P Snow
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 10899 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | P Snow |
| NOMBRES | P |
| APELLIDO | Snow |
| FIRMA | SNOW P |
| AFILIACIONES | La Trobe University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2426-8349 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 34 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2003 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
The Road to Running Records
In this paper, we employ both narrative and systematic review methodologies to explore Running Records, a reading assessment tool designed for use with children in the early years of school. To contextualize Running Records, we describe their development over the past 50 years. We show that, as a tool designed to analyze reading errors, Running Records were used to develop and substantiate a cueing-based model of reading. Drawing on contemporary …
Parents’ views and experiences of literacy instruction provided during the Covid-19 remote learning period
Remote teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic provided a unique opportunity for parents of early years students to gain insights into instructional methods used to teach reading and spelling. We used this opportunity to seek parents’ perspectives about the instructional content and materials provided during periods of remote teaching in Australia. Nineteen parents were interviewed individually, and data were examined using deductive and inductive …
National and International Monitoring of Student Literacy and Numeracy Attainment
In her 2024 paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data, Larsen compiled an impressive summary of major international (PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS) and national (NAPLAN) standardised assessments pertaining to literacy and numeracy. On the basis of her analysis of overall means, Larsen makes the case that there has not been a systematic decline in the last 25…
Hastening slowly on classroom-based conversational skills teaching
The focus of classroom instructional time continues to be debated among educators, policy makers, academics and health professionals such as speech-language therapists. In this commentary, we emphasise the importance of reserving precious instructional time for developing children’s biologically secondary skills such as reading, writing and spelling. We argue that maintaining a focus on these core curriculum areas is critical. We advise against c…
Higher Order Language
Research has implicated oral language deficits as risk factors for antisocial behavior. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between higher order language skills and youth offending through a risk, promotive and risk-based protective factor paradigm. In a sample of adolescent males ( n = 130; 13 to 20 years; 62% youth offenders) skills in understanding ambiguity, making inferences, and understanding figurative language were d…
Educators’ perspectives about teaching and supporting students with learning difficulties in reading
We explored the perspectives of school-based educators located in Victoria, Australia, regarding their support of students who have reading difficulties. An anonymous survey was completed by 523 participants, including educators, educational leaders and Student Support Services staff. Results revealed multiple areas of concern related to their capacity to work on reading intervention with these students. Although participants reported that studen…
The development and psychometric properties of a shared book reading observational tool
Shared book reading in preschool settings plays an influential role in supporting children’s oral language and emergent literacy skills. Early childhood teachers can provide high-quality shared book reading experiences using extratextual utterances (reading beyond the story text) to maximise these learning outcomes. We report on the development and psychometric properties of the ‘Emergent Literacy and Language Early Childhood Checklist for Teache…
The Role of Background Knowledge in Reading Comprehension
A critical review was conducted to determine the influence background knowledge has on the reading comprehension of primary school-aged children. We identified twenty-three studies that met our criteria and focused on the links between background knowledge and reading comprehension of children in the mid to late primary years. Review findings highlight that higher levels of background knowledge have a range of effects that are influenced by the n…
Phase 2 of Catalise
Background Lack of agreement about criteria and terminology for children's language problems affects access to services as well as hindering research and practice. We report the second phase of a study using an online Delphi method to address these issues. In the first phase, we focused on criteria for language disorder. Here we consider terminology. Methods The Delphi method is an iterative process in which an initial set of statements is rated …
Compositional, Contextual, and Collective Community Factors in Mental Health and Well-Being in Australian Rural Communities
There are disproportionately higher and inconsistently distributed rates of recorded suicides in rural areas. Patterns of rural suicide are well documented, but they remain poorly understood. Geographic variations in physical and mental health can be understood through the combination of compositional, contextual, and collective factors pertaining to particular places. The aim of this study was to explore the role of "place" contributing to suici…
Guidelines for teachers to elicit detailed and accurate narrative accounts from children
This paper provides interview strategies for teachers who talk to children about serious events, including bullying, truancy, and suspected maltreatment. With regard to the latter, teachers are among the largest group of professionals reporting child abuse, but also tend to evince low substantiation rates. We review research on best practice interviewing, with a focus on its application in school settings. Interview phases are described chronolog…
Setting Them up to Fail’
Child protection and youth justice are the two most significant statutory systems involved in the care of children and adolescents in Australia. Care leavers are one of the most disadvantaged and marginalised populations in our society. Their precare experiences of abuse and neglect, their often poor in-care experiences, their accelerated transitions to adulthood, and the lack of ongoing support they receive upon leaving care make them vulnerable…
Young People Transitioning from Out-of-home Care in Victoria
A significant proportion of young people leaving out-of-home care make their transition to independence via the youth justice system, exposing them to further risks and reducing their likelihood of full social and economic engagement in mainstream society. This article presents the initial findings of a research project based on a partnership between Monash University and seven nongovernment child and youth welfare agencies in Victoria, Australia…
The needs and experiences of young people with a disability transitioning from out-of-home care
Oral Language Competence, Social Skills and High‐risk Boys
A cross‐sectional study examining the oral language abilities and social skills of male juvenile offenders is described. Fifty juvenile offenders and 50 non‐offending controls completed measures of language processing and production, and measures of social skill and IQ. Information about type of offending, substance use histories and learning/literacy problems was also gathered. Young offenders performed significantly worse on all language and so…
Guide to questioning children during the free-narrative phase of an investigative interview
The inability of professionals to maintain the use of open-ended questions in the free-narrative phase of investigative interviews with children has been a major problem around the globe. The current paper addresses this concern by describing the key principles underlying the elicitation of free-narrative accounts and practical suggestions for formulating questions. The paper focuses on interviewing children in the early- and middle-childhood yea…
Regional Tertiary Students and Living Away from Home
For financial reasons, an increasing number of tertiary students in Australia are forced to work long hours each week, and they are becoming more likely to be living in relative poverty. This study aimed to explore and describe the economic situation of students at a provincial Australian university campus, and the role that type of residence plays in their financial well‐being. A large‐scale self report survey dealing with students' financial ex…
Interviewing juvenile offenders
A police officer is interviewing a 14 year-old 'frequent flyer' in the juvenile justice system. In an effort to gauge the extent of this young man's recent exploits, the police officer poses the following question: 'So -could you have stolen upwards of twenty cars?' 'Ye-eh' replied the young offender indignantly 'Of course
As long as it doesn't spill over into class”
Guide to questioning children during the free-narrative phase of an investigative interview
The inability of professionals to maintain the use of open-ended questions in the free-narrative phase of investigative interviews with children has been a major problem around the globe. The current paper addresses this concern by describing the key principles underlying the elicitation of free-narrative accounts and practical suggestions for formulating questions. The paper focuses on interviewing children in the early- and middle-childhood yea…
Young People Transitioning from Out-of-home Care in Victoria
A significant proportion of young people leaving out-of-home care make their transition to independence via the youth justice system, exposing them to further risks and reducing their likelihood of full social and economic engagement in mainstream society. This article presents the initial findings of a research project based on a partnership between Monash University and seven nongovernment child and youth welfare agencies in Victoria, Australia…
The needs and experiences of young people with a disability transitioning from out-of-home care
Compositional, Contextual, and Collective Community Factors in Mental Health and Well-Being in Australian Rural Communities
There are disproportionately higher and inconsistently distributed rates of recorded suicides in rural areas. Patterns of rural suicide are well documented, but they remain poorly understood. Geographic variations in physical and mental health can be understood through the combination of compositional, contextual, and collective factors pertaining to particular places. The aim of this study was to explore the role of "place" contributing to suici…
Guidelines for teachers to elicit detailed and accurate narrative accounts from children
This paper provides interview strategies for teachers who talk to children about serious events, including bullying, truancy, and suspected maltreatment. With regard to the latter, teachers are among the largest group of professionals reporting child abuse, but also tend to evince low substantiation rates. We review research on best practice interviewing, with a focus on its application in school settings. Interview phases are described chronolog…
Regional Tertiary Students and Living Away from Home
For financial reasons, an increasing number of tertiary students in Australia are forced to work long hours each week, and they are becoming more likely to be living in relative poverty. This study aimed to explore and describe the economic situation of students at a provincial Australian university campus, and the role that type of residence plays in their financial well‐being. A large‐scale self report survey dealing with students' financial ex…
As long as it doesn't spill over into class”
Interviewing juvenile offenders
A police officer is interviewing a 14 year-old 'frequent flyer' in the juvenile justice system. In an effort to gauge the extent of this young man's recent exploits, the police officer poses the following question: 'So -could you have stolen upwards of twenty cars?' 'Ye-eh' replied the young offender indignantly 'Of course
Guide to questioning children during the free-narrative phase of an investigative interview
The inability of professionals to maintain the use of open-ended questions in the free-narrative phase of investigative interviews with children has been a major problem around the globe. The current paper addresses this concern by describing the key principles underlying the elicitation of free-narrative accounts and practical suggestions for formulating questions. The paper focuses on interviewing children in the early- and middle-childhood yea…
Regional Tertiary Students and Living Away from Home
For financial reasons, an increasing number of tertiary students in Australia are forced to work long hours each week, and they are becoming more likely to be living in relative poverty. This study aimed to explore and describe the economic situation of students at a provincial Australian university campus, and the role that type of residence plays in their financial well‐being. A large‐scale self report survey dealing with students' financial ex…
Oral Language Competence, Social Skills and High‐risk Boys
A cross‐sectional study examining the oral language abilities and social skills of male juvenile offenders is described. Fifty juvenile offenders and 50 non‐offending controls completed measures of language processing and production, and measures of social skill and IQ. Information about type of offending, substance use histories and learning/literacy problems was also gathered. Young offenders performed significantly worse on all language and so…
Setting Them up to Fail’
Child protection and youth justice are the two most significant statutory systems involved in the care of children and adolescents in Australia. Care leavers are one of the most disadvantaged and marginalised populations in our society. Their precare experiences of abuse and neglect, their often poor in-care experiences, their accelerated transitions to adulthood, and the lack of ongoing support they receive upon leaving care make them vulnerable…
Young People Transitioning from Out-of-home Care in Victoria
A significant proportion of young people leaving out-of-home care make their transition to independence via the youth justice system, exposing them to further risks and reducing their likelihood of full social and economic engagement in mainstream society. This article presents the initial findings of a research project based on a partnership between Monash University and seven nongovernment child and youth welfare agencies in Victoria, Australia…
The needs and experiences of young people with a disability transitioning from out-of-home care
Guidelines for teachers to elicit detailed and accurate narrative accounts from children
This paper provides interview strategies for teachers who talk to children about serious events, including bullying, truancy, and suspected maltreatment. With regard to the latter, teachers are among the largest group of professionals reporting child abuse, but also tend to evince low substantiation rates. We review research on best practice interviewing, with a focus on its application in school settings. Interview phases are described chronolog…
Phase 2 of Catalise
Background Lack of agreement about criteria and terminology for children's language problems affects access to services as well as hindering research and practice. We report the second phase of a study using an online Delphi method to address these issues. In the first phase, we focused on criteria for language disorder. Here we consider terminology. Methods The Delphi method is an iterative process in which an initial set of statements is rated …
Compositional, Contextual, and Collective Community Factors in Mental Health and Well-Being in Australian Rural Communities
There are disproportionately higher and inconsistently distributed rates of recorded suicides in rural areas. Patterns of rural suicide are well documented, but they remain poorly understood. Geographic variations in physical and mental health can be understood through the combination of compositional, contextual, and collective factors pertaining to particular places. The aim of this study was to explore the role of "place" contributing to suici…
The Role of Background Knowledge in Reading Comprehension
A critical review was conducted to determine the influence background knowledge has on the reading comprehension of primary school-aged children. We identified twenty-three studies that met our criteria and focused on the links between background knowledge and reading comprehension of children in the mid to late primary years. Review findings highlight that higher levels of background knowledge have a range of effects that are influenced by the n…
Higher Order Language
Research has implicated oral language deficits as risk factors for antisocial behavior. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between higher order language skills and youth offending through a risk, promotive and risk-based protective factor paradigm. In a sample of adolescent males ( n = 130; 13 to 20 years; 62% youth offenders) skills in understanding ambiguity, making inferences, and understanding figurative language were d…
Educators’ perspectives about teaching and supporting students with learning difficulties in reading
We explored the perspectives of school-based educators located in Victoria, Australia, regarding their support of students who have reading difficulties. An anonymous survey was completed by 523 participants, including educators, educational leaders and Student Support Services staff. Results revealed multiple areas of concern related to their capacity to work on reading intervention with these students. Although participants reported that studen…
The development and psychometric properties of a shared book reading observational tool
Shared book reading in preschool settings plays an influential role in supporting children’s oral language and emergent literacy skills. Early childhood teachers can provide high-quality shared book reading experiences using extratextual utterances (reading beyond the story text) to maximise these learning outcomes. We report on the development and psychometric properties of the ‘Emergent Literacy and Language Early Childhood Checklist for Teache…
Hastening slowly on classroom-based conversational skills teaching
The focus of classroom instructional time continues to be debated among educators, policy makers, academics and health professionals such as speech-language therapists. In this commentary, we emphasise the importance of reserving precious instructional time for developing children’s biologically secondary skills such as reading, writing and spelling. We argue that maintaining a focus on these core curriculum areas is critical. We advise against c…
The Road to Running Records
In this paper, we employ both narrative and systematic review methodologies to explore Running Records, a reading assessment tool designed for use with children in the early years of school. To contextualize Running Records, we describe their development over the past 50 years. We show that, as a tool designed to analyze reading errors, Running Records were used to develop and substantiate a cueing-based model of reading. Drawing on contemporary …
Parents’ views and experiences of literacy instruction provided during the Covid-19 remote learning period
Remote teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic provided a unique opportunity for parents of early years students to gain insights into instructional methods used to teach reading and spelling. We used this opportunity to seek parents’ perspectives about the instructional content and materials provided during periods of remote teaching in Australia. Nineteen parents were interviewed individually, and data were examined using deductive and inductive …
National and International Monitoring of Student Literacy and Numeracy Attainment
In her 2024 paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data, Larsen compiled an impressive summary of major international (PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS) and national (NAPLAN) standardised assessments pertaining to literacy and numeracy. On the basis of her analysis of overall means, Larsen makes the case that there has not been a systematic decline in the last 25…
Psychology (13 obras) · Medicine (9 obras) · Reading and Literacy Development (7 obras) · Sociology (7 obras) · Pedagogy (6 obras) · Political science (6 obras) · Social Psychology (6 obras) · Developmental psychology (5 obras) · Linguistics (5 obras) · Mathematics education (5 obras)