February 26, 2016

Australian-American Fulbright Commission Scholar Showcase and Presentation Dinner

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Last night the Australian-American Fulbright Commission Scholar Showcase and Presentation Dinner was held in Melbourne. Dr Kate Crowe was p...
February 22, 2016

Charles Sturt University Commencement Ceremony 2016

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The Charles Sturt University Commencement Ceremony was held on Monday 22nd February to begin the academic year for 2016. This photo is of Be...
February 21, 2016

Cyclone Winston's impact on Fiji

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One of my PhD students, Suzanne Hopf, lives in Fiji (and undertakes her studies via distance education). It was devastating to learn of the ...
February 20, 2016

Cross-cultural adaptation of the Intelligibility in Context Scale for South Africa

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The following article has just been accepted for publication. Pascoe, M. & McLeod, S. (2016, in press February). Cross-cultural adapt...
February 19, 2016

Celebrating Lunar New Year

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This Year of the Monkey, we held a picnic to celebrate Lunar New Year, sharing stories about the celebration from China and Vietnam. Audr...
February 11, 2016

Bathurst speech pathologists' dinner

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In 2003 when I moved in Bathurst there were very few speech pathologists and most worked with adults rather than children. Now there are man...
February 10, 2016

Second Most Prevalent Disability Category in the US

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An email was sent to ASHA members from Dr. Lemmietta G. McNeilly, Chief Staff Officer, Speech-Language Pathology containing the following in...

Application of the ICF to communication

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Last year I was invited to be a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association ad hoc committee on the application of the Inter...

Magdalena Janus' visit to CSU

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This week Magdalena Janus has been visiting CSU sponsored by RIPPLE. She has been involved in the development of the Early Development Inde...
February 8, 2016

Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarship awarded to Kate Crowe

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Kate Crowe has been awarded a prestigious  Fulbright Postgraduate Scholarship to study in the US with Professor Marc Marschark at Rochest...
February 5, 2016

Speech Pathology Australia 2015 highlights

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It was great to see the work of members of our team listed in the 2015 Speech Pathology Australia highlights on pages 8 and 11 of February...
January 28, 2016

Children's Speech: Advertised on Pearson's website

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Elise Baker and I are currently in the final phases of copyediting and page proofing our new book. It has just been advertised on Pearson...
January 15, 2016

Enjoying and learning about Northern Vietnam

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Over the past 2 weeks Ben Pham has shown me and my family some of Northern Vietnam. Here are a few photos demonstrating the diversity, cultu...
January 13, 2016

Charlotte's last day with the Sound Start Study

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Today was Charlotte’s last day on the Sound Start Study. She has been working hard with us for the last two years – and working particularly...

Lecture to the Faculty of Early Childhood Education, Hanoi National University of Education

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Today Ben Pham and I gave a lecture at the Faculty of Early Childhood Education, Hanoi National University of Education. Their report about ...
January 6, 2016

Research on the Vietnamese Speech Assessment

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Ben Pham has been trialling the research version of the Vietnamese Speech Assessment (Pham, Le, & McLeod, 2015) in Ha Noi as part of he...
January 5, 2016

Data collection in Ha Noi

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Over the next few days I will accompany Ben Pham to preschools in Ha Noi, Vietnam where she has been collecting data for her PhD. The aim of...

Visiting Ha Noi's speech therapist

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Today I had the opportunity to visit Dr Oanh, one of only two speech therapists in Ha Noi (a city of over 7 million people!). Dr Oanh is a c...
January 4, 2016

Hanoi National University of Education: Faculty of Special Education

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Ben Pham, my PhD student, is a lecturer in special education at Hanoi National University of Education (HNUE). Today I had the opportunity t...
January 2, 2016

Museum of Ethnography in Ha Noi

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Today Ben and I visited the Museum of Ethnography in Ha Noi. This excellent museum celebrates the cultures and languages of the 54 ethnic gr...