Last weekend I had a chance to catch up with Jacqui Barr. Jacqui was my research assistant, honours and PhD student many years ago. Her important work on siblings of children with disabilities has changed professional practice and increased visibility of siblings throughout the world.
- Barr, J., McLeod, S., & Daniel, G. (2008). Siblings of children with speech impairment: Cavalry on the hill. Language, Speech, and Hearing Service in Schools, 39(1), 21-32. doi:10.1044/0161-1461(2008/003)
- Barr, J., & McLeod, S. (2010). They never see how hard it is to be me: Siblings' observations of strangers, peers and family. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 12(2), 162-171. doi:doi:10.3109/17549500903434133
- McLeod, S., Daniel, G., & Barr, J. (2013). “When he's around his brothers … he's not so quiet”: The private and public worlds of school-aged children with speech sound disorder. Journal of Communication Disorders, 46(1), 70-83. doi:10.1016/j.jcomdis.2012.08.006
- Crowe, K., McLeod, S., & Barr, J. (2017). Siblings of children with hearing loss. Retrieved from http://www.raisingandeducatingdeafchildren.org/2017/10/16/siblings-of-children-with-hearing-loss/
She has spent the past several years supporting adults with disabilities in the community at Glenray Industries and is about to embark on a new job continuing working with people with disabilities. I wish her well - and it was wonderful to spend time together.
