March 17, 2026

Children's Voices Conference (CVC2026) team meeting

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It is so wonderful to have Emma Hayes working with us as a member of our Children's Voices Conference (CVC2026) team. Today we had our f...

Bathurst speech pathologists' dinner

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 It is always such fun to meet with my local Bathurst speech pathologists. Last night we met for dinner at a local restaurant.   It was love...
March 16, 2026

CeTasSSD data collection has begun

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The day has finally come that we have begun the research with 1,200 Kinder children in Tasmania. We are using the Australian English version...
March 13, 2026

Children Draw Talking and Playing

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Today Cyrena Hunt-Madden and I began the analysis of data to consider what children say about their talking while they are playing. This chi...
March 12, 2026

Welcome to CVC Emma Hayes

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Today Emma Hayes began working with the Children's Voices Centre as the administrator for the Children's Voices Conference (CVC2026)...
March 11, 2026

CeTasSSD data planning and collection is underway

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We have begun data collection for our CeTasSSD study! Tonight 715 entries have been recorded from the caregivers of 4- to 5-year-olds. While...

Support from the CSU Research Office

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It is wonderful to receive support from the CSU Research Office. This morning Juanelle Furness Executive Officer, Office of the Pro Vice-Cha...
March 10, 2026

CLTT special issue - first articles published early online

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Holly McAlister and I are the guest editors of a special issue of Child Language Teaching and Therapy (CLTT) titled "Listening to Child...

Congratulations Dr Lucy Rodgers

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This evening I had a lovely time catching up with the new Dr Lucy Rodgers - who passed her PhD last month and will graduate in July. She was...

CSU Townhall and morning tea

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 Today at the CSU Townhall the senior executive provided positive news and clear direction for 2026.   Sharynne, A/Prof Tamara Cumming, Andr...

SBS radio program/podcast: Cùng giữ tiếng Việt

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Congratulations to my previous PhD student, Dr Van H. Tran who has created impact and engagement from her PhD and our VietSpeech ARC Discove...
March 9, 2026

CSU welcomes people from across Australia and across the world

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I was very honoured to show a new CSU student around the university today - and to watch her proudly add a sticker to the world map indicati...
March 5, 2026

International Speech Screener recording session and testing with young friends

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This morning Dom Ingersole from CSU Communications recorded my speech at the CSU radio station to be imported into the updated International...
March 4, 2026

CVC2026 social media assets

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https://childrensvoicesconference.csu.domains/    You are warmly invited to register and submit an abstract for our Children's Voices Co...

CeTasSSD 2026 team meeting

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Tasmanian speech sound disorders prevalence and screening pathway project (CeTasSSD) Today was our first official CeTasSSD team meeting for ...
March 3, 2026

Children's Voices Centre: 2025 Summary report

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The Children's Voices Centre (CVC) was launched 1 October 2025. In 2025 CVC staff, affiliates, HDR students and adjuncts produced 242 ou...
March 2, 2026

“Oh! I forgot the voice”: Comparing drawings of talking by children with and without speech sound disorder

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Congratulations to Hannah Deehan who has had her honours research accepted for publication in Child Language Teaching and Therapy Deehan, H....

A special day with Orange Aboriginal Medical Service (OAMS)

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Over the past 3 years, we have been undertaking research with OAMS. Today, Sarah Bartlett and I visited OAMS to finalise four journal manusc...
February 27, 2026

CSU orientation week 2026

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2026 has officially begun for the Charles Sturt University students. Welcome to CSU to our new undergraduate students! All of my PhD student...
February 26, 2026

CVC2026 planning is underway

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 The CVC2026 planning is underway. Today I chaired the Children's Voices Committee - and had a wonderful time reflecting on the successe...