Sharynne Mcleod
Biographic Data
| ID | 4629918 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sharynne Mcleod |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sharynne |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcleod |
| SIGNATURE | MCLEOD S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Charles Sturt University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7279-7851 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Mountain garden views
The Pacific Islands encompasses a linguistically and culturally diverse geographical region. Most Pacific Island countries have few speech-language pathology services. In Pacific Islander diaspora communities around the world these children may seek support from speech-language pathologists (SLPs) where these children are among a cultural and/or linguistic minority. This study aimed to identify if children with Pacific Islander heritage are acces…
“Oh! I forgot the voice”
Recognition that children's views should be respected has increased since the United Nations’ publication of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This study explored whether preschool children's drawings and descriptions of themselves “talking to someone” differed for children with speech sound disorder (SSD) compared to children with typically developing speech. Participants were 78 children matched for age and sex and divided into two gro…
Ladders, trees and matrixes
Several frameworks – including Hart's Ladder of Participation, Shier's Models for Participation and the Lundy Model – have been developed to support children's genuine participation as researchers. These child-focused participatory action research (C-PAR) frameworks claim to increase children's capacity to share their thoughts and opinions to change their lives and communities. This narrative review involved systematic database searches to identi…
Cultivating Collaborative Practice to Sustain and Retain Early Childhood Educators
The retention of educators is foundational to the provision of high-quality early childhood education and care (ECEC), yet the sector continues to face significant workforce challenges. This study explores how organisational climate and leadership influence collaborative practice and, in turn, educator retention. Using a constructivist grounded theory (CGT) approach, data were collected through focus groups and interviews with 34 educators across…
Communication disability in low and middle-income countries
Communication disability is a common but under-reported and often neglected part of health, rehabilitation and disability services, despite communication being a human right. Communication disability has far-reaching impacts throughout life. Innovation is required in contexts where services for people with communication disability are limited—particularly low and middle-income countries. Local and national governments, funders/commissioners, comm…
Vietnamese-Australian parents
The aim of this study is to identify factors associated with Vietnamese-Australian parents’ language use and attitudes towards home language maintenance. Vietnamese-Australian parents (n = 151) with children aged under 18 completed a survey regarding demographic factors and factors conceptualised by Spolsky’s language policy theory: language practices, language ideologies, and language management. Bivariate analyses and multiple regression models…
Parent Perspectives of Ear Health and the Relationship with Children’s Speech and Language in the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children
Health and well-being are holistic concepts that are perceived to be inseparable for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We examined relationships between parent-reported ear symptoms for 787 Indigenous children at two time points (age 2-3 years, age 4-5 years) and two parent-reported speech and language outcomes one year later (age 5-6 years). Most parents (80.2%) reported no concern about their child's expressive language and (93.8%)…
Vietnamese–Australian children’s language proficiency and use
Aim: To explore Vietnamese–Australian children’s proficiency and use of Vietnamese and English and identify associated factors that are related to demographics, language practices, language ideologies, and language management. Methodology: Vietnamese–Australian parents ( n = 151) completed a questionnaire (in English or Vietnamese) regarding their child’s language proficiency and use, demographic details and a range of factors as conceptualized b…
Reading with 1–2 year olds impacts academic achievement at 8–11 years
The impact of oral English proficiency on humanitarian migrants’ experiences of settling in Australia
Key drivers for migrants’ social integration are education, employment, and skills in the dominant language of the settlement country. Data from Building a New Life in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Humanitarian Migrants were used to examine migrants’ English proficiency and how oral English proficiency facilitated or hindered participation in activities that may help them become self-sufficient and settle. Participants were 2399 humanitari…
A longitudinal population study of literacy and numeracy outcomes for children identified with speech, language, and communication needs in early childhood
English language and literacy proficiency of students in an urban Fiji primary school
Fiji is a multicultural and multilingual community and English is one language taught in Fiji schools. This study aimed to describe the English language proficiency of Fiji primary school students. Direct assessment measures of 75 students’ English language (listening and speaking) and literacy (reading and writing) skills were obtained (Year 1: n = 35; Year 4: n = 40). These were examined in relation to students’ academic performance and the mai…
Linguistic multi-competence of Fiji school students and their conversational partners
This study explored linguistic multi-competence in Fiji students and their conversational partners through a description of linguistic diversity in one school community. Students’ caregivers (n = 75), teachers (n = 25) and year 4 students (n = 40) in an urban school of Fiji completed paper-based questionnaires regarding: 75 students, 75 mothers, 75 fathers, 25 child-minders, and 25 teachers (N = 275). Participants spoke an average of three langua…
Multilingualism and speech-language competence in early childhood
A systematic review of cross-linguistic and multilingual speech and language outcomes for children with hearing loss
Language maintenance and loss in a population study of young Australian children
Celebrating young Indigenous Australian children's speech and language competence
Multilingual Aspects of Speech Sound Disorders in Children
This book translates research into clinical practice for speech-language pathologists working with children. The book explores both multilingual and multicultural aspects of children with speech sound disorders. The 30 theoretical and clinical chapters have been written by 44 authors from 16 different countries about 112 languages and dialects.
The Cultural and Linguistic Diversity of 3-Year-Old Children with Hearing Loss
Understanding the cultural and linguistic diversity of young children with hearing loss informs the provision of assessment, habilitation, and education services to both children and their families. Data describing communication mode, oral language use, and demographic characteristics were collected for 406 children with hearing loss and their caregivers when children were 3 years old. The data were from the Longitudinal Outcomes of Children with…
Multilingual aspects of speech sound disorders in children
The (In)visibility of Children with Communication Impairment in Australian Health, Education, and Disability Legislation and Policies
Communication impairment is a prevalent childhood disability. The way nations formally recognise communication impairment effects the provision of services and long-term outcomes of these children. Children with communication impairment are specifically identified in legislation and policy in the USA and UK; however this is not the case in Australia. Current Australian legislation and policy does not adequately address the needs of children with …
Listening to Children With Communication Impairment Talking Through Their Drawings
Including children as research participants is an important new direction in early childhood research. However, it is rare for such studies to include the voices of children with significant communication impairment. This article suggests that drawing may be an appropriate non-verbal method for ‘listening’ to these children’s ideas and recording their perspectives. Three areas of inquiry are reviewed: (1) the use of drawings as a method of listen…
Protocol for Restricting Head Movement When Recording Ultrasound Images of Speech
Ultrasound has been used as a diagnostic and intervention tool for speechlanguage \npathology in order to examine tongue function during speech \nbecause it is readily accessible and non-invasive. Mid-sagittal or coronal dynamic \ntwo-dimensional images of tongue position and movement can be \nobtained as there are particularly strong ultrasound wave reflections from \nboundaries between tissue and air. Despite its potential usefulness as a \ntec…
Elucidating the effects of different definitions of ‘utterance’ on selected syntactic measures of older children's language samples
Utterances comprising corpora of language samples are fundamental units underlying many syntactic measurements of older children's language performances. This exploratory study examined the effects of the utterance definitions for T-unit, C-unit, Developmental Sentence Scoring (DSS), and Tone unit on seven measures of syntax in language samples of 10 normally achieving 11-year-old males. The effect of definition was statistically significant for …
Language maintenance and loss in a population study of young Australian children
Vietnamese-Australian parents
The aim of this study is to identify factors associated with Vietnamese-Australian parents’ language use and attitudes towards home language maintenance. Vietnamese-Australian parents (n = 151) with children aged under 18 completed a survey regarding demographic factors and factors conceptualised by Spolsky’s language policy theory: language practices, language ideologies, and language management. Bivariate analyses and multiple regression models…
Listening to Children With Communication Impairment Talking Through Their Drawings
Including children as research participants is an important new direction in early childhood research. However, it is rare for such studies to include the voices of children with significant communication impairment. This article suggests that drawing may be an appropriate non-verbal method for ‘listening’ to these children’s ideas and recording their perspectives. Three areas of inquiry are reviewed: (1) the use of drawings as a method of listen…
Multilingualism and speech-language competence in early childhood
Celebrating young Indigenous Australian children's speech and language competence
English language and literacy proficiency of students in an urban Fiji primary school
Fiji is a multicultural and multilingual community and English is one language taught in Fiji schools. This study aimed to describe the English language proficiency of Fiji primary school students. Direct assessment measures of 75 students’ English language (listening and speaking) and literacy (reading and writing) skills were obtained (Year 1: n = 35; Year 4: n = 40). These were examined in relation to students’ academic performance and the mai…
A longitudinal population study of literacy and numeracy outcomes for children identified with speech, language, and communication needs in early childhood
Linguistic multi-competence of Fiji school students and their conversational partners
This study explored linguistic multi-competence in Fiji students and their conversational partners through a description of linguistic diversity in one school community. Students’ caregivers (n = 75), teachers (n = 25) and year 4 students (n = 40) in an urban school of Fiji completed paper-based questionnaires regarding: 75 students, 75 mothers, 75 fathers, 25 child-minders, and 25 teachers (N = 275). Participants spoke an average of three langua…
Elucidating the effects of different definitions of ‘utterance’ on selected syntactic measures of older children's language samples
Utterances comprising corpora of language samples are fundamental units underlying many syntactic measurements of older children's language performances. This exploratory study examined the effects of the utterance definitions for T-unit, C-unit, Developmental Sentence Scoring (DSS), and Tone unit on seven measures of syntax in language samples of 10 normally achieving 11-year-old males. The effect of definition was statistically significant for …
Protocol for Restricting Head Movement When Recording Ultrasound Images of Speech
Ultrasound has been used as a diagnostic and intervention tool for speechlanguage \npathology in order to examine tongue function during speech \nbecause it is readily accessible and non-invasive. Mid-sagittal or coronal dynamic \ntwo-dimensional images of tongue position and movement can be \nobtained as there are particularly strong ultrasound wave reflections from \nboundaries between tissue and air. Despite its potential usefulness as a \ntec…
Listening to Children With Communication Impairment Talking Through Their Drawings
Including children as research participants is an important new direction in early childhood research. However, it is rare for such studies to include the voices of children with significant communication impairment. This article suggests that drawing may be an appropriate non-verbal method for ‘listening’ to these children’s ideas and recording their perspectives. Three areas of inquiry are reviewed: (1) the use of drawings as a method of listen…
The (In)visibility of Children with Communication Impairment in Australian Health, Education, and Disability Legislation and Policies
Communication impairment is a prevalent childhood disability. The way nations formally recognise communication impairment effects the provision of services and long-term outcomes of these children. Children with communication impairment are specifically identified in legislation and policy in the USA and UK; however this is not the case in Australia. Current Australian legislation and policy does not adequately address the needs of children with …
Multilingual aspects of speech sound disorders in children
Multilingual Aspects of Speech Sound Disorders in Children
This book translates research into clinical practice for speech-language pathologists working with children. The book explores both multilingual and multicultural aspects of children with speech sound disorders. The 30 theoretical and clinical chapters have been written by 44 authors from 16 different countries about 112 languages and dialects.
The Cultural and Linguistic Diversity of 3-Year-Old Children with Hearing Loss
Understanding the cultural and linguistic diversity of young children with hearing loss informs the provision of assessment, habilitation, and education services to both children and their families. Data describing communication mode, oral language use, and demographic characteristics were collected for 406 children with hearing loss and their caregivers when children were 3 years old. The data were from the Longitudinal Outcomes of Children with…
Celebrating young Indigenous Australian children's speech and language competence
A systematic review of cross-linguistic and multilingual speech and language outcomes for children with hearing loss
Language maintenance and loss in a population study of young Australian children
Multilingualism and speech-language competence in early childhood
Linguistic multi-competence of Fiji school students and their conversational partners
This study explored linguistic multi-competence in Fiji students and their conversational partners through a description of linguistic diversity in one school community. Students’ caregivers (n = 75), teachers (n = 25) and year 4 students (n = 40) in an urban school of Fiji completed paper-based questionnaires regarding: 75 students, 75 mothers, 75 fathers, 25 child-minders, and 25 teachers (N = 275). Participants spoke an average of three langua…
A longitudinal population study of literacy and numeracy outcomes for children identified with speech, language, and communication needs in early childhood
English language and literacy proficiency of students in an urban Fiji primary school
Fiji is a multicultural and multilingual community and English is one language taught in Fiji schools. This study aimed to describe the English language proficiency of Fiji primary school students. Direct assessment measures of 75 students’ English language (listening and speaking) and literacy (reading and writing) skills were obtained (Year 1: n = 35; Year 4: n = 40). These were examined in relation to students’ academic performance and the mai…
The impact of oral English proficiency on humanitarian migrants’ experiences of settling in Australia
Key drivers for migrants’ social integration are education, employment, and skills in the dominant language of the settlement country. Data from Building a New Life in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Humanitarian Migrants were used to examine migrants’ English proficiency and how oral English proficiency facilitated or hindered participation in activities that may help them become self-sufficient and settle. Participants were 2399 humanitari…
Vietnamese–Australian children’s language proficiency and use
Aim: To explore Vietnamese–Australian children’s proficiency and use of Vietnamese and English and identify associated factors that are related to demographics, language practices, language ideologies, and language management. Methodology: Vietnamese–Australian parents ( n = 151) completed a questionnaire (in English or Vietnamese) regarding their child’s language proficiency and use, demographic details and a range of factors as conceptualized b…
Reading with 1–2 year olds impacts academic achievement at 8–11 years
Parent Perspectives of Ear Health and the Relationship with Children’s Speech and Language in the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children
Health and well-being are holistic concepts that are perceived to be inseparable for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We examined relationships between parent-reported ear symptoms for 787 Indigenous children at two time points (age 2-3 years, age 4-5 years) and two parent-reported speech and language outcomes one year later (age 5-6 years). Most parents (80.2%) reported no concern about their child's expressive language and (93.8%)…
Communication disability in low and middle-income countries
Communication disability is a common but under-reported and often neglected part of health, rehabilitation and disability services, despite communication being a human right. Communication disability has far-reaching impacts throughout life. Innovation is required in contexts where services for people with communication disability are limited—particularly low and middle-income countries. Local and national governments, funders/commissioners, comm…
Vietnamese-Australian parents
The aim of this study is to identify factors associated with Vietnamese-Australian parents’ language use and attitudes towards home language maintenance. Vietnamese-Australian parents (n = 151) with children aged under 18 completed a survey regarding demographic factors and factors conceptualised by Spolsky’s language policy theory: language practices, language ideologies, and language management. Bivariate analyses and multiple regression models…
Cultivating Collaborative Practice to Sustain and Retain Early Childhood Educators
The retention of educators is foundational to the provision of high-quality early childhood education and care (ECEC), yet the sector continues to face significant workforce challenges. This study explores how organisational climate and leadership influence collaborative practice and, in turn, educator retention. Using a constructivist grounded theory (CGT) approach, data were collected through focus groups and interviews with 34 educators across…
Mountain garden views
The Pacific Islands encompasses a linguistically and culturally diverse geographical region. Most Pacific Island countries have few speech-language pathology services. In Pacific Islander diaspora communities around the world these children may seek support from speech-language pathologists (SLPs) where these children are among a cultural and/or linguistic minority. This study aimed to identify if children with Pacific Islander heritage are acces…
“Oh! I forgot the voice”
Recognition that children's views should be respected has increased since the United Nations’ publication of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This study explored whether preschool children's drawings and descriptions of themselves “talking to someone” differed for children with speech sound disorder (SSD) compared to children with typically developing speech. Participants were 78 children matched for age and sex and divided into two gro…
Ladders, trees and matrixes
Several frameworks – including Hart's Ladder of Participation, Shier's Models for Participation and the Lundy Model – have been developed to support children's genuine participation as researchers. These child-focused participatory action research (C-PAR) frameworks claim to increase children's capacity to share their thoughts and opinions to change their lives and communities. This narrative review involved systematic database searches to identi…
Psychology (16 works) · Linguistics (11 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Language Development and Disorders (9 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Pedagogy (8 works) · Sociology (6 works) · First language (5 works) · Hearing Impairment and Communication (5 works) · Longitudinal study (5 works)