Future collaborations

This morning I met with my wonderful colleague from the US - Professor Lynn Williams - to discuss future collaborations. Lynn and I have a rich past of very productive and impactful collaborations. It is exciting to now discuss new areas of work. 

 Here are some of the things we have published together: 

• Williams, A. L., McLeod, S., & McCauley, R. J. (Eds.). (2010). Interventions for speech sound disorders in children. Paul H. Brookes Publishing. 
• Williams, A. L., McLeod, S., & McCauley, R. J. (Eds.). (2021). Interventions for speech sound disorders in children (2nd ed.). Paul H. Brookes Publishing. 
• Baker, E., McCauley, R. J., Williams, A. L., & McLeod, S. (2020). Elements in phonological intervention: A comparison of three approaches using the Phonological Intervention Taxonomy. In E. Babatsouli & M. J. Ball (Eds.), On under-reported monolingual child phonology (pp. 375-399). Multilingual Matters. http://www.multilingual-matters.com/display.asp?isb=9781788928946 
• Baker, E., Williams, A. L., McLeod, S., & McCauley, R. (2018). Elements of phonological interventions for children with speech sound disorders: The development of a taxonomy. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 27(3), 906–935. https://doi.org/10.1044/2018_AJSLP-17-0127 

Collaboration with the Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG)

 Today A/Prof Tamara Cumming and I met with Lilium Burrow from the Bathurst Regional Art Gallery (BRAG) about a potential collaboration with our World Health Organization project to consider children's perspectives and experiences of health and access to healthcare.

Sharynne, Tamara and Lilium

Fellows and Members Assessment Committee of the Royal Society of New South Wales

It has been an honour to serve on the Fellows and Members Assessment Committee of the Royal Society of New South Wales for 2023 and 2024. The Royal Society of NSW is the oldest learned institution in the Southern Hemisphere. Today was my last meeting on the committee before the 2025 Annual General Meeting (AGM). I have enjoyed the meetings with the committee members:

• Committee Members: Professor Sean Brawley (FMAC Chair), Trevor Danos AM (FMAC Secretary), Pamela Griffith OAM, Professor Sharynne McLeod, Professor George Paxinos AO, Professor Lisa Jackson Pulver AM, Professor Peter Shergold AC, Professor Ian H Sloan AO, Professor Donald Hector AM
  
• Ex Officio Committee Members: RSNSW President, RSNSW Secretary 

The minutes of the meeting stated "Today is Professor Sharynne McLeod’s final meeting. Professor Sharynne McLeod was thanked for her strong contributions on the Committee."

BOOK - Multilingual Aspects of Children's Speech Sounds (2nd edition)

We are delighted that we have received 17 chapters for our new book: Multilingual Aspects of Children's Speech Sounds (2nd edition) to be published by Multilingul Matters. I'm excited to begin reviewing the chapters with my co-editors Helen Blake, Kate Margetson and Brian Goldstein.