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Pamela Snow
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Pamela Claire Snow is an Australian speech-language pathologist and registered psychologist whose research concerns language disorders in vulnerable children and adolescents, and their implications for academic achievement and psychosocial wellbeing.[1][2] She has been a vocal critic of pseudoscientific approaches to early reading instruction and support, such as the Arrowsmith Program.[3][4]

Early life and education

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Pamela Claire Snow completed her BASc in speech pathology and graduate diploma in communication disorders at the Lincoln Institute of Health Science (subsequently absorbed into La Trobe University).[5] She completed her PhD on acquired brain injury in 1997 at La Trobe University, and then a graduate certificate in higher education at Monash University in 1998.[6] She became a registered psychologist in 2003.[1][7]

Career and impact

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Snow worked in medical education at Monash University from 2005–2015, becoming an associate professor in 2009.[8] Since 2015, she has been a professor at La Trobe University, forming the Science of Language and Reading (SOLAR) Lab in the School of Education with Tanya Serry in 2020.[9] Through this time, her research has addressed several aspects of language development and disorders and their significance to vulnerability in early life, including mental health and youth offending.[1][2] She has also been an editor of ACQ, editorial consultant for IJSLP,[10] is on the editorial board of First Language[11] and is an Associate Editor of The Reading League [12]

Her research has impacted speech-language pathology, education, and justice ranging from how children and adolescents are interviewed as witnesses, suspects, and victims[2] through to treatment and management of rehabilitation after traumatic brain injury. [10] She also translates language and literacy instruction and support research for a general audience, particularly parents, teachers, clinicians, and policy-makers via her blog, The Snow Report.[2] She frequently speaks on how reading is taught in Australian schools[13][14][15] and has been a vocal critic of the Arrowsmith Program.[3][4][16]

Awards and honours

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Snow has additionally won editors' awards for her research publications in 2013 and 2020[18] and presented the 2015 Elizabeth Usher Memorial Lecture.[19]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Professor Pamela Snow". International Foundation for Effective Reading Instruction. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "Pamela Snow". InSpEd. Institute of Special Educators. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b Wood, Patrick (13 March 2017). "Controversial claims get the soft treatment". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b Wood, Patrick (21 March 2017). "Experts question school program for kids with learning difficulties". ABC News. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Professor Pamela Snow". scholars.latrobe.edu.au. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  6. ^ Cosoleto, Tara (3 October 2020). "Bendigo Professor Pamela Snow determined to improve literacy in children". Bendigo Advertiser. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  7. ^ Education, The Centre for Inclusive. "External Affiliate Members". The Centre for Inclusive Education. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Pamela Snow". The Conversation. November 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  9. ^ Urban, Rebecca (22 January 2022). "Phonics makes a comeback as a sound foundation of learning". The Australian. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  10. ^ a b c "Past Award Winners". www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Editorial Board". First Language. SAGE journals. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Table of Contents" (PDF). The Reading League Journal. 2 (2): 2. 2021.
  13. ^ Cook, Henrietta (19 August 2017). "Literacy wars: the proposed reading test dividing schools". The Age. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  14. ^ Snow, Pamela; Serry, Tanya (11 November 2019). "Why every child needs explicit phonics instruction to learn to read". The Conversation. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  15. ^ Baker, Jordan (5 March 2021). "Kids in the crossfire: 'It's not just that they can't read - it affects every minute of their day'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  16. ^ "'Misinformed': experts protest revised curriculum's approach to reading instruction". educationhq.com. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  17. ^ "LDA Mona Tobias Award". Learning Difficulties Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  18. ^ "Editor's Awards". ASHA Publication. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  19. ^ "Annual Report 2015". Speech Pathology Australia. 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
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