Dr Rebecca Armstrong
Lecturer in Speech Pathology
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
+61 7 334 67832
Researcher biography
Rebecca is a Lecturer in Speech Pathology at the University of Queensland, and she has a particular clinical and research interest in paediatric populations. Clinically, Rebecca has experience working with school-age children, and she is passionate about sharing her interest and expertise in this area through her teaching and research aspirations. Rebecca's teaching and research focuses on a range of paediatric areas of speech pathology practice, including speech, language, literacy and special needs in communication (including children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Developmental Language Disorders). To date, Rebecca has presented at national and international conferences and also has published in peer-reviewed journals published in the areas of Autism Spectrum Disorders, and also population-based research examining the early life predictors and long-term outcomes of language impairment.
Book Chapters
Armstrong, Rebecca M. and Scott, James G. (2022). Patterns of language development from childhood to adulthood and the associated long-term psychosocial outcomes. Language development: Individual Differences in a Social Context. (pp. 281-301) edited by James Law, Sheena Reilly and Cristina McKean. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781108643719.015
Harper-Hill, Keely, Wilson, Wayne, Armstrong, Rebecca, Perrykkad, Kelsey, Downing, Cerys and Ashburner, Jill (2021). Sound amplification in school contexts: implications for inclusive practice. Supporting students on the autism spectrum in inclusive schools: a practical guide to implementing evidence-based approaches. (pp. 88-103) edited by Suzanne Carrington, Beth Saggers, Keely Harper-Hill and Michael Whelan. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003049036-10
Westerveld, Marleen F., Armstrong, Rebecca M. and Barton, Georgina M. (2020). Reading Success. Reading Success in the Primary Years. (pp. 1-17) Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-3492-8_1
Journal Articles
Dunstan, Kym, Smith, Helen, Melvin, Katelyn, Loh, Cheryl, Scarinci, Nerina, Frazer-Ryan, Skye and Armstrong, Rebecca (2024). Exploring the impact of a co-designed shared book reading environment for families in a community hub. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.13002
Wilson, Wayne J., Harper-Hill, Keely, Armstrong, Rebecca, Downing, Cerys, Perrykkad, Kelsey, Rafter, Mary and Ashburner, Jill (2023). Improved acoustics puts students on the autism spectrum in a better position to learn, but they still have to learn. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 154 (4_supplement), A119-A119. doi: 10.1121/10.0022980
Armstrong, Rebecca, Schimke, Emma, Mathew, Akhila and Scarinci, Nerina (2023). Interprofessional practice between speech-language pathologists and classroom teachers: a mixed-methods systematic review. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 54 (4), 1358-1376. doi: 10.1044/2023_lshss-22-00168
Mulvihill, Aisling, Armstrong, Rebecca, Casey, Charlotte, Redshaw, Jonathan, Scarinci, Nerina and Slaughter, Virginia (2023). Early childhood educators' mental state language and children's theory of mind in the preschool setting. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 41 (3), 227-245. doi: 10.1111/bjdp.12449
Smith, Helen, Dunstan, Kym, Melvin, Katelyn, Armstrong, Rebecca, Frazer-Ryan, Skye and Scarinci, Nerina (2023). Co-designing a shared book reading environment at a community hub. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25 (3), 376-387. doi: 10.1080/17549507.2023.2182742
Wilson, Wayne J., Harper-Hill, Keely, Downing, Cerys, Armstrong, Rebecca, Perrykkad, Kelsey, Rafter, Mary and Ashburner, Jill (2023). Soundfield amplification for primary school students on the autism spectrum: Research findings and classroom applications. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 153 (3_supplement), A129-A129. doi: 10.1121/10.0018399
Robb, Emily, McCammick, Erin M., Wells, Duncan, McVeigh, Paul, Gardiner, Erica, Armstrong, Rebecca, McCusker, Paul, Mousley, Angela, Clarke, Nathan, Marks, Nikki J. and Maule, Aaron G. (2022). Transcriptomic analysis supports a role for the nervous system in regulating growth and development of Fasciola hepatica juveniles. Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16 (11) ARTN e0010854, e0010854. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010854
Westerveld, Marleen F. and Armstrong, Rebecca M. (2022). Expository discourse skills of students with reading comprehension difficulties. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 24 (6), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/17549507.2022.2047784
Wilson, Wayne J, Harper-Hill, Keely, Armstrong, Rebecca, Downing, Cerys, Perrykkad, Kelsey, Rafter, Mary and Ashburner, Jill (2021). A preliminary investigation of sound-field amplification as an inclusive classroom adjustment for children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Communication Disorders, 93 106142, 106142. doi: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2021.106142
Wilson, Wayne J., Downing, Cerys, Perrykkad, Kelsey, Armstrong, Rebecca, Arnott, Wendy L., Ashburner, Jill and Harper-Hill, Keely (2019). The ‘acoustic health’ of primary school classrooms in Brisbane, Australia. Speech, Language and Hearing, 23 (3), 1-8. doi: 10.1080/2050571x.2019.1637042
Armstrong, Rebecca M., Paynter, Jessica and Westerveld, Marleen F. (2019). Fiction or non-fiction: parent-reported book preferences of their preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder. Autism and Developmental Language Impairments, 4, 239694151989673. doi: 10.1177/2396941519896736
Armstrong, Rebecca, Symons, Martyn, Scott, James G., Arnott, Wendy L., Copland, David A., McMahon, Katie L. and Whitehouse, Andrew J. O. (2018). Predicting language difficulties in middle childhood from early developmental milestones: a comparison of traditional regression and machine learning techniques. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 61 (8), 1926-1944. doi: 10.1044/2018_JSLHR-L-17-0210
Armstrong, Rebecca, Arnott, Wendy, Copland, David A., McMahon, Katie, Khan, Asaduzzaman, Najman, Jake M. and Scott, James G. (2017). Change in receptive vocabulary from childhood to adulthood: associated mental health, education and employment outcomes. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 52 (5), 561-572. doi: 10.1111/1460-6984.12301
Armstrong, Rebecca, Whitehouse, Andrew J. O., Scott, James G., Copland, David A., McMahon, Katie L., Fleming, Sophie and Arnott, Wendy (2017). A relationship between early language skills and adult autistic-like traits: evidence from a longitudinal population-based study. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47 (5), 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s10803-016-3014-z
Armstrong, Rebecca, Scott, James, Copland, David, McMahon, Katie, Khan, Asaduzzaman, Najman, Jake M., Alati, Rosa and Arnott, Wendy (2016). Predicting receptive vocabulary change from childhood to adulthood: a birth cohort study. Journal of Communication Disorders, 64, 78-90. doi: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2016.10.002
Banney, Rebeca M., Harper-Hill, Keely and Arnott, Wendy L. (2015). The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule and narrative assessment: evidence for specific narrative impairments in autism spectrum disorders. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 17 (2), 159-171. doi: 10.3109/17549507.2014.977348
Conference Papers
Lo, D., Waite, M., Rose, T., Armstrong, R. and Hilton, N. (2023). Understanding the experiences of adolescents with post-stroke aphasia. 15th World Stroke Congress, Toronto, ON Canada, 10-12 October 2023. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
Armstrong, Rebecca, Scott, James G., Whitehouse, Andrew J. O., Copland, David A., Mcmahon, Katie L. and Arnott, Wendy (2017). Late talkers and later language outcomes: Predicting the different language trajectories. Speech-Pathology-Australia National Conference, Perth Australia, 2016. Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: TAYLOR & FRANCIS. doi: 10.1080/17549507.2017.1296191
Thesis
Armstrong, Rebecca Mary (2017). Language disorder from infancy to adulthood: predictors and outcomes. PhD Thesis, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.785