Publications

Books

1. McLeod, S. (Ed). (2024, in progress). The Oxford handbook of speech development in languages of the world. Oxford University Press.

Book chapters

1. Margetson, K., McLeod, S., Verdon, S. (2024, in press). Diagnosing speech sound disorder in bilingual Vietnamese-English–speaking children: Are English-only assessments sufficient? In E. Babatsouli (Ed.), Multilingual acquisition and learning: An ecosystemic view to diversity. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
2. Tran, V. H., McLeod, S., Verdon, S., Margetson, K., & Phạm, B. (2024, in press). Vietnamese-Australian families: Children’s language competence and home language maintenance. In L. Mahony, S. McLeod, A. Salamon, & J. Dwyer. (Eds.). Early childhood voices in the lives of children, families, and professionals. Springer.
3. McLeod, S., Crowe, K., & McCormack, J. (2024, in press). When are speech sounds learned and why is this important for children to be heard? In L. Mahony, S. McLeod, A. Salamon, & J. Dwyer (Eds.). Early childhood voices: Children, families, professionals. Springer.
4. Margetson, K., McLeod, S., Verdon, S., Tran, V. H., & Phạm, B. (2024, in press). English + Vietnamese speech development. In S. McLeod (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of speech development in languages of the world. Oxford University Press.
5. Phạm, B., McLeod, S., Verdon, S., Margetson, K. & Tran, V. H. (2022). Supporting the communication of underserved children in Vietnam. In S. Levey & P. Enderby & (Eds.). Addressing communication disorders in unserved and underserved populations (pp. 73-83). J&R Press.
6. McLeod, S., Verdon, S., & McGill, N. (2022). Assessment and intervention for children with speech sound disorders. In M. J. Freitas, M. Lousada & D. Alves (Eds.) Linguística Clínica: Modelos, Avaliação e Intervenção [Clinical linguistics: Models, assessment and intervention] (pp. 3-22). Language Science Press.
7. Verdon, S., McLeod, S., Tran, V. H., Margetson, K., Phạm, B. & Wang, C. (2021). VietSpeech Multilingual Children/Trẻ em Đa ngữ. Bathurst, Australia: Charles Sturt University. https://www.csu.edu.au/research/vietspeech/info
8. Williams, A. L., McLeod, S., & McCauley, R. J. (2021). Introduction. In A. L. Williams, S. McLeod & R. J. McCauley, (Eds). Interventions for speech sound disorders in children (2^nd ed.). Paul H. Brookes. https://brookespublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Williams-2e-Chapter-One-Excerpt.pdf
9. 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. (ISBN 9781788928946)
10. McLeod, S. & Verdon, S. (2019). Multilingualism and speech sound disorders. In J. S. Damico & M. J. Ball (Eds.), The SAGE encyclopedia of human communication sciences and disorders (pp. 1203-1206). SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781483380810.n398
11. Phạm, B. & McLeod, S. (2019). Tone languages and communication disorders. In J. S. Damico & M. J. Ball (Eds.), The SAGE encyclopedia of human communication sciences and disorders (pp. 1977-1980). SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781483380810.n639
12. McLeod, S. (2019). Prevalence of communication disorders. In J. S. Damico & M. J. Ball (Eds.), The SAGE encyclopedia of human communication sciences and disorders (pp. 1461-1464). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781483380810.n477

Journal Articles (Published/peer-reviewed)

1. Phạm, B. & McLeod, S. (2023, in press). Considerations of dialect on the identification of speech sound disorder in Vietnamese-speaking children. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12992
2. McLeod, S., Verdon, S., Tran, V. H., Margetson, K., Wang, C., Phạm, B., To, L., & Huynh, K. (2023). Multilingual speech acquisition by Vietnamese-English-speaking children and adult family members. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 66(7), 2184-2229. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_JSLHR-21-00669
3. Margetson, K., McLeod, S., & Verdon, S. (2023). Cross-linguistic transfer and ambient phonology: Impact on diagnosis of speech sound disorders in a longitudinal bilingual case study. Journal of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech, 4(3) 311-339. https://doi.org/10.1558/jmbs.23672
4. Tran, V. H., Verdon, S., & McLeod, S. (2022). Consistent and persistent: Successful home language maintenance among Vietnamese-Australian families. Journal of Home Language Research, 5(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.16993/jhlr.43
5. Margetson, K., McLeod, S., Verdon, S. & Tran, V. H. (2023). Transcribing multilingual children’s and adults’ speech. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 37 (4-6), 415-435. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2022.2051073
6. McLeod, S., Verdon, S., Tran, V. H., Margetson, K., & Wang, C. (2022). SuperSpeech: Multilingual speech and language maintenance intervention for Vietnamese-Australian children and families via telepractice. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 53(3), 675-697. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_LSHSS-21-00146
7. McLeod, S., Margetson, K., Wang, C., Tran, V. H., Verdon, S., White, K., & Phạm, B. (2022). Speech acquisition within a 3-generation Vietnamese-English family: The influence of maturation and ambient phonology. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 36(4-5), 470-493. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2020.1862915
8. Tran, V. H., Verdon, S., McLeod, S., & Wang, C. (2022). Family language policies of Vietnamese-Australian families. Journal of Child Science, 12(1), 67-78. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1743490
9. Le, X. T. T., McLeod, S., & Phạm, B. (2022). Consonant accuracy and intelligibility of Southern Vietnamese children. Speech, Language and Hearing, 25(3), 315-324. https://doi.org/10.1080/2050571X.2021.1888195
10. Tran, V. H., McLeod, S., Verdon, S., & Wang, C. (2021). Vietnamese-Australian parents: Factors associated with language use and attitudes towards home language maintenance. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2021.1904963
11. Hopf, S. C., Crowe, K., Verdon, S., Blake, H. L., & McLeod, S. (2021). Advancing workplace diversity through the Culturally Responsive Teamwork Framework. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 30(5), 1949-1961. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_AJSLP-20-00380
12. Tran, V. H., Wang, C., McLeod, S., & Verdon, S. (2021). Vietnamese–Australian children’s language proficiency and use. International Journal of Bilingualism, 25(6), 1735-1763.https://doi.org/10.1177/13670069211034587
13. Wang, C., Verdon, S., McLeod, S., & Tran, V. H. (2021). Profiles of linguistic multicompetence in Vietnamese-English speakers. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 30, 1711-1727. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_AJSLP-20-00296
14. Nguyễn, H., Phạm, B., McLeod, S., & Đỗ, D. (2021). Tổng quan mô tả về thang đo tính dễ hiểu theo ngữ cảnh [Scoping review of the Intelligibility in Context Scale]. Tạp chí Khoa học trường Đại học Sư phạm Hà Nội: Khoa học Giáo dục [HNUE Journal of Science: Educational Sciences], 66(4AB), 68-81. https://doi.org/10.18173/2354-1075.2021-0062
15. Phạm, V., Phạm, B., McLeod, S., & Võ, T. (2021). Tổng quan các tiêu chuẩn chẩn đoán rối loạn âm lời nói ở trẻ em [Review of diagnostic criteria for speech sound disorders in children]. Tạp chí Khoa học trường Đại học Sư phạm Hà Nội: Khoa học Giáo dục [HNUE Journal of Science: Educational Sciences], 66(4AB), 82-97. https://doi.org/10.18173/2354-1075.2021-0063
16. Másdóttir, T., McLeod, S., & Crowe, K. (2021). Icelandic children’s acquisition of consonants and consonant clusters. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 64(5), 1490–1502. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_JSLHR-20-00463
17. Blake, H. L., Verdon, S., & McLeod, S. (2021). Multilingual university students’ perceived English proficiency, intelligibility and participation. Journal of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech, 3(1), 146–170. https://doi.org/10.1558/jmbs.18179
18. Blake, H. L., Verdon, S., & McLeod, S. (2021). Exploring multilingual speakers’ perspectives on their intelligibility in English. Speech, Language and Hearing, 24(3), 133–144. https://doi.org/10.1080/2050571X.2019.1585681
19. Crowe, K., & McLeod, S. (2020). Children’s English consonant acquisition in the United States: A review. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 29(4), 2155–2169. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_AJSLP-19-00168
20. Ireland, M., McLeod, S., Farquharson, K., & Crowe, K. (2020). Evaluating children in U.S. public schools with speech sound disorders: Considering federal and state laws, guidance, and research. Topics in Language Disorders, 40(4), 326–340. https://doi.org/10.1097/tld.0000000000000226
21. McLeod, S., Ballard, K. J., Ahmed, B., McGill, N., & Brown, M. I. (2020). Supporting children with speech sound disorders during COVID-19 restrictions: Technological solutions. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 5(6), 1805–1808. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_persp-20-00128
22. McLeod, S. (2020). Intelligibility in Context Scale: Cross-linguistic use, validity, and reliability. Speech, Language and Hearing, 23, 9-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/2050571X.2020.1718837
23. Wren, Y., McLeod, S. & Verdon (2020). Editorial: Transcription of children’s speech. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 72, 73–74. https://doi.org/10.1159/000506984
24. Masso, S., McLeod, S., Cronin, A., & Phạm, B. (2020). Transcription of Vietnamese adults’ and children’s consonants by English-speaking speech-language pathologists. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 72(2), 92-107. https://doi.org/10.1159/000500245
25. Blake, H. L., McLeod, S., & Verdon, S. (2020). Intelligibility enhancement assessment and intervention: A single-case experimental design with two multilingual university students. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 34(1-2), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2019.1608470
26. Phạm, B. & McLeod, S. (2019). Vietnamese-speaking children’s acquisition of consonants, semivowels, vowels, and tones in Northern Viet Nam. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 62(8), 2645-2670. https://doi.org/10.1044/2019_JSLHR-S-17-0405
27. McLeod, S., Verdon, S., Wang, C., & Tran, V. H. (2019). Language proficiency, use, and maintenance among people with Vietnamese heritage living in Australia. Journal of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech, 1(1), 55–79. https://doi.org/10.1558/jmbs.10973
28. Blake, H. L., Bennetts Kneebone, L., & McLeod, S. (2019). The impact of oral English proficiency on humanitarian migrants’ experiences of settling in Australia. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 22(6), 689–705. https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2017.1294557
29. Blake, H. L., & McLeod, S. (2019). Speech-language pathologists’ support for multilingual speakers’ English intelligibility and participation informed by the ICF. Journal of Communication Disorders, 77, 56–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2018.12.003
30. Hopf, S. C., McDonagh, S. H., Wang, C., & McLeod, S. (2019). English language and literacy proficiency of students in an urban Fiji primary school. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 32(2), 223–238. https://doi.org/10.1080/07908318.2018.1541999
31. McCormack, J., McLeod, S., & Crowe, K. (2019). What do children with speech sound disorders think about their talking? Seminars in Speech and Language, 40(02), 94–104. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1677760
32. McLeod, S., Harrison, L. J., & Wang, C. (2019). A longitudinal population study of literacy and numeracy outcomes for children identified with speech, language, and communication needs in early childhood. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 47, 507–517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2018.07.004
33. McLeod, S., & Masso, S. (2019). Screening children’s speech: The impact of imitated elicitation and word position. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 50(1), 71–82. https://doi.org/10.1044/2018_LSHSS-17-0141
34. McLeod, S. & Crowe, K. (2018). Children’s consonant acquisition in 27 languages: A cross-linguistic review. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 27, 1546-1571. https://doi.org/10.1044/2018_AJSLP-17-0100. Free speech acquisition posters: https://www.csu.edu.au/research/multilingual-speech/speech-acquisition
35. Hegarty, N., Titterington, J., McLeod, S., & Taggart, L. (2018). Intervention for children with phonological impairment: Knowledge, practices and intervention intensity in the UK. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 53(5), 995–1006. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12416
36. Van Doornik, A., Gerrits, E., McLeod, S., & Terband, H. (2018). Impact of communication partner familiarity and speech accuracy on parents’ ratings of their child for the Intelligibility in Context Scale: Dutch. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 20(3), 350–360. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2018.1472808
37. Wang, C., Harrison, L. J., McLeod, S., Walker, S., & Spilt, J. L. (2018). Can teacher–child relationships support human rights to freedom of opinion and expression, education and participation? International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 20(1), 133–141. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2018.1408855
38. 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
39. Blake, H. L., & McLeod, S. (2018). The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health: Considering individuals from a perspective of health and wellness. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 3(17), 69–77. https://doi.org/10.1044/persp3.SIG17.69
40. Phạm, B., McLeod, S. & Le, X. T. T. (2018). Xây dựng bộ trắc nghiệm đánh giá lời nói Việt: Nghiên cứu định khung [Development of the Vietnamese Speech Assessment]. Ngôn ngữ [Language], 4(347), 33-45. (translation of Phạm, McLeod, & Le, 2016.
41. Phạm, B., McLeod, S. & Harrison, L. J. (2017). Validation and norming of the Intelligibility in Context Scale in Northern Viet Nam. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics 31(7-9), 665-681. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2017.1306110
42. McLeod, S., Verdon, S., & International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children’s Speech (2017). Tutorial: Speech assessment for multilingual children who do not speak the same language(s) as the speech-language pathologist. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 26, 691-708. https://doi.org/10.1044/2017_AJSLP-15-0161
43. Neumann, S., Meinusch, M., Verdon, S. & McLeod, S. (2016). Mehrsprachige Kinder mit Aussprachestörung: Internationales Positionspapier [Multilingual children with speech sound disorder: International position paper], Logos, – Fachzeitschrift für akademische Sprachtherapie und Logopädie, 3, 164-175. https://doi.org/10.7345/prolog-1603165
44. Phạm, B., McLeod, S., & Le, X. T. T. (2016). Development of the Vietnamese Speech Assessment. Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology, 18(3), 126-130.
45. Phạm, B. & McLeod, S. (2016). Consonants, vowels, and tones across Vietnamese dialects. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 18(2), 122-134. https://doi.org/10.3109/17549507.2015.1101162

Invited Keynotes/Seminars/Workshops

1. McLeod, S., Blake, H. L., Margetson, K., & Verdon, S. (2024, December). Culturally appropriate assessment in international contexts. [Invited 1-hour session]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Seattle, WA, USA. https://convention.asha.org/
2. McLeod, S. & Margetson, K. (2024, Oct 19-20). Multilingual speech development, assessment, analysis and intervention [Invited workshop]. Hong Kong, SAR China.
3. McLeod, S. (2024, September 12-14). Multilingual children’s speech development, assessment and interventions [Invited keynote]. 23rd Congress of Otorhinolaryngology Foundation [23o Congresso da FORL], Sao Paulo, Brazil https://www.congressoforl.org/
4. McLeod, S., Blake, H. L. & Margetson, K. (2024, June 27-29). Multilingual speech development and disorders: A contemporary perspective of children’s speech development in languages of the world [Invited presentation]. 100th Anniversary Celebration of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP), Vienna, Austria (online). https://ialp-org.com/event/9853/
5. McLeod, S. (2024, May 23). Multilingual children’s speech. [Invited lecture]. Bristol Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professor Presentation. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK. https://www.bristol.ac.uk/international-research-development/visiting-researchers/visitors-for-202324/sharynne_mcleod/
6. McLeod, S. (2024, May 15). Communication professionals need to advocate for communication rights and the Sustainable Development Goals. [Seminar]. School of Arts, Culture and Language, Bangor University. Bangor, UK. https://www.bangor.ac.uk/arts-culture-language/dlelb
7. McLeod, S. (2024, May 3). Communication rights and social justice: Enhancing communicative participation for children with speech, language and communication needs. [Seminar]. Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. Cambridge, UK. https://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/
8. McLeod, S. (2024, April 30). All children should be seen AND heard: The importance of communication so children can thrive. [Invited lecture]. Bristol Speech and Language Therapy Research Unit and Underwood Trust Annual Lecture, Bristol, UK. https://www.nbt.nhs.uk/Bristol-Speech-Language-Therapy-Research-Unit
9. McLeod, S. (2024, April 24). Communicating with children and families in a multilingual world. [Invited lecture]. School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University Lecture, Llandaff, Wales, UK.
10. McLeod, S. & Margetson, K. (2024, April 18). Assessing children’s speech in unfamiliar languages: Insights from Vietnamese-English children [Invited keynote]. XI LLDI Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
11. McLeod, S. (2024, February). Supporting monolingual and multilingual children’s phonological development. [Invited keynote]. 2024 Nancy McKinley Lecture organised by the American Board of Child Language & Language Disorders (online).  https://www.speechpathology.com/slp-ceus/course/supporting-monolingual-and-multilingual-children-10849
12. McLeod, S. (2023, November). Children's communication and the developing brain. [Invited presenter] Royal Society of NSW, Government House, Sydney. https://royalsoc.org.au/events-news/gallery/rsnsw-and-learned-academies-forum-november-2023
13. McLeod, S. (2023, June). Cross-linguistic perspectives on children’s speech development [Invited keynote]. International Symposium on Bilingualism, Sydney, Australia.
14. McLeod, S. (2023, May). Enhancing children’s speech using international evidence-based resources. III International Congress of the Portuguese Society of Speech Therapy in Lisboa/Lisbon, Portugal (online)
15. McLeod, S. (2022, November). Children's speech development: An update [Invited keynote]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, LA.
16. McLeod, S. (2022, November). Building research to close the science-practice gap in communication sciences and disorders: A global perspective [Invited keynote]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, LA.
17. McLeod, S. (2022, May). Children's speech: The future is now [Invited keynote]. European Speech and Language Therapy Association (ESLA) Congress in Salzburg, Austria.
18. McLeod, S. (2021, December). The association between children’s communication skills and academic performance. [invited keynote]. 2nd International Conference on Innovation in Learning Instruction and Teacher Education at the Hanoi National University of Education, Viet Nam (online) http://ilite.hnue.edu.vn/en/2021/02/02/2nd-international-conference-on-innovation-in-learning-instruction-and-teacher-education/
19. McLeod, S. (2021, Nov). Evidence-based resources for working with children with speech sound disorders [Invited 1-hour oral presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Washington D.C., USA [hybrid].
20. McLeod, S., Verdon, S., Tran, V. H., Margetson, K. & Wang, C. (2021, Nov). Working with multilingual families: Insights from VietSpeech. NSW Health Allied Telehealth Virtual Education.
21. McLeod, S. (2021, Sep). Making a difference in children’s ability to communicate and participate [invited keynote]. Craniofacial Society of Great Britain and Ireland Annual Scientific Conference, Cardiff, Wales, UK (online).
22. McLeod, S. (2021, July). EBP approaches to assessment and intervention of children’s speech [invited keynote online] Philippine Association of Speech Pathologists Virtual Convention
23. Verdon, S.  (2021). Bilingual advantage? The academic and social-emotional outcomes of Australian bilingual primary school children. [invited keynote] Australian Linguistics Society National Conference Preconference Workshop, Sydney, Australia.
24. Verdon, S. (2021). Supporting communication through culturally responsive practice. [invited keynote] British Columbia Speech and Hearing Conference, Whistler, Canada.
25. Verdon, S. (2021). The Vietnamese Language Screener: Administration and interpretation [invited] Trinh Foundation, Vietnam (online)
26. Verdon, S. & McLeod, S. (2021). Assessment and intervention for multilingual children [invited self-paced learning module]. Speech Pathology Australia.
27. McLeod, S. (2020, Nov). Building research to close the science-practice gap in communication sciences and disorders: A global perspective. [invited] ASHA Foundation Invited Seminar Presentation, San Diego, CA (conference cancelled).
28. McLeod, S. (2020, April). Communication rights, ability, and participation [invited keynote]. Craniofacial Society of Great Britain and Ireland Annual Scientific Conference, Cardiff, Wales, UK (conference cancelled).
29. Tran, V. H., McLeod, S., Verdon, S., & Wang, C. (2019). Vietnamese-Australian children’s language proficiency and use. [invited] Macquarie University Public Lecture Series.
30. McLeod, S. & Crowe, K. (2019, November). Children’s consonant acquisition across languages. [invited 1-hour seminar]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association convention, Orlando, FL, USA.
31. McLeod, S. (2019, October). Speech sound disorders in children. [invited] Belt and Road Summit, Beijing, China.
32. McLeod, S. (2019, October). Speech pathology education in Australia. [invited] Belt and Road Summit, Beijing, China.
33. McLeod, S. (2019, August). Transcription of adults’ and children’s speech when you don’t speak their language. [invited] International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics World Congress, Taipei, Taiwan.
34. Farquharson, K., Storkel, H., & McLeod, S. (2018, November) Evolution of speech sound norms: Revolutionizing assessment [invited 3-hour short course]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association convention, Boston, MA, USA.
35. McLeod, S., Mulcair, G., Pietranton, A., Williams, C., Wofford, M., Tibi, S., Hemsley, B., Lyons, R., Carroll, C. & Hersh, D. (2018, November). The right to communicate: Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights [invited 1-hour seminar]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association convention, Boston, MA, USA.
36. McLeod, S. (2018, June). People with communication disabilities speak up for inclusion and participation. United Nations Conference of States Parties 12 on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, New York (Side event – sponsored by the Australian Government). UN Web TV http://webtv.un.org/watch/people-with-communication-disability-speak-up-for-inclusion-and-participation-how-the-implementation-of-the-crpd-and-the-sdgs-can-support-this-right-cosp12-side-event/6047514452001/
37. McLeod, S. (2018, May). Communication rights: Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. [Invited plenary presentation]. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Adelaide, Australia.

Conference Presentations (Peer reviewed abstracts)

1. Washington, K. N., Crowe, K., McLeod, S., Margetson, K., Kokotek, L., van der Straten Waillet, P., Másdóttir, T., & Volhardt, M. (2023, November 15–18). Methods for accurate differential diagnosis of speech sound disorder in multilingual children [Conference session]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Boston, MA, United States.
2. McLeod, S., Blake, H. L., Crowe, K., Louw, B., Farquharson, K., Bérubé, D., Goldstein, B., Babatsouli, E., Kakia Petinou, Zajdó, K., Washington, K. N., Auza, A, Buntová, D., Oravkinová, Z., & Masdottir, T. (2023, November). Children’s speech development in 70+ languages and dialects. [Oral presentation 1-hour seminar]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Boston, MA, USA.
3. Escudero, P., McLeod, S., Diskin-Holdaway, C., Margetson, K., Pino Escobar, G., Tran, V. H., Verdon, S. (2023, November). Home language maintenance: Connecting children, families, and classrooms, Australian Linguistic Society, Paramatta, Australia.
4. Tran, V. H., McLeod, S., Verdon, S., Margetson, K. (2023, October). Home language maintenance and use among Vietnamese-Australian families. Workshop on immigrant language corpora in Australia. Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
5. Tran, V. H., McLeod, S., Verdon, S. (2023, September). Vietnamese language maintenance in Australia: challenges and expectations. Teaching Vietnamese as a Home Language Overseas Conference. State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs & Ministry of Education, Hanoi, Vietnam
6. Margetson, K., McLeod, S., & Verdon, S. (2023, August 20–24). Cross-linguistic transfer in multilingual children’s speech [Paper presentation]. 32^nd World Congress of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP), Auckland, New Zealand.
7. Margetson, K., McLeod, S., Verdon, S., Tran, V. H., & Phạm, B. (2023, August 20–24). English + Vietnamese speech development. In S. McLeod, Children’s speech development across the world [Conference session]. 32^nd World Congress of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP), Auckland, New Zealand.
8. McLeod, S., Escudero, P., Tran, V. H., Margetson, K., Verdon, S., Escobar, G., & Diskin-Holdaway, C. (2023, June 26–30). Home language maintenance: Connecting children, families and classrooms [Conference session]. International Symposium on Bilingualism 14 (ISB14), Sydney, NSW, Australia.
9. Margetson, K., McLeod, S., & Verdon, S. (2023, May 21–24). Non-English sounds in English speech assessment: Patterns of cross-linguistic transfer in Vietnamese-Australian children’s speech [Paper presentation]. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Hobart, TAS, Australia.
10. Margetson, K., McLeod, S., & Verdon, S. (2022, December). Influences on bilingual speech development: A longitudinal Vietnamese-English case study [Paper presentation, online]. Early Childhood Voices Conference, Charles Sturt University, Australia.
11. Tran, V. H., Verdon, S., & McLeod, S. (2022, December). Consistent and persistent: Parents’ voices for successful home language maintenance [Paper presentation, online]. Early Childhood Voices Conference (ECV2022) Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Australia
12. McLeod, S. & Verdon, S., (2022, May). Who is ‘correct’ during speech assessment, analysis and diagnosis? [Oral presentation]. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
13. McLeod, S. & Verdon, S., Tran, V. T., Margetson, K., Wang, C. (2022, May). Bilingual speech and language intervention for Vietnamese-Australian families via telehealth. [Oral presentation]. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
14. McLeod, S., Verdon, S., Margetson, K., Tran, V. T., Wang, C., & Phạm, B. (2022, April). VietSpeech: Vietnamese-Australian children’s speech and language competence [Paper presentation, online]. International Symposium on Monolingual and Bilingual Speech, Lafayette, US.
15. McLeod, S., Verdon, S., Margetson, K., Tran, V. T., Wang, C., & Phạm, B. (2022, April). VietSpeech: Learning about bilingual speech acquisition and language maintenance from a large-scale Australian study [Paper presentation, online]. Asia Pacific Society of Speech, Language and Hearing Online Symposium.
16. Margetson, K., McLeod, S., Verdon, S., & Tran, V. T. (2022, April). The VietSpeech Multilingual Transcription Protocol: A 4-step process for transcribing Vietnamese-Australian children’s speech [Paper presentation, online]. International Symposium on Monolingual and Bilingual Speech, Lafayette, US.
17. Margetson, K., McLeod, S., Verdon, S., & Tran, V. T. (2022, April). Cross-linguistic transfer during multilingual speech acquisition: A longitudinal Vietnamese-English case study [Paper presentation, online]. International Symposium on Monolingual and Bilingual Speech, Lafayette, US.
18. Hopf, S., Crowe, K., Verdon, S., Blake, H. & McLeod, S. (2021, November). Culturally Responsive Teamwork: A framework to advance workplace diversity [Poster presentation]. American Speech-Language and Hearing Convention, Washington, DC.
19. McLeod, S., Verdon, S., Margetson, K., Wang, C., Tran, V. H., White, K., & Phạm, B. (2021, November). Children’s speech acquisition in a 3-generation Vietnamese-English bilingual family [Poster presentation, online]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Washington, DC, United States.
20. Tran, V. H., Verdon, S., & McLeod, S. (2021, November). Consistent and persistent: Key to success of lone fighters on the home language maintenance front [Paper presentation, online]. International Conference on Community/Heritage Languages Education. Sydney Institute Community Languages in Education, Sydney, Australia.
21. Verdon, S., McLeod, S., Tran, V. T., & Margetson, K. (2021, October). International experts’ recommendations for supporting families in home language maintenance [Paper presentation, online]. Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
22. Verdon, S. (2021, October). Bilingual advantage? The academic and social-emotional outcomes bilingual children in a nationally representative Australian study [Paper presentation, online]. Bilingualism Matters Research Symposium, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
23. Margetson, K., McLeod, S., & Tran, V. H. (2021, June). Transcribing multilingual children’s and adults’ speech [Paper presentation, online]. International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association Conference, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
24. Margetson, K., McLeod, S., & Tran, V. T. (2021, June). Transcribing multilingual children’s and adults’ speech [Paper presentation, online]. International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association Conference, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
25. Heine, C., Verdon, S., & Day, S. (2021, June). Speech pathology practice in a global context: Engaging in culturally responsive volunteering and service development in majority world countries [Workshop presentation]. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference (online), Darwin, Australia.
26. Margetson, K., McLeod, S., Tran, V. H., Verdon, S., To, L., & Huynh, K. (2021, June). Speech assessment for multilingual children: Transcription of bilingual Vietnamese-English children and adults [Paper presentation, online]. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Darwin, Australia.
27. Margetson, K., McLeod, S., Tran, V. H., Verdon, S., To, L., & Huynh, K. (2021, June). Speech assessment for multilingual children: Transcription of bilingual Vietnamese-English children and adults [Paper presentation, online]. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Darwin, Australia.
28. Margetson, K., McLeod, S., Verdon, S., Tran, V. H., Wang, C. (2021, June). Speech sound disorder or cross-linguistic transfer? Speech profiles of four Vietnamese-English bilingual children [Poster presentation, online]. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Darwin, Australia.
29. Easton, C. & Verdon, S. (2021, May). The impact of linguistic bias upon speech-language pathologist’s clinical decision making [Paper presentation, online]. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Darwin, Australia.
30. Margetson, K. & Webb, G. (2021, May). Augmentative and alternative communication in Vietnam: Current practices and future directions [Paper presentation, online]. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Darwin, Australia.
31. Blake, H. L., Verdon, S. & McLeod, S. (2020, December). Intelligibility of spoken English among university students and its impact upon participation in Australian life [Paper presentation, online]. Building Bridges for Multilingual Speakers in Australia Symposium. Australian Linguistic Society Conference, Sydney, Australia.
32. McLeod, S., Margetson, K., Wang, C., Tran, V. H., Verdon, S., & Phạm, B. (2020, December). Bilingual speech development in a three generation Vietnamese-Australian family [Paper presentation, online]. Australian Linguistic Society (ALS) Conference, Sydney, Australia.
33. Tran, V. H., Verdon, S., McLeod, S., & Wang, C. (2020, December). Home language maintenance among Vietnamese-Australian families [Paper presentation, online]. Australian Linguistic Society (ALS) Conference, Sydney, Australia.
34. Tran, V. H., Verdon, S., McLeod, S., & Wang, C. (2020, November). Mum and Dad, help me keep my mother tongue: An unheard voice from Vietnamese-Australian children [Paper presentation, online]. Early Childhood Voices Conference. Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Australia.
35. Verdon, S., McLeod, S., Tran, V. H., & Margetson, K. (2020, November). Supporting children’s multilingual voices in the early years: Recommendations from international experts [Paper presentation, online]. Early Childhood Voices Conference, Charles Sturt University, Australia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeUawGCI4TY
36. Tran, V. H., McLeod, S., Wang, C., & Verdon, S. (2020, October). Vietnamese-Australian families’ language policy and home language maintenance [Paper presentation, online]. Postgraduate Conference on Multilingualism, Sydney, Australia.
37. Wang, C., McLeod, S., Verdon, S. & Tran, V., H. (2020, May). Engaging in global speech pathology practice with multilingual clients: Vietnamese-Australian adults’ bilingual proficiency profiles [Paper presentation, cancelled]. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Darwin, Australia.
38. McLeod, S., Verdon, S., Wang, C., & Tran, V. (2019, December). Language Use, Proficiency, and Intergenerational Transmission in Australia [Paper presentation, online]. Fifth Intergenerational Transmission of Minority Languages Symposium: Language, Culture and Ethnicity in Indigenous and Migrant Languages.
39. Blake, H. L., McLeod, S., & Verdon, S. (2019, November). Intelligibility Enhancement assessment and intervention for multilingual university students [Oral presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Orlando, FL, USA.
40. Verdon, S., Wang, C., McLeod, S., & Tran, V. H. (2019, August). Language use, proficiency, and maintenance among international diaspora: The Vietnamese community in Australia [Paper presentation]. International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics World Congress, Taipei, Taiwan.
41. Verdon, S., Ivey, A. & Pham, B. (2019, August). Development and validation of the Vietnamese Language Screener [Paper presentation]. International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics World Congress, Taipei, Taiwan.
42. Verdon. S. (2019, August). Developing culturally responsive practice through professional development: Insights and opportunities for sustainable impact [Paper presentation]. International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics World Congress, Taipei, Taiwan.
43. Tran, V. H., McLeod, S., Wang, C., & Verdon, S. (2019, June). Factors affecting home language proficiency and use among Vietnamese-Australian children [Paper presentation, online]. International Conference on Multilingual Acquisition and Multilingual Education, Hong Kong, SAR China.
44. Blake, H. L., McLeod, S., & Verdon, S. (2019, June). Enhancing the English intelligibility of multilingual speakers [Poster presentation]. Joint New Zealand Speech-Language Therapists’ Association and Speech Pathology Australia Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
45. Tran, V. H., Verdon, S., Wang, C., & McLeod, S. (2019, June). A Narrative Review of Factors Affecting Home Language Maintenance[Poster presentation]. Joint New Zealand Speech-Language Therapists’ Association and Speech Pathology Australia Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
46. Verdon, S., Wang, C., McLeod, S. & Tran, V. H. (2019, June). Vietnamese-Australians’ language use, proficiency, and maintenance [Poster presentation]. Joint New Zealand Speech-Language Therapists’ Association and Speech Pathology Australia Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
47. Tran, V. H., McLeod, S., Verdon, S., & Wang, C. (2019). Maintaining children’s home languages to support communicative participation [Paper presentation]. International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics Conference, Taipei, Taiwan.
48. Tran, V. H., McLeod, S., Wang, C., & Verdon, S. (2019). Factors affecting the language practice of Vietnamese-Australian families [Paper presentation, online]. Fifth Intergenerational Transmission of Minority Languages Symposium: Language, Culture and Ethnicity in Indigenous and Migrant Languages (ITML5), Stockholm, Sweden.
49. Tran, V. H., McLeod, S., Wang, C., & Verdon, S. (2019). Factors affecting Vietnamese-Australian families’ home language practice and perceptions towards home language maintenance [Paper presentation]. Australian Linguistic Society (ALS) Conference, Sydney, Australia.
50. Blake, H. L., Verdon, S., & McLeod, S. (2018, November). Intelligibility in English: Multilingual speakers’ perspectives [Oral presentation] American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Boston, MA.
51. Blake, H. L., Verdon, S., &, McLeod S. (2018, November). English proficiency, intelligibility, and participation of multilingual university students [Poster presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Boston, MA.
52. Blake, H. L., McLeod, S., & Verdon, S. (2018, May). Exploring multilingual speakers’ perspectives on their English intelligibility [Paper presentation]. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Adelaide, Australia.
53. Blake, H. L., McLeod, S., & Verdon, S. (2018, May). Multilingual university students’ perceptions of the impact of their English proficiency and intelligibility on participation [Poster presentation]. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Adelaide, Australia.
54. Clark, E. L., Easton, C. & Verdon, S. (2018, May). ‘Youse’ is an appropriate way to refer to more than one of you: Speech-language pathologists’ attitudes towards non-standard dialects [Oral presentation]. Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Adelaide, Australia.
55. Verdon, S., McLeod, S., & Wong, S. (2017, November). The Principles of Culturally Competent Practice for speech-language pathologists [Paper presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
56. Blake, H. L., McLeod, S., & Verdon, S. (2017, September). A retrospective record review of multilingual speakers seeking intelligibility enhancement in Australia [Paper presentation]. International Symposium on Monolingual and Bilingual Speech, Crete, Greece.
57. Verdon, S., Armstrong, H., Basso, R., Blake, H., Crowe, K., Heine, C., Hopf, S., Huang, A., McLeod, S., Pham, B., Walker-Smith, K., & Webster, K. (2017, May). Innovations and evidence-based practice for working in a culturally and linguistically diverse society [Paper presentation]. Speech Pathology Australia Conference. Sydney, Australia.

1. Margetson, K., Huynh, T. B., & Webb, G. (2020). Digital technology and augmentative and alternative communication in speech and language therapy in Vietnam: Needs assessment, current practices and recommendations. Technical report. USAID, Humanity & Inclusion, Trinh Foundation Australia.
2. Verdon, S. (2019). Nearly 1 in 4 of us aren’t native English speakers. In a health-care setting, interpreters are essential. The Conversation [invited online article]. https://theconversation.com/nearly-1-in-4-of-us-arent-native-english-speakers-in-a-health-care-setting-interpreters-are-essential-115125
3. Verdon, S. (2017). Why support diversity in early childhood? Early Learning Review [invited online article]. https://www.earlylearningreview.com.au/opinion-why-support-diversity-in-early-childhood/

SBS radio show

Dr Van Tran has hosted the SBS Radio “Cùng giữ tiếng Việt: Maintaining Vietnamese together” since 2021.
Rated as the Highest Performing Language Other than English content (across SBS in 68 languages) 10K visitors Nov 2021
https://www.sbs.com.au/language/vietnamese/audio/ha-y-cu-ng-giu-tie-ng-vie-t-cho-con

Episodes include

• 12/12/2021-Nói ngọng là tại hướng đình? Children’s communication disorders and HLM
• 5/12/2021-Thuận vợ thuận chồng, khác “tông” con vẫn không lạc tiếng 1 parent 1 language policy in intermarriage families
• 28/11/2021-Như thế nào là tiếng Việt chuẩn? What is standard Vietnamese?
• 21/11/2021-Nghe các bạn teen nói [What do teens say about Vietnamese HLM?
• 14/11/2021-Bố mẹ có đơn thương độc mã khi giữ tiếng Việt cho con? Are parents the only “gatekeepers” in HLM?
• 7/11/2021-Tôi đã giúp con học tiếng Việt như thế nào? How did I help my children maintain Vietnamese?
• 31/10/2021-Có nên lo lắng về tiếng Anh khi giữ tiếng Việt cho con? Should I worry about English when maintaining home language?
• 24/10/2021-Em đã học tiếng Việt như thế nào? How did I learn Vietnamese?
• 17/10/2021-Tại sao bạn lại muốn giữ tiếng Việt cho con? Why do you want your children to maintain Vietnamese?
• 5/2/2021-VietSpeech SuperSpeech: Supporting Viet families to maintain home language and develop bilingualism

Additional media

• Charles Sturt news: https://news.csu.edu.au/latest-news/international-impact-by-speech-language-changemaker
• Charles Sturt news: https://news.csu.edu.au/latest-news/speech-language-expert-advocates-at-who-international-conference-in-the-philippines
• Charles Sturt news: https://news.csu.edu.au/latest-news/national-honour-for-world-leading-speech-language-academic
• ABC Melbourne radio with Virginia Trioli: https://www.abc.net.au/melbourne/programs/mornings/home-language/101361330
• SBS NITV Radio with Bertrand Tungandame: https://www.sbs.com.au/language/nitv-radio/en/podcast-episode/professor-sharynne-mcleod-on-keeping-origin-language-alive/9z8oathrq
• Charles Sturt news: https://news.csu.edu.au/in-brief/research-delivers-free-bilingual-book-vietspeech-to-be-launched-online
• VN People's Army Newsletter: https://en.qdnd.vn/ovs/news/book-encouraging-vietnamese-language-learning-published-in-australia-540457
• Da Nang Today: https://baodanang.vn/english/society/202204/book-to-encourage-vietnamese-language-learning-published-in-australia-3911592/
• Vietnam Plus: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/australia-xuat-ban-cuon-sach-khuyen-khich-hoc-tieng-viet/785129.vnp
• ABC: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-07/new-book-encourages-survival-of-vietnamese-language-in-australia/100887556
• BBC: https://www.bbc.com/vietnamese/forum-47147158
• SBS: https://www.sbs.com.au/language/vietnamese/audio/noi-ngong-la-tai-huong-dinh
• The Australian: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/higher-education/australias-researchers-are-top-of-the-world/news-story/da49e9723818fde2d28ce7a9d08f538c
• Campus Review: https://www.campusreview.com.au/2019/12/the-award-winning-charles-sturt-paper-that-broke-the-internet/
• Charles Sturt news: https://news.csu.edu.au/latest-news/when-do-children-learn-speech-sounds
• Verdon, S. (2021). Call to Curb Language Loss https://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/story/7280560/language-expert-joins-call-for-hsc-subject-overhaul/
• Verdon, S. (2021). Is the Peppa Pig effect influencing our children’s communication? https://news.csu.edu.au/opinion/is-the-peppa-pig-effect-influencing-our-childrens-communication
• Verdon, S. (2021). The “Peppa Pig Effect” https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drive/what-in-the-dickens-is-the-peppa-effect/13462550
• Verdon, S. (2021). Speak up: “Working with multilingual children” https://soundcloud.com/speechpathologyaustralia/working-with-multilingual-children-s03-e36
• McLeod, S. (2021). Speak up: “Communication is everyone’s rights” https://soundcloud.com/speechpathologyaustralia/communication-is-everyones-right-s03-e31

1. Margetson, K., McLeod, S., Tran, V. H., Verdon, S., White, K., & Phạm, B. (2023). SuperSpeech: VietSpeech Superhero Workbook [Sách Huấn luyện Siêu nhân Song ngữ VietSpeech]. Bathurst, Australia: Charles Sturt University. https://www.csu.edu.au/research/vietspeech/info
2. Verdon, S., McLeod, S., Tran, V. H., Margetson, K., Phạm, B. & Wang, C. (2021). VietSpeech Multilingual Children/Trẻ em Đa ngữ. Bathurst, Australia: Charles Sturt University. https://www.csu.edu.au/research/vietspeech/info
3. McLeod, S., Verdon, S., Tran, V. H., Margetson, K., Phạm, B. & Wang, C. (2020). SuperSpeech: VietSpeech instructors’ workbook (Research version). Bathurst, Australia: Charles Sturt University