Look at Mummy: challenges in training parents to deliver a home treatment program for childhood apraxia of speech in a rural Canadian community

Ms Jacqueline Lim

qualifications: Bachelor of Applied Science (Speech Pathology)

contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision

position: Lecturer

Jacqueline has been a practising speech pathologist for 21 years. The majority of her clinical experience has been in regional Australia and rural and remote Canada. She is currently completing her PhD through Sydney University on the treatment of Childhood Apraxia of Speech and Dynamic Systems Theory. Her areas of clinical interest include Childhood Apraxia of Speech, Developmental Language Disorder and Speech Sound Disorders.

Prof Patricia McCabe

qualifications: PhD

contribution: Study conception and design, Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision

position: Professor of Speech Pathology

A/Prof Alison Purcell

qualifications: PhD

contribution: Study conception and design, Analysis and interpretation of data, Critical revision

position: Associate Professor of Speech Pathology

Alison is a certified practicing speech pathologist and an internationally respected leader and researcher in paediatric lifelong speech and language disorders arising from head and neck motor, motor, and anatomical disorders, including hearing impairment with a focus on urban Aboriginal children, childhood apraxia of speech, and cleft related disorders. Children with these types of speech and language disorders face a lifetime of educational and financial disadvantage. Internationally, my research has minimised that international public health problem. The methods underpinning that outstanding achievement include, large scale communication assessment research, intervention studies, research with strong interdisciplinary collaborations, and translating research outcomes into health policy