I am a certified practising speech pathologist and researcher in child language and literacy. My main interests relate to children's spontaneous language performance (conversation, story retell, explanations, and persuasion) and children’s (emergent) literacy development. The main aims of my website are to provide you with: 1) access to free resources I created as part of my research – from language sampling elicitation protocols to evidence-based intervention programs; and 2) links to other websites featuring evidence-based practice tools and free resources. Follow me on Instagram for updates to the website including new resources and publications and project updates @dr.marleenwesterveld.slp Marleen Westerveld, PhD, CPSP

Publications

Check out my top publications and conference presentations

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Resources

In this section you will find free language sample elicitation protocols and materials.

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Links

In this section you will find links to my favourite websites - most of them provide free resources.

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PodCast - Autism and Literacy

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"SpeakUp podcast - To celebrate World Autism Month, Anneke Flinn (Speech Pathology Australia) talks to Associate Professor Marleen Westerveld and Dr Jessica Paynter from Griffith University about the literacy skills of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder ". We highlight why we should be concerned about the low literacy achievement of many children on the autism

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