Australasian Human Development Association (AHDA) conference, Wellington, New Zealand

A group of researchers from Charles Sturt University (CSU) attended the Australasian Human Development Association (AHDA) conference in Wellington, New Zealand last week. The group presented a symposium which contained papers from members of RIPPLE's Speech, Language and Literacies strand.

The symposium was titled:
Supporting the Development of Children with Speech and Language Difficulties in the Early Years.

The symposium contained the following papers:
1. Trajectories of teacher-student relationship quality during primary school in children with and without communication impairment and student outcomes at age 12-13
Linda Harrison, Audrey Wang, Sharynne McLeod, Sue Walker

2. Supporting multilingual children’s language development in the early years
Sarah Verdon, Sharynne McLeod, Sandie Wong

3. An ideal world: Increasing awareness of professional beliefs, values and attitudes to improve the support of children with speech and language difficulties in the early years
Catherine Easton, Jane McCormack

4. The story of the echidna and the calculator: Using children's pronunciation of polysyllables to gain insight into their emergent literacy skills
Sarah Masso, Elise Baker, Sharynne McLeod 

The symposium generated a great deal of discussion between audience members and also provided an opportunity for symposium members who are located on different campuses of CSU to share and discuss their work face to face. 

Below is a photo of the presenters and authors who attended the conference.

From left: Catherine Easton, Linda Harrison, Audrey Wang, Sue Walker, Sarah Verdon and Sarah Masso.