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JCPSLP
Volume 16, Number 2 2014
Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology
Maria Lennox
is a certified practising speech-language
pathologist with the Department of Education Training and
Employment, Queensland.
Dr Marleen Westerveld
is a senior
lecturer in the Master of Speech Pathology program at Griffith
University, Gold Coast, Queensland. Marleen’s research interests
relate to child language, including assessment and intervention in
the areas of emergent literacy, bilingualism, and spontaneous
language skills.
Correspondence to:
Maria Lennox
Speech Pathologist, CPSP
Department of Education Training and Employment
email:
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Long-term follow-up is needed to evaluate whether the
program leads to generalised improvement in literacy
skills in later years (O’Connor et al., 2009).
Acknowledgements
Thanks are extended to the volunteer speech pathology
students for their hard work and enthusiasm in assisting
with the project.
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