Yvonne Yong is an educational psychologist in an Early Intervention Program for Infants and Children (EIPIC). She received her Masters’ Degree in School/Educational Psychology from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her research interests include the use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems to increase functional communication for pre-schoolers with developmental disabilities.
Anuradha Dutt is a licensed/registered psychologist (United States and Singapore). She has worked extensively for children with profound developmental disabilities that engage in severe behavioural problems. She received her doctorate from the University of Iowa and pursued her post-doctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine – Kennedy Krieger Institute.
Mo Chen is a Research Scientist in National Institute of Education at Nanyang Technological University. She received her PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of MinnesotaTwin Cities. She is a Doctoral-level Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA-D). Her specialization is in the assessment and intervention for learners with developmental disabilities and/or communication impairments.
Adeline Yeong is an educational psychologist in an organization that serves children with moderate to severe developmental needs. She received her Masters’ Degree in School/Educational Psychology from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her research interests include developing evidence-based interventions to help increase independent, functional skills in children and adolescents with developmental disabilities.
Lynn Dempsey is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Linguistics at Brock University in Canada. She has a background in Speech-Language Pathology and Rehabilitation Sciences. Her research focuses on language comprehension in pre-readers. She is particularly interested in assessment issues and in exploring factors that influence story comprehension.
Marleen Westerveld, PhD, is an Associate Professor in speech pathology from the School of Allied Health Sciences at Griffith University in Australia. Her research relates to language and literacy development and disorders in children and adolescents, with particular interest in the early literacy development of children on the autism spectrum.
Rachelle Wicks is a PhD Candidate from the School of Allied Health Sciences at Griffith University, Gold Coast. She is an autistic researcher who is currently investigating the relationships between visual attention to print vs pictures during shared book reading and emergent literacy for preschool-aged children with autism.
Jessica Paynter, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer and Clinical Psychologist from the School of Applied Psychology at Griffith University, Gold Coast. Her research focuses on the development, evaluation, and dissemination of evidence-based practices for children with developmental disabilities, particularly autism.
Camilla Nilsson, MSc, is a certified speech and language therapist, clinically working at Region Stockholm in Sweden. Her interests focus on speech and language development in the pediatric population.
Jill Nyberg, PhD, Division of Speech-Language Pathology at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. Her background is in speech-language pathology. Her main interest concern children with cleft lip and palate and their speech.
Sofia Strömbergsson is an assistant professor at the Division of Speech-Language Pathology at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. Her background is in speech-language pathology, and computational linguistics. Her main interests concern children’s speech and language disorders, with a specific focus on communicative consequences of producing atypical speech.
Tarryn Coetzee is a Speech-Language Pathologist and Audiologist in private practice in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her work is centred around early and school-aged language and literacy intervention. She has presented her work at several national and international conferences including the IALP in Dublin, Ireland.
Sharon Moonsamy (PhD) an Associate Professor in Speech-Language Pathology and a Remedial-Education Consultant at Wits University. Her teaching and research, including child language, literacy and cognition are centered on social justice, creating access to services for those from marginalized populations. Teacher-therapist workshops, conference presentations, and journal and book publications contribute to her scholarly profile.
Joanne Neille (PhD) is a senior lecturer in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology in the School of Human and Community Development at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Her work centres around the notion of providing a voice to those living on the margins of society, thereby contributing to evidence-based practice and clinically relevant research.
Barbara Moseley Harris is a Speech and Language Therapist for Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust, UK. She has 35 years clinical experience, a Research Methods MSc from University of Chester, and recently enrolled as a PhD student at Birmingham City University. Her research interests are individuals’ experiences of intervention and stammering.
