Relationship-centered practices S8E15
From Speak Up by Speak Up: A Speech Pathology Australia Podcast
May 13, 2026 · 29 min
About this episode
Professor Nerina Scarinci discusses the importance of relationship-centered practices in improving services for d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals.
In this week’s episode, we speak with Professor Nerina Scarinci, who will be delivering the Elizabeth Usher memorial lecture at the SPA Conference in Yugembah, also known as the Gold Coast, in June this year. Nerina speaks about the way that centring relationships can result in improvement in the services we deliver. Nerina discusses how relationship centred care can support cultural safety from the perspective of d/Deaf or Hard of Hearing individuals. Resources: Meyer, Carly and Scarinci, Nerina (2019). Planning a Patient- and Family-Centered Approach to Service Delivery. Patient and Family-Centered Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. Edited by Carly Meyer, Nerina Scarinci, and Louise Hickson. New York, NY United States: Thieme.70-93. Don’t miss out on hearing more from Nerina at the SPA 2026 Conference: https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/Public/Public/CPD-events/SPA-conference/2026/Home.aspx SPA 2020 Code of Ethics: https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/Public/Public/About-Us/Ethics-and-standards/Ethics/Code-of-Ethics.aspx?hkey=33c84f2c-2bf2-47b0-b201-d5f5616fb191 Speech Pathology Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of lands, seas and waters…
People in this episode
Guest: Professor Nerina Scarinci
Topics covered
- relationship-centered care
- cultural safety
- d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- service delivery
- speech pathology
Keywords
- relationship-centered care
- cultural safety
- d/Deaf
- Hard of Hearing
- speech pathology
- service delivery
- SPA Conference
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Speech Pathology Australia, Thieme
Books & works: Planning a Patient- and Family-Centered Approach to Service Delivery
Places: Yugembah, Gold Coast
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