Submissions for #SPAConf2026 close 9 Oct 2025!
Join us on Yugambeh Country | Gold Coast and share your work with the speech pathology community.

Reviewer EOIs also close 9 Oct — great way to contribute + connect 🌿

🔗 Submit: bit.ly/SPA2026Submit

🔗 Reviewers: bit.ly/SPA2026Review

Every young person deserves a fair go. Queensland kids with DLD are being left behind by current policies. We urge Premier David Crisafulli and Laura Gerber MP to follow the evidence and make change #DevLangDis

thedldproject.com/open-letter-...

✨ Explore Different Approaches to Language Assessment ✨
Are you a clinician wanting to deepen your knowledge of assessment tools & approaches? Join me for Tutorial 3 of the Practical Skills Series, “Different Approaches to Assessing Language”
Register: thedldproject.com/course/pract...
#DevLangDis

✨ Turn Assessment into Meaningful Therapy ✨
Are you a clinician wanting to bridge the gap between assessment results & therapy goals? Join me for Tutorial 2 of the Practical Skills Series “How to Connect Assessment to Therapy Goals & Interventions”
🔗 thedldproject.com/course/pract...
#DevLangDis

✨ Elevate Your Diagnostic Conversations with Families ✨

Are you a clinician keen to improve how you communicate a diagnosis with families? Join me for Tutorial 1 of the Practical Skills Series, “Disclosing a Diagnosis to Families.”
👉 Register now:
thedldproject.com/course/pract...
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The next Speech Pathology Australia Conference will be on the beautiful Gold Coast from 25-27 June 2026 ☀️

Congratulations Prof. @natmunro.bsky.social on being awarded a Fellowship of Speech Pathology Australia 🎉

Cheering on Prof. @suze-freogirl.bsky.social as she discusses her recent publication on the rewards and challenges of parenting a child with #DevLangDis

Open access ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#LaLYP

📢 Exciting new PhD publication from Dr Kate Radville.

This study explored how online learning can empower caregivers of children with DLD. Our study found flexible, accessible training boosts knowledge, confidence, & support for these children.

pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

#DevLangDis

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Feeling unsure about diagnosing clients with Developmental Language Disorder? Join me for the upcoming workshop on Diagnosing DLD with Confidence.

thedldproject.com/course/diagn...

Last day of early bird pricing.

My colleagues at IALP are undertaking a study of digital literacy for speech pathologists. Please see below for details.

redcap.link/a7g1kcxg

@mwslp.bsky.social

Creating Accessible Research for the #DevLangDis Community

A lot of research goes to waste 🗑️ This is partly because researchers rarely share results with the non-scientific community. Even when findings are shared, people with communication disorders find it hard to understand the research.

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🎉 New Research 🎉

My 2nd PhD study examined stakeholder perspectives on the educational needs and supports for students with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD).

#DevLangDis #DLDEdResearch

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We discussed the following questions:

✅ PhD #PhinisheD

🔍 Research Recap 🔍

Before sharing my next PhD study, I wanted to reshare my 1st paper, which was a systematic review of the educational needs of school-aged students with #DevLangDis.

OPEN ACCESS: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Here is a poster summary from #SPAConf 2021.

What’re the chances of 2 publications in 2 day? ✌️ including a PhD publication

I’ll share separate posts for both papers soon. I’m glad to see this research published for the #DevLangDis community