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Selected Recent Publications

Edmunds, A. L., Macmillan, R.B., Nowicki, E., Specht, J., & Edmunds, G.A. (2010). Principals and inclusive schools: Insight into practice. Leadership for inclusion: A practical guide. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
Edmunds, A.L., Macmillan, R.B., Nowicki, E., Specht, J., Edmunds, G.A. (2009). Principals and inclusive schools: Insight into practice. The Journal of Educational Administration and Foundations, 20, 1-23.
Galway, T.M. & Metsala, J.L. (in press). Social cognition and its relation to psychosocial adjustment in children with nonverbal learning disabilities. Journal of Learning Disabilities. http://ldx.sagepub.com/pap.dtl
King, G., Servais, M., Forchuk, C., Chalmers, H., Currie, M., Law, M., Specht, J., Rosenbaum, P., Willoughby, T., & Kertoy, M. (2010). The features and impacts of five multidisciplinary community-university research partnerships. Health and Social Care in the Community, 18, 59-69.
King, G., Servais, M., Kertoy, M., Specht, J., Currie, M., Rosenbaum, P., Law, M., Forchuk, C., Chalmers, H., & Willoughby, T. (2009). A measure of community members' perceptions of the impacts of research partnerships in health and social services. Evaluation and Program Planning. 32, 289-299.
King, G., Willoughby, C. Specht, J. & Brown, E. (2006). Social support processes and the adaptation of individuals with chronic disabilities. Qualitative Health Research,16(7), 902-925.
Leschied, A., Chiodo, D., Nowicki, E., & Rodger, S., (2008). Childhood predictors of adult criminality: A meta-analysis drawn from the prospective longitudinal literature. The Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 50, 435-467.
Macmillan, R. B. & Edmunds, A. L. (2010). Leadership for inclusion: Questions and dilemmas. In A.L. Edmunds & R.B. Macmillan (Eds.), Leadership for inclusion: A practical guide. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
Metsala, J.L. (in press). Lexical reorganization and the emergence of phonological awareness. In S. B. Neuman & D. K. Dickenson (Eds.), Handbook of Early Literacy Research (Vol. 3). S.B. Neuman & D.K. Dickenson (Eds). Guilford Press, New York; NY.
Metsala, J. L. & Chisholm, G.M.. (2010). The influence of lexical status and neighborhood density on children's non-word repetition. Applied Psycholinguistics, 31, 489-506.
Metsala, J. L., Stravinos, D., & Walley, A.C. (2009). Children's spoken word recognition, phonological awareness, and non-word repetition: A one-year follow-up. Applied Psycholinguistics, 1, 101-121.
Mueller, J., Wood. E., Hunt, J., & Specht, J. (2009). Assessing the impact of assistive technology for adults engaged in writing instruction. Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 3, 13-23.
Mueller, J., Wood, E., Willoughby, T., Ross, C., & Specht, J. (2008). Identifying discriminating variables between teachers who fully integrate computers and teachers with limited integration. Computers and Education, 51, 1523-1537.
Nolan, J. & Howell, G. (2010). Hockey success and birth date: The relative age effect revisited. International Review for the Sociology of Sport.
Nowicki, E.A. (2007). Children's beliefs about learning and physical difficulties. International Journal of Disability, Development, and Education, 54, 463-473.
Nowicki, E.A. (2006). Children's cognitions, behavioural intent, and affect toward girls and boys of lower or higher learning ability. Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 4(2), 43-57.
Nowicki, E.A. (2006). A cross-sectional multivariate analysis of children's attitudes towards disabilities. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 50, 335-348.
Nowicki, E.A. & Samuels, B. (2010). Facilitating positive perceptions of exceptional students. In A. Edmunds & R. Macmillan (Eds.), Leadership for Inclusion: A Practical Guide. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
Pompeo, M. N. (2009). When your "problem" becomes mine: Adult female siblings' perspectives of having a brother with a disability. Exceptionality Education International, 19(2), 50-62.
Specht, J. A. (2010). Strategies for engaging students with learning disabilities. In C. Black (Ed.), Classroom communication,23-30. Madison, WI.: Atwood Publishing.
Specht, J., Howell, G., & Young, G. (2007). Students with special education needs and their use of assistive technology during transition to secondary school. Childhood Education, 83(6), 385-389.
Specht, J. A., & Young, G. (2010). How administrators build schools as inclusive communities. In A. Edmunds and R. Macmillan (Eds.), Leadership for inclusion: A practical guide (pp.65-72). Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Sense Publishers.
Wood, E., Specht, J.A., Willoughby, T. & Mueller, J. (2008). Integrating computer technology in early childhood education environments: Issues raised by early childhood educators. Alberta Journal of Education Research, 54, 210-226.


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