Vicki A. Reed, Ed.D.

Professor and Department Head

Office: HHS 1128
Phone: 568-6440
Email: reedva@jmu.edu

Research and Teaching Areas

Child Language Development and Disorders
Adolescent Language Development and Disorders

Research Laboratory

Child and Adolescent Language Laboratory (CALL)

Current and Ongoing Research Projects

Language-impaired adolescents’ perceptions about the relative importance of selected of communication skills for interactions with peers and teachers
Verb use patterns of younger and older adolescents with specific language impairment

Publications (last five years)

Books and Book Chapters

Reed, V. A. (2005). An Introduction to Children with Language Disorders (3rd ed.) Boston : Allyn & Bacon.

McLeod,S., van Doorn, J. & Reed, V.A. (2002). Typological Description of the Normal Acquisition of Consonant Clusters. In F. Windsor, L. Kelly, & N. Hewlett (Eds). Themes in Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics (pp. 185-199). Hillsdale , NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum.

Articles

Reed, V.A., & Brammall, H. (2008). Importance of Selected Communication Skills to Adolescents: Effects of Data Collection Methods. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing, 11, 63-71.

Reed, V.A., Patchell, F. C., Coggins, T.E., & Hand, L.S. (2007). Informativeness of the spoken narratives of younger and older adolescents with specific language impairment and their counterparts with normal language. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 21, 953-960.

Reed, V. A. (2007). 'Normal' toddlers' comprehension of the word UNDER in Polish seems facilitated when training about understanding its meaning takes place in situations with familiar toys, and might be enhanced for transfer of meaning to situations with novel toys when training includes contrasts with the earlier developing prepositions of IN or UNDER [Abstract], Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention, 1:3, 131 - 133. Abstract of Rohlfing, K. J. (2006). Facilitating the acquisition of UNDER by means of IN and ON: A training study in Polish. Journal of Child Language, 33, 51–69.

Smidt, A., Balandin, S., Reed, V.A., & Sigafoos, J. (2007). A communication training program for residential staff working with adults with challenging behaviour: Pilot data on intervention effects. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 20, 16-29.

Reed, V. A., & Brammall, H. (2006). Methodological adaptations for investigating the perceptions of language-impaired adolescents regarding the relative importance of selected communication skills. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 20, 573-582.

Reed, VA & Spicer, L. (2003). The relative importance of selected communication skills for adolescents’ interactions with their teachers: High school teachers’ opinions. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 34, 343-357.

Robb, M., Gilbert, H., Reed, V.A., & Bisson, A. (2003). A preliminary study of speech rates in young Australian English-speaking children. Contemporary Issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders, 30, 84-91.

Wright (Doble), M., Purcell, A., & Reed, VA (2002). Cochlear implants and infants: Expectations and outcomes. Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology, 111(5, Part 2, Supplement 189), 131-137.

Tooher, R., Hogan, A., & Reed, V.A. (2002). Psychosocial problems faced by young people with cochlear implants. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology, 23 (2), 153-154.

Tooher, R., Hogan, A., & Reed, V.A. (2002). Quality of life and psychosocial outcomes of paediatric cochlear implantation in adolescents. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology, 23 (2), 154.

National and International Conference Presentations (last five years)

Patchell, F., Reed, V.A., Hand, L., & Coggins, T. E. (2008, May). Does Susie Know that Joe Knows…? Second-Order False Belief in Adolescents with Specific Language Impairment and their Counterparts with Normal Language. Presentation at the Joint Conference of the New Zealand Speech-Language Therapists Association and Speech Pathology Australia, Auckland, New Zealand.

Reed, V.A., & Brammall, H. (2007, July). Effects of data collection method on adolescents’ rankings of the relative importance of selected communication skills. Presentation at the 5th Asia Pacific Conference on Speech, Language and Hearing, Brisbane, Australia.

Doell, E. H., & Reed, V. A. (2007, July). Teachers’ question scaffolds: Potential contexts for language facilitation or elaborate guessing games? Presentation at the 5th Asia Pacific Conference on Speech, Language and Hearing, Brisbane, Australia.

Doell, E. H., & Reed, V. A. (2007, May). The effects of teachers' question types on student's responses in first-year classroom interactions. Presentation at the 2007 Speech Pathology Australia Conference, Sydney, Australia.

Cid, J., Sundre, D., DePaolis, R., & Reed, V. A. (2007, May). Academic motivation: Achievement goal orientation differences between sophomore and senior undergraduates. Presentation at the Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science (previously the American Psychological Society).

Reed, V.A. (2007, March). Applying aspects of language development of adolescents to their language assessment. Presentation at the 49th Annual Conference of the Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Virginia, Richmond, VA.

Reed, V.A., Patchell, F., & Conrad, T. (2006, November). Verb morphology of younger and older adolescents with SLI. Presentation at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Miami.

Reed, V. A. & Brammall, H. (2006, June). The opinions of language-impaired, poor-reading, and typically achieving adolescents about what communication skills are more important for good peer relationships. Presentation at the 11th Symposium of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Reed, V.A., Patchell, F., Coggins, T., & Hand, L. (2006, June). Informativeness of the spoken narratives of younger and older adolescents with specific language impairment and their counterparts with normal language. Presentation at the 11th Symposium of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Reed, V.A., Conrad, T., Patchell, F. (2006, June). Verb morphological patterns of 16-year-old adolescents with and without specific language impairment. Presentation at the 11th Symposium of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Ingram, S., Powell, M., Bryant, D., Reed, V.A., & O’Donoghue, C. (March, 2006). Specific language impairment: Considerations for pre- and early adolescent populations. Presentation at the 48th Annual Conference of the Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Virginia, Williamsburg, VA.

Reed, V.A., & Brammall, H. (2006, March). Importance of different communication skills: Language-impaired and normal adolescents’ opinions. Presentation at the 48th Annual Conference of the Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Virginia, Williamsburg, VA.

Reed, V. A., & Brammall, H. (2005, June). Opinions of adolescents with language impairment and of typically achieving adolescents about the importance of selected communication skills for positive peer relationships. Presentation at the Symposium for Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Reed, V. A. (2004, August). Thoughts about Evaluating Child Language Intervention. Discussion paper presented in response to Professor James Law’s 26 th World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics Main Report on Prevention and Intervention for Child Language entitled “Implication of Different Approaches to Evaluating Intervention: Evidence from the Study of Language Delay/Disorder,” 26 th World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Brisbane, Australia.

Reed, V.A., O’Mara, K., & Hand, L. (2004, August). The UK and US “Bus Story” versions: Australian children’s performances. Presentation at the 26 th World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Brisbane, Australia.

Kenny, B., Lincoln , M., & Reed, V.A. (2004, September). Building students’ ethical reasoning skills: Does a model of ethical decision making help? Presentation at the 26 th World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Brisbane, Australia.

Patchell, F., & Reed, V.A. (2004, September). Elicitation factors affecting narratives of adolescents with specific language impairment. Presentation at the 26 th World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Brisbane, Australia.

Doble (Wright), M., Purcell, A., & Reed, V.A. (2004, August). Speech development of infants who receive cochlear implants. Presentation at the 26 th World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Brisbane, Australia.

Morrison, S., Lincoln , M., & Reed, V.A. (2004, August). An international student of student SLP perceptions of preparation to work on teams. Presentation at the 26 th World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Brisbane, Australia.

Doble (Wright), M., Purcell, A., & Reed, V.A. (2004, June). The development of communicative intention in profoundly hearing-impaired infants. Presentation at the A.G. Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 2004 Convention, Anaheim California.

Reed, V.A., & Patchell, F. (2004, March) Verb morphological patterns of adolescents with specific language impairment. Presentation at the 46 th Annual Conference of the Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Virginia , Fredericksburg , VA.

Harker, K., & Reed, V.A. (2004, March) Assessing children’s written information reports: Development and validation of a protocol. Presentation at the 46 th Annual Conference of the Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Virginia, Fredericksburg, VA.

Reed, V.A. & Brammall, H. (2004, February) Investigating what are important adolescent communication skills: Methodological adaptations for teenagers with specific language impairment. Presentation at the 10 th International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Symposium, Lafayette, LA.

Morrison, S., Lincoln , M., & Reed, V.A. (2003 November) Preparing to Work on Inter-professional Teams: Australian Students’ Beliefs. Paper accepted for presentation at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chicago.

Reed, V.A., & Patchell, F. (2003, May). Verb morphology in the spoken language of young adolescents with specific language impairment . Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Speech Pathology Association of Australia, Hobart, Australia.

Doell, E., & Reed, V.A. (2003, May). Classroom discourse from a speech pathologist’s perspective: The development of an analysis of teachers’ classroom interactions. P resentation at the Annual Conference of the Speech Pathology Association of Australia, Hobart, Australia.

Smidt, Andy, Balandin, S., & Reed, V.A. (2003, March). Training staff who work with adults with intellectual disability. Presentation at the National Conference of the Australian Group on Severe Communication Impairment (AGOSCI), Sydney.

Tooher, R., Hogan, A., & Reed, V.A. (2002, September). “ The Hearing’s not enough, its just enough to get by…” What is life like for young people who use cochlear implants to hear. Presentation at the 7th International Cochlear Implant Conference, Manchester, England.

Peart-Reid, K., Higgs, J., Winkworth, A. & Reed, V.A. (2002, October) Actors’ fear of the voice in theatre voice training. Presentation at the VI th Voice Symposium of Australia, Adelaide.

Peart-Reid, K., Higgs, J., Winkworth, A. & Reed, V.A. (2002, August) Fear of the voice in vocal training for actors. Presentation at the V th International Voice Symposium, Salzburg.

Doell, E., & Reed, V.A. (2002, July). A tool for analysing teachers’ interactions with children in first-year classrooms. Presentation at the Joint Meeting of the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders and the International Congress for the Study of Child Language, Madison, WI, USA.

Doell, E., & Reed, V.A. (2002, July). Teachers’ facilitative and directive language interactions with children in their first year of formal schooling. Presentation at the Joint Meeting of the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders and the International Congress for the Study of Child Language, Madison, WI, USA.

Rattigan, K., Reed, V.A., & Lee, K. (2002, July). An investigation into the phonological processing and literacy skills of children using cochlear implants. Presentation at the A.G. Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 2002 Convention, St. Louis.

McLeod, S., van Doorn, J., & Reed, V.A. (2002, May) Can Australian two-year-olds produce consonant clusters? Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Speech Pathology Association of Australia, Alice Springs, Australia.

Harker, K, & Reed, V.A. (2002, May). An assessment protocol for evaluating students' written information reports: Differentiating performances of grade 6 students with and without LD. Presentation at the International Conference of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association, Hong Kong.

Rattigan, K., Reed, V.A. , & Lee, K. (2002, May). Phonological awareness and reading accuracy performances of school-age children using cochlear implants. Presentation at the International Conference of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association, Hong Kong.

Doell, E., & Reed, V.A. (2002, March). Teachers as language facilitators: An analysis of language-facilitating strategies used by teacher of first-year classes. Presentation at the Biennial Conference of the New Zealand Speech-Language Therapy Association, Wellington, New Zealand.

Tooher, R., Hogan, A., & Reed, V.A. (2002, March). Quality of life and psychosocial outcomes of paediatric cochlear implantation in adolescents. Presentation at the XXVI International Congress of Audiology, Melbourne.

Tooher, R., Hogan, A., & Reed, VA. (2002, March). Psychosocial problems faced by young people with cochlear implants . Presentation at the XXVI International Congress of Audiology, Melbourne.

Smidt, A., Balandin, S., Reed, V.A., & Sigafoos, J. (2002, March). Staff training: An overview of recent research on residential care staff supporting people with intellectual disabilities with communication difficulties and challenging behaviour. Presentation at the 7th Hippocrates and Socrates Conference of the Children’s Hospital at Westmead Education Research Institute (CHERI), Sydney.

Rattigan, K., Reed,V.A. & Lee, K., (2002, February). An investigation of the phonological processing and word reading efficiency skills of cochlear implant users. Presentation at the 6 th European Symposium on Cochlear Implantation, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain.

Wright (Doble), M., Decker, J., Psarros, C., Sanli, H., Gibson, W., Purcell, A., & Reed,V.A. (2002, February). Cochlear implants for babies: Evaluation and outcomes. Presentation at the 6 th European Symposium on Cochlear Implantation, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain.

Communication Sciences & Disorders