A/Prof Marleen F Westerveld
Griffith University
Faculty Member, Health Sciences
Australia
My co-authors include
Professor Dawn Bennett
Professor Dorothy Bishop
Michelle Brown
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My Publications
The oral narrative skills of pre-school children with autism.
Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools
October 2017
This is the first study to investigate the oral narrative retell and comprehension skills of verbal preschool-age children with autism.
Can we predict the early word reading skills of children with autism?
Autism Research
August 2018
This study measured the reading skills of 41 children with autism who were in their first year of schooling. We also investigated which emergent literacy skills, prior to school-entry, predicted th...
Home literacy experiences of preschoolers with autism or Down syndrome
Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica
January 2017
We asked parents of preschoolers with autism or Down syndrome to tell us about the types of literacy experiences they engage in with their children. We were particularly interested to find out if t...
The use of the Renfrew Action Picture Test (RAPT) following Tier 1 Intervention
Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica
January 2017
Detailed assessment and progress monitoring is fundamental to the Response to Intervention (RtI) model often implemented in schools. This study compared children's performance on the RAPT to their ...
Investigating Adolescent Discourse in Critical Thinking: Monologic Responses to Stories...
Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools
April 2021
Properties of Spoken Persuasive Language Samples From Typically Developing Adolescents
Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools
April 2020
A Pilot Study of Early Storybook Reading With Babies With Hearing Loss
Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research
September 2019
Parent perceptions of literacy learning of their young children on the autism spectrum ...
Australian Journal of Education
July 2019
Longitudinal reading outcomes in response to a book-based, whole class intervention for...
Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties
July 2019
How do teachers support their students on the autism spectrum in Australian primary sch...
Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs
July 2019
Profiles of vocalization change in children with autism receiving early intervention
Autism Research
January 2019
Parents’ and teacher aides’ perceptions and expectations of the language and communicat...
Speech Language and Hearing
August 2018
A systematic review of predictors, moderators, and mediators of augmentative and altern...
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
April 2018
A systematic review of school-based interventions targeting social communication behavi...
Autism
January 2018
Protocol for a prospective longitudinal study investigating the participation and educa...
BMJ Open
January 2018
Promoting language and social communication development in babies through an early stor...
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
December 2017
Listening to the Voices of Education Professionals Involved in Implementing an Oral Lan...
August 2017
Early storybook reading with babies and young children: Parents’ opinions and home read...
Australasian Journal of Early Childhood
June 2017
Phase 2 of CATALISE: a multinational and multidisciplinary Delphi consensus study of pr...
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
March 2017
Work Placement for International Student Programmes (WISP): A Model of Effective Practice
January 2017
What Does Internationalisation or Interculturalisation Look Like in the Future in the H...
January 2017
Foreword
Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica
January 2017
International Survey of Speech-Language Pathologists’ Practices in Working with Childre...
Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica
January 2017
Revisiting Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Speech Pathology Programs in Australia:...
January 2017
The Emergent Literacy Skills of Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
November 2016
Evaluating the effectiveness of PrepSTART for promoting oral language and emergent lite...
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
September 2016
Children with Down Syndrome Sharing Past Personal Event Narratives with Their Teacher A...
International Journal of Disability Development and Education
July 2016
CATALISE: A Multinational and Multidisciplinary Delphi Consensus Study. Identifying Lan...
PLoS ONE
July 2016
Reading Assessment in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools
July 2016
Spoken language samples of Australian children in conversation, narration and exposition
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
April 2016
Exploring the development of cultural awareness amongst post-graduate speech-language p...
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
April 2016
Assessing Spoken Language Outcomes in Children with ASD: a Systematic Review
Current Developmental Disorders Reports
February 2016
A Systematic Review of the Literature on Emergent Literacy Skills of Preschool Children...
The Journal of Special Education
November 2015
The emergent literacy skills of four-year-old children receiving free kindergarten earl...
International Journal of Early Years Education
April 2015
The use of the Renfrew Bus Story with 5–8-year-old Australian children
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
March 2015
Speech pathology students' perceptions of workplace-based volunteer placements in an ed...
Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability
April 2014
Clinician survey of language sampling practices in Australia
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
January 2014
Narrative and Early literacy skills in 4-year-old bilingual children
International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
September 2013
Spoken expository discourse of children and adolescents: Retelling versus generation
Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics
July 2013
The Effects of Geographic Location and Picture Support on Children's Story Retelling Pe...
Asia Pacific Journal of Speech Language and Hearing
June 2012
Evaluating the clinical utility of the Profile of Oral Narrative Ability for 4-year-old...
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
December 2011
Personal narrative skills of school-aged children with Down syndrome
International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders
November 2011
Favorite Game or Sport - expository generations of 6- and 7-year-old children
Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools
April 2011
Oral narrative context effects on poor readers' spoken language performance: Story rete...
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
December 2009
Profiling oral narrative ability in young school-aged children
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
November 2009
A longitudinal investigation of oral narrative skills in children with mixed reading di...
International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
June 2008
Oral narrative intervention for children with mixed reading disability
Child Language Teaching and Therapy
February 2008
Spoken language samples of New Zealand children in conversation and narration
Advances in Speech Language Pathology
January 2004
Child behaviour and parental stress two years following the Christchurch earthquakes
Child response to language intervention following a natural disaster: A case series