Webinars

The second in a series of three, this webinar is for professionals providing mental health care for adolescents and young people. Viewers will develop an understanding of common speech, language and communication difficulties in young people attending youth mental health services. The webinar will present an overview of how to recognise speech, language and communication needs and the impact of these needs on individuals and mental health interventions.

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Who is this webinar for?

This webinar is suitable for professionals providing mental health care for adolescents and young people.

What will you learn in this webinar?

• Understand how common speech, language and communication difficulties are in young people attending youth mental health services.
• Describe speech, language, and communication needs and recognise these in the young people you are working with.
• Describe how speech, language, and communication needs impact on individuals and mental health interventions.

Prior knowledge or reading

Communication expectations across different settings

Presenter

Frances Saunders, Discipline Senior Speech Pathologist, Royal Children’s Hospital Mental Health

Frances has worked in Child and Adolescent Mental Health for over 20 years as a Speech Pathologist and Family Therapist. Frances is the Discipline Senior Speech Pathologist for the Royal Children’s Hospital Mental Health Service and has also been a Coordinator of the Specialist Autism Assessment Team for the Royal Children’s Hospital Mental Health Service. 

Frances is also the State-wide Coordinator for Autism in Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services at Mindful - Centre for Training and Research in Developmental Health, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne.

Liz Morkham, Discipline Senior Speech Pathologist, Child & Youth Mental Health, Austin Health

Liz Is an experienced Child and Adolescent Mental Health clinician who works in both discipline specific roles as a Senior Speech Pathologist and in a generic mental health role as a Senior Family Therapist and case manager.

Over her 20 years in mental health she has worked in both inpatient and outpatient settings as well as in the specialised ASD assessment clinic providing assessment and treatment individually and to groups and families. Liz sees frequently how the nature of communication as well as the understanding it brings is central to how we are able to help young people and their families through difficult periods.  As a result, she is a strong advocate for maintaining a focus on communication and development alongside the social, emotional and psychiatric needs of young people.