April 24, 2024

Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Professor Invited Presentations

I will the next five weeks at the University of Bristol as the Bristol Benjamin Meaker Visiting Distinguished Professor https://www.bristol.ac.uk/international-research-development/visiting-researchers/visitors-for-202324/sharynne_mcleod/ 

During my visit to the University of Bristol I will give the following presentations in this role as :

1. Open Lecture at Southmead Hospital: Communicating with Children and Families in a Multilingual World 

https://speakingmylanguages.blogspot.com/2024/05/invited-lecture-all-children-should-be.html 

2. Departmental seminar: Speech, Language and Communication: An Overview for Dentists
Recent evidence-based techniques will enable dentists to be better equipped to work with individuals with speech, language and communication needs including those with oral structural alterations (tongue tie and cleft palate) 

https://www.bristol.ac.uk/international-research-development/diary/2024/dental-school-talk-by-professor-sharynne-mcleod.html 

https://speakingmylanguages.blogspot.com/2024/04/invited-lecture-speech-language-and.html 

3. Faculty of Health Sciences lecture: Multilingual Children’s Speech.
Aimed at students and staff in the Faculty of Health Sciences. Presentation of the benefits of multilingualism and insights from an international research program into how monolingual professionals can successfully work with multilingual children and families.

https://www.bristol.ac.uk/international-research-development/diary/2024/health-sciences-talk-by-professor-sharynne-mcleod.html 

https://speakingmylanguages.blogspot.com/2024/05/university-of-bristol-health-sciences.html