
Palliative autonomous choice in eating and drinking S8E14
In this week’s episode we speak with the authors of “Navigating choice: eating, drinking, and decision-making at end of life for individuals with cognitive impairment” about the vital role speech path...
6 Mai 46min

First Nations' perspectives on autism S8E13
In this week’s episode, Nikita Austin (Wanaruah Nation), SPA's First Nations Lead, speaks with Dr Grant Bruno (Samson Cree Nation) from the University of Alberta in Canada, and Dr Samarra Toby (Gangul...
29 Apr 59min

Responsive and adaptive services S8E12
This week’s episode was recorded at the 2025 SPA conference in Adelaide or Tarntanya. This episode we speak with Professor Kirrie Ballard, and Dr Jacqui McKechnie about thinking flexibly when planning...
22 Apr 30min

Re-broadcast: climate change- a core concern for SPs S8E11
To celebrate Earth Day on April 22nd 2026, we are rebroadcasting our earth day episode from last year, where we speak with Dr. Abby Foster, and Suzanne Mungall, speech pathologists, about Earth Day, c...
15 Apr 50min

Multilingual assessment & ethical global engagement S8E10
In this week’s episode we speak with Dr Josephine Bampoe about the Ghanaian English assessment tool she created, and learnings that speech pathologists can apply to practice and research. She discusse...
8 Apr 32min

Preparing to practise in the Thriving Kids program S8E09
In this week’s episode, Dr Elizabeth Murray (SPA Thriving Kids Reference Group) speaks with Denise Imms (Thriving Kids Advisory Group) and Dr Erin West (SPA Manager Policy and Advocacy) about the fort...
1 Apr 44min

Systematic synthetic phonics S8E08
In this week’s episode, Professor Tanya Serry from La Trobe university and co-founder of the SOLAR lab, speaks about the systematic synthetic phonics approach to reading. Tanya speaks about the role s...
25 Mar 34min

Swallowing Awareness Day: Safe and enjoyable meals S8E07
In this week’s episode, we recognise Swallowing Awareness Day by speaking with Stacey Baldac, SPA's Chief Speech Pathology Advancement, about a research project co-designed with people living with dys...
18 Mar 8min




















