UC Research Profile - University of Canterbury

Associate Professor Brigid McNeill

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Department: School of Teacher Education

Email: brigid.mcneill@canterbury.ac.nz

Phone: +64 3 369 3999 ext. 93685

Office: Rehua 411

Language: English

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Research / Creative works

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Fields of Research

Childhood apraxia of speech
developmental verbal dyspraxia
Literacy instruction
Developmental speech disorders
Phonological awareness
Reading and spelling development
Oral language
Dyslexia

Researcher Summary

Dr. McNeill is an international expert on literacy development in children with childhood apraxia of speech. Her prospective study of the validity and nature of childhood apraxia of speech has been supported by a Fast-Start Marsden grant from the Royal Society of New Zealand. Her research also focuses on developing and evaluating methods to better prepare teachers to support children’s early literacy development. Dr. McNeill is on the management team of the New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour and leads its language acquisition research theme.

Active research includes:
1. Childhood apraxia of speech;
2. Phonological awareness intervention for children with speech and language difficulty;
2. Classroom spelling instruction practices;
3. The effectiveness of primary teacher education graduates in facilitating literacy learning in at risk populations;
4. Predictors of reading success

Subject Area: Disciplines

Education: Literacy Education ; Special Education
Health and Health Sciences: Speech & Language Therapy

Resources

Staff webpage

Prizes and Awards

Canterbury Fellow to Oxford University (St John's College) ( 2015 )

Canterbury Fellow to Trinity College, Dublin ( 2013 )

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

McNeill BC. (2018) Improving Preservice Teachers’ Phonemic Awareness, Morphological Awareness and Orthographic Knowledge. Australian Journal of Teacher Education. (Journal Articles)

Schluter P., Kokaua J., Tautolo E-S., Richards R., Taleni T., Kim HM., Audas R., McNeill B., Taylor B. and Gillon G. (2018) Patterns of early primary school-based literacy interventions among Pacific children from a nationwide health screening programme of 4 year olds. Scientific Reports 8 12368 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29939-w. (Journal Articles)

Schluter PJ., Audas R., Kokaua J., McNeill B., Taylor B., Milne B. and Gillon G. (2018) The Efficacy of Preschool Developmental Indicators as a Screen for Early Primary School-Based Literacy Interventions. Child Development http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13145. (Journal Articles)

Bishop DVM., Snowling MJ., Thompson PA., Greenhalgh T. and CATALiSE-2 Consortium. (2017) Phase 2 of CATALISE: a multinational and multidisciplinary Delphi consensus study of problems with language development: Terminology. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines 58(10): 1068-1080. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12721. (Journal Articles)

Gillon G., McNeill B., Scott ABF., Denston A., Carson K. and Macfarlane AH. (2017) Accelerating early literacy success in Year 1 children who have lower levels of phonological awareness and oral language ability. Christchurch, New Zealand: Literacy and Learning Symposium, 26-27 Oct 2017. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Gillon GT. and McNeill BC. (2017) Phonological Awareness Development in Children with Spoken Language Impairment. In Gillon GT (Ed.), Phonological Awareness: From Research to Practice (2nd ed.) New York, NY: Guildford Press. (Chapters)

Gillon GT. and McNeill BC. (2017) Phonological Awareness Intervention: Building foundations for successful early literacy development for preschool children with speech-language impairment. In McCauley RJ; Fey ME; Gillam R (Ed.), Treatment of Language Disorders in Children (2nd ed.): 213-238. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing. (Chapters)

McNeill B., Gillon G., Scott ABF. and Denston A. (2017) Literacy development in children with speech and language difficulties. Christchurch, New Zealand: Literacy and Learning Symposium, 26-27 Oct 2017. (Conference Contributions - Other)

McNeill BC. and Gillon GT. (2017) Phonological Awareness and Spelling Development. In Gillon GT (Ed.), Phonological Awareness: From Research to Practice (2nd ed.) New York, NY: Guildford Press. (Chapters)

McNeill BC., Justice L., Gillon GT. and Scheule M. (2017) Phonological Awareness: Description, Assessment, and Intervention. In Bernthal JE; Bankson NW; Flipsen P (Ed.), Articulation and Phonological Disorders: Speech Sound Disorders in Children (8th ed.): 302-324. Boston: Pearson. (Chapters)

McNeill BC., Wolter J. and Gillon GT. (2017) A comparison of the metalinguistic performance and spelling development of children with inconsistent speech sound disorder and their age-matched and reading-matched peers. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 26(2): 456-468. http://dx.doi.org/10.1044/2016_AJSLP-16-0085. (Journal Articles)

Scott ABF., van Bysterveldt A. and McNeill B. (2017) Extratextual Talk during Shared Reading: Teenage Mothers and their Young Children. Los Angeles, CA, USA: 2017 American Speech Hearing Association Convention (ASHA), 9-11 Nov 2017. (Conference Contributions - Published)

Wilson L., McNeill B. and Gillon GT. (2017) Inter-professional education of prospective speech–language therapists and primary school teachers through shared professional practice placements. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 52(4): 426-439. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12281. (Journal Articles)

Bishop DVM., Snowling MJ., Thompson PA., Greenhalgh T., Adams C., Archibald L., Baird G., Bauer A., Bellair J. and Boyle C. (2016) CATALISE: A multinational and multidisciplinary Delphi consensus study. Identifying language impairments in children. PLoS ONE 11(7) http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158753. (Journal Articles)

O'Hare M., Newbury JM. and McNeill BC. (2016) The impact of Teacher Talk professional development on teachers behaviours during story book reading.. Auckland: New Zealand Speech Language Therapy Conference, 7-9 Sep 2016. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Purvis CJ., McNeill BC. and Everatt J. (2016) Enhancing the metalinguistic abilities of pre-service teachers via coursework targeting language structure knowledge. Annals of Dyslexia 66(1): 55-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11881-015-0108-9. (Journal Articles)

Sadeghi A., Everatt J. and McNeill B. (2016) A simple model of Persian reading comprehension. Writing Systems Research 8(1): 44-63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17586801.2014.1003768. (Journal Articles)

Sadeghi A., Everatt J. and McNeill BC. (2016) Do reading comprehension tests vary in the skills they assess? Hamilton, New Zealand: CLESOL Conference, 14-17 Jul 2016. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Sadeghi A., Everatt J. and McNeill BC. (2016) Influence of language background on reading comprehension among English Language Learners. Hamilton, New Zealand: CLESOL Conference, 14-17 Jul 2016. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Scott A., McNeill B. and van Bysterveldt AK. (2016) A Multimedia Literacy Intervention for Teenage Mothers. Dublin, Ireland: International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics Conference, 21-25 Aug 2016. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Scott A., McNeill BC. and van Bysterveldt A. (2016) A multimedia literacy intervention for teenage mothers. Dublin, Ireland: 30th World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP), 21-25 Aug 2016. (Conference Contributions - Published)

Scott A., van Bysterveldt A. and McNeill B. (2016) The Effectiveness of an Emergent Literacy Intervention for Teenage Parents. Infants & Young Children 29(1): 53-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/IYC.0000000000000052. (Journal Articles)

Scott A., van Bysterveldt A. and McNeill BC. (2016) The Quality and Quantity of Language Used by Teenage Mothers during Shared Reading with their Children. Dublin, Ireland: 30th World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP), 21-25 Aug 2016. (Conference Contributions - Published)

Scott A., van Bysterveldt AK. and McNeill B. (2016) The Quality and Quantity of Language Used by Teenage Mothers during Shared Reading with their Children.. Dublin, Ireland: International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics Conference, 21-25 Aug 2016. (Conference Contributions - Published)

Wilson L., McNeill B. and Gillon GT. (2016) A comparison of inter-professional education programs in preparing prospective teachers and speech and language pathologists for collaborative language–literacy instruction. Reading and Writing 29(6): 1179-1201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11145-016-9631-2. (Journal Articles)

Gautam S., Everatt J., Sadeghi A. and McNeill BC. (2015) Predictors of reading comprehension in multilingual readers: A cross-sectional study. Big Island, HI, USA: 22nd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR), 15-18 Jul 2015. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Purvis C., McNeill BC. and Everatt J. (2015) The responsiveness of pre-service teachers with differing word-level and text-level literacy profiles to coursework focused on increasing language structure knowledge. Big Island, HI, USA: 22nd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR), 15-18 Jul 2015. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Wilson L., McNeill B. and Gillon GT. (2015) The knowledge and perceptions of prospective teachers and speech language therapists in collaborative language and literacy instruction. Child Language Teaching & Therapy 31(3): 347-362. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265659015585374. (Journal Articles)

Wilson L., McNeill BC. and Gillon GT. (2015) Building the foundations for collaborative practice among prospective speech-language therapists and primary school teachers. Christchurch, New Zealand: New Zealand Speech-language Therapists' Association Professional Development Symposium 2015, 11-12 Jun 2015. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Wilson L., McNeill BC. and Gillon GT. (2015) The effects of inter-professional education on the linguistic knowledge of student primary teachers and student speech-language therapists. Big Island, HI, USA: 22nd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR), 15-18 Jul 2015. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Wilson L., McNeill BC. and Gillon GT. (2015) The potential of inter-professional education to prepare prospective SLPs and teachers for collaborative literacy instruction. Canberra, Australia: Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, 17-20 May 2015. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Carroll J., Gillon GT., McNeill BC. and Shaughency E. (2014) New Zealand early childhood teachers' storybook reading practices: The talk beyond the story. Literacy Forum/Te Korero Panui Tuhituhi o Aotearoa 39: 13-24. (Journal Articles)

Collings A., van Bysterveldt A. and McNeill BC. (2014) An integrated emergent literacy intervention for teenage parents. Orlando, FL, USA: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention (2014 ASHA), 20-22 Nov 2014. (Conference Contributions - Published)

Collings A., van Bysterveldt A. and McNeill BC. (2014) Growing great readers: Helping teenage parents engage their children with books. Wellington, New Zealand: 2014 New Zealand Speech-Language Therapists' Association Annual Conference (NZSTA), 9-11 Apr 2014. (Conference Contributions - Published)

Everatt J. and McNeill BC. (2014) Practical implications from research into dyspraxia. In Holliman AJ (Ed.), The Routledge International Companion to Educational Psychology: 307-316. Abingdon: Routledge. (Chapters)

Fidler R., Purvis C., McNeill BC. and Everatt J. (2014) Strategies to support reading comprehension amongst adult students with literacy weaknesses - effectiveness across country contexts. Guildford, UK: British Dyslexia Association 9th International Conference (BDA), 27-29 Mar 2014. (Conference Contributions - Other)

McNeill B. and Kirk C. (2014) Theoretical beliefs and instructional practices used for teaching spelling in elementary classrooms. Reading and Writing 27(3): 535-554. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11145-013-9457-0. (Journal Articles)

McNeill BC. (2014) Differential assessment and therapy planning for children with severe speech disorder. Wellington, New Zealand: 2014 New Zealand Speech-Language Therapists' Association Annual Conference (NZSTA), 9-11 Apr 2014. (Conference Contributions - Other)

McNeill BC. and Gillon GT. (2014) Guest Editorial. Speech, Language and Hearing 17(1): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/2050571X13Z.00000000039. (Other)

McNeill BC. and Gillon GT. (2014) Language and educational performance of young children with inconsistent speech errors. Melbourne, Australia: Centre of Research Excellence Child Language Research Conference (CRE-CL): Discoveries and New Directions, 22-23 May 2014. (Conference Contributions - Other)

McNeill BC. and Gillon GT. (2014) Longitudinal evaluation of the speech and literacy profile of children with inconsistent speech errors. Orlando, FL, USA: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention (2014 ASHA), 20-22 Nov 2014. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Purvis C., McNeill BC. and Sutherland D. (2014) Language, communication, and literacy skills of adolescents with behavioral difficulties in mainstream education. Speech, Language and Hearing 17(4): 225-236. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/2050572814Y.0000000044. (Journal Articles)

Purvis C., McNeill BC., Everatt J. and Sutherland D. (2014) The effectiveness of building New Zealand student teachers' language structure knowledge within an Undergraduate Literacy Education Course. Wellington, New Zealand: 2014 New Zealand Speech-Language Therapists' Association Annual Conference (NZSTA), 9-11 Apr 2014. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Purvis C., McNeill BC., Everatt J. and Sutherland D. (2014) The effectiveness of reading comprehension strategies targeted at adult students with literacy weaknesses. Santa Fe, NM, USA: Society for the Scientific Study of Reading Conference, 17-19 Jul 2014. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Purvis C., Sutherland D. and McNeill BC. (2014) Language and communication abilities of adolescent students with behavior difficulties. Wellington, New Zealand: 2014 New Zealand Speech-Language Therapists' Association Annual Conference (NZSTA), 9-11 Apr 2014. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Sadeghi A., Everatt J. and McNeill BC. (2014) Factors related to reading comprehension weaknesses in Persian speaking primary school children. Asia Pacific Journal of Developmental Differences 1(2): 172-189. http://dx.doi.org/10.3850/S2345734114000034. (Journal Articles)

Sadeghi A., Everatt J. and McNeill BC. (2014) Models of reading acquisition in deep and transparent orthographies: A Persian model of reading. Tehran, Iran: 12th Iranian Speech Therapy Congress, 25-27 Feb 2014. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Sadeghi A., Everatt J., McNeill BC. and Rezaei A. (2014) Text processing in English-Persian bilingual children: A bilingual view on the Simple Model of Reading. Educational and Child Psychology 31(2): 45-56. (Journal Articles)

Sadeghi A., McNeill BC., Everatt J. and Purvis C. (2014) Influence of L1 background on English reading comprehension skills. Santa Fe, NM, USA: Society of the Scientific Study of Reading Conference, 17-19 Jul 2014. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Scott A., van Bysterveldt A. and McNeill B. (2014) An Integrated Emergent Literacy Intervention for Teenage Parents. Orlando, FL, USA: 2014 American Speech Hearing Association Convention (ASHA), 20-22 Nov 2014. (Conference Contributions - Published)

Shamsuzzaman M., Everatt J. and McNeill BC. (2014) An Investigation of the Relationship between Instructors' Backgrounds and the Teaching of Second Language Writing in Bangladesh. International Journal of Innovation in English Language Teaching and Research 3(1): 51-72. (Journal Articles)

Wilson L., McNeill BC., Gillon GT. and Moran C. (2014) Designing professional development to advance collaboration among speech language therapists and teachers in children's literacy. Wellington, New Zealand: 2014 New Zealand Speech-Language Therapists' Association Annual Conference (NZSTA), 9-11 Apr 2014. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Carroll J., Gillon GT., McNeill BC. and Schaughency E. (2013) The effects of a professional development model to enhance early childhood teachers' storybook reading. San Sebastian, Spain: IWORDD: International Workshop On Reading and Developmental Dyslexia, 30-31 May 2013. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Collings A., McNeill B. and van Bysterveldt AK. (2013) Assessing Teen Parents Literacy Skills. Christchurch, New Zealand: Language and Literacy Research Lab Mini-Conference, 9-9 May 2013. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Collings A., McNeill BC. and van Bysterveldt A. (2013) The Effectiveness of an Intervention Focused on Engaging Teenage Parents With Literacy. Chicago, IL, USA: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Annual Convention, 14-16 Nov 2013. (Conference Contributions - Published)

Everatt J., Sadeghi A., Grech L., AlMeneya N., ElShiekh M., Mahmoud S., McNeill BC. and Elbeheri G. (2013) Assessment of literacy learning difficulties among second language and bilingual learners. Hong Kong: 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR), 10-13 Jul 2013. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Everatt J., Sadeghi A., Grech L., Elshikh M., Abdel-Sabour S., Al-Menaye N., McNeill B. and Elbeheri G. (2013) Assessment of literacy difficulties in second language and bilingual learners. In Spanoudis G; Tsagari D (Ed.), Assessing L2 Students with Learning and Other Disabilities (Linguistics): 27-43. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. (Chapters)

Gillon GT. and McNeill BC. (2013) Best Practice in Phonological Awareness Intervention for Children With Speech Sound Disorder. Chicago, IL USA: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Annual Convention, 14-16 Nov 2013. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Justice LM., Gillon GT., McNeill BC. and Scheule CM. (2013) Phonological awareness: Description, assessment, and intervention. In Bernthal JE; Bankson NW; Flipsen P (Ed.), Articulation and Phonological Disorders: Speech Sound Disorders in Children (7th ed.): 355-382. Boston: Pearson. (Chapters)

McNeill B., Wolter J. and Gillon G. (2013) Phonological, morphological, and orthographic factors in spelling of children with inconsistent speech disorder. San Sebastian, Spain: IWORDD: International Workshop On Reading and Developmental Dyslexia, 30-31 May 2013. (Conference Contributions - Other)

McNeill BC. (2013) Developmental verbal dyspraxia. In Cummings L (Ed.), Cambridge Handbook of Communication Disorders: 49-60. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Chapters)

McNeill BC. and Everatt J. (2013) Meta-linguistic predictors of word-level literacy skills in monolingual and language minority learners. Speech, Language and Hearing 16(2): 92-98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/2050571X13Z.00000000012. (Journal Articles)

McNeill BC. and Gillon G. (2013) Predictors of reading development in children with inconsistent speech disorder. Hong Kong: 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR), 10-13 Jul 2013. (Conference Contributions - Other)

McNeill BC. and Gillon GT. (2013) Expressive morphosyntactic development in three children with childhood apraxia of speech. Speech, Language and Hearing 16(1): 9-17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/2050571X12Z.0000000005. (Journal Articles)

McNeill BC. and Kirk C. (2013) A comparison between classroom teachers' beliefs about spelling and their instructional practices. San Sebastian, Spain: IWORDD: International Workshop On Reading and Developmental Dyslexia, 30-31 May 2013. (Conference Contributions - Other)

McNeill BC., Gillon GT. and Dodd B. (2013) Factors influencing the longer term effectiveness of phonological awareness intervention for children with apraxia of speech. Hong Kong: 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR), 10-13 Jul 2013. (Conference Contributions - Other)

McNeill BC., Westerveld M., van Bysterveldt A., Boyd L. and Gillon GT. (2013) Early name writing and invented spelling development. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies 48(1): 50-65. (Journal Articles)

Purvis C., Sutherland D. and McNeill BC. (2013) Reading and language comprehension of students identified with behavioural difficulties. Hong Kong: 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR), 10-13 Jul 2013. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Sadeghi A., Everatt J. and McNeill BC. (2013) Predictors of biliteracy levels in refugee community populations in Australasia. Hong Kong: 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR), 10-13 Jul 2013. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Sadeghi A., McNeill BC. and Everatt J. (2013) Influence of L1 background on early English literacy learning. Provo, UT, USA: 32nd Second Language Research Forum (SLRF), 31 Oct-2 Nov 2013. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Shamsuzzaman M., Everatt J., Wong A., ElShiekh M., McNeill BC., Greenwood J. and Sadeghi A. (2013) Influences of language background, language competence and cross-language interactions on second language writing skills. Hong Kong: 20th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR), 10-13 Jul 2013. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Wilson L., McNeill BC. and Gillon GT. (2013) Interprofessional Understandings Between Speech-Language Pathology and Education University Students. Chicago, IL USA: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention (ASHA), 14-16 Nov 2013. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Carroll J., Gillon GT. and McNeill BC. (2012) Explicit Phonological Knowledge of Educational Professionals. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing 15(4): 232-244. (Journal Articles)

Carroll J., Gillon GT. and McNeill BC. (2012) Once upon a time... Early childhood educators' talk during story book reading. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: International Reading Comprehension Symposium, 4-5 Oct 2012. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Collings A., McNeill B. and van Bysterveldt A. (2012) An online survey of the Home Literacy Environments of teenage parents attending a Teen Parent Unit. New Zealand Journal of Speech-Language Therapy 67: 22-30. (Journal Articles)

Collings A., McNeill BC. and van Bysterveldt A. (2012) Early intervention literacy engagement: Literacy intervention for teenage parents and their young children. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: International Reading Comprehension Symposium, 4-5 Oct 2012. (Conference Contributions - Published)

Sadeghi A., Everatt J. and McNeill BC. (2012) Reading comprehension in Persian: Predictors of individual differences and comparisons with English. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: International Reading Comprehension Symposium, 4-5 Oct 2012. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Sadeghi A., Everatt J. and McNeill BC. (2012) Reading comprehension in Persian-English bilinguals: Support for learning. Mons, Belgium: 17th European Conference on Reading Literacy and Diversity, 31 Jul-3 Aug 2011. (Conference Contributions - Published)

Van Bysterveldt A. and McNeill BC. (2012) Reading comprehension development in children with speech disorder. Christchurch, New Zealand: International Reading Comprehension Symposium, 4-5 Oct 2012. (Conference Contributions - Published)

Wong A., Everatt J. and McNeill BC. (2012) Second language writing in the ESL classroom. Dunedin, New Zealand: First National Postgraduate Colloquium, 1-1 Aug 2012. In Bracing Malaysia for a complicated world: A compilation of research by Malaysian postgraduates in New Zealand: 65-81. (Conference Contributions - Published)

Carroll J., Gillon G. and McNeill B. (2011) Phonological Awareness: Early Childhood Teachers' Knowledge. San Diego, CA, USA: 2011 American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, 17-19 Nov 2011. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Carroll J., Gillon GT. and McNeill BC. (2011) Phonological awareness of New Zealand educators. Dunedin, New Zealand: 17th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Human Development Association (AHDA), 4-6 Jul 2011. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Carroll J., Gillon GT. and McNeill BC. (2011) The Phonological Awareness Knowledge of NZ Early Childhood Educators. Dunedin, New Zealand: 2011 NZSTA Professional Development Seminar, 30-31 May 2011. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Gillon G., McNeill B., van Bysterveldt A., Carroll J. and Carson K. (2011) Delivering Phonological Awareness Within the Classroom Context. San Diego, CA, USA: 2011 American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, 17-19 Nov 2011. (Conference Contributions - Published)

McNeill B. and Gillon G. (2011) Evaluation of Expressive Morphosyntactic Development in Three Children with CAS. San Diego, CA, USA: 2011 American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, 17-19 Nov 2011. (Conference Contributions - Other)

McNeill B. and Gillon G. (2011) Prospective Evaluation of Features of Childhood Apraxia of Speech. San Diego, CA, USA: 2011 American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, 17-19 Nov 2011. (Conference Contributions - Other)

McNeill BC. and Gillon GT. (2011) Longitudinal evaluation of the expressive morphosyntactic abilities of three children with apraxia of speech (CAS). University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: 8th Asia Pacific Conference on Speech, Language and Hearing, 11-14 Jan 2011. (Conference Contributions - Other)

McNeill BC., Buckley-Foster P. and Gillon GT. (2011) Supporting children with reading difficulties within the New Zealand English curriculum. Support for Learning: British Journal of Learning Support 26(3): 115-121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9604.2011.01489.x. (Journal Articles)

Sadeghi A., Everatt J. and McNeill B. (2011) Comparison of cognitive-linguistic predictors of reading comprehension of English-Persian and English-Arabic bilinguals. Auckland, New Zealand: 4th Annual Educational Psychology Forum, 22-23 Nov 2011. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Sadeghi A., Everatt J. and McNeill B. (2011) Phonological and Orthographic Processing in Persian Reading Comprehension. St Petersburg Beach, FL, USA: Eighteenth Annual Meeting: Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR), 13-16 Jul 2011. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Sadeghi A., Everatt J. and McNeill BC. (2011) Text reading processes in a relatively transparent orthography: the influence of underlying cognitive-linguistic abilities. Dunedin, New Zealand: 17th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Human Development Association (AHDA), 4-6 Jul 2011. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Wong A., Everatt J. and McNeill B. (2011) Predictors of second language writing quality. National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan: 2011 International Conference on EFL Education Tradition and Innovation, 1-1 May 2011. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Gillon GT. and McNeill BC. (2010) Phonological awareness: Motivating early literacy success. In Fletcher J; Parkhill F; Gillon G (Ed.), Motivating Literacy Learners in Today's World: 53-66. Wellington: NZCER Press. (Chapters)

McNeill B. (2010) Childhood Apraxia of Speech. Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Speech Therapy Association Conference 2010, 22-23 Apr 2010. (Conference Contributions - Other)

McNeill BC. and Hesketh A. (2010) Developmental complexity of the stimuli included in mispronunciation detection tasks. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 45(1): 72-82. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/13682820902745479. (Journal Articles)

McNeill BC., Gillon G. and Dodd B. (2010) Phonological Awareness Intervention Maintenance for Children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech. Athens, Greece: 28th World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, 22-26 Aug 2010. (Conference Contributions - Other)

McNeill BC., Gillon GT. and Dodd B. (2010) The longer term effects of an integrated phonological awareness intervention for children with childhood apraxia of speech. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing 13(3): 145-161. (Journal Articles)

Sadeghi A., Everatt J. and McNeill B. (2010) Development of Persian Reading Comprehension. Ottawa, Canada: Development 2010: A Canadian Conference on Developmental Psychology, 6-7 May 2010. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Sadeghi A., Everatt J., Tehrani LG., Al-Menaye N., Elbeheri G., Mahfoudhi A. and McNeill B. (2010) Text reading across languages: the influence of underlying cognitive-linguistic abilities. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: 3rd Educational Psychology Forum, 1-2 Nov 2010. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Sadeghi A., Everatt J., Tehrani LG., McNeill B., Elbeheri G. and Al-Menaye N. (2010) Predictors of Reading Comprehension Across Languages. Auckland, New Zealand: 23rd World Congress on Reading, 12-15 Jul 2010. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Wong A., Everatt J. and McNeill B. (2010) Second language writing process: How do ESL students write? University of Melbourne, Australia: Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference 2010, 28 Nov-2 Dec 2010. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Carroll J., Gillon GT. and McNeill BC. (2009) New Zealand educators' phonological awareness skills. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: Literacy Research Symposium, 1-2 Oct 2009. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Gillon G., Davis N., Everatt J., McNeill B. and Moran C. (2009) Supporting Adults with Dyslexia: A resource developed for the Tertiary Education Commission Adult Literacy Project.Commissioned by Tertiary Education Commission. (Reports)

Gillon G., Davis N., Everatt J., McNeill B. and Moran C. (2009) Supporting Adults with Dyslexia: A resource developed for the Tertiary Education Commission Adult Literacy Project.Commissioned by Tertiary Education Commission. (Reports)

Gillon GT. and McNeill BC. (2009) Effective practices in phonological awareness assessment and intervention. ACQuiring Knowledge in Speech, Language and Hearing 11(2): 72-76. (Journal Articles)

McNeill B., Gillon GT. and Dodd B. (2009) A longitudinal case study of the effects of an integrated phonological awareness program for idential twin boys with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). TASL: International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 11(6): 482-495. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17549500902842583. (Journal Articles)

McNeill BC., Gillon GT. and Dodd B. (2009) A longitudinal case study of the effects of an integrated phonological awareness program for identical twin boys with childhood apraxia of speech. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 11(6): 482-495. (Journal Articles)

McNeill BC., Gillon GT. and Dodd B. (2009) Effectiveness of an integrated phonological awareness approach for children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). Child Language Teaching and Therapy 25(3): 341-366. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265659009339823. (Journal Articles)

McNeill BC., Gillon GT. and Dodd B. (2009) Phonological awareness and early reading development in childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 44(2): 175-192. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13682820801997353. (Journal Articles)

Sutherland D., McNeill B. and Gillon G. (2009) Communication impairments and behaviour problems in children and adolescents: A review of the literature. ACQuiring Knowledge in Speech, Language and Hearing 11(3): 132-135. (Journal Articles)

Gillon G., Dodd B., Holm A., Moriarty B., van Bysterveldt A., Callagher K. and Kirk C. (2008) Applying Key Principles Of Phonological Awareness Intervention To Different Clinical Populations. Auckland, New Zealand: Reflecting Connections: A joint conference between New Zealand Speech-Language Therapists' Association and Speech Pathology Australia, 25-29 May 2008. (Conference Contributions - Other)

McNeill BC., Gillon GT. and Dodd B. (2008) Integrating phonological awareness, letter knowledge and speech targets for children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). Harrogate, UK: 7th BDA International Conference - Dyslexia: Making Links, 27-29 Mar 2008. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Gillon G., Dodd B., Holm A., Moriarty B., van Bysterveldt A. and Gallagher K. (2007) Adapting Phonological Awareness Intervention for Differing Populations. Boston, MA, USA: 2007 American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention, 15-17 Nov 2007. (Conference Contributions - Published)

Gillon GT. and McNeill BC. (2007) An integrated phonological awareness programme for preschool children with speech disorder. [Website http://www.education.canterbury.ac.nz/peop]. (Artefacts, Objects, Craftworks)

Gillon GT. and Moriarty BC. (2007) Childhood Apraxia of Speech: Children at Risk for Persistent Reading and Spelling Disorder. Seminars in Speech and Language 28(1): 48-57. (Journal Articles)

Moriarty BC. (2007) Advancing Spoken and Written Language Development in Children with Childhood Apraxia of Speech. Christchurch, New Zealand. University of Canterbury. (Theses / Dissertations)

Gillon G., Moriarty B. and Schwarz I. (2006) Evidence-based practice: An update of best practices in Speech-Language Therapy. Wellington: Ministry of Education. (Authored Books)

Moriarty B. and Gillon G. (2006) Childhood Apraxia of Speech: An intervention case study. ACQuiring Knowledge in Speech, Language and Hearing 8(1): 3-6. (Journal Articles)

Moriarty B. and Gillon G. (2006) Childhood Apraxia of Speech: Impact on Phonological Awareness & Reading Development. Miami, FL, USA: American Speech-Language and Hearing Association's (ASHA) Annual Convention: Building Bridges Through Communication, 16-18 Nov 2006. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Moriarty BC. and Gillon GT. (2006) Phonological awareness intervention for children with childhood apraxia of speech. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 41(6): 713-734. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13682820600623960. (Journal Articles)

Moriarty B. and Gillon G. (2005) Childhood apraxia of speech and phoneme awareness intervention. San Diego, CA, USA: The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, 18 Nov 2005. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Moriarty B., Gillon G. and Moran C. (2005) Assessment and Treatment of Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS): A Clinical Tutorial. New Zealand Journal of Speech-Language Therapy 60: 18-30. (Journal Articles)

Editorial Work

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Associate Editor ( 2013 - 2019)
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Editor, Special Issue ( 2013 )
New Zealand Journal of Speech and Language Therapy Co-editor ( 2011 - 2019)

Review and Refereeing

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology ( 2011 - 2019)

Asia Pacific Journal of Speech Language and Hearing ( 2009 - 2019)

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders ( 2009 - 2019)

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology ( 2009 )

Journal of Communication Disorders ( 2010 - 2019)

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools ( 2008 - 2019)

New Zealand Reading Forum ( 2010 - 2019)

Reading and Writing ( 2010 - 2019)

Support for Learning ( 2011 - 2019)