Our research on children's speech acquisition(Crowe & McLeod, 2020; Ireland et al., 2020; McLeod & Crowe, 2018) has been incorporated in state guidance within the USA:
- Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Children’s Articulation and Speech Sound Development https://dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/sped/pdf/sl-articulation-infographic.pdf
- Virginia Department of Education https://www.doe.virginia.gov/programs-services/special-education/specific-disabilities/speech-language-impairment
Crowe, K., & McLeod, S. (2020). Children's English consonant acquisition in the United States: A review. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 29(4), 2155–2169. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_AJSLP-19-00168
Ireland, M., McLeod, S., Farquharson, K., & Crowe, K. (2020). Evaluating children in U.S. public schools with speech sound disorders: Considering federal and state laws, guidance, and research. Topics in Language Disorders, 40(4), 326–340. https://doi.org/10.1097/tld.0000000000000226
McLeod, S., & Crowe, K. (2018). Children’s consonant acquisition in 27 languages: A cross-linguistic review. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 27(4), 1546–1571. https://doi.org/10.1044/2018_AJSLP-17-0100