May 17, 2016

Professor David McKinnon's contributions to understanding children's learning needs

While in Perth, Kate Crowe and I had the pleasure of catching up with our colleague Professor David McKinnon. David is currently the Director of the Edith Cowan Institute for Education Research. He has been an important collaborator in our studies to understand the prevalence and nature of children's learning needs. Here is a list of papers we have published together (so far):


  1. Crowe, K., McKinnon, D. H., McLeod, S., & Ching, T. Y. (2013). Multilingual children with hearing loss: Factors contributing to language use at home and in early education. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 29(1), 111-129. doi: 10.1177/0265659012467640
  2. Crowe, K., McLeod, S., McKinnon, D. H., & Ching, T. Y. C. (2014). Speech, sign, or multilingualism for children with hearing loss: Quantitative insights into caregivers’ decision-making. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 45(3), 234-247. doi: 10.1044/2014_lshss-12-0106
  3. Crowe, K., McLeod, S., McKinnon, D. H., & Ching, T. Y. C. (2015). Attitudes toward the capabilities of deaf and hard of hearing adults: Insights from the parents of deaf and hard of hearing children. American Annals of the Deaf, 160(1), 24–35. 
  4. McKinnon, D. H., McLeod, S., & Reilly, S. (2007). The prevalence of stuttering, voice and speech-sound disorders in primary school students in Australia. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 38(1), 5-15.     
  5. McLeod, S., & McKinnon, D. H. (2007). The prevalence of communication disorders compared with other learning needs in 14,500 primary and secondary school students. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 42(S1), 37-59. doi: 10.1080/13682820601173262
  6. McLeod, S., & McKinnon, D. H. (2010). Required support for primary and secondary students with communication disorders and/or other learning needs. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 26(2), 123-143.       
  7. Watts Pappas, N., McLeod, S., McAllister, L., & McKinnon, D. H. (2008). Parental involvement in speech intervention: A national survey. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 22(4), 335-344.
David, Renee, Sharynne, and Kate in Perth