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• Information For SLTs
  • Latest News
    • Pharmac: Special Foods - Notification of Funding and Access Changes from 1 April
    • Ministry of Education - Special Education Review
    • Tracheostomy Special Interest Forum. New topic - Raising the profile of SLTs in tracheostomy management
    • Launch of the VFSS Clinical Practice Guideline
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    • Green Paper - Briefing Paper
    • 2013 Renewals are now open
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    • 2012 Autumn Area Meeting Minutes with EC responses
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      • Important Information
      • Ministry of Education - Speech Language Therapy Scholarship
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    • NZSTA Executive Council Meeting
    • Talklink Course - Dunedin, "Creating Communication Opportunities" and "Literacy Development for Children with Complex Communication Needs" Session times TBC
    • Talklink Course - Christchurch, "Creating Communication Opportunities" 9:30am - 12:30pm
    • Talklink Course - Christchurch, "Creating Communication Opportunities" 9:30am - 12:30pm
    • The 5th International Voice Congress of the World Voice Consortium
    • Head and Neck Conference - Singapore
    • Auckland Regional PD Event
    • Knowledge Cafe - Hearing House
    • New Zealand Inaugural Stroke & Applied Neurosciences Conference
    • Call for Abstracts - NZ Inaugural Stroke & Applied Neuroscience Conference
    • Health of Health Professionals Conference - Early Bird Discount closes
    • Health of the Health Professional Conference 2011
    • ACC Forum - The Future of ACC
    • Waikato Area Meeting
    • Bicultural Workshop - Implications of the Treaty of Waitangi for our Work
    • CDHB Speech-language Therapy Inservice
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    • Workshop by Dr Lyn Turkstra
    • Closing date for RSVP to Workshop by Dr Lyn Turkstra (25/11/11)
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    • Speech Science Seminar- "Tracheostomy Management: New Opportunties for Clinical Training and Preparedness"
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      • CM Cover Autumn 2011
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  • Media Reports
    • Low Funding hits children - The Press 19 Jan 10
    • All We hear is Baby Ga Ga - Herald on Sunday 10 Jan 10
    • Assistance for kids with speech problems not getting through - Manawatu Standard 14 Jan 2010
    • A Voice for the Speech Impaired - Eastern Courier 30 July 10
    • Interview with a mystery SLT - ODT 19 Aug 10
    • Speech-language therapy Awareness Day coverage - Wanaka Sun, 19 Aug 10
    • Speech therapist talking the talk - The Leader (Nelson) 19 Aug 2010
    • The King's Speech Preview - The Press 18 Jan 2011
    • Speaking Easy Listener article - 22 Jan 11
  • 2012 Strategic Planning Documents
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  • Current Job Vacancies - Note for employers, you can list your vancacy for only $175.
    • March 2013 Senior Clinical Speech-Language Therapist
    • May 2013 Speech Language Therapist Early Intervention One Year Parental Leave - Christchurch based - 0.8 FTE
    • May 2013 Speech-Language Therapists/Speech Pathologists
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