Describes the development of the Specialist Integrated Community Engagement (SpICE) model of resourcing and supporting communication skill development in regional communities. Developed as partnership project between CSU Albury staff, Albury Community Health, NSW Education Dept. and Dept of Families, housing, Community Service and Indigenous Affairs.
Spa national conference 2015 poster use of a fam ed q to predict language...HEARnet _
This study examined the delivery of services from three EI centres and communication mode choices which may have influenced language outcomes for young children using CI(s). Parent-reported communication mode preferences were grouped into either speech and sign (including sign alone or sign together with speech) or oral (auditory-oral or auditory-verbal) approaches.
Effectiveness of a group-based tutorial direct instruction program with a Canadian-Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal sample of children in care
Children in foster care are frequently behind in educational achievement (Flynn, Ghzal, Legault, Vandermeulen, & Petrick, 2004) and perform below grade level (Trout, Hagaman, Casey, Reid, & Epstein, 2008 for a review). Vacca (2008) found that children in foster care perform seven to eight percentile points lower in achievement test scores when compared to children in the general population. This study evaluated the effectiveness of a direct instruction literacy and math program ("Teach Your Children Well"; TYCW) in a small group format to educationally disadvantaged children in foster care. Across the two years of the study, 101 children in long-term foster care, 78.2% of which were Aboriginal Canadian, between grades 1 and 8 inclusive, participated in this randomized control trial intervention. Half were randomly assigned to the 30- week experimental TYCW condition, while the other half served as waitlist controls. Children were assessed at baseline and post-intervention on word reading, spelling, sentence comprehension, and mathematic skills using an academic measure of functioning, the Wide Range Achievement Test Forth Edition (WRAT4). An analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) demonstrated a statistically significant increase in standard scores on reading decoding, spelling and mathematic skills for those who received the tutoring. Meaningful effect sizes (small to moderate range) were also found in support of the tutoring intervention across these three domains. Furthermore, the results also indicated that condition predicted improvements in word reading for those with elevated levels of school instability, and a trend towards those with high inattention symptoms, as measured by the Conners' ADHD/DSM-IV Scales (CADS). The implications of these findings as they relate to improving educational achievement among foster children are discussed.
A communication system is for transmitting and receiving the information that users want to exchange. To make up a communication system, we can adopt the FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, and so on. In this presentation, we introduce a simplified communication blocks with which we can understand a modern system.
Spa national conference 2015 poster use of a fam ed q to predict language...HEARnet _
This study examined the delivery of services from three EI centres and communication mode choices which may have influenced language outcomes for young children using CI(s). Parent-reported communication mode preferences were grouped into either speech and sign (including sign alone or sign together with speech) or oral (auditory-oral or auditory-verbal) approaches.
Effectiveness of a group-based tutorial direct instruction program with a Canadian-Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal sample of children in care
Children in foster care are frequently behind in educational achievement (Flynn, Ghzal, Legault, Vandermeulen, & Petrick, 2004) and perform below grade level (Trout, Hagaman, Casey, Reid, & Epstein, 2008 for a review). Vacca (2008) found that children in foster care perform seven to eight percentile points lower in achievement test scores when compared to children in the general population. This study evaluated the effectiveness of a direct instruction literacy and math program ("Teach Your Children Well"; TYCW) in a small group format to educationally disadvantaged children in foster care. Across the two years of the study, 101 children in long-term foster care, 78.2% of which were Aboriginal Canadian, between grades 1 and 8 inclusive, participated in this randomized control trial intervention. Half were randomly assigned to the 30- week experimental TYCW condition, while the other half served as waitlist controls. Children were assessed at baseline and post-intervention on word reading, spelling, sentence comprehension, and mathematic skills using an academic measure of functioning, the Wide Range Achievement Test Forth Edition (WRAT4). An analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) demonstrated a statistically significant increase in standard scores on reading decoding, spelling and mathematic skills for those who received the tutoring. Meaningful effect sizes (small to moderate range) were also found in support of the tutoring intervention across these three domains. Furthermore, the results also indicated that condition predicted improvements in word reading for those with elevated levels of school instability, and a trend towards those with high inattention symptoms, as measured by the Conners' ADHD/DSM-IV Scales (CADS). The implications of these findings as they relate to improving educational achievement among foster children are discussed.
A communication system is for transmitting and receiving the information that users want to exchange. To make up a communication system, we can adopt the FDMA, TDMA, CDMA, and so on. In this presentation, we introduce a simplified communication blocks with which we can understand a modern system.
The 2019 John R. Lutzker Lecture featured Dr. Judith Carta, the associate director of the Juniper Gardens Children’s Project, professor of Special Education at the University of Kansas, and a Senior Scientist in the Institute for Life Span Studies. Her science focuses on developing strategies to minimize the effects of poverty on children’s language and social outcomes and developing practices that teachers and parents can use to promote children’s early learning particularly in vulnerable populations.
Jane Close Conoley, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbaraschoolpsychology
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· Behavioral success for children is related to instructional expertise of teachers.
Changing how we conceptualize and implement our practice is complicated by many organizational and regulatory forces and is compromised by some basic assumptions of modern psychology. Until those assumptions are dismissed, change is unlikely.
Global launch of the Healthy Ageing and Prevention Index 2nd wave – alongside...ILC- UK
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The speakers included:
Professor Orazio Schillaci, Minister of Health, Italy
Dr Hans Groth, Chairman of the Board, World Demographic & Ageing Forum
Professor Ilona Kickbusch, Founder and Chair, Global Health Centre, Geneva Graduate Institute and co-chair, World Health Summit Council
Dr Natasha Azzopardi Muscat, Director, Country Health Policies and Systems Division, World Health Organisation EURO
Dr Marta Lomazzi, Executive Manager, World Federation of Public Health Associations
Dr Shyam Bishen, Head, Centre for Health and Healthcare and Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum
Dr Karin Tegmark Wisell, Director General, Public Health Agency of Sweden
The 2019 John R. Lutzker Lecture featured Dr. Judith Carta, the associate director of the Juniper Gardens Children’s Project, professor of Special Education at the University of Kansas, and a Senior Scientist in the Institute for Life Span Studies. Her science focuses on developing strategies to minimize the effects of poverty on children’s language and social outcomes and developing practices that teachers and parents can use to promote children’s early learning particularly in vulnerable populations.
Jane Close Conoley, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbaraschoolpsychology
Jane Close Conoley, Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara
School Psychology Misdirected: An Argument for Prevention and Capacity Building.
For the past 35 years, at least, voices within the school psychology community have called for a re-thinking of the role of psychology and psychologists within public schools. The test and place activities of school psychologists have overwhelmed their professional practice with predictable results. Few teachers or administrators see school psychologists as resources for teaching and learning expertise, but rather as mere gatekeepers to special education services of unknown effectiveness. The calls for change have come using different conceptual vehicles, for example, mental health or behavioral consultation, curriculum based assessment, treatment validity of assessments, and most recently response to intervention. All, however, speak to the same issues:
· Children’s mental health is tied directly to their academic success.
· Behavioral success for children is related to instructional expertise of teachers.
Changing how we conceptualize and implement our practice is complicated by many organizational and regulatory forces and is compromised by some basic assumptions of modern psychology. Until those assumptions are dismissed, change is unlikely.
Global launch of the Healthy Ageing and Prevention Index 2nd wave – alongside...ILC- UK
The Healthy Ageing and Prevention Index is an online tool created by ILC that ranks countries on six metrics including, life span, health span, work span, income, environmental performance, and happiness. The Index helps us understand how well countries have adapted to longevity and inform decision makers on what must be done to maximise the economic benefits that comes with living well for longer.
Alongside the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva on 28 May 2024, we launched the second version of our Index, allowing us to track progress and give new insights into what needs to be done to keep populations healthier for longer.
The speakers included:
Professor Orazio Schillaci, Minister of Health, Italy
Dr Hans Groth, Chairman of the Board, World Demographic & Ageing Forum
Professor Ilona Kickbusch, Founder and Chair, Global Health Centre, Geneva Graduate Institute and co-chair, World Health Summit Council
Dr Natasha Azzopardi Muscat, Director, Country Health Policies and Systems Division, World Health Organisation EURO
Dr Marta Lomazzi, Executive Manager, World Federation of Public Health Associations
Dr Shyam Bishen, Head, Centre for Health and Healthcare and Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum
Dr Karin Tegmark Wisell, Director General, Public Health Agency of Sweden
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Communicating effectively with healthcare teams.
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For those battling kidney disease and exploring treatment options, understanding when to consider a kidney transplant is crucial. This guide aims to provide valuable insights into the circumstances under which a kidney transplant at the renowned Hiranandani Hospital may be the most appropriate course of action. By addressing the key indicators and factors involved, we hope to empower patients and their families to make informed decisions about their kidney care journey.
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Going the distanc: Providing Speech Pathology services ito schools in rural NSW
1. SCHOOL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
Going the Distance:
Providing speech pathology services
to schools in rural NSW
Libby Clark1
, Marijke Denton2
, Helen Evans2
, Jane McCormack1
, Kendall Clark3
1
Charles Sturt University 2
Albury Community Health Centre
3
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, June 2012, Hobart
2. SCHOOL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
Background
Speech/language impairments are high prevalence conditions
(Law, Boyle, Harris, Harkness & Nye, 2000; McLeod & Harrison, 2009)
Personal and societal costs associated with speech/language
impairments are significant
(McCormack, McLeod, McAllister & Harrison, 2009; Ruben, 2000)
Speech/language impairments respond well to early
intervention from speech pathologists
(Almost & Rosenbaum, 1998, Hesketh, Dima & Nelson, 2007)
Parents rely on teachers for information about communication
development/difficulties and confirmation of concerns
(McAllister et al., 2010)
3. SCHOOL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
There are barriers to accessing services when children with
communication impairment have been identified
• Child and family related barriers (e.g., child readiness for
intervention, family capacity to engage in therapy, cost)
• Service barriers (e.g., lack of positions, turn-over of staff,
waiting times, travel distance, type of services provided)
• Policy barriers (e.g., recognition of communication
impairment, prioritisation, criteria for access and amount of
services received)
Service Delivery / Policies
6. SCHOOL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
Aim
This paper describes community development
projects that have been trialled by speech
pathologists at ACHC in conjunction with CSU
and FAHCSIA:
• School’s Project
• ‘SpeechSpace’ / ‘Connected Classrooms’
• SPiCE model
7. SCHOOL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
School’s Project / Speech Space /
Connected Classrooms
10. SCHOOL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
Applying the SPiCE model to speech
pathology practice
11. SCHOOL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
Clinical Implications / Future Directions
Change focus: Outcomes vs. Outputs
Find “champions” – be connected
Workforce preparation
12. SCHOOL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
Department of Education and Communities
Acknowledgment
13. SCHOOL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
References
Beecham, R. & Denton, M. (2010). Collaborative engagement in
fieldwork education. In L. McAllister, M. Patterson, J. Higgs, & C.
Bithell (Eds.). Innovations in Allied Health Fieldwork Education: A
Critical Appraisal. Sense Publishers.
Speech SPACE: Speech Pathology and Classroom Exchange
http://csusap.csu.edu.au/~mdenton/pages
14. SCHOOL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
Going the Distance:
Providing speech pathology services
to schools in rural NSW
Libby Clark
eclark@csu.edu.au
+61 2 6051 XXXX
Jane McCormack
jmccormack@csu.edu.au
+61 2 6051 9224
Editor's Notes
Prevalence:
25.2% of parents (n=4,983) identified concerns with child’s speech/language in early childhood (4-5 years)
“Communication disorder” is the second most prevalent identified area of learning need, after specific learning needs, and is more prevalent than:
behavioral/emotional difficulties
physical/medical disabilities
intellectual disabilities
hearing or vision impairments (McLeod & McKinnon, 2007)
Children may experience:
Bullying (Knox & Conti-Ramsden, 2003)
Withdrawal from peers (Fujiki, Brinton, Isaacson & Summers, 2001)
Lower academic attainment and greater need for remedial help at school(Lewis, Freebairn & Taylor, 2000
According to the ICF-CY (WHO, 2007), health and wellbeing result from the interaction between biology (Body Structures and Functions) and everyday life (Activities and Participation), which are influenced by Personal and Environmental Factors. Impairment results when there is a problem with a Body Structure or Function (such as the impaired ability to articulate sounds, or produce grammatical sentences), and the impact (or effect) of that impairment is seen by examining the way in which an individual’s ability to perform Activities has been limited, or their Participation has been restricted.
The traditional assessment and management of speech impairment has focused on the impaired body function (typically, we evaluate articulation and provide intervention targeting the production of speech sounds). However, this is only one component of a holistic approach to clinical practice. We also need to consider the environmental context of the individual and work with significant others within the environment to deliver appropriate and sustainable intervention.
The research reported in this paper explored the application of the Activities and Participation component of the ICF-CY as a framework for investigating difficulties associated with speech impairment in early childhood.
The aim of the research was to examine the association between communication impairment in early childhood (at 4-5 years) and a range of Activities at school-age (7-9 years), as reported by children, parents and SLPs.
This study is the fourth in a series of studies that have examined speech and language development of children within the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC; Australian Institute of Family Studies, AIFS, 2009) Kindergarten cohort, recruited at age 4-5 years (Harrison & McLeod, 2010; Harrison et al., 2009; McLeod & Harrison, 2009). The LSAC data set documents the development of a large, nationally representative sample of Australian children and the contexts in which they are raised. Communication development is one of the many areas for which data are available for analysis, and these data have been accessed by McLeod, Harrison and colleagues to investigate the prevalence of communication impairment, risk factors and protective factors for communication impairment and academic progress of children identified with speech and language impairment at age 4-5 years when they were 6-7 years of age.
The present study extended this work in three ways, by: (1) examining a further wave of longitudinal data, gathered four years after recruitment, at age 7-9 years; (2) examining the associations between communication impairment and a broad range of life Activities including, but also extending beyond, a focus on language and learning outcomes; and (3) drawing on multiple perspectives – reports from children, parents, and teachers, as well as direct assessment – to provide a more holistic examination of Activity limitations.
The specific aim of this paper was to enable a better understanding of the dimensions of childhood communication impairment by investigating the longitudinal associations between communication (speech and language) impairment at age 4-5 years and five domains of life Activities, as defined by the ICF-CY (WHO, 2007), at age 7-9 years. A further aim was to examine the relative strength of these associations after accounting for the contribution of important child and family demographic characteristics to the outcomes.