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Senior Clinician Speech Pathology: Gayle Porter

(B. App. Sc. Speech Pathology)

  • 29 years’ experience working with children with physical disabilities and their families
  • Co-author of “Integrating Augmentation and Alternative Communication into Principles of Conductive Education”. This book has been sold in many countries throughout the world and has been used as a text in undergraduate and post graduate university courses
  • Developed a world first approach to developing strategies within a conductive education framework which addresses the needs of children with physical disabilities and complex communication needs
  • Develops resources to support others to implement Pragmatic Organisation Dynamic Display (PODD) communication books and page sets for speech generating devices. (2005 to present)
  • Provides speech pathology support at the Communication Resource Centre which functions at secondary and tertiary level to enhance the inclusion of children with complex communication needs (2004 to present)
  • Contributed to the development of content ‘Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Cerebral Palsy’ CD for a multimedia training package “Students with Physical Impairment” being developed by Education Queensland.
  • Guest lectured on cerebral palsy in the Disorders of speech and swallowing subject for the undergraduate speech pathology students at Latrobe University (2006 – 2009)
  • By invitation, consulted to the Center for Independence in Chicago, USA (2008)
  • By invitation, presented a seminar for ISAAC – Israel, Dynamic Auditory scanning displays (2005)
  • Invited by AGOSCI (Australian Group on Severe Communication Impairment) to present a series of workshops around Australia. (2004)
  • Course co-ordinator for Griffith University Master of Special Education. Students with physical impairment: Augmentative and Alternative Communication (2003)
  • By invitation, presented a series of seminars in Norway, Sweden and Finland (2003)
  • Presented workshops and papers at International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC) conferences in Denmark (2002), Washington (2000), Dublin (1998) and Canada (1996)
  • By invitation, consulted to a program and provided a week long training seminar for professionals, a weekend seminar for parents and evening lectures for interested professionals and parents in Calgary Canada (2000)
  • By invitation, provided training seminars and consultancy to develop Alternative and Augmentative Communication within programs applying principles of conductive education at the PASE Centre in Aylesbury, United Kingdom (1999)
  • Invited to speak to staff and students at the International Institute for Conductive Education in Budapest, Hungary (1998)
  • Senior clinician, speech pathology, Spastic Society of Victoria (1992 -1998)
  • Key note invited speaker at International Conference on Conductive Education in Israel (1997)
  • Recipient of the Elinor Wray Award in recognition of outstanding clinical contribution to the profession of speech pathology by the Australian Association of Speech and Hearing (now Speech Pathology Australia) (2006)
  • Guest lecturer on Augmentative and Alternative Communication to undergraduate Students at Latrine University
  • One of the core lecturing team in the course at Deakin University
  • Contributed a chapter to the book Communication Without Speech: (Bloomberg & Johnson 1991)
  • Joined the Knox services (Spastic Society) (1990)
  • Trained Makaton Presenter (1984)