References and Useful Links

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Recommended Links relating to the following topics:

The Early Years and Early Intervention

• Reversing The Real Brain Drain: Early Years Study (1999)
• The Early Years Study: Three Years Later (2002)
• Catch them before they fall: identificantion and assessment to prevent reading failure in young children (1998) JK Torgeson
• The Linguistic Genius of Babies (Short Clip)
• A range of research from LD Online

Skill Set 1 - Oral Language

•  Millions of Australian's have poor language skills - The Daily Telegraph - April 2010

• Unplug and Play: Heart Foundation National Campaign - useful parent information suggesting two hours maximum of screen time in a day 
• A range of research from LD Online

Skill Set 2 - Motor & Movement

Skill Set 3 – Spelling and Decoding (litreacy)

• Only NSW on the right track with phonological awareness in the early years
• Successful Phonological Awareness Instruction With Preschool Children: Lessons from the classroom
• A range of research from LD Online
• Speech Pathology Australia releases statistics on Australian literacy: childhood, adult and indigenous literacy
• PLD Tackles Indigenous literacy in the Pilbara - Rawa Community School

Recommended Published References relating to the following topics:

The Early Years and Early Intervention

• Baby Talk by Sally Ward (parenting guide for 0-5 years)

Skill Set 1 - Oral Language

• Speech Pathology Australia Media Release (17/08/2011) - Literacy is a language problem
• Butler, K. (1999) From Oracy to Literacy: Changing Clinical Perspectives. Topics in Language Disorders. 20(1), 14-32
• Prevalence of Speech/and or language impairment in preparatory students in Northern Tasmania, Jessup et. al., (University of Queensland) (2008) International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2008
• Snow, C.E., Scarborough, H.S. & Burns, M.S. (1999) What speech-language pathologists need to know about early reading. Topics in Language Disorders. 20(1), 48-58.

Skill Set 2 - Perceptual Motor

• References to follow

Skill Set 3 – Literacy

• Marilyn Jager Adams (2004) Beginning to Read: Thinking and Learning About Print. MIT Press, Cambridge. 
• Chall, J.(1989)Learning to Read: The Great Debate - 20 years later. A response to 'Debunking the Great Phonics Myth. Phi Delta Kappan. March, 521-538
• Prevention of Reading Failure edited by Alan Watson and Anne Badenhop: Ashton Scholastic  
• Pullen, P.C. & Justic, L.M. (2003) Enhancing Phonological Awareness, Print Awareness and Oral Language Skills in Preschool Children. Intervention in School and Clinic. 39(2), 87-98.
• Heath, S.M. & Hogben, J.H. (2004) Cost effective prediction of reading difficulties.  Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research. 47(4), 751-765.
• Gillon, G. (2004) Phonological Awareness: From Research to Practice. Guildford Press, New York.