VOICECRAFT®
FOR THE
GENERALIST SPEECH PATHOLOGIST
OR SPEECH/LANGUAGE THERAPIST
BRISBANE, AU, August 2008
"Very easy to understand. Wonderfully interactive (even for those of us made extremely nervous by public attention). Overall a very inspiring experience that is priceless."
D.E. Speech Pathologist
"Great format. I liked that there was a folder of information and not much note taking was required. This allowed my full attention to what was being presented. Good pace. Great hands on experience. Supportive environment!"
C.G Speech Pathologist
"Great balance between theory and practice."
A.M. Speech Pathologist
"Fantastic! I loved the practical nature of the workshop and the ability to practise techniques in front of Alison."
R.C. Speech Pathologist
"Enjoyable and worthwhile. Learning more after doing the activities helped to cement the clinical application."
S.P. Speech Pathologist
"Excellent - very practical and well organised and very relevant to my caseload. I have never completed a course and come away with so many practical techniques."
B.L. Speech Pathologist
"Very Good - paced well. Good mix of theory and practice. Excellent demonstrating and safe learning environment."
R.S. Speech Pathologist
"We went through so much, and (on reflection) quite fast. Yet it didn't feel like too much information or like things were being too rushed. I'm left very hungry to learn and try more, but thoroughly content with the past 3 days' experience."
D.E Speech Pathologist
"Not just talking about doing it or doing it once, but receiving feedback on it as we might give our clients."
A.M. Speech Pathologist
"For the first time in my life I am looking forward to seeing a voice client."
B.L. Speech Pathologist
"It makes dealing with voice difficulties that will crop up do-able. It has given me new tools in my kit of treatment options, particularly for my post-CVA type patients. Makes you confident of voice treatment."
R.S. Speech Pathologist
ROTORUA, NZ, August 2007
"The presentation was an excellent balance between talk and do, we could never have learnt so much without the do. It challenges so much we have been taught and teaches so simply, stunning alternatives."
CM. Speech & Language Therapist
"All the SLT's need to attend this re voice work! I think it should be part of the graduate training."
V.F. Speech & Language Therapist
"Extremely helpful to understand the true (not imagined) effect of each technique on the vocal tract and how that might change current voicing. So different to know by experiencing your own vocal tract do each technique. Thank you."
E.W. Speech language Therapist
"Well organised to facilitate the best learning from participants. Left everyone with the experience of each technique. Safe environment to learn in. Time flew."
K.T. Speech & Language Therapist
"Thorough, individually tailored at a good level for the information covered. Excellent introduction to various vocal qualities and the mechanics for achieving these with control."
S.B. Speech & Language Therapist
"I think the workshop gives the generalist SLT an overview and understanding of the most common voice disorders, and how best to treat."
J.P. Speech & Language Therapist
"Its great to have evidence based options for voice. I feel there are too many people working in the area that don't know this stuff. Fantastic!"
K.M. Speech & Language Therapist
GREECE, May 2006
"This seminar helped me to realise how to resolve voice disorders using specific techniques. Now I feel that I'm more capable of understanding the difference between voice patterns and how these patterns are produced."
D.K. Speech Therapist
"This seminar changed and reversed almost everything I "thought" I knew about voice disorders. I am totally convinced that the methods introduced are much more effective and structured. I intend to use the techniques learned to treat stuttering, cleft palate, hearing impairment and motor disorders. It is very interesting work which helps you develop awareness and get to know your own self through your reactions. This seminar in a source for inspiration and energy."
P.G. Speech Therapist
SWINDON, UK, 2004
"An unique experience and opportunity. Relevant to all S.A.L.T.s, not just those who work with voice. An excellent, most enjoyable, fascinating, absorbing three days. I am so impressed with the 'live' patient work."
L.T. Speech & Language Therapist
"Useful professionally and personally. It was very enjoyable to work on one of our 'tools of the trade'. Time flew which indicates how enjoyable and useful it was. Good guidance on techniques and surprising amount of one to one help for a group workshop."
C.B. Speech & Language Therapist
"Enlightening - interesting - helpful for my own voice, not just for clients. Wide ranging applications of different client groups. Supportive facilitator and I enjoyed the whole group work."
G.C. Speech & Language Therapist
"Well structured, challenging, supportive and stimulating. It has completely revolutionised my thinking about voice. I had come from a relax and deep breathing model of voice treatment. I think that all therapists working in adult neurology and particularly dysarthria would benefit from this course."
H.R. Speech & Language Therapist
"Absolutely fascinating. It was really useful to have the opportunity to practise the techniques as much as we did."
S.P. Speech & Language Therapist
"I appreciated all the repetition of how to do each manoeuvre - although there were many it never seemed too many. Techniques to use with adults who have acquired neurological disorders were helpful - my regret is that I was unaware of them before."
A.H. Speech & Language Therapist
"Excellent. Interesting. Applicable. Practical. Experiential. Good pace."
A.B. Speech & Language Therapist
"I could see applications to much of my adult caseload which includes neurological, dysphagia, dysarthria as well as dysphonia. The techniques are very direct and patients could effect changes/improvement to voice in fewer sessions. Interest was retained throughout and the days went past too quickly!"
J.W. Speech & Language Therapist
"Excellent - very well organised, imparted so much knowledge and very enthusiastic. The workshop was very useful, practical, thorough, enjoyable and relevant. It imparted lots of very useful general strategies such as language/approach."
C.S. Speech & Language Therapist
"Fantastic. So much information which was fabulous from a personal point of view….and lots of new approaches/ways of looking at working with people generally and also specific to voice problems."
R.D. Speech & Language Therapist
"Excellent because I have learnt about my own voice as well as how to work with clients. I feel sorry that it was only three days - I wanted to learn more. I have dreaded voice work and have done so for 26 years - I now feel confident! This knowledge is essential to any practitioner as there are so many applications beyond the field of voice disorder."
E.L. Speech & Language Therapist
MILTON KEYNES, UK, 2003
"Brilliant. Tiring and demanding. Very well presented and very relevant. Fascinating. I was left wanting more. It involved personal revelations for me as well as clinical and therapeutic ones. It will change the way I work."
H.P. Speech & Language Therapist
"Very practical and experiential. Having a better understanding of my own voice should help when working with clients. It was useful to have the workshop adapted to the needs of the group. Voicecraft makes you think much more about your own voice and it is very useful to see the different ways you can approach things to help people achieve. It will make me rethink how I work with people with Parkinsons etc. I also look forward to trying Twang with my client with vocal fold palsy."
S.C. Speech & Language Therapist
"Excellent grounding in treating voice in various patient groups that equips you with very practical skills. Alison moulded the workshop to our requirements."
R.C. Speech & Language Therapist
"This workshop is SO GOOD! It is practical, useful and skills each individual."
L.C. Speech & Language Therapist
"Very good - I liked the balance of information and practice. It was useful for myself and for work with patients and different patient groups. I will use the ideas with people who stammer."
C.M. Speech & Language Therapist
"Enthralling, Exciting. Liberating. Challenging."
P.B. Speech & Language Therapist
"Very good - well run, useful for any Speech & Language Therapist working with voice or related disorders. Good because it is practical - experiential, not just theory."
L.M. Speech & Language Therapist
ALBURY, AU, 2002
"FANTASTIC, so glad I made the effort and thankyou for the "EXPERIENCE""
M.R. Speech Pathologist
"What you learn in this workshop you don't get at Uni. After doing this workshop you actually feel confident in providing voice treatment. I wasn't confident before the workshop."
E.B. Speech Pathologist
"Fantastic! Not enough words to explain how great it was!"
E.B. Speech Pathologist
"Spot on - started from basics and covered everything at a good pace, lots of opportunity to practise."
A.M. Speech Pathologist
"It finally explains practical voice therpay, something sadly lacking in my undergraduate education - prior to this my voice therapy was mainly stab in the dark with varied success. I've now got a starting point and much more understanding. I would recommend this course to anyone."
A.M. Speech Pathologist
"Excellent! Extremely worthwhile. So refreshing to get 'neurons' firing. Can't wait to apply."
E.J. Speech pathologist
"Excellent. Practical & informative, gives you ideas for your clients that you can use & know WHY you are using them."
M.W. Speech Pathologist
"The psychology of voice aspects were revelations to me and were invaluable. It was wonderful how you tuned into the group's particular interests."
S.S. Speech Pathologist
"I work with children & adults and learnt a lot of techniques to be used with both client groups. Now I understand how I use my own voice, how I constrict and how I now can release and get clearer voice."
M.S. Speech Patholgist
"Provides practical techniques to take away and use immediately in therapy. This was exactly what was wanted and needed."
K.C. Speech Pathologist
"The teaching process is really clear because the concepts are quite unusual. I also think that the more people who are proficient in this work the better."
S.W. Singing Teacher
"Very well considered. Successful - just think of the incidental improvements in participants' voices."
S.W. Singing Teacher
PERTH, AU, 2002
"The "voice world" opened up for me when I realised that my fear for "voice patients" is only because of too little knowledge on my side."
I.T. Speech Pathologist
"It has taken the "mystique" out of voice treatment. Things now seem so much clearer. My confidence in voice treatment is now sky high."
J.R. Speech Pathologist
"The workshop was given from the heart and understanding of speech pathologist's needs - that's why it was excellent."
I.T. Speech Pathologist
"The workshop is suitable for both generalist and specialist voice clinicians. It promotes a great understanding of voice, its disorders and management."
J.R. Speech Pathologist
"Excellent. Alison has a wealth of experience in the area and has a great presentation style."
J.R. speech Pathologist
CORNWALL, UK, 1999
"It was fantastic, very practical, good fun and fascinating. The work can easily be applied to the Clinic. It gave a good variety of different ways of looking at and dealing with voice clients. It also gave good and practical application to other client groups, ie. dysarthrics, dysfluency and cleft palate."
V.T. Speech & Language Therapist
"Excellent because it addressed participants as individuals, holistically and not only as "therapists". It develops the individual's competence and has wide application across disorder groups."
S.C. Speech & Language Therapist
"Very well prepared and presented. Responsive to the group's needs/suggestions, ie. flexible. Most enjoyable."
J.B. Speech & Language Therapist
"It has given me more confidence and information on the dynamics/workings of the larynx. My therapy will be more targeted rather than going through a general process. Practical, interactive and thought provoking."
E.N. Speech & Language Therapist
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