Pamela Snow is a Professor of Cognitive Psychology in the School of Education at La Trobe University in Australia. She is a speech-language pathologist and registered psychologist and researches language and literacy skills in childhood and adolescence. She has particular interests in vulnerable populations and evidence-based early reading instruction.
Emina McLean is a lecturer and researcher at La Trobe University in Australia. Her background is in speech-language pathology, education, child and adolescent psychiatry, and public health. Emina is particularly interested in evidence-based language and literacy instruction, cognition and its processes, mental health, pedagogy, and professional learning.
Margarita Frederico is a Professor of Social Work and Social Policy in the School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport at La Trobe University, Australia and Principal Research Consultant Berry Street Take Two. Her research is applied and translational focusing upon improving outcomes for children and families experiencing disadvantage.
Lonneke Janssen, MA, is junior researcher at Royal Dutch Kentalis. She wrote her master’s thesis on the effectiveness of Story Grammar Training. She is currently investigating the efficacy of multiple intervention methods to enable working evidence-based. Moreover, she wants to know what core components of DLD interventions are effective.
Annette Scheper, PhD, is senior researcher at Royal Dutch Kentalis, guest researcher at Radboud University Nijmegen and program leader of Deelkracht research of ZonMw (The Dutch Organisation for Health Research and development). Her research focuses on language profiles in relation to executive functions and social-emotional development in DLD and the effectiveness of interventions in DLD.
Martina de Groot, MA, is speech-language therapist and speech-language pathologist at the Speech and Language Center of Royal Dutch Kentalis.
Katja Daamen, MSc, is speech-language therapist and clinical linguist at the Speech and Language Center of Royal Dutch Kentalis.
Margot Willemsen is speech-language therapist at a school of Royal Dutch Kentalis.
Constance Vissers is affiliated to Royal Dutch Kentalis and Radboud University Nijmegen as professor (Endowed Chair) and clinical neuropsychologist. In her research she takes a neuropsychological perspective on language development zooming in on cognitive deficits, brain functioning and contextual factors and applying innovative neuropsychological measures and interventions in children with DLD.
Ludo Verhoeven is professor in Communication, Language and Literacy at Royal Dutch Kentalis and Radboud University Nijmegen, and also at the University of Curaçao. His research focuses on the neurocognitive foundation in the variation in first and second language and literacy learning in typical and atypical children and on the interventions that facilitate these children’s learning processes and outcomes.
Irina Savolainen has worked as a speech and language therapist for over 20 years with non-speaking children and youths involving in the development of communication books and technical communication devices. She is a Ph.D. student at the University of Helsinki and her research focuses on the progress of aided conversations.
Anu Klippi is a professor, emerita, of speech and language pathology at the University of Helsinki. Her principal research interests lie in the study of impaired interaction and conversation from the viewpoint of speech and language therapy. Her research focuses on multimodality and on multisemiotic systems in conversation.
Tuula Tykkyläinen is speech-language therapist, PhD and Docent in Logopedics at University of Helsinki. Her research interests are in institutional and in asymmetric interaction. Her research focuses on interaction in therapy, guidance and play. She is Senior Researcher in research project Intersubjective Understanding in Atypical Human Interaction
Kaisa Launonen, PhD and a speech and language therapist, works as a university lecturer and the director of the BA and MA programme in logopedics at the University of Helsinki. Her main research interests are early intervention, people with the most severe communication disabilities, and augmentative and alternative communication.
Sunila John is an Associate Professor in the Department of Speech & Hearing, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education. She is a qualified Speech and Hearing professional and her research interests concern the communication difficulties in children, adults and elderly.
Veena KD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Speech & Hearing, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education. She is a qualified Speech and Hearing professional and her research interests concern the adult neuro-communication disorders, child language disorders, articulation and phonology.
Hanna Nelson is a research scholar in the Department of Speech & Hearing, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education. Her research interests focus on narrative development in children.
Venkataraja Aithal U is a Professor in the Department of Speech & Hearing, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education. He is a qualified Speech and Hearing professional with expertise in voice and laryngectomy rehabilitation, neurogenic communication disorders, dysphagia, clinical audiology and child language acquisition.
Rekha Patil is a clinical supervisor at Department of Speech & Hearing, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education. She is a qualified Speech & Hearing Professional. Her research interests include communication disorders, and Aural Rehabilitation.
B Rajashekhar is a Professor in the Department of Speech & Hearing, Manipal College of Health Professions, Manipal Academy of Higher Education. He is a qualified Speech and Hearing professional with expertise in voice, laryngectomee rehabilitation and diagnostic audiology.
