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. (2008). The interaction of attitudes toward racial membership and learning ability in school-age children. Educational Psychology, 28, 229-244.

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.