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Sharynne McLeod

@sharynnemcleod.bsky.social
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Distinguished Professor at Charles Sturt University, communication rights advocate, speech-language pathologist, multilingual children's speech researcher, educator, FASSA, FRSN researchoutput.csu.edu.au/en/person… #ChildSpeechDis

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In our interview, Dr. Felipe Venâncio Barbosa tells us about the theme for #IASCL2027: "Language Acquisition Beyond Borders and Modalities: Exploring Diversity". Don't forget to submit your abstracts by Sept 30th: iascl2027.fflch.usp.br youtu.be/wOjBLHuKjC0?...
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Claire Timmins @clairetimmins.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Only ONE year to go until #ICPLA2027 @unistrathclyde.bsky.social. We now have a draft high level conference programme for you to view to help with planning. Registration information will appear v soon: www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/p... #phonetics #linguisitcs
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Conference Programme | University of Strathclyde
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Holly McAlister @hollymcslp.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Excited to share new research from my PhD project, focusing on supporting Pasifika children with #SLCN in ways that acknowledge and honour their cultures and languages and how we can continue to improve our culturally responsive practices as #SLPs 💙🩵 @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social @csu.edu.au
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Mountain garden views: speech-language pathologists’ beliefs, practices and aspirations for culturally responsive practice with Pacific Islander children and families
The Pacific Islands encompasses a linguistically and culturally diverse geographical region. Most Pacific Island countries have few speech-language pathology services. In Pacific Islander diaspora ...
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ICPLA 2027 @icpla2027.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Save the date for the 21st biennial conference of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association (ICPLA): 14th to 16th of June 2027 @unistrathclyde.bsky.social Abstract deadline 14th Jan, 2027. www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/p...
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ICPLA 2027 | University of Strathclyde
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Sharynne McLeod @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Evidence to disrupt the unsubstantiated belief that there are few assessment and intervention resources for supporting multilingual children’s speech: Global knowledge in 131 languages and dialects about children’s speech development, assessment, and intervention www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Global knowledge in 131 languages and dialects about children’s speech development, assessment, and intervention
This paper exhorts communication specialists to look beyond English language knowledge by providing evidence to disrupt the unsubstantiated belief that there are few assessment and intervention res...
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WHO @who.int · 02/03/2026
Hearing loss can impact your speech, learning, confidence, and future. The good news? Over 60% of hearing issues are solvable. Dive into today's Daily Dose for more insights.
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Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻 @carolinebowen.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
🔐💰In @ashajournals.bsky.social Margetson, K., & @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social (2025). Multilingual Speech Assessment: Using an #ImpSci Framework to Explore Acceptability of the Speech Assessment of Children's Home Language(s) (SACHL). doi.org/10.1044/2025... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #childSPEECHdis
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Multilingual Speech Assessment: Using an Implementation Science Framework to Explore Acceptability of the Speech Assessment of Children's Home Language(s) (SACHL)
Purpose: The Speech Assessment of Children's Home Language(s) (SACHL) offers a new, evidence-based clinical protocol for speech-language patholog...
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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
In the last Child Language Bulletin (www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin) Annick De Houwer looked back at HaBilNet3, which welcomed over 70 junior & senior participants to Donostia/San Sebastián, Spain to discuss language-related well-being in bilinguals. Sounds like it was a stimulating workshop!
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Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻 @carolinebowen.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
🇹🇷 Close to my heart 💖 in @ashajournals.bsky.social 🆓🔓 Dükar, B. N., & Toğram, B. (2025). Adaptation of Parents and Children Together Intervention Program Into Turkish and Investigation of its Effectiveness. JSLHR, 1–20. doi.org/10.1044/2025... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #childSPEECHdis #parents #PACT
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Adaptation of Parents and Children Together Intervention Program Into Turkish and Investigation of Its Effectiveness
Purpose: This study adapted the Parents and Children Together (PACT) intervention program into Turkish and evaluated its effectiveness in childre...
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Sharynne McLeod @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Congratulations @leannetogher.bsky.social on becoming a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association tonight in Washington DC. A well deserved honour from an association with nearly 250,000 members
ASHA Award ceremony
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Sharynne McLeod @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Here is the research I presented to @WHO this week in Geneva on behalf of children from 20+ countries about health equity for children with disabilities. Children’s Voices Centre @ CharlesSturtUni. It was an honour www.csu.edu.au/research/chi...
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Children’s health
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Sharynne McLeod @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Congratulations to the amazing @WHO Disability Programme team - Darryl Barrett, Kaloyan Kamenov, Mélanie Gréaux, and Francesca Moro who hosted the Disability Health Equity Network meeting in Geneva. I was honoured to read children’s recommendations from Children’s Voices Centre @CharlesSturtUni
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Sharynne McLeod @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
It was a privilege to attend the @WHO Disability Health Equity Network meeting in Geneva to read children’s recommendations to the World Health Organization about disability health equity based on research from the Children’s Voices Centre at Charles Sturt University in Australia @CharlesSturtUni
WHO executive board room in GenevaDistinguished Professor Sharynne McLeod reading children’s recommendations to the World Health Organization about disability health equity based on research from the Children’s Voices Centre at Charles Sturt University in Australia
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Holly McAlister @hollymcslp.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Thank you to all who have already visited the #ialp #childrenvoicescentre display to talk about our shared passion for supporting children's health and wellbeing. @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social, @helenlblake.bsky.social and I are looking forward to more visitors this week at #RCM76 @whowpro.bsky.social
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ASHA Journals @ashajournals.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
#ResearchTuesday! Children across the world use drawing to show how they talk to, what they talk about, and how they feel about talking. Read more about this study of children from 24 countries! at.asha.org/Nn @sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social
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Children Draw Talking Around the World
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine how children from across the world draw themselves talking and to apply an interdisciplinary a...
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Sharynne McLeod @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Next week we officially launch the Children’s Voices Centre at The Treehouse. We are a Charles Sturt University Research Centre that undertakes global, transformational, interdisciplinary research with, for and about children. www.csu.edu.au/research/chi...
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Sharynne McLeod @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
What a joy to share springtime in Bathurst with @lynn-williams.bsky.social
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ASHA Journals @ashajournals.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
#LSHSS study explored cross-linguistic transfer in Vietnamese-English–speaking children's and adults' speech at phoneme and syllable levels. on.asha.org/47kgIDD @sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social
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Cross-Linguistic Transfer in Vietnamese–English Speech
Purpose: Typically developing multilingual children's speech may include mismatches and phonological patterns that are atypical in monolingual pe...
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Sharynne McLeod @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
It has been wonderful to collaborate with and learn from colleagues from 58 countries at the #IALP International Association of Communication Science and Disorders conference this week. Malta was a spectacular cultural and historic location ialpmalta2025.org
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Sharynne McLeod @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
The Child Speech Committee at the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders #IALP is a wonderful collaboration of colleagues from across the globe. #Malta
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ASHA Journals @ashajournals.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
This study focuses on two of the most common methods for measuring speech intelligibility in children in clinical practice and in research: orthographic transcription measures and parent-reported ratings as measured by the Intelligibility in Context Scale on.asha.org/4n2yIqR
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Characterizing the Relationship Between the Intelligibility in Context Scale and Transcription Intelligibility in Typically Developing English-Speaking Children Between Ages 2;6 and 9;11
Purpose: The goal of the present study was to quantify the relationship between Intelligibility in Context Scale (ICS) scores and transcription i...
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Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻 @carolinebowen.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Ever wondered, 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES about the relationship b/n individual Intelligibility in Context item scores & orthographic transcription intelligibility scores within age bands? pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10.... @ashajournals.bsky.social @tjmahr.com @katieh-wisc.bsky.social @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social
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Characterizing the Relationship Between the Intelligibility in Context Scale and Transcription Intelligibility in Typically Developing English-Speaking Children Between Ages 2;6 and 9;11
Purpose: The goal of the present study was to quantify the relationship between Intelligibility in Context Scale (ICS) scores and transcription i...
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Sharynne McLeod @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Children Draw Talking: Look at what we can learn from this open access article about 200 children from 24 countries who drew themselves talking @ashajournals.bsky.social @carolinebowen.bsky.social pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...
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Children Draw Talking Around the World
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine how children from across the world draw themselves talking and to apply an interdisciplinary a...
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Sharynne McLeod @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
A wonderful open access international collaboration exploring methods of diagnosing speech sound disorders in multilingual children @ashajournals.bsky.social pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...
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Methods of Diagnosing Speech Sound Disorders in Multilingual Children
Purpose: Identification of speech sound disorder (SSD) in children who are multilingual is challenging for many speech-language pathologists (SLP...
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Sharynne McLeod @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
"Children's perception of their own speech is complementary to information obtained from the parents and SLPs' formal assessment of speech accuracy"; however, there are some differences especially for children with speech sound disorder @ashajournals.bsky.social pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Children's, Parents', and Experts' Perception of Speech and Communication
Purpose: This study aims to improve our knowledge of how young children with speech sound disorders (SSD) perceive their own speech and communica...
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Sharynne McLeod @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
"Children's perception of their own speech is complementary to information obtained from the parents and SLPs' formal assessment of speech accuracy"; however, there are some differences especially for children with speech sound disorder @ashajournals.bsky.social pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Children's, Parents', and Experts' Perception of Speech and Communication
Purpose: This study aims to improve our knowledge of how young children with speech sound disorders (SSD) perceive their own speech and communica...
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ASHA Journals @ashajournals.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Study aims to improve our knowledge of how young children with speech sound disorders (SSD) perceive their own speech and communication in comparison with typically developing (TD) children and how these perceptions relate to parental judgment. on.asha.org/4eXOEYh @sigperspectives.bsky.social
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Children's, Parents', and Experts' Perception of Speech and Communication
Purpose: This study aims to improve our knowledge of how young children with speech sound disorders (SSD) perceive their own speech and communica...
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Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻 @carolinebowen.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
💰🔐 In @ashajournals.bsky.social van Doornik A. Franken MC, @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social, Terband H & @logopedie.bsky.social (2025) Children's, Parents', & Experts' Perception of Speech & Communication. LSHSS. doi.org/10.1044/2025... 🇳🇱 Dutch-speaking + multilingual chn 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #childspeechdis
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Children's, Parents', and Experts' Perception of Speech and Communication
Purpose: This study aims to improve our knowledge of how young children with speech sound disorders (SSD) perceive their own speech and communica...
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Sharynne McLeod @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
This longitudinal study of 1,534 Indigenous Australian children shows the importance of parents' concern as an indicator of children's future educational outcomes. @ashajournals.bsky.social pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...
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Parent-Reported Speech and Language in Early Childhood Is an Early Indicator of Indigenous Australian Children's Literacy and Numeracy Outcomes
Purpose: The aim of this study was to longitudinally investigate parent-reported children's speech and language in early childhood as an early in...
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Sharynne McLeod @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
This innovative research was undertaken by Caitlin Hurley - who is both a dentist and a speech-language pathologist - "Extraction of primary maxillary incisors and children’s speech production: A case series" @carolinebowen.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Extraction of primary maxillary incisors and children’s speech production: A case series
Dental caries (tooth decay) is a disease with a significant global burden. Management may necessitate the extraction of teeth to restore oral health. The association between dental extractions and ...
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Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻 @carolinebowen.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
💰🔐 in @ashajournals.bsky.social Alighieri, C @yvonnewren.bsky.social & Van Lierde K 2025. Relationship b/n Intelligibility in Context Scale and Cleft-Related Speech Sound Errors in 3-Year-Olds with Nonsyndromic Cleft (Lip and) Palate. JSLHR, 68(7), 3023–3036. doi.org/10.1044/2025... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES
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Relationship Between Intelligibility in Context Scale and Cleft-Related Speech Sound Errors in 3-Year-Olds With Nonsyndromic Cleft (Lip and) Palate
Purpose: Cleft-related speech sound errors can negatively affect speech intelligibility in children with a cleft palate with or without a cleft l...
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UNICEF Australia @unicef.org.au · 07/07/2025
This week is #NAIDOCWeek. We celebrate the powerful contributions of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people, as well as their voices and leadership that continue to shape and strengthen our work. #NAIDOC2025 #NAIDOCWeek #StrengthVisionLegacy
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Sharynne McLeod @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Thank you for the honour to be awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Patras. The award acknowledges the amazing collaborative work of my colleagues at Charles Sturt University and around the world @speechies.bsky.social @icpla2025.bsky.social www.upatras.gr/25-6-2025-te...
Distinguished Professor Sharynne McLeod dressed in a toga and medals with the Rector of the University of Patras
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Sharynne McLeod @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
ICPLA 2025 has begun with rich discussions with new and old friends from 31 countries @icpla2025.bsky.social
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Sharynne McLeod @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
International Society of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech (ISMBS) Chania, Greece (16-19 June): 52 oral presentations, 21 posters, attendees from 26 countries. Thank you Elena Babastouli for inviting me. @helenlblake.bsky.social and I have many new friends speechandlanguage.louisiana.edu/ismbs
Sharynne and Helen at the ISMBS conference in Chania, Crete
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Sharynne McLeod @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
It was an honour to present my keynote at International Society of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech (ISMBS) conference, Chania Greece: “Multilingual Minds are Unlocking Global Knowledge, γνώση, 认识, إدراك, דַעַת, ज्ञान…” sharing over 1300 resources in 131 languages/dialects www.csu.edu.au/research/mul...
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Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻 @carolinebowen.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
💭 🤔 @katharinebeals.bsky.social @bronwynhemsley.bsky.social @lucyebryant.bsky.social www.unicef.org/child-rights... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #slpeeps #UDHR
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The Convention on the Rights of the Child: The children’s version
Read and download the child-friendly version of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
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Sharynne McLeod @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Consider submitting a paper to: "Children’s communication and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)" to be published in Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. Due 15 Oct 2025 @ashajournals.bsky.social @helenlblake.bsky.social academy.pubs.asha.org/call-for-pap...
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LSHSS - Children’s communication and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)  - ASHA Journals Academy
This collection for Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools (LSHSS) encourages research submissions that offer insights into children’s communication aligned with the Convention on the Right...
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ASHA Journals @ashajournals.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
SLPs can support #multilingual children's speech through culturally responsive assessment approaches, #LSHSS study finds. on.asha.org/3HcHUt0 @uoft.bsky.social @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social @sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social #SLPeeps
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Methods of Diagnosing Speech Sound Disorders in Multilingual Children
Purpose: Identification of speech sound disorder (SSD) in children who are multilingual is challenging for many speech-language pathologists (SLP...
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Sharynne McLeod @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Families are important knowledge holders. This longitudinal study of 1,534 Indigenous Australian children demonstrated parent report of speech and language concern in early childhood is an early indicator of education outcomes at school. @ashajournals.bsky.social pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...
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Parent-Reported Speech and Language in Early Childhood Is an Early Indicator of Indigenous Australian Children's Literacy and Numeracy Outcomes
Purpose: The aim of this study was to longitudinally investigate parent-reported children's speech and language in early childhood as an early in...
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Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻 @carolinebowen.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
🔐💰In @ashajournals.bsky.social Washington, Crowe, @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social, Margetson, Bazzocchi, Kokotek, van der Straten Waillet, Másdóttir, & Volhardt (2025). Methods of Diagnosing Speech Sound Disorders in Multilingual Children. LSHSS. doi.org/10.1044/2025... #ChildSpeechDis 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES
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Methods of Diagnosing Speech Sound Disorders in Multilingual Children
Purpose: Identification of speech sound disorder (SSD) in children who are multilingual is challenging for many speech-language pathologists (SLP...
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Sharynne McLeod @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Families are important knowledge holders. This longitudinal study of 1,534 Indigenous Australian children demonstrated parent report of speech and language concern in early childhood is an early indicator of education outcomes at school. @ashajournals.bsky.social pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...
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Parent-Reported Speech and Language in Early Childhood Is an Early Indicator of Indigenous Australian Children's Literacy and Numeracy Outcomes
Purpose: The aim of this study was to longitudinally investigate parent-reported children's speech and language in early childhood as an early in...
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Claire Timmins @clairetimmins.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Delighted to be presenting a Keynote session at #ICPLA2025 on using creative methods for teaching #phonetics and #phonology logoth.upatras.gr/en/claire-ti...
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Claire Timmins – Τμήμα Λογοθεραπείας
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Dr Helen L. Blake @helenlblake.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
We are undertaking a project to inform the World Health Organization about children’s perspectives of health & access to health care, particularly for children with disabilities. Please support children to upload their drawings to be shared in the Global Online Gallery #health #disability
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Joanne Cleland @drjoannecleland.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Our @misltoessd.bsky.social paper describing our consensus-based diagnostic protocol for subtyping #ChildSpeechDis is out now doi.org/10.1111/1460... .
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Towards an Agreed Labelling System and Protocol for the Diagnosis of Speech Sound Disorder Subtypes in the United Kingdom
Background There is no single classification system or diagnostic protocol for speech sound disorder (SSD). This makes it difficult to collect large-scale outcome data and determine which interventi.....
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Sharynne McLeod @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Do we really listen to children and young people with communication needs? Child Language Teaching and Therapy invites submissions of 5000- 8000 words for a forthcoming special issue on listening to children with communication differences. Submit by 18th April 2025 to mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cltt
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Fiona O'Neill @ficontextual.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Do we really listen to children and young people with communication needs? Child Language Teaching and Therapy invites submissions of 5000- 8000 words for a forthcoming special issue on listening to children with communication differences. Submit by 18th April 2025 to mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cltt
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Fiona O'Neill @ficontextual.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
@wordaware.bsky.social @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social @speechandlanguage.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social @inclusionoz.bsky.social
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Sharynne McLeod @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Early Childhood Voices highlights ways we can listen to and learn from children link.springer.com/book/10.1007... Thanks to all of the excellent international authors and to @charlessturtuni.bsky.social media for your news story today news.csu.edu.au/in-brief/amp...
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Early Childhood Voices: Children, Families, Professionals
This book explores the issues of listening to children, families and professionals who advocate for and work with young children to promote social justice.
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Sharynne McLeod @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Consider applying for this WONDERFUL job in our new Children's Voices Centre @CharlesSturtUni. You will lead interdisciplinary research initiatives aiming to make a difference in the lives of children, families and communities globally external-jobs.csu.edu.au/cw/en/job/49...
(C) Children's Voices Centre at Charles Sturt University.
Children and adults in front of a sign saying "Create a world worth living in"
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