Thread by @SharynneMcLeod

Welcome to the third day of #ESLA2022 in Salzburg eslacongress.eu/programme-over…

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I am so honoured to be a keynote speaker at #ESLA2022 today in Salzburg (from Australia). What amazing company to be in. Hello to everyone attending ESLA2022 in person and online
eslacongress.eu/programme-keyn…

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I will be live tweeting links throughout my #ESLA2022 keynote presentation (at 8:30am Salzburg time and 4:30pm Sydney time Saturday 28 May 2022). You are welcome to follow this thread…

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The title of my #ESLA2022 keynote presentation is

Children’s speech and language competence: The future is now

@ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLT @RCSLTResearch @ASHAJournals @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG

Hello from Australia!
I wish I was with you in Salzburg at #ESLA2022.
The kangaroos @CharlesSturtUni are keeping me company today
@ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @SpeechPathAus @CSU_ECRG

I commence with an ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF COUNTRY from #Wiradjuri land:
news.csu.edu.au/latest-news/na…

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Thanks to
▷Dr. Mark Jayes, Chair, ESLA Scientific Committee
▷Speech-Language-Multilingualism team
▷International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children’s Speech
▷@CharlesSturtUni
csu.edu.au/research/multi…
#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @SpeechPathAus @CSU_ECRG @arc_gov_au

Communication rights are for all.
Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
un.org/en/about-us/un…
#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @IcommunicationP @SpeechPathAus
McLeod (2018). Communication rights: Fundamental human rights for all @IJSLP doi.org/10.1080/175495…

We can learn important lessons about
Belonging
Being
Becoming
from the Early Years Learning Framework for Australia #EYLF

@ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLT @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @EarlyChildAust @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG

dese.gov.au/child-care-pac…

As professionals and researchers we have a role to support children to
▷ Be children
▷ Belong within their family, community, and society
▷ Become people of the future
#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG @EarlyChildAust

PART 1: BECOME
#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG

BECOMING: A longitudinal population study of literacy and numeracy outcomes for children identified with speech, language and communication needs in early childhood
@ECRQ #ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG @ausgov
doi.org/10.1016/j.ecre…

BECOMING: A nationally representative study of the association between communication impairment at 4-5 years and children's life activities at 7-9 years.
#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @ASHAJournals @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG
doi.org/10.1044/1092-4…

BECOMING: Can teacher–child relationships support human rights to freedom of opinion and expression, education and participation? @IJSLP
#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG
doi.org/10.1080/175495…

BECOMING: Academic achievement and productivity losses associated with speech, language and communication needs. @IJLCD
#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG
doi.org/10.1111/1460-6…

BECOMING: A longitudinal population study of literacy and numeracy outcomes for children identified with speech, language and communication needs in early childhood
@ECRQ #ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG @ausgov
doi.org/10.1016/j.ecre…

BECOMING: The relationship between spoken English proficiency and participation in higher education, employment and income from two Australian censuses. @IJSLP #ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG
doi.org/10.1080/175495…

BECOMING
“Children are not the people of tomorrow,
but are people of today.
They have a right to be taken seriously, and
to be treated with tenderness and respect…”
(Korczak, 1929)
#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG

"…They should be allowed to grow into whoever they were meant to be — the unknown person inside each of them is our hope for the future” (Korczak, 1929)
#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG

PART 2: BEING
#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG
dese.gov.au/child-care-pac…

Multilingualism and speech-language competence in early childhood: Impact on academic and social-emotional outcomes at school. @ECRQ

#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG
doi.org/10.1016/j.ecre…

Literacy, numeracy and social-emotional outcomes at 8-9 years
▷ ARE NOT influenced by being multilingual
▷ ARE influenced by speech and language competence at 4 to 5 years; Sex and socio-economic position; learning competence at 6 to 7 years #ESLA2022
doi.org/10.1016/j.ecre…

FREE RESOURCES: Multilingual Children’s Speech
▷ Summary of speech acquisition
csu.edu.au/research/multi…
▷ Over 200 speech acquisition studies in ~ 50 languages
csu.edu.au/research/multi…

#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG

Children's consonant acquisition in 27 languages: A cross-linguistic review.
OPEN ACCESS - AJSLP Editor’s Award
doi.org/10.1044/2018_A…
#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG @DrKateCrowe

FREE SPEECH ACQUISITION POSTERS
csu.edu.au/research/multi…

#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG @EarlyChildAust

Icelandic children's acquisition of consonants and consonant clusters. @ASHAJournals @thoramas_mas @DrKateCrowe doi.org/10.1044/2021_J…
#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CSU_ECRG

Fijian school students’ Fiji English speech sound acquisition. @IJSLP @SuzanneCHopf @HMcAlister91 doi.org/10.1080/175495…
#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG

Vietnamese-speaking children's acquisition of consonants, semivowels, vowels, and tones in Northern Viet Nam. @ASHAJournals
#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CSU_ECRG
doi.org/10.1044/2019_J…

Consonant accuracy and intelligibility of Southern Vietnamese children. @SpeechLangHear doi.org/10.1080/205057…

#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CSU_ECRG

Tutorial: Speech assessment for multilingual children who do not speak the same language(s) as the speech-language pathologist. @SV_SLP
doi.org/10.1044/2017_A…
#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CSU_ECRG

Predicting Which Children Will Normalize Without Intervention for Speech Sound Disorders
Carol Kit Sum To, Sharynne McLeod, Ka Lam Sam and Thomas Law
doi.org/10.1044/2022_J…

Intelligibility in Context Scale
4- to 5-year-old children are “usually” to “always” intelligible when talking with others
FREE in 60+ languages: csu.edu.au/research/multi…

#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CSU_ECRG

Intelligibility in Context Scale: Validity and reliability of a subjective rating measure
doi.org/10.1044/1092-4…

FREE csu.edu.au/research/multi…

#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CSU_ECRG

Intelligibility in Context Scale: Cross-linguistic use, validity, and reliability
18 studies of 4,235 children from 14 countries speaking 14 languages
doi.org/10.1080/205057…

FREE csu.edu.au/research/multi…

#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus

Intelligibility in 3-year-olds with cleft lip and/or palate using the Intelligibility in Context Scale: Findings from the Cleft Collective Cohort Study.
doi.org/10.1177/105566…
#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CSU_ECRG @yvonnewren @samharding

PART 3: BELONGING
#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG @EarlyChildAust

dese.gov.au/child-care-pac…

BELONGING:
For children who find it difficult to put thoughts into words, “expression through visual art forms may be more than a matter of preference” (Silver, 2001, p. 11).
#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG @EarlyChildAust

BELONGING:
Children draw talking – NEW PROTOCOL

Drawing talking: Listening to children with speech sound disorders
doi.org/10.1044/2021_L…

#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG

BELONGING:
Children draw talking – NEW PROTOCOL
Drawing talking: Listening to children with speech sound disorders
doi.org/10.1044/2021_L…
#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG

BELONGING:
Could a speech therapy goal be that children can talk about "nothing in particular"

Drawing talking: Listening to children with speech sound disorders
doi.org/10.1044/2021_L…
#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG

BELONGING:
“When he's around his brothers … he's not so quiet”: The private and public worlds of school-aged children with speech sound disorder
#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG
doi.org/10.1016/j.jcom…

BELONGING:
"I feel sad because they don't let me play"

Drawing talking: Listening to children with speech sound disorders
doi.org/10.1044/2021_L…

#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG

BELONGING is important in the playground
Becoming bilingual: Children’s insights about making friends in bilingual settings.
doi.org/10.1007/s13158…

#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG @EarlyChildAu

BELONGING: Speech Participation and Activity Assessment – Children (SPAA-C) includes children’s perspectives on belonging
csu.edu.au/research/multi…

#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG

Appendix of doi.org/10.1080/144170…

BELONGING: What do children with speech sound disorders think about their talking?
#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @CSU_ECRG
doi.org/10.1055/s-0039…

BELONGING: For preschoolers with speech sound disorder there was a significant relationship between speech accuracy and
▷children's attitudes toward talking
▷parents' perceptions of intelligibility and participation
#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @CSU_ECRG
doi.org/10.1055/s-0039…

BELONGING:
VietSpeech SuperSpeech SuperHeroes’ Program
csu.edu.au/research/viets…

Multilingual speech and language maintenance intervention for Vietnamese-Australian children and families via telepractice
doi.org/10.1044/2021_L…

#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @SpeechPathAus @CSU_ECRG

BELONGING: Children’s aspirations to belong and contribute
“I believe that even though we are only children we can still really make a difference in the world”
doi.org/10.1080/175495…
#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG @DrEliseBaker

FREE RESOURCES
▷ Multilingual Children’s Speech website
#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG

csu.edu.au/research/multi…

FREE RESOURCES
▷ English acquisition charts: csu.edu.au/research/multi…

FREE RESOURCES
▷ English-speaking children’s speech acquisition (organised by ages): cdn.csu.edu.au/__data/assets/…

#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG

FREE RESOURCES
▷ Waiting for Speech Pathology website: wnswlhd.health.nsw.gov.au/our-services/s…

#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG @NSWHealth @wnswlhd

FREE RESOURCES
▷Communication Rights - Special issue of International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (all 31 papers are free to access): tandfonline.com/toc/iasl20/20/1

#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG @UNHumanRights

Thank you for making a difference in children’s ability
to be, belong, and become.
The future is now.

#ESLA2022 @ESLAEurope @UK_ESLA @RCSLTResearch @SpeechPathAus @CharlesSturtUni @CSU_ECRG

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