Brigid McNeill

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.

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University of Canterbury

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Learn how to prevent reading problems in children and how to use the shared book reading context in the most effective way to support children’s early reading development. Teaching children to read well results in a lifetime of benefits. The research evidence is very clear about the importance of [...]

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Course Auditing

EdX

UCx

University of Canterbury