ECIR at 32nd World Congress of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP)

Members of the Early Childhood Interdisciplinary Research (ECIR) Sturt Scheme attended the 32nd World Congress of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP) in Auckland New Zealand. https://ialpauckland2023.org/. There were 1000 delegates from 48 countries in attendance.  Members who were present included: • Prof Sharynne McLeod • Dr Suzanne Hopf • A/Prof Sarah Verdon • Kate Margetson • Holly McAlister • Caitlin Slaney • Josephine Bampoe • Dr Laura Hoffman • Dr Helen Blake • A/Prof Ben Pham (from Vietnam).

Each of the ECIR members presented papers, workshops, chaired sessions and networked. ECIR and CSU presentations included: 

1. Children’s speech development across the world: Sharynne McLeod & Helen Blake (co-ordinators) 
2. Fiji English children’s speech development Holly McAlister, Australia: Suzanne Hopf, Paul A. Geraghty, Fiji; Sharynne McLeod, Australia 
3. Vietnamese + English children’s speech development: Kate Margetson, Sharynne McLeod, Sarah Verdon, Van H. Tran, Australia; Ben Phạm, Vietnam 
4. Speech-language pathology and its contribution to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: Sharynne McLeod & Julie Marshall 
5. Listening to children’s voices in the Pacific: Holly McAlister, Suzanne C. Hopf, Sharynne McLeod 
6. Cross-linguistic transfer in multilingual children’s speech: Kate Margetson, Sharynne McLeod, Sarah Verdon 
7. Dental extractions and children’s speech: Caitlin Hurley, Robert, Sharynne McLeod 
8. Intelligibility and speech accuracy of Vietnamese-speaking children suspected to speech sound disorders: Ben Phạm et al. 
9. Developing normative data for The Vietnamese Language Assessment (VLA) for four-year-old children in Thua Thien Hue - Thi Thu Hang Dang, Sarah Verdon, Ben Pham
10. SLTs’ current practices and challenges for treating children with communication disorders across three Southeast Asian countries - Smith, G., Verdon, S., Chu, S. Y., Razak, R., Chow, D., Ruzli, Y.A., Pham, B., Triantoro, H. & Garraffa, M.
11. Evaluation of Vietnam’s first speech and language therapy degrees: perspectives of multiple stakeholders - Em Prof Lindy McAllister, A/Prof Sally Hewat, Dr Adriana Penman, A/Prof Sarah Verdon, Dr Van Tran, Ms Thuy Thi Thanh Nguyen, Dr Dung Pham, Dr Marie Atherton, Dr Gwendalyn Webb, Ms Joanne Walters
12. Validity and reliability of the Vietnamese version of the UTBAS-6 scale on adults who stutter - Hanh Tran Thi Bich, Nguyen Do, Laura Hoffman, Rachael Unicomb, Sally Hewat
13. Understanding engagement in community activities for children with and without disabilities - Caitlin Slaney, Judith Crockett & Catherine Easton
14. A qualitative systematic review of speech-language pathologists’ practice with people from humanitarian migrant backgrounds - Sarah Verdon & Olivia Clark
15. Social justice in action in speech-language pathology: Exploring sustainable and culturally responsive international development through the first university degrees in Vietnam - Sarah Verdon, Sally Hewat, Lindy McAllister, Adriana Penman, Van Tran, Marie Atherton, Gwendalynn Webb, Joanne Walters
16. Creating a culturally and linguistically responsive evidence base for Cambodian speech-language pathology: Lessons from emerging research - Cathy Easton, Ruth Bryce, & Chenda Net
    

Additionally, Sharynne McLeod was the Chair of the Child Speech Committee and on the IALP Executive Board.

Speech and teeth: Working with Caitlin in three countries

I am co-supervising Caitlin Hurley's research for her Doctorate of Clinical Dentistry that she is undertaking at the University of Western Australia. Over the past two months we have worked together in three countries: Australia, Austria and New Zealand.

Analysing speech data at The University of Auckland, NZ

SLM team at IALP in New Zealand

What a joy it was to meet with members of the Speech-Language-Multilingualism team in Auckland New Zealand while at the 32nd World Congress of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP). Members who were present were

• Prof Sharynne McLeod
• A/Prof Sarah Verdon (and Ruby)
• A/Prof Ben Pham (and family)
• Dr Suzanne Hopf
• Dr Helen Blake
• Kate Margetson
  
• Holly McAlister
• Caitlin Hurley
  
• We also welcomed Dr Chelsea Sommer (and connected with LOTS of new and old friends and colleagues).

Everyone presented papers, workshops, chaired sessions and were very involved in the congress. We also met from 1-6pm on Wednesday afternoon to discuss our research, future directions, and have icecream!

Sharynne with Ruby

Ben with Anne

 

 

Workshop: Qualitative Data Analysis in Communication Disorders Research

Today I attended the workshop titled "Qualitative Data Analysis in Communication Disorders Research" with members of our SLM and CSU team. The workshop was organised by Rena Lyons (Ireland) and Lindy McAllister (Australia) and covered the following topics:

• Overview - Rena Lyons and Lindy McAllister 
• Thematic analysis and content analysis - Deborah Hersh, Anne Hill, Karen Wylie 
• Narrative analysis overview - Rena Lyons, Philippa Friary, Stacie Attrill and Deborah Hersh 
• First Nations research - Karen Brewer and Deborah Hersh 
• Grounded theory - Clare Carroll 
• Rigour - Lindy McAllister 

Workshop presenters

The workshop drew on the expertise of the authors of these books:

• Lyons, R., & McAllister, L. (Eds.). (2019). Qualitative research in communication disorders: An introduction for students and clinicians. J&R Press. https://www.jr-press.co.uk/diving-deep.html.
• Lyons, R., McAllister, L., Carroll, C., Hersh, D., & Skeat, J. (Eds.). (2022). Diving deep into qualitative data analysis in communication disorders research. J&R Press. https://www.jr-press.co.uk/diving-deep.html. 

Workshop attendees

 

The workshop was held on the Epsom campus of the University of Auckland that includes the Faculty of Education and Social Work.

 

Communication and the SDGs at the IALP World Congress

Communication and the Sustainable Development Goals were profiled during the 32nd World Congress of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP) in Auckland, New Zealand. 

Speech Pathology Australia had copies of our special issue of IJSLP available for delegates.

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/iasl20/25/1

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17549507.2022.2160494

Julie Marshall and I presented a session titled "Speech-Language Pathology and its Contribution to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals"

Authors in the IJSLP special issue

Prof Sharynne McLeod, Prof Julie Marshall, A/Prof Natalie Munro (IJSLP Editor)

SPA Deputy CEO, Prof Lindy McAllister, Prof Sharynne McLeod, SPA CEO, Nicole P

 

 We discussed papers within the special issue with authors

The representatives at Cochlear were interested in the paper written by Graeme Clark, inventor of the Cochlear implant: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17549507.2022.2142290

IALP Child Speech session - "Children’s speech development across the world"

At the World Congress of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP) in Auckland, New Zealand, Helen Blake and I coordinated a wonderful panel titled "Children’s speech development across the world" consisting of 13 presentations (8 live and 5 online). 

1. Children’s speech development in 70+ languages and dialects Sharynne McLeod, Helen L. Blake, Australia 
2. Fiji English children’s speech development Holly McAlister, Australia; Suzanne Hopf, Paul A. Geraghty, Fiji; Sharynne McLeod, Australia 
3. Māori children’s speech development Elaine Ballard, Waimirirangi Andrews, New Zealand 
4. Samoan children’s speech development Elaine Ballard, Ina Toaetolu-Fautua, New Zealand 
5. Vietnamese + English children’s speech development Kate Margetson, Sharynne McLeod, Sarah Verdon, Van H. Tran, Australia; Ben Phạm, Vietnam 
6. Canadian French children’s speech development Susan Rvachew, Andrea MacLeod, Daniel Bérubé, Canada; Francoise Brosseau-Lapré, USA 
7. Hungarian children’s speech development Krisztina Zajdó, Hungary 
8. Peruvian Spanish children’s speech development Chelsea Sommer, USA; Evelyn Cáceres Nano, Peru; Tanya Flores, USA; and Delia Delgado Maldonado, Peru 
9. Kuwaiti Arabic children’s speech development Hadeel Ayyad, Shaima AlQattan, Kuwait; Barbara May Bernhardt, Canada 
10. Cantonese children’s speech development (recording) Carol Kit Sum To, Pamela Cheung, Hong Kong SAR China 
11. Danish children’s speech development (recording) Marit Carolin Clausen, Denmark 
12. Finnish children’s speech development (recording) Sari Kunnari, Tuula Savinainen-Makkonen, Katri Saaristo-Helin, Anna-Leena Martikainen, Finland 
13. Maltese children’s speech development (recording) Helen Grech, Malta

We announced our YouTube channel with recordings of the presentations. This will be systematically updated with an official launch in 2024: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXcSAl_dA7arRMrE0qdxLuzGChY1LgY2

Thank you to the amazing authors who presented their languages and research so concisely yet comprehensively and the wonderful collegiality amongst nations.

Maatua Rukingi provided a special Māori welcome and closing to our session

A very special thank you to Maatua Rukingi who conducted the Māori opening and closing of the session facilitated by Waimirirangi Andrews and Elaine Ballard.

Ina Toaetolu-Fautua, Elaine Ballard, Maatua Rukingi, Waimirirangi Andrews, New Zealand

  The audience was invited to consider the following questions:

• What are the common threads you noticed?
• Are there any surprises (AHA! moments)?
• What are general trends across languages? How many languages follow universal trends and what languages go against those trends?
• What will be your takeaway message for families?
• What will be your takeaway message (clinical implications) for SLPs/educators/other professionals?
• What theories does this speak to?

 

 

Packed room - with a very engaged audience

Daniel Bérubé - Canadian French

Dr Chelsea Sommer - Peruvian Spanish

Dr Krisztina Zajdó - Hungarian

Kate Margetson - Vietnamese + English

Holly McAlister - Fiji English

Sharynne and Toby Macrea - NZ English

IALP friends from across the world

One of the best parts of attending an international conference is saying hello to my friends from across the world. Our conversations are inspiring and creative - and we end up generating new collaborations and projects. Here are just a few people I have enjoyed talking with at the World Congress of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP).

Dr Ben Pham from Vietnam

Prof Marleen Westerveld

Dr Rena Lyons and Dr Clare Carroll from Ireland

Josephine Bampoe, Sarah and A/Prof Sarah Verdon from CSU

Friends and colleagues from Vietnam, Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Australia

IALP Past President Prof Pam Enderby (UK)

Dr Thomas Law and Dr Valerie Pereira (Hong Kong, SAR)

Dr Cristina Politi (Greece) and Maria Kambanaros (Greece/Australia)

32nd World Congress of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP)

Today begins the 32nd World Congress of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP) in Auckland, New Zealand: https://ialpauckland2023.org/

There wre 1000 delegates from 48 countries in attendance. I am the Chair of the Child Speech Committee, so am on the Executive Board. Our team has a lot of presentations and duties. I am the Academic Chair of the first Plenary session. We are also presenting a number of papers including: 

• Children’s speech development across the world: Sharynne McLeod & Helen Blake (co-ordinators) 
• Speech-language pathology and its contribution to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: Sharynne McLeod & Julie Marshall
• Listening to children’s voices in the Pacific: Holly McAlister, Suzanne C. Hopf, Sharynne McLeod
• Cross-linguistic transfer in multilingual children’s speech: Kate Margetson, Sharynne McLeod, Sarah Verdon 
• Dental extractions and children’s speech: Caitlin Hurley, Robert, Sharynne McLeod
• Intelligibility and speech accuracy of Vietnamese-speaking children suspected to speech sound disorders: Ben Phạm

IALP Congress Opening Ceremony

CSU/SLM team members - Caitlin Hurley, Kate Margetson, Helen Blake, Sharynne McLeod, Ben Pham, Caitlin S, Suzanne Hopf

IALP Executive Board meeting

Today the Exceutive Board of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP) in Auckland, New Zealand ahead of the congress that will be held all week. It was wonderful to met with colleagues, to represent the Child Speech Committee as Chair, and to discuss many issues relating to  professionals and people who are impacted by speech, language, communication, swallowing disorders.

IALP Executive Board meeting - Saturday

IALP Committee Chairs meeting - Sunday afternoon

IALP Board Members/Committee Chairs were thanked at the Opening Ceremony