Children with Speech Impairment
Publications
2009
Harrison, L. J., McLeod, S., Berthelsen, D., & Walker, S. (2009, December). Impact of speech and language impairment at 4- to 5-years on literacy, numeracy, and learning at 6- to 7-years. Growing Up in Australia: Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) Research Conference, Melbourne.
Harrison, L. J. & McLeod, S. (in press, 2009). Risk and protective factors associated with speech and language impairment in a nationally representative sample of 4 to 5-year-old children. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, published online September 28, 2009. doi: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/08-0086)
Holliday, E., McLeod, S., Harrison, L. J. & McCormack, J. (2009, May). Children draw talking: Nonverbal insights from 4- to 5-year-olds with speech impairment. Speech Pathology Australia, Adelaide.
McCormack, J., McLeod, S., McAllister, L. & Harrison, L. J. (2009, September). Children with communication impairment have short- and long-term social, educational and occupational difficulties. Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) National Conference, Melbourne.
McCormack, J., McLeod, S., McAllister, L. & Harrison, L. J., (accepted; 2009, November). The experience of everyday life for children with speech impairment. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, USA.
McCormack, J., McLeod, S., McAllister, L. & Harrison, L. J. (2009). A systematic review of the association between childhood speech impairment and participation across the lifespan. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 11(2), 155-170.
McCormack, J., McLeod, S., McAllister, L. & Harrison, L. J. (in press, 2009). My speech problem, your listening problem, and my frustration: The experience of living with childhood speech impairment. Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools.
McCormack, J., McLeod, S., McAllister, L. & Harrison, L. J. (2009, May). Parental report of the impact of speech impairment on children’s Activities and Participation. Speech Pathology Australia, Adelaide.
McLeod, S., Harrison, L. J., McAllister, L. & McCormack, J. (2009, September). Children, their parents and teachers describe the impact of communication impairment on children’s lives. Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) National Conference, Melbourne.
McLeod, S. Harrison, L. J., McAllister, L., & McCormack, J. (2009, December). Correspondence between direct assessment of speech and language impairment in 4- to 5-year-olds and LSAC measures of parent and teacher reported concern. Poster session presented at Growing Up in Australia: Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) Research Conference, Melbourne.
McLeod, S., & Harrison, L. J. (2009). Epidemiology of speech and language impairment in a nationally representative sample of 4- to 5-year-old children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 52(5), 1213-1229.
- Available at: http://jslhr.asha.org/cgi/content/abstract/52/5/1213
McLeod, S., Harrison, L. J. Holliday, E., McCormack, J., & McAllister, L. (2009, May). Children draw talking: Art exhibition. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Adelaide.
2008
Harrison, L. J. & McLeod, S. (2008, November). School adjustment and achievement in children identified as having speech and language impairment at age 4-5 years. Australian Association for Research in Education, Brisbane.
Holliday, E., Harrison, L. J., & McLeod, S. (in press, 2 Dec 2008). Listening to children with communication impairment talking through their drawings. Journal of Early Childhood Research, 7.
McCormack, J., McLeod, S., McAllister, L., Harrison, L. J. (2008, May). The lifelong effects of childhood speech impairment. New Zealand Speech-Language Therapists Association and Speech Pathology Australia, Auckland, New Zealand.
McCormack, J. & Worrall, L. (2008). The ICF Body Functions and Structures related to communication and swallowing disorders. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 10 (1-2), 9-17.
McLeod, S. & Harrison, L. J. (2008, October). Teacher and parent concern about children’s speech and language: Prevalence, risk and protective factors identified in LSAC. Early Childhood Australia National Conference, Canberra.
McLeod, S., Harrison, L. J., McAllister, L. & McCormack, J. (2008, May). Identifying children with speech impairment: Correspondence between direct assessment, parent report, and teacher report. New Zealand Speech-Language Therapists Association and Speech Pathology Australia, Auckland, New Zealand.
McLeod, S., Harrison, L. J., McAllister, L. & McCormack, J. (2008, June). Epidemiology of speech and language impairment in Australian children aged 4 to 5 years: Prevalence, risk and protective factors. International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association, Istanbul, Turkey.
McLeod, S. & Threats, T. T. (2008). Use of the ICF-CY in paediatric speech-language pathology. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 10 (1-2), 92-109.
- Available at: http://www.informaworld.com/17549507
2007
Harrison, L. J. & McLeod, S. (2007, January). Parent and teacher reports of the prevalence of children with communication difficulties. Australian Research in Early Childhood Education (ARECE), Melbourne.
Harrison, L. J. & McLeod, S. (2007, December). Risk factors associated with speech and language impairment at 4-5 years of age. Inaugural Growing Up in Australia: Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) Research Conference, Melbourne.
McCormack, J. (2007). Communication impairment in Australian children: A review of recent prevalence studies, ACQuiring Knowledge in Speech-Language Pathology, 9(3), 95-98.
- Available at: http://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au
McCormack, J., McLeod, S., McAllister, L. & Harrison, L. J. (2007, November). Prevalence of communication impairment in Australian children. Poster session presented at American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Boston.
McLeod, S., Harrison, L. J., McAllister, L. & McCormack, J. (2007, November). Prevalence of speech impairment in 4,983 four-five-year-old Australian children. Poster session presented at American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Boston.
McLeod, S., & McCormack, J. (2007). Application of the ICF and ICF-Children and Youth in children with speech impairment. Seminars in Speech and Language, 28(4), 254-264.