As well as presenting discipline specific events for speech pathologists and teachers, Caroline enjoys the opportunity to address and interact with mixed groups of professionals and consumers, and advocacy groups about theoretical, research and clinical topics.

Contact Dr Bowen by telephone +61 2 4757 1136 or email to discuss your CPD/CEU needs and potential events in your country or region. An up-to-date curriculum vitae is available on request, as well as presentation fee details and audiovisual, travel and accommodation requirements.

Clinical practice
Caroline's main clinical interests are speech and language development and disorders, especially phonological disorders (a difficulty developing clear speech that is primarily linguistically based), severe articulation disorders (or functional speech disorders) and childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). 

2009 caseload
Over recent years Caroline's personal caseload has become more specialized. She currently assesses and treats children, most of whom are in the zero to five years age-group. At this time in October 2009 her books are full and she is not in a position to accept new referrals.

Second opinion assessments
For many years Caroline's practice has included a consultancy service to fellow speech pathologists locally, interstate and internationally, providing expert opinions in cases of severe and/or persisting speech sound disorders. Children have come from the local area and throughout Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, South East Asia and the Pacific, the UK and the US.

In providing these assessments Caroline prefers to communicate with each child's treating speech pathologist. About two thirds of second opinions are initiated by treating speech pathologists, and the remaining third by parents and care-givers.

2010 caseload:
Second opinions
One-off assessments
From February 2010 Caroline will ONLY see clients with speech sound disorders for "second opinion" / "expert opinion" assessments and "one off" assessments. She will not be seeing ANY clients for ongoing intervention.

Second opinion assessments are conducted over two or three face-to-face sessions and their aim is to provide a review of diagnosis, a written report, as well as intervention suggestions and follow-up collaboration with treating speech pathologists if wanted.

"One off" assessments are conducted over one or two face-to-face sessions and their aim is to provide a provisional diagnosis (or diagnosis if possible), facilitate appropriate referrals if indicated, and give short-term management advice to families.

Parents and clinicians, please email to enquire about the process, availability of appointments and the consultation fee.

Research, publications, teaching
Caroline's research interests and small body of publications are in the area of children's speech sound disorders (SSD), including linguistic approaches to the assessment and treatment of phonological disorders, and treatment efficacy. She is an Honorary Associate in Linguistics at Macquarie University.
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Writing
Caroline writes Webwords the Internet column in 'ACQ' Speech Pathology Australia's clinical and professional journal and is published in the peer reviewed literature.

Vitally interested in the role of families in therapy, Caroline is the author of Developmental Phonological Disorders published in 1998 by the Australian Council for Educational Research, and dedicated to her parents Frederick and Isobel Hart. Frederick (1911-1999) died on October 25th, 1999, aged 88. He had a fantastic, productive and happy life and is remembered with love and deep appreciation. Isobel who turned 96 on August 28, 2009 loves keeping up with the world news, walking a kilometre a day, tending her beautiful garden, and running errands for "the elderly", and being with her friends, children, grand children and great-grand children.

Developmental Phonological Disorders (Les difficultés phonologiques chez l'enfant) is available in French.

Her most recent book is Children's speech sound disorders published by Wiley-Blackwell in 2009.

Professional education

Professional activities
A strong advocate for her profession, in an interview with a student, Caroline talks about speech pathology and being a speech-language pathologist. She has been, and continues to be, active in several capacities as a Speech Pathology Australia member, and was honoured to receive the association's Elinor Wray Award for 2000. In 2003 she had the privilege of presenting the annual Elizabeth Usher Memorial Lecture at the Speech Pathology Australia convention in Hobart, Tasmania. The paper was entitled "Harnessing the Net: A challenge for Speech-Language Pathologists". In 2005 she presented again on the topic of The Internet for Speech-Language Pathologists in Canberra and Brisbane.

2005 invited CPD presentations
In 2005 Caroline was delighted - REALLY delighted! - to travel around Australia, to Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Launceston, Brisbane, Cairns, Darwin and Sydney, for the Speech Pathology Australia National Tour, and to be invited to present similar workshops in Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand, for the University of Auckland and the NZSTA respectively, on the assessment and treatment of children's speech sound disorders.

2006 invited CPD presentations
She presented invited Continuing Professional Development (CPD) workshops in 2006 including events in Sydney in March for teachers, psychologists and SLPs of the Parramatta Catholic Schools Office; twice in April in Sydney for the NSW Branch of Speech Pathology Australia; in Melbourne in June for the Victorian Department of Education and Training (DEAT) Speech Pathologists; in Adelaide in July for the Department of Education and Children's Services (DECS) Speech Pathologists; in Adelaide in July for the South Australian Branch of Speech Pathology Australia; and in Perth, Western Australia in October for the WA Branch of Speech Pathology Australia (this was the first of a series of Master Classes).

2007 invited CPD presentations
Caroline's 2007 engagements include master classes and workshops for Speech-Language Pathologists in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Palmerston North GSE, the University of Auckland and Christchurch GSE, New Zealand; Launceston, Tasmania; Melbourne, Victoria; Brisbane, Queensland and orange, New South Wales, and for teachers (RTLBs) in Auckland, New Zealand.

2008 / 2009 invited CPD presentations
CPD presentations have taken place already, or will take place soon in Australia, Canada, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, Portugal, and Singapore. DETAILS
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Internet
Since June 1998 she has been developing her web site, which received its one millionth hit on April 2, 2002, and which is now approaching the 14 million mark. An aspect of the web site that has been personally rewarding is the Site of the Month collection which has brought about contact, discussion, collaboration, and even friendship, with talented and innovative web site owners and web-weavers all over the world. Other Internet activities include her role as the "list owner" of the constantly expanding phonological therapy (phono-tx)discussion group (electronic mailing list) and keeping the frequently viewed SLP Start Page up-to-date.
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Limitations
There are also many things that Caroline doesn't do! Please read the FAQ index page and this disclaimer.

Please read THIS before emailing child speech questions...it's a matter of self-preservation!
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Personal
Caroline's top leisure pursuits are international travel, reading, writing, bushwalking and dining out. She is passionate about social justice, Aboriginal reconciliation, native title, conservation, Film Sound Australia, the ABC, Speech Pathology Australia and her profession. Her favourite places in the world are Sydney and London; the villages of St Fillans in Scotland, and Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains, NSW; and New Zealand - all of it!

She is proud of her three grown up children, Philippa (Pip), Barnaby (Ba), and Luke, and her lovely grandson Jonathan, born on August 29, 2007. She enjoys their company, and the company of David (Pip's husband), and Rachael (Luke's partner) as well as travel, good coffee, classical music, and gardening. And the icing on the cake is being married to Don Bowen PhD. 

Selected Publications
PEER REVIEWED
Bowen, C. (1998). Developmental phonological disorders: A practical guide for families and teachers. Melbourne: The Australian Council for Educational Research Ltd. HERE

Bowen, C. (2000). PACT: Collaboration avec les familles et les enseignants rééducation phonologique. Rééducation Orthophonique, 203, Septembre, 11-17.

Bowen, C. (2007). Les difficultés phonologiques chez l'enfant : guide à l'intention des familles, des enseignants et des intervenants en petite enfance / Caroline Bowen ; Rachel Fortin, traductrice et adaptatrice. Montréal: Chenelière-éducation. PUBLISHER

Bowen, C., & Cupples, L. (1998). A tested phonological therapy in practice. Child Language Teaching and Therapy. 14, 1, 29-50. FULL TEXT

Bowen, C., & Cupples, L. (1999a). Parents and children together (PACT): a collaborative approach to phonological therapy. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. 34, 1, 35-55. FULL TEXT

Bowen, C., & Cupples, L. (1999b). A phonological therapy in depth: a reply to commentaries. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. 34, 1, 65-83. FULL TEXT

Bowen, C., & Cupples, L. (2004). The role of families in optimising phonological therapy outcomes. Child language Teaching and Therapy, 20, 3, 245-260. FULL TEXT

Bowen, C. & Cupples, L. (2006). PACT: Parents and children together in phonological therapy. Advances in Speech Language Pathology, 8, 3, 282-292. Copyright 2006 Speech Pathology Australia. Uploaded with permission. FULL TEXT

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Bowen, C. (1998). Give me five: A broad-based approach to phonological therapy. Communications Ahead. Dunedin: New Zealand Speech-Language Therapists’ Association Biennial Conference Proceedings. FULL TEXT

Bowen, C. (2003b). Harnessing the Net: A challenge for Speech Language Pathologists. The 2003 Elizabeth Usher Memorial Lecture. In C. Williams & S. Leitao (Eds), Nature, Nurture, Knowledge, Proceedings of the Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Hobart. pp. 9-20. FULL TEXT

BOOK CHAPTERS
Bowen, C. (2003). Phonological Disorders. Learning Disabilities Sourcebook, 2nd edn. Health Reference Series Detroit: Omnigraphics.

Watts Pappas, N., & Bowen, C. (2007). Speech Acquisition and the Family. In McLeod, S. (Editor). The International Guide to Speech Acquisition. Clifton Park, N.Y.: Thomson Delmar Learning. 86-90.

Selected Publications
NON-PEER REVIEWED
Bowen, C. (2002, Winter). My top ten resources. Speech and Language Therapy in Practice. HERE

Bowen, C. (2005, October). What is the evidence for...? Oral motor therapy. ACQuiring Knowledge in Speech, Language and Hearing, Speech Pathology Australia, 7, 3,144-147. FULL TEXT

Kuster, J. M., & Bowen, C. (2002, June). Fluency and fluency disorders: Discussion forums and web sites. ACQuiring Knowledge in Speech, Language and Hearing, Speech Pathology Australia, 4, 2, 75-77. FULL TEXT

Webwords Columns, 1999 -

Caroline Bowen PhD, CPSP is a Certified Practising Member of Speech Pathology Australia (CPSP), an Honorary Life Member of The New South Wales Private Practitioners' Network, an International Affiliate member of the American Speech Language Hearing Association, and an ASHA Fellow.

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