Rethinking AAC practice S8E5

Rethinking AAC practice S8E5

From Speak Up by Speak Up: A Speech Pathology Australia Podcast

March 4, 2026 · 49 min

About this episode

Amanda Hartmann discusses her journey in developing skills and confidence while working with AAC users.

In this week’s episode, we speak with Amanda Hartmann about her experience with developing skills and confidence when working with AAC users. Amanda reflects on the changes over the time she has been a speech pathologist and shares some of her learnings. Speech Pathology Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of lands, seas and waters throughout Australia, and offers our respect to Elders, across all times and places. The Speak Up podcast recognises the central role of yarning and oral storytelling in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, how this translates to knowledge translation, and that colonisation has interrupted these practices of Language and knowledge sharing. The Speak Up podcast acknowledges the need for truth-telling and deep listening, the central role that Language plays in connecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People with Culture, Country, and Community, and the interwoven nature of health, and social and emotional wellbeing. We recognise that the Traditional Owners of the Lands across Australia have been here since time immemorial, and that their sovereignty over this land, was never ceded. Free access to transcripts, as well as a…

People in this episode

Guest: Amanda Hartmann

Topics covered

  • AAC practice
  • speech pathology
  • confidence building
  • Aboriginal culture
  • knowledge translation

Keywords

  • AAC
  • speech pathology
  • Amanda Hartmann
  • oral storytelling
  • Aboriginal culture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Speech Pathology Australia

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