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YouTube

I have found a few places where I am on YouTube

• Professor Sharynne McLeod Keynote at the International Symposium on Bilingualism 14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbMRPo73ERE

• Child Language Teaching and Therapy Annual Summer Lecture 2024 with Professor Sharynne McLeod https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iajSaUyEuOw

CSU masterclass - Seeing like a researcher

I have been invited to present a CSU masterclass in the series "Seeing like a researcher"

My topic that has been postponed until 2025 is: "Professional skills: Editing a book: From beginning to end"

I am honoured to be amongst my distinguished colleagues from CSU within this series: https://staff.csu.edu.au/researchers/research-support/seeing-like-a-researcher-masterclass-series

Here is what is written on the website:

“Seeing like a researcher” is a masterclass series that draws on the experience, skills, wisdom and advice of Charles Sturt’s research leaders. The series includes sessions on both research innovation themes and professional skills for research.

Research innovation sessions encompass advanced pathbreaking tools of analysis and are designed to showcase new discoveries in research and update Charles Sturt researchers on new ways of doing research.

Professional skills sessions provide advice on research challenges such as developing a high quality ARC/NHMRC application, building long term partnerships nationally and internationally, delivering high impact research, working with First Nations communities etc.

The “Seeing like a researcher” masterclass series will be an invaluable mechanism for building research culture by inspiring experienced academics looking to re-energise their research programs, and next generation researchers hungry for learning and career advice.

I look forward to presenting this workshop in 2025.

 

CSU news stories

To end the year, CSU has published two news stories about our work and impact:

• https://news.csu.edu.au/latest-news/new-research-centre-champions-childrens-communication-rights
• https://news.csu.edu.au/latest-news/great-international-impact-recognised-by-top-us-speech-language-organisation

I was interviewed on the local 2BS breakfast radio show this morning. It's always great to champion children's communication and everyone's right to communicate.

Access to The Treehouse

With the announcement of the Children's Voices Centre (https://news.csu.edu.au/latest-news/new-research-centre-champions-childrens-communication-rights), signing the research agreement with the World Health Organization, and learning that we currently do not have funds for refurbishment of The Treehouse - we have come up with a solution to enable us to have access to begin The Treehouse for the work of the Children's Voices Centre. Brandon Schranzer, Operations Coordinator Bathurst Campus Facilities Management has blocked off the stairs (since they are not compliant for children's safety) so we are now able to use the building. We look forward to moving in - and to trying to secure funding so that we can fully use the building.

Children's Voices Centre jobs

 I have been having a wonderful time working with Holly Weal and Rebecca Dwyer from Division of People and Culture to prepare the following jobs for our new Children's Voices Centre

• Associate Director Children, Families and Communities: Children’s Voices Centre
• Associate Director Workforce and Policy: Children’s Voices Centre
• Research Manager: Children’s Voices Centre
• Senior Executive Support Officer: Children’s Voices Centre

Thank you to the Assumption Catholic Primary School Band for contributions to ECV2024

Here is an email I sent today to the Assumption Catholic Primary School Band

Dear students and teachers

We are writing to officially thank you for your outstanding contribution to the Early Childhood Voices 2024 (ECV2024) Conference Launch on Monday 25th November 2024 at Charles Sturt University.

We were thrilled to have such high-quality music and were impressed with your maturity and professionalism as band members. We were also very grateful that you were our ECV2024 press gallery. Your insights have been enjoyed by people across the world

• Here is the ECV2024 conference website: https://earlychildhoodresearch.csu.domains/early-childhood-voices-conference-2024/
• Here is the YouTube link to the Assumption Catholic Primary School Band’s press gallery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoBtflnofQ8
• Here is the YouTube link to the ECV2024 Conference launch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsjxDyMUbWY&t=3s

Over the week of the conference 1338 people registered from 54 countries:
Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Canada, China, Colombia, Denmark, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong (SAR China), Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Jordan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Malaysia, Malta, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, USA, Zambia.

Many more people continue to access the free online content: 4 keynote presentations, 147 oral presentations, and 200+ children’s drawings.

In fact, you may enjoy viewing the Children Draw Playing Global Online Gallery: https://earlychildhoodresearch.csu.domains/early-childhood-voices-conference-2024/children-draw-playing/

It would be wonderful if you, or some other students from Assumption Catholic Primary School may be interested in collaborating with us during 2025. This week, we launched the Children’s Voices Centre https://www.csu.edu.au/research/childrens-voices-centre/home.
Here is the media release: https://news.csu.edu.au/latest-news/new-research-centre-champions-childrens-communication-rights
The Children’s Voices Centre has signed an agreement with the World Health Organization undertake research to listen to children’s perspectives about health.

Thank you again and best wishes for Christmas and the holidays.

Sharynne

Distinguished Professor Sharynne McLeod
Charles Sturt University

UTS Podcast - Understanding each other: Multilingual speech pathology practice

I was invited to be a guest on the "What’s Got Us Talking: The UTS Speech Pathology Podcast"

Discover the latest research and insights in Speech Pathology from the University of Technology Sydney. Join Professor Bronwyn Hemsley, Head of Speech Pathology at UTS, as she starts the conversations shaping the field. A must-listen for speechies, students, and their curious friends. 

https://omny.fm/shows/whats-got-us-talking-the-uts-speech-pathology-pod

 Here are the shownotes:

Understanding each other: Multilingual speech pathology practice

https://omny.fm/shows/whats-got-us-talking-the-uts-speech-pathology-pod/understanding-each-other-multilingual-speech-patho

Description
As multilingual speech pathology is an emerging field of research and practice, we explore how and why speech pathologists support multilingual clients, and several new developments. it.

Resources:

Multilingual Children’s Speech YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRXcSAl_dA7arRMrE0qdxLuzGChY1LgY2

Multilingual Children’s Speech website: https://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech

Key paper:

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

Free posters: https://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech/speech-acquisition/learning-english-consonants

Host: Prof Bronwyn Hemsley

Guests: Dr Denise Ng,  Prof Sharynne McLeod, Emily Chan, and Lily.

Produced by Laura Corrigan, thanks to 2SER

Sustainable Development Goals - Contributions to CSU's report

Charles Sturt University has just released their Sustainability Development Goals Report. The report highlights the university’s continued commitment to environmental and social sustainability.

Here is the CSU media release: https://news.csu.edu.au/latest-news/charles-sturt-university-releases-sustainability-development-goals-report

Here is the report: https://researchoutput.csu.edu.au/files/552252729/M3125_SDG_REPORT_2023_WEB_FINAL_VERSION_2.pdf

We are featured on pages 18 and 67

Charles Sturt University media announcement of the Children's Voices Centre

Today Charles Sturt University has announced the Children's Voices Centre via a media release:

https://news.csu.edu.au/latest-news/new-research-centre-champions-childrens-communication-rights

This is a very exciting milestone and gives us great direction for our research with and for children from 2025-2027. Our new centre focusses on children, families, professionals, workforce and policy – and is truly interdisciplinary with members across all three faculties. 

 

American Board of Child Language and Language Disorders (ABCLLD) - Dec 2024 newsletter

I am a certified specialist of the American Board of Child Language and Language Disorders with BCS-CL Certification.

"The American Board of Child Language and Language Disorders (ABCLLD) is a nonprofit Board recognized by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association since 2000 as having oversight of Specialty Certification in the area of child language. Board Certified Specialists represent a cross section of our profession, including those who are in private practice or business; in school, medical, or university settings; and are from geographical areas across the world."

The ABCLLD included my ASHA award in their December newsletter: 

"The ABCLLD is immensely proud of two of our Board Certified Specialists in

Child Language who were named 2024 ASHA Awards Recipients... Each of these Specialists is a fine example of the ABCLLD's mission and the advanced knowledge, skills, leadership, and experience we exemplify in child language. We encourage all fellow Specialists to extend congratulations to both Shari and Sharynne!"

 

RED Award for Early Childhood Interdisciplinary Research Group

The  Early Childhood Interdisciplinary Research Group won the CSU RED Award for Research. We received the following email:

Good morning,
 
You are receiving this email because you have a team member who has been awarded a 2024 Charles Sturt Excellence Award.
 
The 2024 Charles Sturt Excellence Awards received 94 nominations across our four strategic categories.  The quality of the nominations was high in 2024 and we would like to congratulate not only our winners, but everyone who played a role in the Awards.
 
Log in to RED to see an overview of our winners here: Introducing RED | RED

Kind regards,

The RED Team
Recognising Excellence Daily
Division of People and Culture

Here is the award information

What is the nomination for:
The Early Childhood Interdisciplinary Research Group (ECIR) is an inspiring productive research group with global impact. ECIR collaboratively builds research capacity, profile and track record of ~50 early-mid career researchers and higher degree research (HDR) students by providing research mentoring and opportunities via an internship model using co-design and knowledge creation. ECIR increases research capacity for engaging in transformative research regionally, nationally, and internationally through interdisciplinary projects, such as the Children Draw Talking project presented at four 2024 conferences, including the International Conference on Sustainable Development (New York). The bi-annual Early Childhood Voices Conferences (to be held in November 2024) already has 620 registrations from 45 countries and 150 peer-reviewed presentations. ECIR supports members to write grants and publications, present at conferences, apply for promotion and publish from their PhDs. By engaging with ECIR members and activities, early career researchers have competitive CVs ready to apply for promotion and grants.

Why is this Excellence Award worthy?
ECIR has demonstrated sustained excellence in impactful research and support for researchers and HDR students during the Sturt Scheme funding period (2021-2024). ECIR members edited and co-authored 12/18 chapters in the book “Early Childhood Voices: Children, Families, Professionals” published by Springer in 2024 (269 pages). Additional achievements over the past 12 months (to Sept 2024) include books (6 published/in press + 1 proposal), book chapters (19 published/in press), journal articles (28 published/accepted), keynotes/public lectures (10), conference papers (42 presented/accepted), editorials (3), and media (3). During 2024, 2 ECIR members completed their PhD and ECIR members supervised 33 HDR students. Achievements over the past 3 years were recognised in a 2024 CRO impact case study demonstrating impact in policy and practice nationally and internationally, including at the World Health Organization

 

There were four winners in the research category

1. Groundbreaking research in AI and digital health - Dr Mohammad Ali Moni - 

2. Developing and sustaining opportunities for growth in data-science and cyber-security research - Azizur Rahman, Anna Shillabeer, Ashad Kabir, Manoranjan Paul, Philip Charlton, Zahid Islam, Xiaodi Huang, Rafiqul Islam, Michael Bewong, Muhammad Arif Khan, Lihong Zheng, Yeslam Al-Saggaf, Sabih Rehman, Jan Li, Mostafa Dahshan, Tanmoy Debnath, Quazi Mamun, Oliver Burmeister, Terry Bossomaier, Dmitry Demskoy, David Tien, Irfan Altas, Maumita Bhattacharya, Jason Howarth -

3. The Research Productivity Index Project- Samantha Phegan, Josh Kent, Deepa Narayanan, Karen Sinclair, Katie Dunn, John Burns, Helen Stephens, Veera Gogineni, Boram Kwon, Dale Curran, Rory Hock, Emmaline Lear, Lynne Creasy, Latha Bheemaneni, Amanda Shepherd, Samantha Phegan, Josh Kent, Deepa Narayanan, Karen Sinclair, Katie Dunn, John Burns, Helen Stephens, Veera Gogineni, Shyam Mohan, Ben Speirs, Andrew Paul, Simon Eriksson, Jason White, Paul Bristow, Darren Browne -

4. The Early Childhood Interdisciplinary Research Group - Sharynne McLeod, Suzanne C. Hopf, Sarah Verdon, Elizabeth (Libbey) Murray, Julian Grant, Carolyn Gregoric, Josephine Ohenewa Bampoe, Sarah Bartlett, Helen L. Blake, Kate Crowe, Jessamy Davies, Lysa Dealtry, Cheree Dean, Laura Delli-Pizzi, Belinda Downey, Tina Du, Jenny Dwyer, Sheena Elwick, Belinda Friezer, Leanne Gibbs, Kasey Hillyer, Laura Hoffman, Carmen Huser, Marie Ireland, Nicola Ivory, Janine Krecko, Linda Mahony, Olebeng Mahura, Kate Margetson, Cathie Matthews, Holly McAlister, Nicole McGill, Anne McLeod, Michelle Milan, Ben Pham, Azizur Rahman, Arifa Rahman, Mehdi Rassafiani, Goutam Roy, Shukla Sikder, Lindsay Smith, Sarah Stenson, Van H. Tran, Kelly Tribolet, Audrey (Cen) Wang, Emily-Jane Woodhead, Cherie Zischke

Research focussed position - hooray

I was delighted  to receive an email this morning to indicate that my work function has changed to being research focused. Since 1999 my work function has been 35% research, 65% teaching, 10% administration.  At different times, I have sought funding to change my work function to focus on research, however, this has been on an ad hoc basis and reliant on special funding. I have been asking for an official change in my work function since 2016 in my Employee Development and Review Scheme (EDRS) and am thrilled to see the signatures on the official document today. I believe that this accurately reflects my role at Charles Sturt and simplifies conversations and expectations. I look forward to continuing to undertake impactful research with my colleagues and students.

Communication is a human right

During the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association convention I was delighted to spend time with Lynn Williams  - and to share our passion and commitment for communication as a human right.

Lynn mentioned to me that while she was ASHA President she promoted communication rights based on the special issue of the International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology that I edited:

McLeod, S. (2018). Communication rights: Fundamental human rights for all. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 20(1), 3–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2018.1428687

It is exciting to see communication rights on ASHA t-shirts and merchandise and now mentioned in ASHA's mission/masthead

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Making effective communication, a human right, accessible and achievable for all.

ASHA Awards Ceremony: Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Contributions in International Achievement

The ASHA conference held in Seattle this week has 13,005 registrations from 58 countries
https://convention.asha.org/. Tonight I was honoured to receive the Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Contributions in International Achievement from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) at the Awards Ceremony (https://www.asha.org/about/awards/certificate-of-recognition-for-outstanding-contributions-in-international-achievement/).

CSU News: https://news.csu.edu.au/latest-news/great-international-impact-recognised-by-top-us-speech-language-organisation

Here is some of the text from the 2-page nomination by Prof. Lynn Williams' (Past ASHA President)

Dr. McLeod is a distinguished clinician-researcher whose groundbreaking work on child speech acquisition and disorders in over 100 languages, dialects, and cultures has had a profound impact on children’s lives and has influenced health and education professionals worldwide. Her contributions have been recognized by a number of awards, including ASHA Fellow and Honors of the Association. As a speech-language pathologist and professor of speech and language acquisition at Charles Sturt University, Australia, Dr. McLeod has demonstrated exemplary dedication and leadership in this field...

In summary, Dr. McLeod’s outstanding contributions in international education, publications, and research have not only transformed the field of speech-language pathology but have also had a profound impact on children’s lives globally. Her dedication to advancing knowledge and fostering international collaboration exemplifies the spirit of this award.

I wholeheartedly endorse Dr. McLeod’s nomination for the Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Contributions in International Achievement. Her unwavering commitment to excellence and innovation makes her a truly deserving recipient of this honor.

 

ASHA currently has over 230,000 members https://www.asha.org/. In the history of the award, there have only been 21 people/groups who have received the award. Here is the list of past recipients (https://www.asha.org/about/awards/certificate-of-recognition-for-outstanding-contributions-in-international-achievement-recipients/). I was particularly thrilled to share the 2024 award with my colleagues from Turkiye (Ahmet Konrot, İlknur Maviş, Seyhun Topbaş). I have worked with Seyhun Topbaş since 1996.

It is wonderful to celebrate both awards with my colleagues from across the world in 2024. In 2021 I was awarded ASHA Honors - but was unable to attend the ceremony due to COVID-19 lockdowns in Australia (https://speakingmylanguages.blogspot.com/2021/11/asha-awards-ceremony.html). I was one of 11  colleagues receiving ASHA Honors in 2021 and was the first ASHA International Affiliate to receive the award since it began in 1944. The CSU News story about my award is here: https://news.csu.edu.au/latest-news/unique-international-honour-for-speech-and-language-acquisition-expert. Here is the video that ASHA created to announce my award at the ceremony: https://vimeo.com/644073807.

Information about the ASHA Awards Ceremony (from the ASHA website) https://convention.asha.org/networking/awards-ceremony/

The Awards Ceremony celebrates the highest achievements and excellence in the professions. Awards presented this evening include the Honors of the Association—ASHA's most prestigious award, which recognizes lifetime achievement—and ASHA Fellows, whose recipients' contributions are the cornerstones of the communication sciences and disorders (CSD) professions. ASHA will present additional awards to honor other members who have also contributed to the professions and to ASHA.

The Annie Glenn Award will also be presented. It is named after the late Annie Glenn, a devoted champion for people with communication disorders. It honors individuals or groups who are champions much like the award’s namesake. This year, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, an advocate for people who stutter and a former college basketball national champion who went on to play in the National Basketball Association will receive the Annie.

ASHA evenings

Each evening at the ASHA convention there are receptions and events that are fantastic opportunities for networking and planning future collaborations. Here are some of the events Holly McAlister (my PhD student) and I have been invited to and attended:

Wednesday

• Researcher-Academic Town Meeting (RATM)
• ASHA Presidents' Reception (as a guest of Julie Malone)
• Award celebration with  Prof. Kenneth St Louis, Seyhun Topbas, Ahmet Konrot and İlknur Mavis

Thursday

• Kiwi Party - University of Canterbury, NZ
  
• ASHA Asian Pacific Islander Caucus (API SIH CAUCUS) - ASHA social hour
• International Reception
• Multicultural Concerns Collective (MC2)
  

Friday

• Reception in honour of Plural Publishing's 20th anniversary and Angie S. Singh's award
• Dr. Liz Peña's ASHA Honors Reception
• Dr. Jon Preston's ASHA Fellow Reception
• Dr. Carol Scheffner Hammer's ASHA Honors Reception
  

Researcher-Academic Town Meeting (RATM) with Prof. Nat Munro (Australia) on the screen

ASHA President Tena L. McNamara, AuD, CCC-A/SLP
with Holly McAlister, Julie Malone and Sharynne McLeod

Hong Kong Speech Therapists' Association representatives with Holly and Sharynne and the ASHA President's reception

President's reception with Julie Malone - Board Member at Large

International Reception - Holly McAlister, Cara Jane Millar (Australia), Kath Broofield (UK), Anthony Pak (Hong Kong SAR China), Eddy Wong (Hong Kong SAR China), Sharynne McLeod

RATM: Nicole, Karla Washington, Chelsea Sommer, Holly McAlister, Kath Broomfield, Lynn Williams, Anthony Pak, Kelly Farquharson, Sharynne McLeod

Asia Pacific Caucus (Holly and I are on the right)

ASHA friends

 Each year at ASHA I connect with many friends - and make many new ones. Here are a few photos.

Dr. Lynn Williams (USA)

Dr. Kelly Farquharson (USA)

Dr. Leah Fabiano and Dr. Katie Hustad (USA)

Past ASHA Presidents Dr. Tommie Robinson and Dr. Elise Davis-McFarland with current SPA President Kathryn McKinley

Prof. Seyhun Topbas and Prof. Ilknur Mavis from Turkiye

Dr. Lilly Cheng, Dr. Carol Westby and Lesley Magnus (updating Barbara Hodson's book)

Dr. Mark Guiberson

Dr. Scott Yaruss and Holly McAlister

Dr. Rebecca McCauley, 

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) convention

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) convention is held in Seattle this week. At the opening ceremony they announced that there were 13,005 registrations from 58 countries and all 50 states of the US https://convention.asha.org/.

Here are our presentations:

• Culturally Appropriate Assessment in International Contexts: Assessing Children's Speech in Their Home Language(s) (1 hour session)- Sharynne McLeod, Helen L. Blake, Kate Margetson
  
• Services for Children With Pacific Islander Heritage: Practices and Aspirations of Speech-Language Pathologists (30 minute technical session) - Holly McAlister, Suzanne C. Hopf, Sharynne McLeod
  
• Children Draw Talking: Understanding Children's Functioning with Arts-Based Methods (1 hour session)- Sharynne McLeod, Marie Ireland, Jane McCormack, Anna Cronin, Cen Wang, Carolyn Gregoric, Holly McAlister, Suzanne C. Hopf, Van H. Tran, Karla N. Washington, Nicole Bazzocchi, Lauren Choi, Katarina Miletic, Andrea A.N. MacLeod, Jessica A. Harasym
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Our session titled "Culturally Appropriate Assessment in International Contexts: Assessing Children's Speech in Their Home Language(s)" was selected for live-broadcast:

Congratulations! Your in-person, 1-hour oral seminar (listed below) has been selected by the 2024 ASHA Convention Co-Chairs to be live-broadcast as part of the Virtual Program. During the submission process you indicated that you would agree to have your slides and audio broadcast to the virtual platform in real-time if selected. Only 77 sessions were chosen to be broadcast live, with consideration given to the overall strength and value to virtual-only participants and alignment with our 2024 theme, ELEVATE!...The live broadcast is a real-time feed of your presentation onsite in Seattle. Your session will not be recorded and will not be available as an on-demand Virtual Program session after it concludes.

Congratulations to Holly McAlister who is presenting her PhD and attending ASHA for the first time. I am so proud of how well she is networking and making the most of this unique opportunity.

I was also invited to host an ASHA Research Round Table - “Engaging in International Research Collaborations” with Dr. Giang Pham

Children Draw Talking - Panel presentation at the ASHA convention in Seattle

At the ASHA convention in Seattle I chaired an exciting panel titled Children Draw Talking: Understanding Children's Functioning with Arts-Based Methods.

Here are the presentations

1. Communication rights, listening to children, and arts-based methods

Sharynne McLeod – Australia

2. Children draw talking across the world: Insights from the Early Childhood Voices Global Online Gallery

Sharynne McLeod, Carolyn Gregoric, Suzanne C. Hopf, Van H. Tran, and Holly McAlister et al. – 24 countries

3. Children draw talking in Jamaica: Insights from children with and without communication disorders

Karla N. Washington, Nicole Bazzocchi, Lauren Choi, and Katarina Miletic – Canada and Jamaica

4. Children draw talking in Canada: Insights from children about their multilingualism

Andrea A.N. MacLeod and Jessica A. Harasym – Canada

5. Drawing together: Enabling families to talk with children about intervention experiences

Marie Ireland, Jane McCormack, Anna Cronin, Sharynne McLeod, and Cen Wang – USA and Australia

6. Children’s participation: Children draw talking is the first step

Holly McAlister, Suzanne C. Hopf, and Sharynne McLeod – Australia and Fiji

Celebrating with colleagues from Türkiye

Congratulations to my colleagues from Türkiye: Prof. Seyhun Topbaş, Prof. Ahmet Konrot and Prof. İlknur Maviş who were nominated by Prof. Kenneth St Louis to receive the Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Contributions in International Achievement at the ASHA Awards Ceremony. Seyhun and I have collaborated over many years. It was wonderful to celebrate together.

Prof. Ahmet Konrot, Prof. Kenneth St Louis, Prof. Seyhun Topbaş,
Prof. İlknur Maviş, Prof. Sharynne McLeod

ASHA Awards Ceremony rehearsal

Beautiful Seattle - home of the Coast Salish people, innovation, and fun

I have enjoyed exploring Seattle while getting over jetlag with Holly McAlister, my PhD student and my husband. I have enjoyed and learning more about the traditions of the Coast Salish people - particularly at the Seattle Children's Museum. Seattle has gorgeous scenery and is also the home of many innovative companies including Microsoft, Amazon, Boeing, and Alaska Airlines.

The Fish! Philosophy (https://fishphilosophy.com/what-is-fish/) is also from the Pike Place Fish Market Seattle. The central four ideas are:

• play
• be there
• make their day
• choose your attitude

Note the shadow of the Space Needle -
looking towards the University of Washington

Visiting the Seattle Children's Museum

I continue to get ideas for the Children's Voices Centre and The Treehouse as I travel to different parts of the world. This week I got a lot of ideas from the excellent Seattle Children's Museum (https://seattlechildrensmuseum.org/) as an "unaccompanied adult". I enjoyed sock skating, making a melting snowman, and learning about the Coast Salish people and nature of the Pacific North West.