Pamela Claire Snow is a speech-language pathologist and registered

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whose research concerns

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in vulnerable children and adolescents, and their implications for academic achievement and psychosocial wellbeing. She has been a vocal critic of

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approaches to early reading instruction and support, such as the Arrowsmith Program.

Early life and education

Pamela Claire Snow did her

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speech pathology Speech is a human vocal communication using language. Each language uses phonetic combinations of vowel and consonant sounds that form the sound of its words (that is, all English words sound different from all French words, even if they are th ...

and graduate diploma in

communication disorders A communication disorder is any disorder that affects an individual's ability to comprehend, detect, or apply language and speech to engage in dialogue effectively with others. The delays and disorders can range from simple sound substitution to t ...

at the Lincoln Institute of Health Science (subsequently absorbed into

La Trobe University La Trobe University is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its main campus is located in the suburb of Bundoora. The university was established in 1964, becoming the third university in the state of Victoria an ...

). She completed her PhD on acquired brain injury in 1997 at La Trobe University, and then a

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in higher education at

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in 1998. She became a registered psychologist in 2003.

Career and impact

Snow worked in

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at Monash University from 2005–2015, becoming an associate professor in 2009. 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. Through this time, her research has addressed several aspects of language development and disorders and their significance to vulnerability in early life, including

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and youth offending. She has also been an editor of ACQ, editorial consultant for IJSLP, is on the editorial board of ''First Language'' and is an Associate Editor of ''The Reading League'' Her research has impacted speech-language pathology, education, and justice ranging from how children and adolescents are interviewed as witnesses, suspects, and victims though to treatment and management of rehabilitation after

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. 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. She frequently speaks on how reading is taught in Australian schools and has been a vocal critic of the Arrowsmith Program.

Awards and honours

Speech Pathology Australia Speech Pathology Australia (SPA) is the national peak body for the speech pathology profession in Australia. History of the association Established in 1949, SPA began as the Australian College of Speech Therapists, set up to regulate and mainta ...

Fellowship (2012) and Life Membership (2020). * Learning Difficulties Australia Mona Tobias Award (2017). Snow has additionally won editors' awards for her research publications in 2013 and 2020 and presented the 2015 Elizabeth Usher Memorial Lecture.

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