December 13, 2009

LSAC Research Conference, Melbourne, Dec 2009

The 2nd Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) Research Conference was held in Melbourne in December, 2009. My colleagues, Linda Harrison and Jane McCormack presented papers based on our ARC Discovery Project (2007-2009). The methods and findings from the Disovery Project are foundational for the ARC Future Fellowship.

Presentations:
  1. 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. 2nd Growing Up in Australia: Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) Research Conference, Melbourne.
  2. 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 presented at the 2nd Growing Up in Australia: Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) Research Conference, Melbourne.