A Questions & Answers Session This Friday 22nd January 2021 from 1-2pm Kathryn Reddy from Arachas Corporate Brokers will be available to answer any questions you might have about the IASLT insurance scheme. Kathryn has been working with Schemes and Associations for over 26 years, and has built lasting relationships with customers by making sure that clients have reliable insurance cover to support them when they need it most.  Please register to attend: https://form.jotform.com/210132429327952

IASLT are delighted to collaborate with Parents Plus to bring you a bespoke CPD training course for Speech and Language Therapists, in how to support parents online and to get the most out of online service delivery.   In this online training we will explain the principles of effective remote working using the principles of Parents Plus Programmes and provide participants with the tools that can work in their departments. Learning objectives include:  - Choosing the best mode of remote support (phone, zoom, skype, google hangouts, other) - Remotely delivering strengths-based support to families - Confidentiality and data protection considerations - Structuring individual and group sessions - Addressing core topics such as self-care for parents, conflict management - Supporting family mental health. This training programme was developed by Prof John Sharry and Dr. Eileen Brosnan, Parents Plus.  Course Outline: Wednesday 10th March 10am – 12.30pm: Zoom group training session – Intro to remote individual and group work, demonstration of effectively using the PP parent engagement model via online mode. Wednesday 24th March 10am- 12pm:  Follow-up group session to look at how remote work is progressing and problem-solve around challenges. All attendees will receive preparatory email/ reading material in advance of training and we can offer a short intro session to those unfamiliar to zoom if they need help getting online. Cost: €125  for IASLT Members  or €180 for non-members of IASLT. Spaces are limited, due to the interactive nature of the course. To register, click here.  

Join Dr. Ciaran Kenny, Trinity College Dublin, for a presentation on Voice Disorders, followed by a Q&A session with Dr. Patricia Gillivan-Murphy, Mater Hospital.   About the hosts: Dr. Ciaran Kenny, PhD, completed B.Sc. (DCU) in 2002, M.Sc. in Speech and Language Therapy (UL) in 2009, worked as Senior SLT in Tallaght Hospital for 6 years, areas of clinical specialism were dysphagia, and voice disorders, especially in critical care and ENT populations. PhD Title was 'Dysphagia in adults with solid malignancies outside the head, neck and upper gastrointestinal tract'. Presented findings at national and international conferences, as well as peer-reviewed journals. Appointed as Assistant Professor in Dept. of Clinical Speech and Language Studies in Trinity College Dublin in Sept. 2018. Coordinator and Lecturer for the postgraduate programme.  Dr. Patricia Gillivan-Murphy is a Clinical Specialist (Voice) at Voice and Swallowing Clinic at the Mater Hospital. Patricia is passionate about the larynx in voice, swallowing, and upper airways disorders. Strong interest in clinical research, and a great advocate for SLTs using nasoendoscopy for assessment and treatment.   Date: Wednesday 27th January 2021 Time: 2-3pm Cost: €5 registration fee - supported by funding from the National HSCP Office For more information, and to register, please click here  

Register now for a new CPD event, hosted by IASLT. Title: Resilience Workshop DATE: WEDNESDAY 3RD FEBRUARY 2021 TIME: 09.30 -4PM FEE: €20 FOR MEMBERS OF IASLT;  €80 FOR NON-MEMBERS. Resilience Workshop:  This workshop is a practical exploration of the phenomenon of resilience as it applies to professionals who work in a clinical setting.   This includes clinicians such as psychologists, counselors, social workers, Speech and language therapists, nurses, dieticians, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, care assistants as well as managers and administrators.  While its primary focus is on learning skills and developing strategies on building and maintaining resilience in a pressured, under resourced environment, it also has a focus on awareness and understanding the dynamics of our temperaments, organizational dynamics and projections of service users and their families onto us in the course of our work.  Expectations of service users are increasing.  There is a follow on pressure within multidisciplinary teams where shifting of stress from one to the other is an important dynamic.  The format and style of delivery of the workshop is light hearted but feedback from countless staff teams from all over Ireland in a variety of care settings indicate that the workshop has a lasting and very useful impression with practical tips and fresh perspectives.   FACILITATOR: Gerry Farrell is a clinical supervisor and Lecturer. He has lectured at Trinity College Dublin and at NUI Maynooth as well as at IT Sligo.    He provides clinical supervision to a variety of professionals in clinical and social care settings.   He has worked for over 40 years in the care sector in a number of settings including general psychiatry, dementia care, disability sector, eating disorders, addictions and residential child care.  His research and more recent clinical work involves studying the impact of vicarious trauma on clinicians and others in a variety of sectors.  He is a frequent key note speaker at conferences and has facilitated countless CPD training days and workshops all over Ireland. REGISTER NOW BY CLICKING HERE SPACES ARE LIMITED!