and ‘work as done’ to inform practice improvements Sarah Langtry, Professor Bronwyn Hemsley, Diane Symons and Fiona Given				Managing dysphagia in people with Parkinson's Disease: A national survey of speech-language pathologists Dr Katrina Blyth
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM				Transition time
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM				Fetching connections: Dog walking as an adjunct to traditional speech therapy. Jan Mackey	Knowledge, practices and aspirations of speech-language pathologists’ provision of culturally responsive practice for Pacific Islander families Dr Suzanne Hopf	Expressive communication function and its influence on participation of primary school-aged children with cerebral palsy. Katrina Caynes	Neurodiversity-affirming practice – Exploring the knowledge and perspectives of Australian speech pathologists Stephanie Weir and Hannah Stark
2:55 PM - 3:05 PM							The Hearing, Language and Literacy Project: Promoting the importance of hearing, language and literacy as key areas underpinning educational achievement for all students. Pamela Leonardi and Isabella Ganko
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM				Transition time
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM				Defining ableism in speech pathology practice: A modified scoping review Dr Suzanne Hopf and Kim O'Brien	Rural Australians’ ratings of Indigenous children’s books to support communication and literacy Sarah Bartlett	Cultural perceptions of language development in a population sample of 54-month-old children from Aotearoa New Zealand Dr Jayne Newbury	Challenges on the laryngectomy frontline: Development of an e-learning package to boost Speech Pathology knowledge Louise McFarlane
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM							The role of speech pathologists in the acute assessment and management of cognitive-communication disorders following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest Courtney Dunn
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	☕ Saturday afternoon tea ☕
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	The Knowledge Project: history, spirituality, and Indigenous perspectives Steven Warrior
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM	🎖️ Speech Pathology Australia Member Awards 🎖️
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM	✨ Networking reception: Find your community ✨

	60/120-minute presentations	60/120-minute presentations
	Saturday 14 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:00 AM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Saturday registration and information desk opening hours ℹ️
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM	🧘 Yoga 🧘
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	🏃 Torrens parkrun 🏃
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM	🎛️ Saturday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome back to the Saturday of the Speech Pathology Australia Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	The art and science of connection: how humans and technology shape communication Dr Fiona Kerr
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM	🏟️ Saturday exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Saturday morning tea ☕
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	🧠 Knowledge Hub session: Refreshing our Code of Ethics 🧠 Ethical challenges evolve, and our Code of Ethics should too. Help shape a Code that reflects contemporary issues and supports ethical decision-making in the profession.
	SAM1 City Rooms 1&2	SAM2 City Rooms 3&4
	In-person only
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Working with children and adolescents with mental health concerns Adele Wallis, Dr Angela Clarke and Elle Sleeman	Ears, ears everywhere Alicia Dickson, Jenna Bongioletti and Leah Hanley
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	🍽️ Saturday lunch 🍽️
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM	🧠 Knowledge Hub partner session: Reading Doctor 🧠
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM	🤝 Queensland member meet-up 🤝 If you're a Queensland-based speech pathologist and curious about the QLD Branch, grab your lunch and join us for a casual meetup during the break. It’s a great chance to connect, ask questions, and hear what’s happening in your state.
	SAA1 City Rooms 1&2	SAA2 City Rooms 3&4
	In-person only
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM	Applying the role of speech pathologists into positive behaviour support to reduce risk of harm behaviours and restrictive practices Julia Dukhno, Cara Newman and Leonie Harding	Speak Up Podcast recording: Artificial intelligence Nadia Marussinszky and Nathan Cornish-Raley
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM	The development of the PPA Progression Planning Aid (PPA-squared) and its clinical application: Improving care for people living with Primary Progressive Aphasia Dr Cathleen Taylor-Rubin and Rachel Kingma	The art of doing more with what you've got: A Northern Territory guide to quality improvement. Kyla Logan Whittard and Anna Pritchard
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM
2:55 PM - 3:05 PM
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	☕ Saturday afternoon tea ☕
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	The Knowledge Project: history, spirituality, and Indigenous perspectives Steven Warrior
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM	🎖️ Speech Pathology Australia Member Awards 🎖️
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM	✨ Networking reception: Find your community ✨

	60/120-minute presentations	20-minute presentations
	Saturday 14 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:00 AM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Saturday registration and information desk opening hours ℹ️
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM	🧘 Yoga 🧘
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	🏃 Torrens parkrun 🏃
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM	🎛️ Saturday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome back to the Saturday of the Speech Pathology Australia Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	The art and science of connection: how humans and technology shape communication Dr Fiona Kerr
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM	🏟️ Saturday exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Saturday morning tea ☕
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	🧠 Knowledge Hub session: Refreshing our Code of Ethics 🧠 Ethical challenges evolve, and our Code of Ethics should too. Help shape a Code that reflects contemporary issues and supports ethical decision-making in the profession.
	SAM3 Room L3	SAM4 Room L2
	In-person only	In-person and virtual
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Neurodiversity affirming practice: The next frontier in culturally responsive practice? Assoc Professor Sarah Verdon and Lucia Flint	Child-focused participatory action research: Seeking children's voices in speech-language pathology research Dr Suzanne Hopf
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM		Transition time
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM		Speech Pathology and the role within a Developmental Multi-disciplinary Assessment Team Hannah Bowen and Melissa Egan
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM		Transition time
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM		Speech-language pathologists' practices and perceptions of parent involvement in paediatric services funded by the NDIS in Australia Thomas Gaffney
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM		Transition time
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM		Not only for now: The importance of speech pathology services to improve health outcomes of children with cancer during and after treatment. Siew-Lian Crossley
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM		Transition time
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM		A co-designed response to long waiting lists in a child development service Dr Katelyn Melvin
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	🍽️ Saturday lunch 🍽️
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM	🧠 Knowledge Hub partner session: Reading Doctor 🧠
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM	🤝 Queensland member meet-up 🤝 If you're a Queensland-based speech pathologist and curious about the QLD Branch, grab your lunch and join us for a casual meetup during the break. It’s a great chance to connect, ask questions, and hear what’s happening in your state.
	SAA3 Room L3	SAA4 Room L2
	In-person only	In-person and virtual
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM	A recipe to avoid disaster: Harnessing the power of the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System (RTSS) to make neuro-intervention plans easy-to-follow and easy-to-explain. Justine Hamilton	Supporting Students to Thrive on Complex Placements: Lessons from a Multi-Disciplinary Team Clancy Conlon
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM		Transition time
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM		Embracing diversity through a flipped classroom model: Recommendations for inclusive tertiary education Clancy Conlon
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM		Transition time
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM		Research Capacity and Culture in Speech Language-Pathology: An International Survey Dr Dai (Debbie) Pu
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM	Dialogue on ‘disability dysphagia’ and mealtimes: considering speech pathology ‘work as imagined’ and ‘work as done’ to inform practice improvements Sarah Langtry, Professor Bronwyn Hemsley, Diane Symons and Fiona Given
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM		Transition time
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM		Fetching connections: Dog walking as an adjunct to traditional speech therapy. Jan Mackey
2:55 PM - 3:05 PM
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM		Transition time
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM		Defining ableism in speech pathology practice: A modified scoping review Dr Suzanne Hopf and Kim O'Brien
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	☕ Saturday afternoon tea ☕
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	The Knowledge Project: history, spirituality, and Indigenous perspectives Steven Warrior
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM	🎖️ Speech Pathology Australia Member Awards 🎖️
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM	✨ Networking reception: Find your community ✨

	20-minute presentations	20-minute presentations
	Saturday 14 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:00 AM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Saturday registration and information desk opening hours ℹ️
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM	🧘 Yoga 🧘
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	🏃 Torrens parkrun 🏃
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM	🎛️ Saturday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome back to the Saturday of the Speech Pathology Australia Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	The art and science of connection: how humans and technology shape communication Dr Fiona Kerr
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM	🏟️ Saturday exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Saturday morning tea ☕
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	🧠 Knowledge Hub session: Refreshing our Code of Ethics 🧠 Ethical challenges evolve, and our Code of Ethics should too. Help shape a Code that reflects contemporary issues and supports ethical decision-making in the profession.
	SAM5 Room L1	SAM6 Hall L
	In-person and virtual
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Communicating Their Way: Exploring How Teachers Navigate Stuttering in the Classroom Meryl Lefort	Unspoken needs, visible solutions: Exploring healthcare settings for communication access Sumaita Tasneem
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM	Transition time
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM	How Expert and Generalist Speech Pathologists Address Stuttering Variability in Assessment and Treatment Dr Hamid Kamiri, Amir Hossein Rasoli Jokar and Professor J Scott Yaruss	SPARC: Speech Pathology led Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) service delivery model in the acute inpatient setting: does a refined model of care enhance access to instrumental assessment and expedite optimal patient outcomes? Eva Norman
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM	Transition time
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM	Stuttering on social media: A comparison of representation and engagement on Instagram and X Dr Hamid Kamiri and Amir Hossein Rasoli Jokar	“Communication disability plays a massive role”: A research synthesis on management of hospital falls in patients with communication disability after stroke. Dr Rebecca Sullivan
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM	Transition time
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM	Education, Ease, and Empowerment: Using the 3Es model for state school students who stutter. Part 1 – focusing on Education & Ease. Susan Pryde-Walsh and Patrick Hollamby	RESCUE: Rapid, Effective, Safe Communication in Emergency Departments (ED): Views of ED staff on communication while wearing personal protective equipment. Professor Bronwyn Hemsley, Dr Nicola Clayton, Margaret Fry, Dr Rebecca Sullivan and Amy Freeman-Sanderson
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM	Transition time
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM	Education, Ease, and Empowerment: Part 2 - The 3Es model in empowering and giving voice to state school students who stutter. Susan Pryde-Walsh, Carolynn Fisher and Jodie Quayle	Exploring the experiences of speech-language pathologists working with laryngectomy and tracheostomy patients in an acute care setting: A qualitative study. Victoria Rossiter
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	🍽️ Saturday lunch 🍽️
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM	🧠 Knowledge Hub partner session: Reading Doctor 🧠
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM	🤝 Queensland member meet-up 🤝 If you're a Queensland-based speech pathologist and curious about the QLD Branch, grab your lunch and join us for a casual meetup during the break. It’s a great chance to connect, ask questions, and hear what’s happening in your state.
	SAA5 Room L1	SAA6 Hall L
	In-person and virtual
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM	Enhancing intercultural communication in allied health: Lessons from a Yolŋu-Balanda collaboration in the Northern Territory Anna Pritchard, Rebecca Boyall and Kyla Logan Whittard	A validity study of the Early Language Inventory: Investigating ecologically appropriate communication assessment for Aboriginal children in western Sydney. Chantelle Khamchuang
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM	Transition time
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM	Guyati, Garraka wa Witing: Speech pathology student services in an Aboriginal community controlled preschool. Dr Gwendalyn Webb and Samantha Barnsley	“They don't realise how hard he has to try every day”: The rewards and challenges of parenting a child with developmental language disorder. Prof Suze Leitao
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM	Transition time
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM	A contrastive analysis of Quranic Arabic and Standard Australian Sara Kablaoui and Dr Suzanne Hopf	Dosage factors influencing change in referential and inferential language following receipt of Launch to School (L2S): an emergent literacy intervention for preschoolers with communication disorders Dr Kate Short
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM	Transition time
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM	Knowledge, practices and aspirations of speech-language pathologists’ provision of culturally responsive practice for Pacific Islander families Dr Suzanne Hopf	Expressive communication function and its influence on participation of primary school-aged children with cerebral palsy. Katrina Caynes
2:55 PM - 3:05 PM
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM	Transition time
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM	Rural Australians’ ratings of Indigenous children’s books to support communication and literacy Sarah Bartlett	Cultural perceptions of language development in a population sample of 54-month-old children from Aotearoa New Zealand Dr Jayne Newbury
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	☕ Saturday afternoon tea ☕
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	The Knowledge Project: history, spirituality, and Indigenous perspectives Steven Warrior
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM	🎖️ Speech Pathology Australia Member Awards 🎖️
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM	✨ Networking reception: Find your community ✨

	10-minute presentations
	Saturday 14 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:00 AM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Saturday registration and information desk opening hours ℹ️
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM	🧘 Yoga 🧘
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	🏃 Torrens parkrun 🏃
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM	🎛️ Saturday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome back to the Saturday of the Speech Pathology Australia Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	The art and science of connection: how humans and technology shape communication Dr Fiona Kerr
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM	🏟️ Saturday exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Saturday morning tea ☕
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	🧠 Knowledge Hub session: Refreshing our Code of Ethics 🧠 Ethical challenges evolve, and our Code of Ethics should too. Help shape a Code that reflects contemporary issues and supports ethical decision-making in the profession.
	SAM7 Knowledge Hub, Exhibition area
	In-person only
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Identifying barriers and solutions to access to rehabilitation for people with dementia: A co-design approach Kym Torresi
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM	Tell us what you think, what you really, really think! Updating the Living with Aphasia Guide. Louise Cleary
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM	Transition time
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM	What is the evidence-base for Hanen® programs? A narrative review Sarah Bartlett
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM	Is it neurodiversity-affirming practice or not? Systematic review and social media scan of Gestalt Language Processing/Natural Language Acquisition (GLP/NLA): Implications for quality, evidence-based speech pathology professionals. Professor Bronwyn Hemsley, Dr Lucy Bryant, Gaenor Dixon, Caroline Bowen, Katharine Beals and Howard Shane
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM	Transition time
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM	Enhancing Rural Allied Health Workforce Sustainability: A Comprehensive Examination of Perspectives on Recruitment and Retention among Rural Allied Health Professionals and Final Year Allied Health Students Hannah Hill and Elizabeth Quixley
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM	Practical Partnerships: Working in Partnership with Schools and Educators via Telehealth. Taylah Rooker-Nean
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM	Transition time
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM	Experiences of a speech pathology student led clinic: A client perspective Dr Lauryn Stewart
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM	A qualitative study exploring final year speech-language pathology students’ perspectives and experiences of language sample analysis. Joshua Barbante
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM	Transition time
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM	"It's bigger than Ben-hur”: Impacts of dysphagia on quality of life from the perspective of children, young people and their parents. Dr Rebecca Smith
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM	Seeing the bigger picture: Feasibility of TeleVFSS to support Geraldton Regional Hospital (GRH) Louise Cleary
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	🍽️ Saturday lunch 🍽️
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM	🧠 Knowledge Hub partner session: Reading Doctor 🧠
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM	🤝 Queensland member meet-up 🤝 If you're a Queensland-based speech pathologist and curious about the QLD Branch, grab your lunch and join us for a casual meetup during the break. It’s a great chance to connect, ask questions, and hear what’s happening in your state.
	SAA7 Knowledge Hub, Exhibition area
	In-person only
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM	Conversational Alignment of Autistic and Neurotypical School-Aged Children in Adult-Child Interactions Adriana Chee Jing Chieng
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM	"Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! (with a nod to Dr. Seuss): Teaching and Learning Clinical Reasoning in Speech Pathology" Kathryn Fitzgerald
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM	Transition time
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM	Exploring the extent, nature, effectiveness and training requirements of counselling models and skills used by speech-language pathologists in practice: A scoping review. Mia Segal
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM	Interdisciplinary psychology and speech pathology “Aphasia Mood Group”: A mixed methods study Madeleine Campbell
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM	Transition time
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM	Evaluation of dysphagia education for nursing, environmental services and residential aged care staff at a regional health service Morgan Perry
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM	Managing dysphagia in people with Parkinson's Disease: A national survey of speech-language pathologists Dr Katrina Blyth
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM	Transition time
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM	Neurodiversity-affirming practice – Exploring the knowledge and perspectives of Australian speech pathologists Stephanie Weir and Hannah Stark
2:55 PM - 3:05 PM	The Hearing, Language and Literacy Project: Promoting the importance of hearing, language and literacy as key areas underpinning educational achievement for all students. Pamela Leonardi and Isabella Ganko
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM	Transition time
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM	Challenges on the laryngectomy frontline: Development of an e-learning package to boost Speech Pathology knowledge Louise McFarlane
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM	The role of speech pathologists in the acute assessment and management of cognitive-communication disorders following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest Courtney Dunn
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	☕ Saturday afternoon tea ☕
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	The Knowledge Project: history, spirituality, and Indigenous perspectives Steven Warrior
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM	🎖️ Speech Pathology Australia Member Awards 🎖️
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM	✨ Networking reception: Find your community ✨

	60/120-minute presentations
	Saturday 14 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:00 AM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Saturday registration and information desk opening hours ℹ️
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM	🧘 Yoga 🧘
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	🏃 Torrens parkrun 🏃
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM	🎛️ Saturday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome back to the Saturday of the Speech Pathology Australia Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	The art and science of connection: how humans and technology shape communication Dr Fiona Kerr
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM	🏟️ Saturday exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Saturday morning tea ☕
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	🧠 Knowledge Hub session: Refreshing our Code of Ethics 🧠 Ethical challenges evolve, and our Code of Ethics should too. Help shape a Code that reflects contemporary issues and supports ethical decision-making in the profession.
	SAM1 City Rooms 1&2
	In-person only
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Working with children and adolescents with mental health concerns Adele Wallis, Dr Angela Clarke and Elle Sleeman
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	🍽️ Saturday lunch 🍽️
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM	🧠 Knowledge Hub partner session: Reading Doctor 🧠
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM	🤝 Queensland member meet-up 🤝 If you're a Queensland-based speech pathologist and curious about the QLD Branch, grab your lunch and join us for a casual meetup during the break. It’s a great chance to connect, ask questions, and hear what’s happening in your state.
	SAA1 City Rooms 1&2
	In-person only
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM	Applying the role of speech pathologists into positive behaviour support to reduce risk of harm behaviours and restrictive practices Julia Dukhno, Cara Newman and Leonie Harding
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM	The development of the PPA Progression Planning Aid (PPA-squared) and its clinical application: Improving care for people living with Primary Progressive Aphasia Dr Cathleen Taylor-Rubin and Rachel Kingma
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM
2:55 PM - 3:05 PM
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	☕ Saturday afternoon tea ☕
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	The Knowledge Project: history, spirituality, and Indigenous perspectives Steven Warrior
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM	🎖️ Speech Pathology Australia Member Awards 🎖️
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM	✨ Networking reception: Find your community ✨

	60/120-minute presentations
	Saturday 14 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:00 AM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Saturday registration and information desk opening hours ℹ️
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM	🧘 Yoga 🧘
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	🏃 Torrens parkrun 🏃
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM	🎛️ Saturday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome back to the Saturday of the Speech Pathology Australia Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	The art and science of connection: how humans and technology shape communication Dr Fiona Kerr
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM	🏟️ Saturday exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Saturday morning tea ☕
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	🧠 Knowledge Hub session: Refreshing our Code of Ethics 🧠 Ethical challenges evolve, and our Code of Ethics should too. Help shape a Code that reflects contemporary issues and supports ethical decision-making in the profession.
	SAM2 City Rooms 3&4
	In-person only
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Ears, ears everywhere Alicia Dickson, Jenna Bongioletti and Leah Hanley
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	🍽️ Saturday lunch 🍽️
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM	🧠 Knowledge Hub partner session: Reading Doctor 🧠
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM	🤝 Queensland member meet-up 🤝 If you're a Queensland-based speech pathologist and curious about the QLD Branch, grab your lunch and join us for a casual meetup during the break. It’s a great chance to connect, ask questions, and hear what’s happening in your state.
	SAA2 City Rooms 3&4
	In-person only
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM	Speak Up Podcast recording: Artificial intelligence Nadia Marussinszky and Nathan Cornish-Raley
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM	The art of doing more with what you've got: A Northern Territory guide to quality improvement. Kyla Logan Whittard and Anna Pritchard
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM
2:55 PM - 3:05 PM
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	☕ Saturday afternoon tea ☕
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	The Knowledge Project: history, spirituality, and Indigenous perspectives Steven Warrior
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM	🎖️ Speech Pathology Australia Member Awards 🎖️
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM	✨ Networking reception: Find your community ✨

	60/120-minute presentations
	Saturday 14 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:00 AM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Saturday registration and information desk opening hours ℹ️
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM	🧘 Yoga 🧘
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	🏃 Torrens parkrun 🏃
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM	🎛️ Saturday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome back to the Saturday of the Speech Pathology Australia Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	The art and science of connection: how humans and technology shape communication Dr Fiona Kerr
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM	🏟️ Saturday exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Saturday morning tea ☕
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	🧠 Knowledge Hub session: Refreshing our Code of Ethics 🧠 Ethical challenges evolve, and our Code of Ethics should too. Help shape a Code that reflects contemporary issues and supports ethical decision-making in the profession.
	SAM3 Room L3
	In-person only
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Neurodiversity affirming practice: The next frontier in culturally responsive practice? Assoc Professor Sarah Verdon and Lucia Flint
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	🍽️ Saturday lunch 🍽️
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM	🧠 Knowledge Hub partner session: Reading Doctor 🧠
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM	🤝 Queensland member meet-up 🤝 If you're a Queensland-based speech pathologist and curious about the QLD Branch, grab your lunch and join us for a casual meetup during the break. It’s a great chance to connect, ask questions, and hear what’s happening in your state.
	SAA3 Room L3
	In-person only
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM	A recipe to avoid disaster: Harnessing the power of the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System (RTSS) to make neuro-intervention plans easy-to-follow and easy-to-explain. Justine Hamilton
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM	Dialogue on ‘disability dysphagia’ and mealtimes: considering speech pathology ‘work as imagined’ and ‘work as done’ to inform practice improvements Sarah Langtry, Professor Bronwyn Hemsley, Diane Symons and Fiona Given
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM
2:55 PM - 3:05 PM
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	☕ Saturday afternoon tea ☕
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	The Knowledge Project: history, spirituality, and Indigenous perspectives Steven Warrior
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM	🎖️ Speech Pathology Australia Member Awards 🎖️
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM	✨ Networking reception: Find your community ✨

	20-minute presentations
	Saturday 14 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:00 AM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Saturday registration and information desk opening hours ℹ️
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM	🧘 Yoga 🧘
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	🏃 Torrens parkrun 🏃
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM	🎛️ Saturday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome back to the Saturday of the Speech Pathology Australia Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	The art and science of connection: how humans and technology shape communication Dr Fiona Kerr
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM	🏟️ Saturday exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Saturday morning tea ☕
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	🧠 Knowledge Hub session: Refreshing our Code of Ethics 🧠 Ethical challenges evolve, and our Code of Ethics should too. Help shape a Code that reflects contemporary issues and supports ethical decision-making in the profession.
	SAM4 Room L2
	In-person and virtual
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Child-focused participatory action research: Seeking children's voices in speech-language pathology research Dr Suzanne Hopf
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM	Transition time
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM	Speech Pathology and the role within a Developmental Multi-disciplinary Assessment Team Hannah Bowen and Melissa Egan
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM	Transition time
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM	Speech-language pathologists' practices and perceptions of parent involvement in paediatric services funded by the NDIS in Australia Thomas Gaffney
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM	Transition time
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM	Not only for now: The importance of speech pathology services to improve health outcomes of children with cancer during and after treatment. Siew-Lian Crossley
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM	Transition time
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM	A co-designed response to long waiting lists in a child development service Dr Katelyn Melvin
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	🍽️ Saturday lunch 🍽️
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM	🧠 Knowledge Hub partner session: Reading Doctor 🧠
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM	🤝 Queensland member meet-up 🤝 If you're a Queensland-based speech pathologist and curious about the QLD Branch, grab your lunch and join us for a casual meetup during the break. It’s a great chance to connect, ask questions, and hear what’s happening in your state.
	SAA4 Room L2
	In-person and virtual
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM	Supporting Students to Thrive on Complex Placements: Lessons from a Multi-Disciplinary Team Clancy Conlon
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM	Transition time
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM	Embracing diversity through a flipped classroom model: Recommendations for inclusive tertiary education Clancy Conlon
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM	Transition time
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM	Research Capacity and Culture in Speech Language-Pathology: An International Survey Dr Dai (Debbie) Pu
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM	Transition time
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM	Fetching connections: Dog walking as an adjunct to traditional speech therapy. Jan Mackey
2:55 PM - 3:05 PM
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM	Transition time
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM	Defining ableism in speech pathology practice: A modified scoping review Dr Suzanne Hopf and Kim O'Brien
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	☕ Saturday afternoon tea ☕
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	The Knowledge Project: history, spirituality, and Indigenous perspectives Steven Warrior
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM	🎖️ Speech Pathology Australia Member Awards 🎖️
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM	✨ Networking reception: Find your community ✨

	20-minute presentations
	Saturday 14 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:00 AM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Saturday registration and information desk opening hours ℹ️
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM	🧘 Yoga 🧘
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	🏃 Torrens parkrun 🏃
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM	🎛️ Saturday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome back to the Saturday of the Speech Pathology Australia Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	The art and science of connection: how humans and technology shape communication Dr Fiona Kerr
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM	🏟️ Saturday exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Saturday morning tea ☕
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	🧠 Knowledge Hub session: Refreshing our Code of Ethics 🧠 Ethical challenges evolve, and our Code of Ethics should too. Help shape a Code that reflects contemporary issues and supports ethical decision-making in the profession.
	SAM5 Room L1
	In-person and virtual
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Communicating Their Way: Exploring How Teachers Navigate Stuttering in the Classroom Meryl Lefort
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM	Transition time
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM	How Expert and Generalist Speech Pathologists Address Stuttering Variability in Assessment and Treatment Dr Hamid Kamiri, Amir Hossein Rasoli Jokar and Professor J Scott Yaruss
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM	Transition time
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM	Stuttering on social media: A comparison of representation and engagement on Instagram and X Dr Hamid Kamiri and Amir Hossein Rasoli Jokar
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM	Transition time
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM	Education, Ease, and Empowerment: Using the 3Es model for state school students who stutter. Part 1 – focusing on Education & Ease. Susan Pryde-Walsh and Patrick Hollamby
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM	Transition time
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM	Education, Ease, and Empowerment: Part 2 - The 3Es model in empowering and giving voice to state school students who stutter. Susan Pryde-Walsh, Carolynn Fisher and Jodie Quayle
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	🍽️ Saturday lunch 🍽️
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM	🧠 Knowledge Hub partner session: Reading Doctor 🧠
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM	🤝 Queensland member meet-up 🤝 If you're a Queensland-based speech pathologist and curious about the QLD Branch, grab your lunch and join us for a casual meetup during the break. It’s a great chance to connect, ask questions, and hear what’s happening in your state.
	SAA5 Room L1
	In-person and virtual
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM	Enhancing intercultural communication in allied health: Lessons from a Yolŋu-Balanda collaboration in the Northern Territory Anna Pritchard, Rebecca Boyall and Kyla Logan Whittard
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM	Transition time
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM	Guyati, Garraka wa Witing: Speech pathology student services in an Aboriginal community controlled preschool. Dr Gwendalyn Webb and Samantha Barnsley
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM	Transition time
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM	A contrastive analysis of Quranic Arabic and Standard Australian Sara Kablaoui and Dr Suzanne Hopf
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM	Transition time
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM	Knowledge, practices and aspirations of speech-language pathologists’ provision of culturally responsive practice for Pacific Islander families Dr Suzanne Hopf
2:55 PM - 3:05 PM
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM	Transition time
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM	Rural Australians’ ratings of Indigenous children’s books to support communication and literacy Sarah Bartlett
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	☕ Saturday afternoon tea ☕
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	The Knowledge Project: history, spirituality, and Indigenous perspectives Steven Warrior
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM	🎖️ Speech Pathology Australia Member Awards 🎖️
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM	✨ Networking reception: Find your community ✨

	20-minute presentations
	Saturday 14 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:00 AM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Saturday registration and information desk opening hours ℹ️
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM	🧘 Yoga 🧘
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	🏃 Torrens parkrun 🏃
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM	🎛️ Saturday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome back to the Saturday of the Speech Pathology Australia Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	The art and science of connection: how humans and technology shape communication Dr Fiona Kerr
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM	🏟️ Saturday exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Saturday morning tea ☕
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	🧠 Knowledge Hub session: Refreshing our Code of Ethics 🧠 Ethical challenges evolve, and our Code of Ethics should too. Help shape a Code that reflects contemporary issues and supports ethical decision-making in the profession.
	SAM6 Hall L
	In-person and virtual
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Unspoken needs, visible solutions: Exploring healthcare settings for communication access Sumaita Tasneem
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM	Transition time
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM	SPARC: Speech Pathology led Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) service delivery model in the acute inpatient setting: does a refined model of care enhance access to instrumental assessment and expedite optimal patient outcomes? Eva Norman
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM	Transition time
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM	“Communication disability plays a massive role”: A research synthesis on management of hospital falls in patients with communication disability after stroke. Dr Rebecca Sullivan
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM	Transition time
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM	RESCUE: Rapid, Effective, Safe Communication in Emergency Departments (ED): Views of ED staff on communication while wearing personal protective equipment. Professor Bronwyn Hemsley, Dr Nicola Clayton, Margaret Fry, Dr Rebecca Sullivan and Amy Freeman-Sanderson
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM	Transition time
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM	Exploring the experiences of speech-language pathologists working with laryngectomy and tracheostomy patients in an acute care setting: A qualitative study. Victoria Rossiter
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	🍽️ Saturday lunch 🍽️
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM	🧠 Knowledge Hub partner session: Reading Doctor 🧠
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM	🤝 Queensland member meet-up 🤝 If you're a Queensland-based speech pathologist and curious about the QLD Branch, grab your lunch and join us for a casual meetup during the break. It’s a great chance to connect, ask questions, and hear what’s happening in your state.
	SAA6 Hall L
	In-person and virtual
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM	A validity study of the Early Language Inventory: Investigating ecologically appropriate communication assessment for Aboriginal children in western Sydney. Chantelle Khamchuang
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM	Transition time
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM	“They don't realise how hard he has to try every day”: The rewards and challenges of parenting a child with developmental language disorder. Prof Suze Leitao
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM	Transition time
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM	Dosage factors influencing change in referential and inferential language following receipt of Launch to School (L2S): an emergent literacy intervention for preschoolers with communication disorders Dr Kate Short
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM	Transition time
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM	Expressive communication function and its influence on participation of primary school-aged children with cerebral palsy. Katrina Caynes
2:55 PM - 3:05 PM
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM	Transition time
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM	Cultural perceptions of language development in a population sample of 54-month-old children from Aotearoa New Zealand Dr Jayne Newbury
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	☕ Saturday afternoon tea ☕
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	The Knowledge Project: history, spirituality, and Indigenous perspectives Steven Warrior
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM	🎖️ Speech Pathology Australia Member Awards 🎖️
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM	✨ Networking reception: Find your community ✨

	10-minute presentations
	Saturday 14 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:00 AM - 6:00 PM	ℹ️ Saturday registration and information desk opening hours ℹ️
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM	🧘 Yoga 🧘
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	🏃 Torrens parkrun 🏃
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM	🎛️ Saturday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome back to the Saturday of the Speech Pathology Australia Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	The art and science of connection: how humans and technology shape communication Dr Fiona Kerr
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM	🏟️ Saturday exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Saturday morning tea ☕
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	🧠 Knowledge Hub session: Refreshing our Code of Ethics 🧠 Ethical challenges evolve, and our Code of Ethics should too. Help shape a Code that reflects contemporary issues and supports ethical decision-making in the profession.
	SAM7 Knowledge Hub, Exhibition area
	In-person only
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Identifying barriers and solutions to access to rehabilitation for people with dementia: A co-design approach Kym Torresi
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM	Tell us what you think, what you really, really think! Updating the Living with Aphasia Guide. Louise Cleary
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM	Transition time
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM	What is the evidence-base for Hanen® programs? A narrative review Sarah Bartlett
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM	Is it neurodiversity-affirming practice or not? Systematic review and social media scan of Gestalt Language Processing/Natural Language Acquisition (GLP/NLA): Implications for quality, evidence-based speech pathology professionals. Professor Bronwyn Hemsley, Dr Lucy Bryant, Gaenor Dixon, Caroline Bowen, Katharine Beals and Howard Shane
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM	Transition time
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM	Enhancing Rural Allied Health Workforce Sustainability: A Comprehensive Examination of Perspectives on Recruitment and Retention among Rural Allied Health Professionals and Final Year Allied Health Students Hannah Hill and Elizabeth Quixley
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM	Practical Partnerships: Working in Partnership with Schools and Educators via Telehealth. Taylah Rooker-Nean
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM	Transition time
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM	Experiences of a speech pathology student led clinic: A client perspective Dr Lauryn Stewart
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM	A qualitative study exploring final year speech-language pathology students’ perspectives and experiences of language sample analysis. Joshua Barbante
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM	Transition time
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM	"It's bigger than Ben-hur”: Impacts of dysphagia on quality of life from the perspective of children, young people and their parents. Dr Rebecca Smith
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM	Seeing the bigger picture: Feasibility of TeleVFSS to support Geraldton Regional Hospital (GRH) Louise Cleary
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	🍽️ Saturday lunch 🍽️
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM	🧠 Knowledge Hub partner session: Reading Doctor 🧠
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM	🤝 Queensland member meet-up 🤝 If you're a Queensland-based speech pathologist and curious about the QLD Branch, grab your lunch and join us for a casual meetup during the break. It’s a great chance to connect, ask questions, and hear what’s happening in your state.
	SAA7 Knowledge Hub, Exhibition area
	In-person only
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM	Conversational Alignment of Autistic and Neurotypical School-Aged Children in Adult-Child Interactions Adriana Chee Jing Chieng
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM	"Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! (with a nod to Dr. Seuss): Teaching and Learning Clinical Reasoning in Speech Pathology" Kathryn Fitzgerald
1:50 PM - 1:55 PM	Transition time
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM	Exploring the extent, nature, effectiveness and training requirements of counselling models and skills used by speech-language pathologists in practice: A scoping review. Mia Segal
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM	Interdisciplinary psychology and speech pathology “Aphasia Mood Group”: A mixed methods study Madeleine Campbell
2:15 PM - 2:20 PM	Transition time
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM	Evaluation of dysphagia education for nursing, environmental services and residential aged care staff at a regional health service Morgan Perry
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM	Managing dysphagia in people with Parkinson's Disease: A national survey of speech-language pathologists Dr Katrina Blyth
2:40 PM - 2:45 PM	Transition time
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM	Neurodiversity-affirming practice – Exploring the knowledge and perspectives of Australian speech pathologists Stephanie Weir and Hannah Stark
2:55 PM - 3:05 PM	The Hearing, Language and Literacy Project: Promoting the importance of hearing, language and literacy as key areas underpinning educational achievement for all students. Pamela Leonardi and Isabella Ganko
3:05 PM - 3:10 PM	Transition time
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM	Challenges on the laryngectomy frontline: Development of an e-learning package to boost Speech Pathology knowledge Louise McFarlane
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM	The role of speech pathologists in the acute assessment and management of cognitive-communication disorders following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest Courtney Dunn
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM	☕ Saturday afternoon tea ☕
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	The Knowledge Project: history, spirituality, and Indigenous perspectives Steven Warrior
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM	🎖️ Speech Pathology Australia Member Awards 🎖️
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM	✨ Networking reception: Find your community ✨

Sunday, June 15, 2025

	60/120-minute presentations	60/120-minute presentations	60/120-minute presentations	20-minute presentations	20-minute presentations	20-minute presentations	10-minute presentations
	Sunday 15 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:00 AM - 2:30 PM	ℹ️ Sunday registration and information desk opening hours ℹ️
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM	🧘 Meditation 🧘
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM	🎛️ Sunday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome back to the Sunday of the Speech Pathology Australia Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	The moments and memories that shape us: Advancing speech pathology practice through the lens of dementia care Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM	🏟️ Sunday exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Sunday morning tea ☕
	SUM1 City Rooms 1&2	SUM2 City Rooms 3&4	SUM3 Room L3	SUM4 Room L2	SUM5 Room L1	SUM6 Hall L	SUM7 Knowledge Hub, Exhibition area
	In-person only			In-person and virtual			In-person only
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Building confidence and skill in analysing interaction Dr Elizabeth Clark	From practitioner to leader: empowering speech pathologists through career development Lauren Haskins and Marion Giddy	Increasing your repertoire of speech sound elicitation techniques Rebecca Reinking	Maggie Beer’s Big Mission: Outcomes, learnings, and impact Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright	We need to take AAC out of the “too hard basket”. An exploration into the attitudes of Australian speech language pathologists towards AAC Clancy Conlon	Let's work together! A collaboration between speech pathology students and teachers to support children's language and literacy development. Clare Coulter	Speech pathologists’ confidence levels and professional development needs in motor neurone disease (MND): An Australian survey Dr Sarah El-Wahsh
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM							Hearing their voice. What are the current perspectives of Australian Teachers toward Voice Care? Paige Abblitt
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM				Transition time
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM				In Patients with Brainstem Strokes, Does Dysphagia Rehabilitation Improve Health Related Outcomes Compared to Usual care? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Julia Gorton	Building AAC capacity in Majority World countries: feasibility of an AAC implementation approach in Ghana. Dr Tanja Effing and Charlene Cullen	Comparing modes of delivery of the Learning Language and Loving It professional learning program for early childhood educators. Dr Jacqueline McKechnie	Reimagining a speech pathology program embedded with compassion Assoc Professor Deborah James and Professor Bernice Mathisen
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM							Why learn hand-washing when I want to be a speech pathologist?: A pilot study Assoc Professor Deborah James, Jeanette Hirst, Professor Bernice Mathisen and Gavin Austin
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM				Transition time
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM				Through the looking glass: Endoscopic Predictions of dysphagia Sarah Boggiano	Assessment tools and practices used by clinicians in AAC, non-verbal, and non-speaking communication Stephanie Weir and Jenna O'Brien	Developing teachers’ knowledge and confidence for supporting students with speech, language, and communication needs in Flexible Learning Program classrooms Prof Suze Leitao	When XAI meets POCUS: applying explainable AI (XAI) to point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for bedside instrumental dysphagia screening Wilson Yiu Shun Lam
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM	Reimagining the role of speech pathology within neonatal neurodevelopmental follow up care: Perspectives from a secondary level newborn service. Paridhi Agarwal Kulkarni and Elodie Jeffers	Speak Up Podcast recording: Oral history, in conversation with a SPA life member Nadia Marussinszky and Nathan Cornish-Raley	The functional impact of tongue tie releases - Case presentations from a speech pathology perspective Dr Nada Makki-Karnib				SLPs’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice in Discourse Sampling and Analysis Adele Wallis
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM				Transition time
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM				Complex decision -making in acute care: who will and who won’t receive a VFSS? Sara Bolt	The Effect of an AAC Narrative Intervention on the Story Retelling Skills of Children with Autism using AAC Dr Trina Spencer	Achieving consensus in a review of the Queensland Minimum Standards of Practice - Early Intervention for Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and their Families Vanessa Bond	A new language screening and progress monitoring tool for Cantonese-speaking school-aged children: Initial reliability and validity evidence for the Cantonese Narrative Language Measures – Listening (NLM-Listening) Subtest Lok Yi (Flora) Lee
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM							No scheduled rapid presentation
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM				Transition time
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM				Assessment and Management of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Individuals with Dysphagia: A Scoping Review Assoc Professor Stacie Attrill and Rosalinda Perri	The impact of accessible classroom instruction on students with language and/or attentional disorders Dr Haley Tancredi	Eeny meeny sign-y mo: a study of four families using sign bilingualism with their deaf children Antonia Isaacson	Client perception of pre-operative consultation before Laryngectomy Thamali Rathnayake Arachchillage
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM							Bush bound: Cracking the code for high-quality rural health placements Melissa Ridd, Lyndal Sheepway and Kathryn Fitzgerald
12:30 PM - 12:35 PM				Transition time
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM				Swallowing Assessment of Adults with Neurodevelopmental Conditions in the Community Context: Perspectives of Australian Speech Pathologists Megan Keage and Chantelle Hutchinson	Rethinking AAC intervention and education: investigating the success of AAC community groups as opposed to traditional speech therapy. Ashleigh Glover	Established speech and language therapies are not meeting the needs of children with language disorders: Long-term outcomes from the longitudinal study of Australian children (LSAC) Bronwyn Wood	What is known about the use of augmentative and alternative communication in children with childhood apraxia of speech? Dr Jacqueline Lim and Clancy Conlon
12:45 PM - 12:55 PM							Unveiling Discourses: A Critical Discourse Analysis on Adolescents Diagnosed with Developmental Language Disorder. Lucy Farrar
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	🍽️ Sunday lunch 🍽️
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	The Great Debate
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM	👋 Goodbye to the Speech Pathology Australia 2025 Conference 👋

	60/120-minute presentations	60/120-minute presentations
	Sunday 15 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:00 AM - 2:30 PM	ℹ️ Sunday registration and information desk opening hours ℹ️
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM	🧘 Meditation 🧘
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM	🎛️ Sunday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome back to the Sunday of the Speech Pathology Australia Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	The moments and memories that shape us: Advancing speech pathology practice through the lens of dementia care Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM	🏟️ Sunday exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Sunday morning tea ☕
	SUM1 City Rooms 1&2	SUM2 City Rooms 3&4
	In-person only
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Building confidence and skill in analysing interaction Dr Elizabeth Clark	From practitioner to leader: empowering speech pathologists through career development Lauren Haskins and Marion Giddy
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM	Reimagining the role of speech pathology within neonatal neurodevelopmental follow up care: Perspectives from a secondary level newborn service. Paridhi Agarwal Kulkarni and Elodie Jeffers	Speak Up Podcast recording: Oral history, in conversation with a SPA life member Nadia Marussinszky and Nathan Cornish-Raley
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 12:35 PM
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM
12:45 PM - 12:55 PM
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	🍽️ Sunday lunch 🍽️
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	The Great Debate
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM	👋 Goodbye to the Speech Pathology Australia 2025 Conference 👋

	60/120-minute presentations	20-minute presentations
	Sunday 15 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:00 AM - 2:30 PM	ℹ️ Sunday registration and information desk opening hours ℹ️
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM	🧘 Meditation 🧘
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM	🎛️ Sunday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome back to the Sunday of the Speech Pathology Australia Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	The moments and memories that shape us: Advancing speech pathology practice through the lens of dementia care Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM	🏟️ Sunday exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Sunday morning tea ☕
	SUM3 Room L3	SUM4 Room L2
	In-person only	In-person and virtual
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Increasing your repertoire of speech sound elicitation techniques Rebecca Reinking	Maggie Beer’s Big Mission: Outcomes, learnings, and impact Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM		Transition time
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM		In Patients with Brainstem Strokes, Does Dysphagia Rehabilitation Improve Health Related Outcomes Compared to Usual care? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Julia Gorton
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM		Transition time
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM		Through the looking glass: Endoscopic Predictions of dysphagia Sarah Boggiano
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM	The functional impact of tongue tie releases - Case presentations from a speech pathology perspective Dr Nada Makki-Karnib
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM		Transition time
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM		Complex decision -making in acute care: who will and who won’t receive a VFSS? Sara Bolt
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM		Transition time
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM		Assessment and Management of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Individuals with Dysphagia: A Scoping Review Assoc Professor Stacie Attrill and Rosalinda Perri
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 12:35 PM		Transition time
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM		Swallowing Assessment of Adults with Neurodevelopmental Conditions in the Community Context: Perspectives of Australian Speech Pathologists Megan Keage and Chantelle Hutchinson
12:45 PM - 12:55 PM
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	🍽️ Sunday lunch 🍽️
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	The Great Debate
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM	👋 Goodbye to the Speech Pathology Australia 2025 Conference 👋

	20-minute presentations	20-minute presentations
	Sunday 15 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:00 AM - 2:30 PM	ℹ️ Sunday registration and information desk opening hours ℹ️
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM	🧘 Meditation 🧘
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM	🎛️ Sunday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome back to the Sunday of the Speech Pathology Australia Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	The moments and memories that shape us: Advancing speech pathology practice through the lens of dementia care Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM	🏟️ Sunday exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Sunday morning tea ☕
	SUM5 Room L1	SUM6 Hall L
	In-person and virtual
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	We need to take AAC out of the “too hard basket”. An exploration into the attitudes of Australian speech language pathologists towards AAC Clancy Conlon	Let's work together! A collaboration between speech pathology students and teachers to support children's language and literacy development. Clare Coulter
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM	Transition time
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM	Building AAC capacity in Majority World countries: feasibility of an AAC implementation approach in Ghana. Dr Tanja Effing and Charlene Cullen	Comparing modes of delivery of the Learning Language and Loving It professional learning program for early childhood educators. Dr Jacqueline McKechnie
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM	Transition time
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM	Assessment tools and practices used by clinicians in AAC, non-verbal, and non-speaking communication Stephanie Weir and Jenna O'Brien	Developing teachers’ knowledge and confidence for supporting students with speech, language, and communication needs in Flexible Learning Program classrooms Prof Suze Leitao
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM	Transition time
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM	The Effect of an AAC Narrative Intervention on the Story Retelling Skills of Children with Autism using AAC Dr Trina Spencer	Achieving consensus in a review of the Queensland Minimum Standards of Practice - Early Intervention for Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and their Families Vanessa Bond
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM	Transition time
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM	The impact of accessible classroom instruction on students with language and/or attentional disorders Dr Haley Tancredi	Eeny meeny sign-y mo: a study of four families using sign bilingualism with their deaf children Antonia Isaacson
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 12:35 PM	Transition time
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM	Rethinking AAC intervention and education: investigating the success of AAC community groups as opposed to traditional speech therapy. Ashleigh Glover	Established speech and language therapies are not meeting the needs of children with language disorders: Long-term outcomes from the longitudinal study of Australian children (LSAC) Bronwyn Wood
12:45 PM - 12:55 PM
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	🍽️ Sunday lunch 🍽️
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	The Great Debate
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM	👋 Goodbye to the Speech Pathology Australia 2025 Conference 👋

	10-minute presentations
	Sunday 15 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:00 AM - 2:30 PM	ℹ️ Sunday registration and information desk opening hours ℹ️
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM	🧘 Meditation 🧘
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM	🎛️ Sunday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome back to the Sunday of the Speech Pathology Australia Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	The moments and memories that shape us: Advancing speech pathology practice through the lens of dementia care Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM	🏟️ Sunday exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Sunday morning tea ☕
	SUM7 Knowledge Hub, Exhibition area
	In-person only
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Speech pathologists’ confidence levels and professional development needs in motor neurone disease (MND): An Australian survey Dr Sarah El-Wahsh
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM	Hearing their voice. What are the current perspectives of Australian Teachers toward Voice Care? Paige Abblitt
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM	Transition time
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM	Reimagining a speech pathology program embedded with compassion Assoc Professor Deborah James and Professor Bernice Mathisen
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM	Why learn hand-washing when I want to be a speech pathologist?: A pilot study Assoc Professor Deborah James, Jeanette Hirst, Professor Bernice Mathisen and Gavin Austin
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM	Transition time
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM	When XAI meets POCUS: applying explainable AI (XAI) to point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for bedside instrumental dysphagia screening Wilson Yiu Shun Lam
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM	SLPs’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice in Discourse Sampling and Analysis Adele Wallis
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM	Transition time
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM	A new language screening and progress monitoring tool for Cantonese-speaking school-aged children: Initial reliability and validity evidence for the Cantonese Narrative Language Measures – Listening (NLM-Listening) Subtest Lok Yi (Flora) Lee
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM	No scheduled rapid presentation
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM	Transition time
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM	Client perception of pre-operative consultation before Laryngectomy Thamali Rathnayake Arachchillage
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM	Bush bound: Cracking the code for high-quality rural health placements Melissa Ridd, Lyndal Sheepway and Kathryn Fitzgerald
12:30 PM - 12:35 PM	Transition time
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM	What is known about the use of augmentative and alternative communication in children with childhood apraxia of speech? Dr Jacqueline Lim and Clancy Conlon
12:45 PM - 12:55 PM	Unveiling Discourses: A Critical Discourse Analysis on Adolescents Diagnosed with Developmental Language Disorder. Lucy Farrar
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	🍽️ Sunday lunch 🍽️
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	The Great Debate
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM	👋 Goodbye to the Speech Pathology Australia 2025 Conference 👋

	60/120-minute presentations
	Sunday 15 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:00 AM - 2:30 PM	ℹ️ Sunday registration and information desk opening hours ℹ️
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM	🧘 Meditation 🧘
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM	🎛️ Sunday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome back to the Sunday of the Speech Pathology Australia Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	The moments and memories that shape us: Advancing speech pathology practice through the lens of dementia care Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM	🏟️ Sunday exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Sunday morning tea ☕
	SUM1 City Rooms 1&2
	In-person only
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Building confidence and skill in analysing interaction Dr Elizabeth Clark
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM	Reimagining the role of speech pathology within neonatal neurodevelopmental follow up care: Perspectives from a secondary level newborn service. Paridhi Agarwal Kulkarni and Elodie Jeffers
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 12:35 PM
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM
12:45 PM - 12:55 PM
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	🍽️ Sunday lunch 🍽️
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	The Great Debate
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM	👋 Goodbye to the Speech Pathology Australia 2025 Conference 👋

	60/120-minute presentations
	Sunday 15 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:00 AM - 2:30 PM	ℹ️ Sunday registration and information desk opening hours ℹ️
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM	🧘 Meditation 🧘
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM	🎛️ Sunday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome back to the Sunday of the Speech Pathology Australia Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	The moments and memories that shape us: Advancing speech pathology practice through the lens of dementia care Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM	🏟️ Sunday exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Sunday morning tea ☕
	SUM2 City Rooms 3&4
	In-person only
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	From practitioner to leader: empowering speech pathologists through career development Lauren Haskins and Marion Giddy
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM	Speak Up Podcast recording: Oral history, in conversation with a SPA life member Nadia Marussinszky and Nathan Cornish-Raley
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 12:35 PM
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM
12:45 PM - 12:55 PM
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	🍽️ Sunday lunch 🍽️
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	The Great Debate
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM	👋 Goodbye to the Speech Pathology Australia 2025 Conference 👋

	60/120-minute presentations
	Sunday 15 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:00 AM - 2:30 PM	ℹ️ Sunday registration and information desk opening hours ℹ️
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM	🧘 Meditation 🧘
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM	🎛️ Sunday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome back to the Sunday of the Speech Pathology Australia Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	The moments and memories that shape us: Advancing speech pathology practice through the lens of dementia care Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM	🏟️ Sunday exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Sunday morning tea ☕
	SUM3 Room L3
	In-person only
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Increasing your repertoire of speech sound elicitation techniques Rebecca Reinking
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM	The functional impact of tongue tie releases - Case presentations from a speech pathology perspective Dr Nada Makki-Karnib
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 12:35 PM
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM
12:45 PM - 12:55 PM
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	🍽️ Sunday lunch 🍽️
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	The Great Debate
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM	👋 Goodbye to the Speech Pathology Australia 2025 Conference 👋

	20-minute presentations
	Sunday 15 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:00 AM - 2:30 PM	ℹ️ Sunday registration and information desk opening hours ℹ️
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM	🧘 Meditation 🧘
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM	🎛️ Sunday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome back to the Sunday of the Speech Pathology Australia Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	The moments and memories that shape us: Advancing speech pathology practice through the lens of dementia care Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM	🏟️ Sunday exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Sunday morning tea ☕
	SUM4 Room L2
	In-person and virtual
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Maggie Beer’s Big Mission: Outcomes, learnings, and impact Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM	Transition time
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM	In Patients with Brainstem Strokes, Does Dysphagia Rehabilitation Improve Health Related Outcomes Compared to Usual care? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Julia Gorton
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM	Transition time
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM	Through the looking glass: Endoscopic Predictions of dysphagia Sarah Boggiano
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM	Transition time
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM	Complex decision -making in acute care: who will and who won’t receive a VFSS? Sara Bolt
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM	Transition time
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM	Assessment and Management of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Individuals with Dysphagia: A Scoping Review Assoc Professor Stacie Attrill and Rosalinda Perri
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 12:35 PM	Transition time
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM	Swallowing Assessment of Adults with Neurodevelopmental Conditions in the Community Context: Perspectives of Australian Speech Pathologists Megan Keage and Chantelle Hutchinson
12:45 PM - 12:55 PM
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	🍽️ Sunday lunch 🍽️
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	The Great Debate
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM	👋 Goodbye to the Speech Pathology Australia 2025 Conference 👋

	20-minute presentations
	Sunday 15 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:00 AM - 2:30 PM	ℹ️ Sunday registration and information desk opening hours ℹ️
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM	🧘 Meditation 🧘
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM	🎛️ Sunday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome back to the Sunday of the Speech Pathology Australia Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	The moments and memories that shape us: Advancing speech pathology practice through the lens of dementia care Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM	🏟️ Sunday exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Sunday morning tea ☕
	SUM5 Room L1
	In-person and virtual
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	We need to take AAC out of the “too hard basket”. An exploration into the attitudes of Australian speech language pathologists towards AAC Clancy Conlon
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM	Transition time
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM	Building AAC capacity in Majority World countries: feasibility of an AAC implementation approach in Ghana. Dr Tanja Effing and Charlene Cullen
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM	Transition time
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM	Assessment tools and practices used by clinicians in AAC, non-verbal, and non-speaking communication Stephanie Weir and Jenna O'Brien
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM	Transition time
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM	The Effect of an AAC Narrative Intervention on the Story Retelling Skills of Children with Autism using AAC Dr Trina Spencer
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM	Transition time
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM	The impact of accessible classroom instruction on students with language and/or attentional disorders Dr Haley Tancredi
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 12:35 PM	Transition time
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM	Rethinking AAC intervention and education: investigating the success of AAC community groups as opposed to traditional speech therapy. Ashleigh Glover
12:45 PM - 12:55 PM
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	🍽️ Sunday lunch 🍽️
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	The Great Debate
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM	👋 Goodbye to the Speech Pathology Australia 2025 Conference 👋

	20-minute presentations
	Sunday 15 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:00 AM - 2:30 PM	ℹ️ Sunday registration and information desk opening hours ℹ️
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM	🧘 Meditation 🧘
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM	🎛️ Sunday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome back to the Sunday of the Speech Pathology Australia Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	The moments and memories that shape us: Advancing speech pathology practice through the lens of dementia care Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM	🏟️ Sunday exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Sunday morning tea ☕
	SUM6 Hall L
	In-person and virtual
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Let's work together! A collaboration between speech pathology students and teachers to support children's language and literacy development. Clare Coulter
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM	Transition time
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM	Comparing modes of delivery of the Learning Language and Loving It professional learning program for early childhood educators. Dr Jacqueline McKechnie
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM	Transition time
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM	Developing teachers’ knowledge and confidence for supporting students with speech, language, and communication needs in Flexible Learning Program classrooms Prof Suze Leitao
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM	Transition time
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM	Achieving consensus in a review of the Queensland Minimum Standards of Practice - Early Intervention for Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and their Families Vanessa Bond
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM	Transition time
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM	Eeny meeny sign-y mo: a study of four families using sign bilingualism with their deaf children Antonia Isaacson
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 12:35 PM	Transition time
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM	Established speech and language therapies are not meeting the needs of children with language disorders: Long-term outcomes from the longitudinal study of Australian children (LSAC) Bronwyn Wood
12:45 PM - 12:55 PM
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	🍽️ Sunday lunch 🍽️
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	The Great Debate
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM	👋 Goodbye to the Speech Pathology Australia 2025 Conference 👋

	10-minute presentations
	Sunday 15 June 2025 👆 Use the tabs above this program to select another conference day 👆‎‏‏‎ ‎
7:00 AM - 2:30 PM	ℹ️ Sunday registration and information desk opening hours ℹ️
7:15 AM - 8:00 AM	🧘 Meditation 🧘
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM	🎛️ Sunday Presenter Prep opening hours 🎛️
8:45 AM - 9:00 AM	👋 Welcome back to the Sunday of the Speech Pathology Australia Conference 👋
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	The moments and memories that shape us: Advancing speech pathology practice through the lens of dementia care Assoc Professor Jade Cartwright
9:30 AM - 2:00 PM	🏟️ Sunday exhibition floor hours 🏟️
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	☕ Sunday morning tea ☕
	SUM7 Knowledge Hub, Exhibition area
	In-person only
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM	Speech pathologists’ confidence levels and professional development needs in motor neurone disease (MND): An Australian survey Dr Sarah El-Wahsh
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM	Hearing their voice. What are the current perspectives of Australian Teachers toward Voice Care? Paige Abblitt
10:50 AM - 10:55 AM	Transition time
10:55 AM - 11:05 AM	Reimagining a speech pathology program embedded with compassion Assoc Professor Deborah James and Professor Bernice Mathisen
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM	Why learn hand-washing when I want to be a speech pathologist?: A pilot study Assoc Professor Deborah James, Jeanette Hirst, Professor Bernice Mathisen and Gavin Austin
11:15 AM - 11:20 AM	Transition time
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM	When XAI meets POCUS: applying explainable AI (XAI) to point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for bedside instrumental dysphagia screening Wilson Yiu Shun Lam
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM	SLPs’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice in Discourse Sampling and Analysis Adele Wallis
11:40 AM - 11:45 AM	Transition time
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM	A new language screening and progress monitoring tool for Cantonese-speaking school-aged children: Initial reliability and validity evidence for the Cantonese Narrative Language Measures – Listening (NLM-Listening) Subtest Lok Yi (Flora) Lee
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM	No scheduled rapid presentation
12:05 PM - 12:10 PM	Transition time
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM	Client perception of pre-operative consultation before Laryngectomy Thamali Rathnayake Arachchillage
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM	Bush bound: Cracking the code for high-quality rural health placements Melissa Ridd, Lyndal Sheepway and Kathryn Fitzgerald
12:30 PM - 12:35 PM	Transition time
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM	What is known about the use of augmentative and alternative communication in children with childhood apraxia of speech? Dr Jacqueline Lim and Clancy Conlon
12:45 PM - 12:55 PM	Unveiling Discourses: A Critical Discourse Analysis on Adolescents Diagnosed with Developmental Language Disorder. Lucy Farrar
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	🍽️ Sunday lunch 🍽️
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	The Great Debate
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM	👋 Goodbye to the Speech Pathology Australia 2025 Conference 👋

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