Publications

2010

  • Dixon, W., Harrison, L. J. & McLeod, S. (2010, November). Association between temperament and speech and language acquisition. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Philadelphia, USA.
  • Harrison, L. J. & McLeod, S. (2010). Risk and protective factors associated with speech and language impairment in a nationally representative sample of 4 to 5-year-old children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 53(2), 1-22.
  • McAllister, L., McCormack, J., McLeod, S., & Harrison, L. J. (2010, May). The Sound Effects Study: Access to and participation in speech pathology services for children with speech impairment. Speech Pathology Australia, Melbourne.
  • McAllister, L., McCormack, J., McLeod, S., & Harrison, L.J. (2010). Expectations and experiences of accessing and participating in services for childhood speech impairment. Manuscript in submission.
  • McCormack, J., McLeod, S., Harrison, L. J., & McAllister, L. (2010, in submission). Listening to the experiences of children with speech impairment in early childhood. Australian Association for Research in Education, Melbourne.
  • McCormack, J., McLeod, S., McAllister, L., & Harrison, L. J. (2010, August). Using the ICF as a clinical framework: Parents' and professionals' perspectives of the impact of speech impairment in early childhood. International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Athens.
  • McCormack, J., McLeod, S., McAllister, L., & Harrison, L. J. (2010, August). The experience and impact of speech impairment in childhood through the eyes of children and their families. International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Athens.
  • McCormack, J., McLeod, S., McAllister, L., & Harrison, L. J. (2010, May). The Sound Effects Study: The experience and impact of speech impairment in early childhood. Speech Pathology Australia, Melbourne.
  • McCormack, J., McLeod, S., Harrison, L. J., & McAllister, L. (2010, accepted). The impact of speech impairment in early childhood: Investigating parents' and speech-language pathologists' perspectives using the ICF-CY. Journal of Communication Disorders. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2010.04.009
  • McCormack, J., McLeod, S., Harrison, L. J., McAllister, L., & Holliday, E. L. (2010). A different view of talking: How children with speech impairment picture their speech. ACQuiring Knowledge in Speech, Language, and Hearing, 12(1), 10-15.
  • McLeod, S., Harrison, L. J., McAllister, L., & McCormack, J. (2010, July). Speech impairment in 4- to 5-year-old Australian children: Prevalence, severity and service provision. 21st Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD), Lusaka, Zambia.
  • McCormack, J., McLeod, S., McAllister, L. & Harrison, L. J. (in press, 2010). My speech problem, your listening problem, and my frustration: The experience of living with childhood speech impairment. Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools. DOI:10.1044/0161-1461(2009/08-0129)
  • McLeod, S., Harrison, L. J., & McCormack, J. (2010). Children's intelligibility in context. Manuscript in submission.
  • McLeod, S., McAllister, L., Harrison, L. J., & McCormack, J. (2010, May). The Sound Effects Study: A four-phased study examining speech impairment in a community-based sample of 4- to 5-year-olds. Speech Pathology Australia, Melbourne.
  • McLeod, S., McAllister, L., Harrison, L. J., & McCormack, J. (2010, May). The Sound Effects Study: Speech impairment in early childhood ascertained by direct assessment, speech pathologist, teacher, parent, and child report. Speech Pathology Australia, Melbourne.
  • McLeod, S., McCormack, J., & Harrison, L. J. (2010, August). Considering context in the evaluation of intelligibility. International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Athens.
  • McLeod, S., McCormack, J., McAllister, L., & Harrison, L. J. (2010, June). Severity and nature of speech impairment in a community sample of 4- to 5-year-old children. International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association (ICPLA), Oslo, Norway.
  • Toohill, B., McLeod, S., & McCormack, J. (2010). Speech impairment in Indigenous Australian children. Manuscript in submission.
  • Toohill, B., McLeod, S., McCormack, J., Harrison, L. J., & McAllister, L. (2010, May). The Sound Effects Study: Speech impairment in Indigenous and non Indigenous Australian children and co-occurrence with difficulties with language, hearing, oro-motor, and pre-literacy. Speech Pathology Australia, Melbourne.

2009

  • Harrison, L. J., McLeod, S., Berthelsen, D., Walker, S. (2009). Literacy, numeracy, and learning in school-aged children identified as having speech and language impairment in early childhood. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 11(5), 392-403.
  • Holliday, E. L., Harrison, L. J., & McLeod, S. (2009). Listening to children with communication impairment talking through their drawings. Journal of Early Childhood Research, 7(3), 244-263.
  • McLeod, S. Harrison, L. J., McAllister, L., & McCormack, J. (2009, December). Correspondence between direct assessment of speech and language impairment in 4- to 5-year-olds and LSAC measures of parent and teacher reported concern. Poster session presented at Growing Up in Australia: Longitudinal Study of Australian Children(LSAC) Research Conference, Melbourne.
  • Holliday, E., McLeod, S., Harrison, L. J. & McCormack, J. (2009, May). Children draw talking: Nonverbal insights from 4- to 5-year-olds with speech impairment. Speech Pathology Australia, Adelaide.
  • McCormack, J., McLeod, S., McAllister, L. & Harrison, L. J. (2009, September). Children with communication impairment have short- and long-term social, educational and occupational difficulties. Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) National Conference, Melbourne.
  • McCormack, J., McLeod, S., McAllister, L. & Harrison, L. J., (2009, November). The experience of everyday life for children with speech impairment. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, USA.
  • McCormack, J., McLeod, S., McAllister, L. & Harrison, L. J. (2009). A systematic review of the association between childhood speech impairment and participation across the lifespan. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 11(2), 155-170.
  • McCormack, J., McLeod, S., McAllister, L. & Harrison, L. J. (2009, May). Parental report of the impact of speech impairment on children's Activities and Participation. Speech Pathology Australia, Adelaide.
  • McLeod, S. Harrison, L. J., McAllister, L., & McCormack, J. (2009, December). Prevalence of communication impairment in 4- to 5-year-old Australian children. HCSNet Event: The Australian Language and Speech Conference, Sydney.
  • McLeod, S., Harrison, L. J., McAllister, L. & McCormack, J. (2009, September). Children, their parents and teachers describe the impact of communication impairment on children's lives. Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) National Conference, Melbourne.
  • McLeod, S. Harrison, L. J., McAllister, L., & McCormack, J. (2009, December). Correspondence between direct assessment of speech and language impairment in 4- to 5-year-olds and LSAC measures of parent and teacher reported concern. Poster session presented at Growing Up in Australia: Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) Research Conference, Melbourne.
  • McLeod, S., & Harrison, L. J. (2009). Epidemiology of speech and language impairment in a nationally representative sample of 4- to 5-year-old children. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 52(5), 1213-1229.
    • Available at: http://jslhr.asha.org/cgi/content/abstract/52/5/1213
  • McLeod, S., Harrison, L. J. Holliday, E., McCormack, J., & McAllister, L. (2009, May).  Children draw talking: Art exhibition. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Adelaide.

2008

  • Harrison, L. J. &McLeod, S. (2008, November). School adjustment and achievement in children identified as having speech and language impairment at age 4-5 years. Australian Association for Research in Education, Brisbane.
  • McCormack, J., McLeod, S., McAllister, L., Harrison, L. J. (2008, May). The lifelong effects of childhood speech impairment. New Zealand Speech-Language Therapists Association and Speech Pathology Australia, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • McCormack, J. & Worrall, L. (2008). The ICF Body Functions and Structures related to communication and swallowing disorders. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 10 (1-2), 9-17.
    • Available at: http://www2.som.uq.edu.au/som/currentstaff/StaffProfiles/Pages/LindyMcAllister.aspx
  • McLeod, S. & Harrison, L. J. (2008, October). Teacher and parent concern about children's speech and language: Prevalence, risk and protective factors identified in LSAC. Early Childhood Australia National Conference, Canberra.
  • McLeod, S., Harrison, L. J., McAllister, L. & McCormack, J. (2008, May). Identifying children with speech impairment: Correspondence between direct assessment, parent report, and teacher report. New Zealand Speech-Language Therapists Association and Speech Pathology Australia, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • McLeod, S., Harrison, L. J., McAllister, L. & McCormack, J. (2008, June). Epidemiology of speech and language impairment in Australian children aged 4 to 5 years: Prevalence, risk and protective factors. International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • McLeod, S. & Threats, T. T. (2008). Use of the ICF-CY in paediatric speech-language pathology. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 10 (1-2), 92-109.

2007

  • Harrison, L. J. & McLeod, S. (2007, January). Parent and teacher reports of the prevalence of children with communication difficulties. Australian Research in Early Childhood Education (ARECE), Melbourne.
  • Harrison, L. J. & McLeod, S. (2007, December). Risk factors associated with speech and language impairment at 4-5 years of age. Inaugural Growing Up in Australia: Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) Research Conference, Melbourne.
  • McCormack, J. (2007). Communication impairment in Australian children: A review of recent prevalence studies, ACQuiring Knowledge in Speech-Language Pathology, 9(3), 95-98.
    • Available at: http://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/publications/acq/acq-archives
  • McCormack, J., McLeod, S., McAllister, L. & Harrison, L. J. (2007, November). Prevalence of communication impairment in Australian children. Poster session presented at American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Boston.
  • McLeod, S., Harrison, L. J., McAllister, L. & McCormack, J.  (2007, November). Prevalence of speech impairment in 4,983 four-five-year-old Australian children. Poster session presented at American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Boston.
  • McLeod, S., &McCormack, J. (2007). Application of the ICF and ICF-Children and Youth in children with speech impairment. Seminars in Speech and Language, 28(4), 254-264.
    • Available at: http://www.thieme-connect.com/ejournals/abstract/ssl/doi/10.1055/s-2007-986522