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Speech Pathology with Trans and Gender Diverse People

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SC-70
Support transgender people with voice and communication

A short course for speech pathologists to provide gender affirming voice and communication training for trans and gender diverse people.

$495.00

Key facts

Course category
Health and Medicine, Allied Health
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Duration
70 hours with 6 months access from registration date
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Prerequisite/s
This course is aimed at speech pathologists
Certification
Certificate of Achievement

Why this course?

This course has been developed for speech pathologists develop the skills to support trans and gender diverse individuals with their voice, communication, and wellbeing, through highlighting key theories and techniques for working with trans and gender diverse people in a welcoming, supportive, and evidence-based way.

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Course content

This fully online short course has been developed for speech pathologists who would like to provide gender-affirming voice and communication training for trans and gender diverse people. 

The speech pathology approaches to working with trans and gender diverse young people and adults are informed by a team of clinicians, lecturers, and researchers with diverse gender identities (both binary and non-binary, cisgender, and transgender) who represent a range of different perspectives on this area of practice. The overarching goal of this short course is to provide you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities you need to provide trans and gender diverse people with an informed, client-centred culturally responsive service.  

 

Topics include:

  • The theoretically informed ASSEMBLE approach with its professional practice focus on different factors that impact on trans and gender diverse clients' voice, communication and well-being
  • Assessment and training considerations for adult trans and gender diverse clients, informed by the Trans and Gender Diverse Voice Clinic (a service of the La Trobe Communication Clinic, La Trobe University)
  • Assessment and training considerations for trans and gender diverse young people.

 

Current speech pathology students are eligible for a 50% discount on the course fee.  Please email your course name and tertiary education provider to alliedhealthshortcourses@latrobe.edu.au to receive a promo code for the discount.

You’ll learn:

  • The skills and abilities that speech pathologists require to provide trans and gender diverse people with an informed, client-centred and culturally responsive service
  • To provide information necessary to underpin informational counselling regarding laryngeal surgery
  • Three approaches to voice and communication assessment and training.

Your study experience

This course is self-paced and the total expected time commitment is 70 hours.

 

There are 4 multiple choice quizzes at the end of each module to test your understanding.

 

Who you'll learn from

Emma Ball (she/her):  

Emma works as a senior speech pathologist and clinical educator in the role of Voice Clinic Coordinator within La Trobe Communication Clinic, based at La Trobe University, Melbourne.

David Azul (they/them):

David is a Discipline Lead Speech Pathology, Chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee, Senior Lecturer, Researcher, and Certified Practising Speech Pathologist based at La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University, Bendigo.

Georgia Dacakis (please use my name):

Georgia is a speech pathologist, Adjunct Lecturer in Speech Pathology, La Trobe University and Adviser to the Voice Clinic (La Trobe Communication Clinic).

Vanessa Rohlf 

Vanessa is a Research Officer in the School of Psychology and Public Health, and is a consultant, therapist, and educator specialising in compassion fatigue, stress management, pet loss, and animal bereavement.

Alex Giannini (she/her):

Alex is a speech pathologist with a background in Family Therapy and Bioethics, and with extensive experience with children and adolescent’s voice therapy. She worked for decades at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, including the Gender Service. Alex has additional interests and qualifications in professional supervision and mentoring.

Jennifer Oates (she/her):

Jennifer Oates is Emeritus Professor in Speech Pathology at La Trobe University. She is a Certified Practicing Speech Pathologist and practices clinically at Melbourne Voice Analysis Centre and Voice Medicine Australia. She has extensive clinical and research experience in in voice, communication, and social participation support for trans and gender diverse people.

Sterling Quinn: (they/them or he/him):

Sterling is a non-binary trans voice clinician, research coordinator, PhD candidate, and casual academic working out of the La Trobe Communication Clinic at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia.

Frequently Asked Questions

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I would like information about a short course. Who can assist me?  

Email: LaTrobeProfessional@latrobe.edu.au 

Phone: 1300 135 045

I have paid the fee for a short course. When will I be able to access it?  

On completion of your registration, you'll be provided with an account on our Learning Management System (LMS) and the course material will be made available at the advertised date, or as outlined on your registration confirmation email.  For our on-demand courses, access will be immediate.

What payment options are there?

  • You may arrange to pay by BPAY or EFT
  • For group bookings, we encourage purchase orders.  Contact us for a quote, and upon receipt of your purchase order we can make the course available to you.
  • Unfortunately, we are not able to arrange instalment payments.

Contact us on LaTrobeProfessional@latrobe.edu.au for assistance. 

Can I arrange payment with a Purchase Order?

Yes, we accept Purchase Orders. Please email to LaTrobeProfessional@latrobe.edu.au and our La Trobe Professional team will provide you with payment details and access to your course. 

I am getting an error when I try to log into my LMS account. Can you help? 

  • The first thing to check is your order confirmation email - it will contain your Learning Management System (LMS) account and password.  Note that this account may not be the same as your staff, student or previous short course participant account. 
  • The second thing to check is that you're logging on as a short course participant and not as a student - choose 'Other Users' - select Short Course as your institution and use your account and password as provided.

If you need any assistance, contact us on LaTrobeProfessional@latrobe.edu.au. 

I want to enrol multiple staff in a short course. How do I go about this? 

Contact LaTrobeProfessional@latrobe.edu.au so that we can discuss options with you.  

What certification will I receive?

The type of certification depends on the assessment involved in the course. For example:

  • Microcredentials:  You will receive a digital credential that confirms the skills you’ve acquired, any assessments you’ve completed and potential pathways for credit or advanced standing towards a degree. 
  • Other assessed short courses:  This may include bridging programs or courses that prepare you for external certification from a professional body.  You might receive a certificate of achievement or a digital badge (a digital version of a certificate of achievement).
  • Non-assessed courses:  If a course doesn’t involve formal assessment, you’ll receive a certificate of attendance.
  • Single-subject enrolment: If you enrol in a single subject, you will receive an official transcript for that subject.

Please note that short courses or microcredentials are not formal qualifications under the Australian Qualifications Framework but may be eligible for consideration as advanced standing (credit) towards a degree.

What is a microcredential? 

Microcredentials are short courses that are assessed, carry academic credit, and to deliver specific skills or knowledge.  While they can be taken as standalone courses, many are designed to be combined or ‘stacked’ with other microcredentials to form the equivalent of a subject within a degree program.  Upon successful completion, you’ll earn a digital credential that outlines the skills and credit obtained, and any opportunities for stacking.

For La Trobe microcredentials, any advanced standing or stacking pathways are clearly expressed on the course page.   

What is advanced standing?

Advanced standing refers to credit for prior study or formal learning that can be credited towards a qualification, thereby reducing the number of subjects required to complete a course. For short courses or microcredentials (if these have been completed through recognised institutions or platforms and are deemed equivalent to La Trobe University subjects), credit may be granted either for specific La Trobe subjects or as unspecified credit towards elective requirements of a La Trobe course.

For La Trobe microcredentials, any advanced standing or stacking pathways are clearly expressed on the course page.   Upon successful completion of the course, you’ll receive a digital credential, which may be used when applying for credit for the relevant degree at La Trobe.

For more details, visit the University’s advanced standing web page.