Speech Pathology Week in Australia
24-30 August 2008 is Speech Pathology Week in Australia. This year’s theme is: ‘Communication: More than just words’.
Speech Pathology Week will showcase the speech pathology profession and highlight how timely and specialist intervention from a speech pathologist can assist individuals and their families.
What is a Speech Pathologist?
According to Speech Pathology Australia…
A speech pathologist has been trained to assess and treat people who have a communication disability.
Speech pathologists complete a degree at university which encompasses all aspects of communication including speech, writing, reading, signs, symbols and gestures. Speech pathologists also work with people who have difficulties swallowing food and drink. Speech pathologists or speech-language pathologists were formerly known as speech therapists. They are different from speech and drama teachers.
Source: Speech Pathology Australia
Popularity: 19%
3-Day Advanced Therapeutic Listening with the Whole Body Workshop
Here is an invitation from our friends at Ovspring in Singapore to their 3-day workshop on Advanced Therapeutic Listening with the Whole Body to be held in December of this year.
Dear Colleagues,
Vital Links, USA (http://www.vitallinks.net) will be in SINGAPORE to run a combined 3-day Advanced Therapeutic Listening with the Whole Body Certification workshop from December 10th to 12th, 2008. Please refer to the web links below for registration & more information.
Therapeutic Listening workshops has had successful runs in Hong Kong, Australia, United Kingdom and USA. Due to the nature of the hands-on nature of the workshop, seats are very limited. This workshop will not repeat for at least the next 3 years in Singapore. If you have questions about any aspect of the course content, therapeutic use of listening CDs or any other concerns, please email us and we will direct your questions appropriately.
Title: 3-Day Advanced Therapeutic Listening with the Whole Body Workshop
Faculty: Sheila Frick, OTR (VITAL LINKS USA)
Dates: December 10th to 12th, 2008 (Wed to Fri)
Time: 9am to 5pm
Limited Seats due to hands on nature of workshopDownload registration info/forms: http://www.ovspring.com/listening
Applicable to Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists & Speech-Language Therapists in Private, School & Hospital Settings.
Early Bird Rates before September 30th: Singapore Dollars $909.50 inc GST per person
Regular Rate from 1st October: Singapore dollars $1016.50 inc GST per person
* Rates for workshop fees plus 2 tea breaks daily, excluding lunchCourse payment by cheque (S$), bank transfer or credit card payment for overseas participants (note there is a slight surcharge for credit card fees)
Course Requirements: Participants are required to:
(1) Purchase personal Copy of 2nd Edition “Listening with the Whole Body” (released in Quarter 4, 2008)
(2) Bring along Seinheiser HD-500 earphones, or pre-order with us at a discounted rate off retail if so requiredNote that (1) & (2) are NOT included in the workshop fees.
* we are working with Seinheiser to see if they can give bulk discounts if we can pull orders togetherThere will also be a half day parent-workshop on 13th December, registration information will be available soon.
Please do contact me if you have further questions.
Kind regards
Hana Japar
hana@ovspring.comwww.ovspring.com
Training Division
Ovspring Developmental Clinic
1 Fifth Avenue #03-04
Singapore 268802
Tel +65 6466 8090
Fax +65 6467 1344
http://www.ovspring.com
Popularity: 25%
National Registration and Accreditation Scheme for the Health Professions in Australia
Here is an important development in the accreditation of health professions in Australia as agreed by the Council of the Australian Governments as reported by the Council of Occupational Therapists Registration Boards (COTRB), Inc. I reckon this is similar to the Health Professions Council (HPC) in the UK.
National Registration & National Accreditation
On 26th March 2008 the Council of the Australian Governments (COAG) signed an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) for a National Registration and Accreditation Scheme for the Health Professions, which will commence on 1 July 2010.
This agreement will establish a single national registration and accreditation scheme for health professionals, beginning with the nine professions currently registered in all jurisdictions. That is, physiotherapy, optometry, nursing and midwifery, chiropractic, pharmacy, dental care (dentists, dental hygienists, dental prosthetists and dental therapists), medicine, psychology, and osteopathy.
The objectives of the national scheme, to be set out in the legislation, are to:
- provide for the protection of the public by ensuring that only practitioners who are suitable trained and qualified to practise in a competent and ethical manner are registered;
- facilitate workforce mobility across Australia and reduce red tape for practitioners;
- facilitate the provision of high quality eduacation and training and rigorous and responsive assessment of overseas trained practitioners;
- have regard to the public interest in promoting access to health services; and
- have regard to the need to enable the continuous development of a flexible, responsive and sustainable Australian health workforce and enable innovation in education and service delivery.
The inclusion of partially regulated professions, such as occupational therapy, will be determined during implementation of the national scheme against criteria agreed by Ministerial Council comprising Commonwealth, State and Territory Health Ministers.
Podiatry has been considered a special care and will automatically be included in the National scheme as soon as practicable post 1 July 2010.
The Council of Occupational Therapists Registration Boards (Australia & New Zealand) Inc. (”COTRB”) and OT AUSTRALIA have joined together to put a case forward for National registration of occupational therapists, and this process is well underway.
The establishment costs will be jointly funded by the Commonwealth, States and Territories and both schemes are to be eventually self-funding.
The IGA can be viewed at www.coag.gov.au under “COAG Meeting Outcomes”.
Popularity: 27%
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