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Associate Professor Margaret Brown

Head of Early Learning, Development and Inclusion Cluster

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Phone: +61 3 8344 0987
Fax: +61 3 8344 0993
Email: p.m.brown@unimelb.edu.au

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Early Learning, Development and Inclusion

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Publications

Fully refereed publications from 2000 to the present

Chapters in books

BROWN, P. M. & NOTT, P. (2006). Family-centered practice in early intervention for oral language development: philosophy, methods, and results. In P. E. Spencer & M. Marschark (Eds.), Advances in spoken language development by deaf children, (pp. 136-165). New York: Oxford University Press.

Assessment instruments
LEWIS, S., MORALEE, D., SKIPP, A., MOFFAT, T., BROWN, P. M., HERMAN, R., McCRACKEN, W., MORGAN, G., ROBINSHAW, H., SHEPHERD, M., & STOKES, J. (2004). Monitoring protocol for deaf babies and children. Nottingham: DfES Publications.
NOTT, P., COWAN, R. S. C., BROWN, P. M., & WIGGLESWORTH, J. (2004). Di-EL first words. Melbourne: HEAR Works.

Refereed publications

COWAN, R.S.C, DOWELL, R.C., NOTT, P., REMINE, M.D., DETTMAN, S.J. & BROWN, P.M. (2000). Critical times: Early detection and managements of the "slow to progress" child. Proceedings of the 5th European Symposium on Paediatric Cochlear Implantation, Antwerp, Belguim, 4-7 June.

BARKER, E.J., DANIELS, T., DOWELL, R.C., DETTMAN, S.J., BROWN, P.M., REMINE, M.D., PSARROS, C., DORNAN, D., & COWAN, R.S.C. (2000). Long term speech production outcomes in children who received cochlear implants before and after 2 years of age. Proceedings of the 5th European Symposium on Paediatric Cochlear Implantation, Antwerp, Belguim, 4-7 June.

BORTOLI, A., & BROWN, P. M. (2000). Assessing prelinguistic communication in children with developmental delay: Effects of contextual structure. Australasian Journal of Special Education. 24(2-3): pp. 74-78.

BROWN, P. M., REMINE, M. D., RICKARDS, F. W., & PRESCOTT, S. J. (2000). Social interactions of preschoolers with and without impaired hearing in integrated kindergarten. Journal of Early Intervention. 23(3): pp. 200-211.

LAWSON, M., BROWN, P. M., & REMINE, M. D. (2000). Playing by the rules: Effects of intervention in the rule knowledge of children with hearing loss. Australian Journal of Education of the Deaf. 6: pp. 25-31.

REMINE, M. D. & BROWN, P. M. (2000). Taking the initiative in play: Entry and dialogic behaviours of preschoolers with and without hearing loss. Australian Journal of Education of the Deaf. 6: pp.13-19.

BROWN, P. M., RICKARDS, F. W., & BORTOLI, A. (2001). Structures underpinning pretend play and word production in young hearing children and children with hearing loss. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 6(1): pp. 15-31.

BROWN, P. M. & CAREY-SARGEANT, C. (2001). Assessing early spoken language interaction between a hearing mother and an infant with profound hearing loss. Deafness and Education International. 3(2): pp. 49-61.

BYRNES, L. J., SIGAFOOS, J., RICKARDS, F. W. & BROWN, P. M. (2002). Inclusion of students who are deaf or hard of hearing in government schools in New South Wales, Australia: Development and implementation of a policy. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. 7(3): pp. 244-257.

REMINE, M.D., BROWN, P.M., & COWAN, R.S.C. (2002). Children with profound hearing loss and severe language delay: A multi-factorial approach to assessment. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Audiology, 23, 139.

CAREY-SARGEANT, C. & BROWN, P. M. (2003). Pausing during interactions between hearing mothers and their deaf toddlers. Deafness and Education International. 5(1): pp. 39-58.

MORELOCK, M. J., BROWN, P. M., & MORRISSEY, A-M. (2003). Pretend play and maternal scaffolding: Comparisons of toddlers with advanced, typical development and hearing impairment. The Roeper Review, 26(1), 41-51.

NOTT, P., COWAN, R., BROWN, P. M., & WIGGLESWORTH, G. (2003). Assessment of language skills in young children receiving a cochlear implant or hearing aid under 2 years of age. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 8(4), 401-421.

REMINE, M. D., BROWN, P. M. & COWAN, R. S. C. (2003). Assessing children with profound hearing loss and severe language delay: Getting a broader picture. Cochlear Implants International, 4(2), 73-84.

REMINE, M. D., BROWN, P. M., CARE, E., & RICKARDS, F. W. (2003). Cognitive factors associated with variance in language performance in students with severe-to-profound hearing loss. Australian Journal of Education of the Deaf, 9, 33-38.

WU, C., & BROWN, P. M. (2004). Parents' and teachers' expectations of Auditory-Verbal Therapy. The Volta Review, 104(1), 5-20.

BROWN, P. M. & REMINE, M. D. (2004). Building pretend play skills in toddlers with and without hearing loss: Maternal scaffolding styles. Deafness and Education International, 6(3), 151-175.

BROWN, P. M. (2004). Systemic, family, parent and child factors associated with rate of spoken language development in young children with hearing loss. Australian Journal of Education of the Deaf, 10, 20-25.

CAREY-SARGEANT, C. & BROWN, P. M. (2005). Reciprocal utterances during interactions between deaf toddlers and their hearing mothers. Deafness and Education International, 7(2), 77-97.

NOTT, P. E., BROWN, P. M., COWAN, R. C., & WIGGLESWORTH, J. (2005). What’s in a diary? Di-EL First Words. Deafness and Education International, 7(2), 98-116.

NOTT, P., COWAN, R., BROWN, M. & WIGGLESWORTH, G. (2005) Language analysis of early implanted children using the Di-EL early language management guide. 10th Symposium on Cochlear Implants in Children, Dallas, Texas, March 15-19, 5.

BROWN, P. M., ABU BAKAR, Z., RICKARDS, F. W., & GRIFFIN, P. (2006). Family functioning, early intervention support, and spoken language and placement outcomes for children with profound hearing loss. Deafness and Education International, 8(4), 207-226.

BROWN, P. M., BORTOLI, A., REMINE, M. D., & OTHMAN, B. (2008). Social engagement, attention and competence of preschoolers with hearing loss. Journal of Research into Special Educational Needs, 8(1), 19-26.

REMINE, M. D., BROWN, P. M., CARE, E., & RICKARDS, F. (2007). The relationship between language ability and intelligence test performance of deaf children and adolescents. Deafness & Education International, 9(3), 147-164.

REMINE, M. D., CARE, E., & BROWN, P. M. (2008). Performance on standardised tests of executive function by deaf students with and without language delay. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 10(4), 531-544.

BORTOLI, A. & BROWN, P. M. (2008) The social attention skills of preschool children with an intellectual disability and children with a hearing loss. Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 33(4), 25-33.

SUTHERLAND, J., REMINE, M. D., & BROWN, P. M. (2008). Parent and professional perspectives on the Western Australian Infant Hearing Screening Program. Deafness & Education International, 10(3), 168-188.

CHECKER, L. J., REMINE, M. D., & BROWN, P. M. (2009). Deaf and hearing impaired children in regional and rural areas: Parent views on educational services. Deafness and Education International. 11(1), 21-38.

HSEIN, M., BROWN, P. M., & BORTOLI, A. M. (2009). Teacher qualifications and attitudes toward inclusion. Australasian Journal of Special Education, 21(1), 1-16.

MORRISSEY, A-M, & BROWN, P. M. (2009). Mother and toddler activity in the zone of proximal development for pretend play as a predictor of higher child IQ. Gifted Child Quarterly, 53(2), 106-120.

NOTT, P., COWAN, R., BROWN, P. M., & WIGGLESWORTH, G. (2009). Early language development in children with hearing loss fitted with a device at a young age: Part I - The time period taken to acquire first words and first word combinations. Ear & Hearing, 30(5), 526-540.

NOTT, P., COWAN, R., BROWN, P. M., & WIGGLESWORTH, G. (2009). Early language development in children with hearing loss fitted with a device at a young age: Part II - Content of the first lexicon. Ear & Hearing, 30(5), 541-551.

SMITH, J., DANN, M. & BROWN, P. M. (2009). An evaluation of frequency transposition for hearing-impaired school-age children, Deafness & Education International, 11(2), 62-82.

REMINE, M. D., & BROWN, P. M. (in press). A comparison of the prevalence of mental health problems in deaf and hearing children and adolescents in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry.

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