Evening Professional Development Sessions are now available as part of the Congress program. Make your participation in the Congress count and gain professional accreditation points!! Accreditation points can be gained directly through professional associations by attending these sessions.

Participants will be presented with a Certificate of Participation upon completion of the sessions and are advised to provide these as evidence to their association/s, in order to generate points.

The ASA (Audiological Society of Australia trading as AUDIOLOGY AUSTRALIA) will award;

• up to 13 CPD points under the Independent Activity code (ISA) as long as members complete the required documentation for Independent Activities (as outlined in the CPD Reference Guide September 2009)

The Federal AMA and Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has advised us that participation is based on hours and can generate the following estimated accreditation points:

• 1 session (2 hours = approximately 4 points, or 2 points per hour)
• 2 sessions (3.5 Hours = approximately 7 points)

Paid delegates are welcome to attend the professional development sessions at no additional charge (update your registration here).

For professionals interested in attending the Professional Development sessions but are unable to attend the full Congress program, the prices for attending evening sessions are only $140/$60 concessional:

Wednesday 28 October 6.00-8.00pm
The Professional Development streams are as below:
1) Working with deaf and hard of hearing clients Full Price / Concessional Price
For GP’s, Mental Health professionals, speech pathologists and audiologists.
Featuring speaker panel; Ines Sleeboom van-Raaij, Robert Pollard, Margaret Du Feu, Johannes Fellinger.

2) Mental health and deafness in Education Full Price / Concessional Price
For Teachers of the Deaf and educators
Featuring speaker panel; Andy Cornes, Yasmin Kovic, Gene Reardon and Renee Punch

Thursday 29 October 5.00-6.00pm- FREE
3) Developing deaf professionals, why we need more and how we are going to do it!
For all deaf and hard of hearing people.
Featuring speaker panel; Karli Dettman, Dr. Paul Jacobs and Petra Svab