Qualifications & Memberships
Master of Speech and Language Therapy (University of mini传媒)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) (Professional Organisation): International Affiliate
New Zealand Speech-Language Therapists' Association (NZSTA) (Professional Organisation): Member
Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders, Leadership Academy
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Research Interests
Kate grew up in Palmerston North and the wider Manawatu region. She attended the University of mini传媒, graduating with a Bachelor of Speech and Language Therapy in 2007 and completed her Master of Speech and Language Therapy in 2008. Kate has worked as a Speech-Language Therapist in District Health Boards around New Zealand and Australia with a focus on Adult Health, before taking up a position of Clinical Educator in the Department of Communication Disorders in 2013. Kate is one of the Clinical Educators teaching into the Clinical Papers as part of the BSLP, MSLP and MSc in Speech Sciences programmes and is currently working on research projects investigating student learning in clinical education.
- Clinical Education
- Aphasia
- School aged speech and language assessment and intervention
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Recent Publications
- Cook KJ., Messick CK., Ramsay RMA. and Tillard GD. (2019)听A Preliminary Investigation in the Use of Questions by Clinical Educators When Working With First- and Final-Year Speech-Language Pathology Students.听Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups 4(2): 363-371.听.
- Tillard G., Cook KJ., Gerhard D., Keast L. and McAuliffe M. (2018)听Speech-language pathology student participation in verbal reflective practice groups: perceptions of development, value and group condition differences..听Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences and Disorders 2(2) 5听.
- Cook KJ., Tillard G., Wyles C., Gerhard D., Ormond T. and McAuliffe M. (2017)听Assessing and developing the written reflective practice skills of speech-language pathology students.听International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology : 10.听.
- Ormond T., Nijhof E., Cook K., Tillard G., Dillon C., Dean J. and O'Leary M. (2018)听An Interprofessional Education Session for 60 Participants: Discharge planning and Documentation..听Boston, USA: American Speech and Hearing Convention, 15 Nov 2018-17 Nov 2017.
- Cook KJ. and Tillard GD. (2017)听What is my student thinking? Using written reflections to develop student critical thinking skills.听Sydney, Australia: Speech Pathology Australia Conference, 28-31 May 2017.
