Prof Nat Munro
Dr Natalie (Nat) Munro is Professor of Speech Pathology at Southern Cross University. Nat is a certified practising speech-language pathologist & Fellow of SPA. Her research spans paediatric speech & language disorders. Nat is a Senior Fellow of the HEA.
- Reposted by Prof Nat MunroAs speech and language specialists, we know the impact DLD can have when left undiagnosed. A must-read from The Independent here: tinyurl.com/ym4rfjtn.
- Assessment and theoretical interpretation of spoken discourse and cognitive skills in two adolescents with acquired brain injury by @elizabethhill.bsky.social Anne Whitworth, @me-boyo.bsky.social & Mary Claessen #OpenAccess IJSLP #bskySPEECHIES doi.org/10.1080/1754...
- Long-term impact of aerodigestive symptoms on adults with oesophageal cancer: A qualitative study Anna Gillman, Michelle Hayes, Irene Walsh, Margaret Walshe, John V. Reynolds & Julie Regan #OpenAccess Vol 27, Issue 4, International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology doi.org/10.1080/1754...
- Amplifying the voices of underrepresented speech-language pathologists: A scoping review using the transformative research paradigm by Mélanie Gréaux, Katie Chadd, Fatima Gheewala, Voon Pang, Napoleon Katsos & @drjennyg.bsky.social #OpenAccess Vol 27, Issue 4, IJSLP doi.org/10.1080/1754...
- Public awareness and knowledge about speech-language pathology and communication impairments in Aotearoa New Zealand Juhy Paily, Dean Sutherland & Tika Ormond Out now in Vol 27, Issue 4 International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology #OpenAccess #BSkySPEECHIES doi.org/10.1080/1754...
- Reposted by Prof Nat MunroThis study focuses on two of the most common methods for measuring speech intelligibility in children in clinical practice and in research: orthographic transcription measures and parent-reported ratings as measured by the Intelligibility in Context Scale on.asha.org/4n2yIqR
- Reposted by Prof Nat MunroAlso, @davidpocock.bsky.social is asking about difficulties in accessing home care packages aged care assessments. www.davidpocock.com.au/senator_poco...
- Reposted by Prof Nat MunroComing soon: "Parents told to abandon autistic kids at schools to get home assistance" In-home aged care package delays leave seniors feeling 'abandoned' www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
- Reposted by Prof Nat Munro🔐💰In @ashajournals.bsky.social @nichola-slp.bsky.social @natmunro.bsky.social @juliastarling.bsky.social lyn tieu Melanie Keep 2025 pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.1... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES To support adolescents, meaningfully there's an urgent need for more participation-focused measures. #context matters ICF
- Reposted by Prof Nat MunroThanks so much for sharing - please message me for a copy! Happy to share!
- Reposted by Prof Nat MunroSo pleased to see this published in LSHSS! Huge thanks to @natmunro.bsky.social, Mel Keep, @juliastarling.bsky.social, and Lyn Tieu. on.asha.org/4fCwdJj #SLPeeps #DevLangDis
- Researchers seeking to identify the constructs and measures used to evaluate the social interaction abilities of young people with communication disability conducted a scoping review including 173 peer-reviewed publications. on.asha.org/4fCwdJj @nichola-slp.bsky.social
- Reposted by Prof Nat MunroDr. Teresa Girolamo Selected as Incoming Editor-in-Chief of #Perspectives. Dr. Girolamo will begin her term on Jan. 1, succeeding Dr. Monique T. Mills. We welcome Dr. Girolamo, & we thank Dr. Mills for her service! on.asha.org/4m4HsfO @sigperspectives.bsky.social @sdsuresearch.bsky.social
- Reposted by Prof Nat Munro📣 new paper alert! I am SO PLEASED to finally announce this paper's publication. We looked at how adolescents with and without #DevLangDis learn whether a computer likes or dislikes them or someone else. Both groups learned very well when the computer liked them. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- Reposted by Prof Nat Munro#openaccess Examining Early Vocabulary Growth Trajectories in Late Talkers in a Low‐Income Longitudinal Sample #languagedevelopment #infancy #earlyyears #bskyspeechies #SLP #earlyintervention #devpsych pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
- Reposted by Prof Nat MunroThe Acquisition Sketch Project is on summer break (returning with new session in September!). But did you know that you can view all of their seminars online? Check it out! acquisition-sketch.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/support/semi...
- Reposted by Prof Nat MunroIt's not just about improving skills. It's about building respectful, inclusive environments that meet emotional needs. Full article – link.springer.com/article/10.1... Read the summary - www.engage-dld.com/post/social-...
- Reposted by Prof Nat Munro🆓🔓 @suze-freogirl.bsky.social, Claessen, M., Visentin, D., & @samueldcalder.bsky.social 2025. Narrative production in English speaking children aged 5–7 years with typical language development and #devlangdis: Development of a reference data set. IJSLP, 1–12. doi.org/10.1080/1754... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES
- Reposted by Prof Nat Munro🔐💰Glisson, L., Tutty, R., Heine, C., Burke, C., Hughes, L., Dawson, N., & @susanebbels.bsky.social 2025. Morphemes matter: A small scale randomised control trial of vocabulary intervention focusing on affixes for adolescents with #devlangdis. IJSLP, 1–19. doi.org/10.1080/1754... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES
- Reposted by Prof Nat MunroHave you visited our YouTube channel lately? There are many free video resources available for professional development or education including all of our recorded seminars. Please visit www.youtube.com/@aphasiacre We recommend hitting the ‘Subscribe’ button to be notified of new recordings.
- Reposted by Prof Nat Munro#openaccess The Road to Running Records: A Narrative Review of Their History and a Systematic Narrative Review of the Evidence for Their Use #scienceofreading #structuredliteracy #righttoread #OntEd #CdnEd #literacyisequity #untilallcanread #K12 #ElemEd #scienceofreading #bskyspeechies
- Reposted by Prof Nat MunroYay! So excited to visit the Gold Coast and Southern Cross University - our research project INCLUDE can begin! With amazing @natmunro.bsky.social 🤩 read about INCLUDE here: shorturl.at/YlZ5a
- Reposted by Prof Nat MunroNew paper for #SLPeeps, which suggests that sentence repetition, nonword repetition, a parental questionnaire, and a task measuring semantic and morphosyntactic comprehension contribute the most to identifying DLD in bilingual children. #DevLangDis
- Study addresses the challenge of identifying #DLD in bilingual children. This language assessment protocol successfully combines time efficiency w/ high accuracy to diagnose DLD; it's a useful, feasible protocol for SLPs. pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/... @sigperspectives.bsky.social #SLPeeps
- Another brilliant day on the Gold Coast - and this is winter!!
- Reposted by Prof Nat Munro🥳🎉 Congratulations @leannetogher.bsky.social 2025 ASHA Fellowship Award Recipient www.asha.org/news/2025/20... 👏
- Reposted by Prof Nat Munro🥳 WOOT! 🆓🔓 in @ashajournals.bsky.social A Pathway to Research-Reliable Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing for Children With #ChildApraxiaSpeech: A Multiphase Process for Training Community Clinicians. 2025. AJSLP doi.org/10.1044/2025... #childspeechdis #apraxia 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #DTTC
- Reposted by Prof Nat MunroInterested in language/literacy difficulties and mental health? @lizzjhill.bsky.social and I are doing a session for SPELD NSW (speldnsw.memnet.com.au/MemberSelfSe...)
- Reposted by Prof Nat Munro🆓🔓 in @ashajournals.bsky.social Wood, E., Kika, M., @oliviadaub.bsky.social, & Molnar, M. (2025). Why Did You Use That Test? Exploring Speech-Language Pathologists' Clinical Decision Making in Bilingual Language and Literacy AJSLP. doi.org/10.1044/2025... #clinicalreasoning 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES
- Exploring the social determinants of health affecting caregiver level of worry for children with paediatric feeding disorder by Ryan P. Wexler, Juliet Ochura, Kerry Pearl & Jessica M. Pisegna in International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Latest Article www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Contemporary clinical conversations about stuttering: Telling parents why their child began to stutter by Marie-Christine Franken, Anna Hearne, Suzana Jelčić Jakšić, Nicole E. Neef & Mark Onslow in International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Vocabulary performance of Malay school-age children in Malaysia: Starting points to developing language assessments for older children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) by Tan, L. J. N., et al. (2025).International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Scoping review of communication impairment management in adults with brain tumours by Coleman, M., Brogan, E., & D’Souza, S. in International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Latest articles #bskySPEECHIES www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Prof Nat MunroAn interesting read for #SLPeeps #BskySpeechies #SLP2B as part of IJSLP's special issue, which includes papers from the Speech Pathology Australia 2024 Conference.
- The Elizabeth Usher memorial lecture 2024: Speech-language pathology practice in Aboriginal spaces: A journey of learning and unlearning by Elizabeth Armstrong Published in International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Vol 27, Issue 3, 2025. Open Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- The Elizabeth Usher memorial lecture 2024: Speech-language pathology practice in Aboriginal spaces: A journey of learning and unlearning by Elizabeth Armstrong Published in International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Vol 27, Issue 3, 2025. Open Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Prof Nat MunroSeveral #openaccess - (Look for little orange triangle with unlock sign to bottom right of article title) #bskyspeechied
- Vol 27, issue 3 of International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology is out now! It features papers that reflect the theme “Communicating for life” including papers from the 2024 Speech Pathology Australia conference www.tandfonline.com/toc/iasl20/c...
- Reposted by Prof Nat Munro🆓🔓 @emilymayjackson.bsky.social @me-boyo.bsky.social Blundell, B., Hirn, J., & @suze-freogirl.bsky.social. (2025). Managing cyberbullying among adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders: A scoping review. IJSLP, 27(3), 341–356. doi.org/10.1080/1754... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES
- Here’s the editorial “Communicating for life: Speech-language pathology across the lifespan” by our wonderful Guest Editors for Issue 3, International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, @mwslp.bsky.social and Dr Lisa Furlong! #bskySPEECHIES www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Vol 27, issue 3 of International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology is out now! It features papers that reflect the theme “Communicating for life” including papers from the 2024 Speech Pathology Australia conference www.tandfonline.com/toc/iasl20/c...
- Reposted by Prof Nat Munro🆓🔓 Interesting, thoughtful and timely reflection by Ben Munson 💐 in an @ashajournals.bsky.social tutorial in which he says "This work is likely to face pushback." MUCH food for thought, 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES (ICYMI @phonotactician.bsky.social). pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Prof Nat Munro📢 PhD scholarship opportunity 📢 Interested in language/literacy difficulties and youth mental health? Curtin PhD projects are open👩🎓(search Boyes). Happy to be contacted directly to chat if you're interested. #DevLangDis #Dyslexia #Reading #MentalHealth #LALYP (research.curtin.edu.au/higher-degre...)
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[This post could not be retrieved] - Reposted by Prof Nat MunroThe June @speechbite.bsky.social newsletter is out now: bit.ly/4l1jZvB This issue covers Rx for child speech and language, aphasia, dysphagia, voice and AAC. SIX of the papers are open access! #SLPeeps #SLP #SLT #wespeechies #speechbite #bskySPEECHIES
- Reposted by Prof Nat MunroHave a book/thesis to announce? A workshop/conference you'd like to advertise or write about? Something else interesting for #childlanguage researchers? Publish it in the IASCL Child Language Bulletin! Send your contribution to editor Angel Chan by Aug 4th (editor.iascl.clbulletin@gmail.com ).
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- Reposted by Prof Nat MunroThank you for the honour to be awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Patras. The award acknowledges the amazing collaborative work of my colleagues at Charles Sturt University and around the world @speechies.bsky.social @icpla2025.bsky.social www.upatras.gr/25-6-2025-te...
- Reposted by Prof Nat MunroThis was the most fun, interactive keynote speech I've ever been a part of! Thanks @clairetimmins.bsky.social
- Delighted to be presenting a Keynote session at #ICPLA2025 on using creative methods for teaching #phonetics and #phonology logoth.upatras.gr/en/claire-ti...
- Reposted by Prof Nat MunroDLD in the media again! This time from the BBC in the UK. We are happy to see Siouxsie featured in this article as well. Siouxsie was the designer for last year's DLD day poster. Read more here. www.bbc.com/news/article... If DLD is in the media in your country, we can share it for you! #devlangdis
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- Reposted by Prof Nat Munro🔐💰 Knežević, D., & Maassen, B. (2025). Phonological and speech motor abilities in children with childhood apraxia of speech. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 39(4–5), 311–329. doi.org/10.1080/0269... #apraxia #CAS #childspeechdis 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES
- Reposted by Prof Nat MunroWe are doing a survey to understand why other professionals do/don't refer people with Primary Progressive Aphasia for speech-language support We want Drs, nurses, psychologists, social workers, OTs, PTs & any other profession. The survey can be accessed here: qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
- @trinastoolbox.bsky.social and @douglaspetersen.bsky.social Just in case you need any incentive to present some of your amazing research at next year’s SPA conference on the Gold Coast (25th-27th June), in Queensland, I will take you to the best day spa on the Goldie!! 💆♀️💆♂️ #bskySPEECHIES
- My girl is very happy to see me back home.
- @jchow.bsky.social here’s the deets ⬇️⬇️ for SPAConf 2026!!! Gold Coast, Queensland! So good to see you in Adelaide but even better for you to come & present some of your stellar research next year!!! #BskySPEECHIEs check out some of Jason’s work via Googlescholar scholar.google.com/citations?us...
- Reposted by Prof Nat MunroThe next Speech Pathology Australia Conference will be on the beautiful Gold Coast from 25-27 June 2026 ☀️
- #SPAConf25 a brilliant Elizabeth Usher keynote by @jadecartwright.bsky.social ever respectful, scholarly, reflective, humble, thoughtful, wonderful. Thanks Jade, so many important messages, learnings, alignment and opportunities across speech-language pathology.
- Holding people with dementia in connection - @jadecartwright.bsky.social lists principles for #slps to follow - starting with the importance of theory 👏👏👏 look forward to publication of this presentation hopefully in our @IJSLP journal
- Reposted by Prof Nat MunroCongratulations to Dr Cate Madill on her Elinor Wray award from Speech Pathology Australia. @sydney.edu.au
- Reposted by Prof Nat MunroCongratulations @andysmidt.bsky.social on fellowship of Speech Pathology Australia, so happy for you, so well deserved
- Reposted by Prof Nat MunroCheering on Prof. @suze-freogirl.bsky.social as she discusses her recent publication on the rewards and challenges of parenting a child with #DevLangDis Open access ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #LaLYP
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- Trina Spencer and Doug Peterson are here at #SPAConf2025 presenting tomorrow. Check out their new paper published in International Journal of Speech Language Pathology #devlangdis
- New publication is the prestigious International Journalnof SLP. We show how the 30-second clue finding procedure in #StoryChamps helps kids figure out the meaning of words from context. They learn a generalizable reading comprehension strategy without teaching it in isolation & without text.
- Reposted by Prof Nat MunroSLCN is the most common SEND at school support and second highest at EHCP level. Both have increased significantly over the past year.
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- What an absolute treat to have @maggiebeer and @jadecartwright.bsky.social talking about the culture of care and meals in aged care here at our annual @speechpathologyaustralia conference #slps #speechies
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- Reposted by Prof Nat Munro@drelisebaker.bsky.social is here, 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #childspeechdis @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social @tricmc.bsky.social @yvonnewren.bsky.social @csdrnetwork.bsky.social @suze-freogirl.bsky.social Here’s a fun guy to follow, Elise - @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social
- Reposted by Prof Nat MunroAnother paper from #ECUSpeech
- Meldrum, S. J., Fisk, J., Stopher, J., & Hunt, E. F. (2024). Parent implementation of a treatment for late talkers based on cross-situational statistical learning principles: Treatment fidelity and acceptability. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Reposted by Prof Nat MunroThat was an amazingly long list of interesting studies! (Including ours!)
