JCU: Speech Pathology

01/08/2025

Calling all Honours students!

Anatomy lecturer A/Prof Alex Trollope and Principal Research Fellow A/Prof Joe Moxon JCU: College of Medicine and Dentistry are looking for potential students interested in contributing to our ongoing stroke work. 😊

Please circulate and pass to anyone who may be interested.

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23/07/2025

The speech pathology department at James Cook University is doing a study on the gaming experiences of neurodivergent adults. We hope that results will help to create more accessible games and help speech pathologists identify more functional social strategies for their clients who wish to engage in gaming.
Scan the QR code below or click on this link to go the survey: https://jcu.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0eaY2eVtHdD5KR0

19/07/2025

Come and talk to us about studying Speech Pathology at JCU OPEN DAY 2025!

17/07/2025

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16/07/2025

Congratulations to JCU Speech Pathology alumni, Elissa Alferez, for being nominated in the category of Young Employee of the Year in the Townsville Chamber of Commerce 2025 Business Awards.

Elissa is the speech pathology team leader at Alliance Clinics.

02/07/2025

June was Aphasia Awareness month. JCU speech pathology lecturer, Fran Cochrane, recently talked with Damir who experienced aphasia as a result of of TBI. This is what Damir had to say about aphasia and his journey. Damir is also involved with the Australian Aphasia Association. Thank you Damir for sharing your insights. https://aphasia.org.au/
https://jcu.au.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=8c6846af-be98-4ab3-a8e2-b30d001964d9

01/07/2025

The Speech Pathology department at JCU is calling for volunteers for their project exploring how students with and without dyslexia learn new words. Register your interest here: https://forms.office.com/r/mKzp2CJu6j
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24/06/2025

JCU Speech Pathology Honours Research:

'Practice Educators working in Education'

We are seeking your participation in our study! If you are interested, please click the link below to register your interest.

Register interest: https://forms.office.com/r/9LwQe4GLDH

For more information please email: emma.mcfarlane1@my.jcu.edu.au or deborah.denman@jcu.edu.au

JCU Ethics Approval Number: 25H-0051

17/06/2025

JCU Speech Pathology staff, current and former students have just attended the Speech Pathology Australia conference on Kaurna Country in Adelaide.

Dr Jacqui Lim was involved in several research presentations including presenting with, and on behalf of 2024 honours students. Well done to Joanne Martin who presented her honours research with Jacqui. Jo’s research focused on clinical placement experiences of speech pathology students with dyslexia. Jacqui also presented on behalf of 2024 graduates Hayley Smith and Ebanee Creighton who explored teacher’s perspectives on the communication skills of children entering their first compulsory year of school.

Dr Fran Cochrane and co-researchers received the International Journal of Speech Language Pathology editors award for the best publication in 2024 for the following paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17549507.2023.2181225

The 2026 SPA conference is at the Gold Coast. We look forward to seeing you there next year.

11/06/2025

Speech pathology students, this is a great opportunity to have your work published!

The annual Student Ethics Essay Competition is now open!

This competition invites speech pathology students to reflect on ethics and the profession’s future.

This year’s theme is AI in speech pathology. Explore how technology shapes service delivery, responsibility and practice.

Take this opportunity to share your ideas and connect with Speech Pathology Australia before you graduate.

Small group entries welcome. Open to all speech pathology students, including non-SPA members.

Visit our website to learn more and submit your entry by 29 August.

👉 https://bit.ly/43CcFjE

03/06/2025

June is National Dysphagia Awareness Month 💙

Dysphagia, or difficulty swallowing, affects up to 15 million Americans and can lead to serious health risks like choking, malnutrition, and dehydration. Swallowing is something we do over 700 times a day—and it takes over 50 muscle pairs to do it safely!

Let’s raise awareness, support those living with swallowing disorders, and advocate for better care and understanding.

🔹 Learn more: nfosd.org

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03/06/2025

Approximately 30% of people who experience a stroke will have aphasia. Aphasia is an acquired language impairment that may affect a person’s ability to understand what they hear and read, and may have difficulty speaking or writing words.

Please spread the word about aphasia!

June is international Aphasia Awareness Month!
and 2025 is also the Australian Aphasia Association’s 25th birthday! 🥳
To celebrate both, AAA have developed “25 Ways to Raise Awareness of Aphasia”.

This is an aphasia-friendly document outlining 25 different ideas for raising aphasia awareness. The ideas can be used by people with aphasia, loved ones, health professionals and/or researchers (the list is not exhaustive so if you think there are some great ideas missing, please share those as well!). As you all know, public awareness and public understanding of aphasia is extremely low, and we want to change this.

Download the document and more information here -
https://aphasiacre.wpcomstaging.com/2025/06/03/june-is-international-aphasia-awareness-month/