Wellbeing for people with complex communication needs S8E19
From Speak Up by Speak Up: A Speech Pathology Australia Podcast
June 10, 2026 · 51 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the mental health needs of people with complex communication support needs and features insights from professionals in the field.
In this week’s episode, we discuss the mental health needs of people with complex communication support needs (CCN). We speak with Nerida Kho, speech pathologist, and Connor Bryant, counsellor, both from CEQ about what they have learned while supporting the unmet mental health needs of people with CCN. They speak about the challenges of adapting complex concepts, like emotions into multimodal communication systems, and the benefits and outcomes reported by the participants. 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…
People in this episode
Guests: Nerida Kho, Connor Bryant
Topics covered
- mental health
- complex communication needs
- speech pathology
- counseling
- Aboriginal culture
- knowledge translation
Keywords
- mental health
- complex communication
- speech pathology
- counseling
- Aboriginal culture
- emotional wellbeing
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Speech Pathology Australia, CEQ
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