Samantha Siyambalapitiya ☸

speech pathologist | culture~language~health | Senior Lecturer in MSpPath #GriffithUni | founder @SympaticoRG | on Kombumerri land

[Samantha Siyambalapitiya ☸ @SamSiySP]

If you'd like to connect, you will find me on Linked in.

[Sympatico Research Group @SympaticoRG]

Next week, we look forward to speaking with A/Prof Mershen Pillay @mershen1 about his paper "Decoloniality and healthcare higher education: Critical conversations"

16/10 at 12pm AEST

To join: please DM us your email and we can share the online meeting link.

[Vishnu Nair @vishinair5]

Here is our loving critique of Neurodiversity. Excited to have this work published and enjoyed reflecting and writing on this important topic with @WFarahslt & @mildredboveda. It's open access https://t.co/3BwCqtfDqy

[Samantha Siyambalapitiya ☸ @SamSiySP]

@centenojg @ASHAWeb Congratulations @centenojg! What a great achievement.

[Tanya Dash @DashingTan]

Calling all #SLPvolunteers!

Help my amazing students with a scoping review! 📚 We need your expertise to read 1-2 articles in #Portuguese, #Croatian, #Italian, or #Catalan (max 1 hour). 🌍 Interested? DM me your email, and we'll be in touch! #Linguistics #ResearchHelp

[Fran Cochrane @Fran_SLP_ED]

Excellent presentation by @SamSiySP at @IARC2024 about speech pathologists working with bilingual speakers with aphasia. @SympaticoRG

[Dr Zheng Yen Ng @ZhengYenNg]

.@SamSiySP @SympaticoRG @Griffith_Uni important messages on working with families with bilingual aphasia, incl more time needed, interprofessional training, family involvement, and training on cultural responsiveness #IARC2024

[Fran Cochrane @Fran_SLP_ED]

Great to be @IARC2024 today and having the opportunity to present our research. @Griffith_Uni @jcu @JCUCHS

[Duncan Stibbard Hawkes @DStibbardHawkes]

🚨 Paper alert! 🚨

It’s common for cross-cultural research to be conducted in a second language: a national majority language or lingua franca. But research among the Hadza, published today in @PNASNexus, shows second languages can bias results. 🧵/14

https://t.co/xpF2y8Bc8I

[Samantha Siyambalapitiya ☸ @SamSiySP]

RT: Awakening a sleeping language - Australian Geographic https://t.co/HDUV73zMKx

[Samantha Siyambalapitiya ☸ @SamSiySP]

🌟We are recruiting 🌟 #slpeeps
Seeking an Associate Professor in Speech Pathology to lead the dynamic Speech Pathology team based at #GriffithUni at the Gold Coast. Details here: https://t.co/xsRctoxdqR

[Vishnu Nair @vishinair5]

Thank you @SamSiySP & @Fran_SLP_ED for the invitation. It was a great space to be in. We need more discussion on issues regarding standardized testing and standard language ideologies in SLT.

[Samantha Siyambalapitiya ☸ @SamSiySP]

@EF_Hunt @vishinair5 Always great to see you & chat with you, Emily. Thank you for coming.

[Sympatico Research Group @SympaticoRG]

Great discussion tonight at our Sympatico SIG meeting where we chatted with @vishinair5 about the thought-provoking paper re standardised testing in SLT. Really interesting perspectives from colleagues in UK, Australia & NZ. Looking forward to the next one.

[International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology @IJSLP]

@IJSLP Vol 26, Issue 2 starts with a paper by @Fran_SLP_ED Jenna Singleton-Bray, Waverley Canendo, Petrea Cornwell & @SamSiySP. The first author was awarded a @SpeechPathAus New Researcher Grant. https://t.co/Jo6lI4Gnw3

[Samantha Siyambalapitiya ☸ @SamSiySP]

Today I had a great time presenting a keynote about #culturally responsive research at @MetSthHealth COH Innovation Showcase. Interesting audience Qs & reflections & heard some great presentations including the keynote from my amazing #GriffithUni colleague Dr Dinesh Palipana.

[Inclusive Futures: Reimagining Disability @GU_Incl_Futures]

@Griffith_Uni 's @GU_Incl_Futures together with @DylanAlcott are proud to announce the @DylanalcottFDN Scholarship for commencing undergraduate #students with #disability

Applications close 4pm Monday 15 April, 2024.

Apply: https://t.co/76ZZFhTnTx

[Nusrat @Nusrat_SLT]

Hi

I’m a 3rd year SLT student conducting my dissertation on the experiences of ethnic minority students.

If interested, contact me on: [email protected]

Please share, thank you!

[International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology @IJSLP]

New paper published in @IJSLP: "Exploring clinical reasoning in child language assessment through decoloniality" by Buddhima Samaraweera, @mershen1, @nimishamuttiah & @leginim #SLP #childlanguage https://t.co/T6PCwqHiQX