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Marie Ireland is an Adjunct Research Associate with the School of Education, Charles Sturt University, Australia. In the United States, she has worked as a speech-language pathologist providing services in Virginia public schools and as a program administrator for special education for the Virginia Department of Education and Chesterfield County Public Schools.
Marie holds a Ph.D. from Charles Sturt University, a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Pittsburgh, and a Master of Education from the University of Virginia. She is a Board-Certified Specialist in Child Language (BCS-CL) with the American Board for Child Language and Language Disorders and a certificate of clinical competence in speech-language pathology (CCC-SLP) from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association.
Marie was awarded Fellowship of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association in 2021 and Fellow by Speech-Language Hearing Association of Virginia in 2007. She was awarded the Martha Mullin-Callendar award in 2017 and the Virginia Council of Administrators in Special Education (VCASE) awarded her the Friend of VCASE in 2010 for her work in special education serving children with autism spectrum disorders. Awards for research include Topics in Language Disorders Editors’ Katharine G. Butler Trailblazer Award (2021) and Editor’s Award in 2014 for an article in Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. Marie has served on many state and national professional association boards committees and councils including as American Speech-Language Hearing Association’s Vice-President of SLP Practice (2018-2020), the State Education Agencies Communication Disabilities’ Council (2007-2019), and the Speech-Language Hearing Association of Virginia from 2001-2005.
Marie’s work and research have focused on evaluation and eligibility for school-age children and connecting research to public policy. Her other areas of research interest include cultural and linguistic diversity, the impact of poverty on language, reading, and advocacy.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 1 No Poverty -
SDG 4 Quality Education
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
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Children's drawings of intervention for childhood apraxia of speech: Place, people, activity, and emotion
McCormack, J., Cronin, A., McLeod, S., Ireland, M., Wang, C. & Tiong, C., 03 Oct 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Child Language Teaching and Therapy. p. 1-20 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Children draw talking: understanding children's functioning with arts-based methods: Paper 6: children’s participation: children draw talking is the first step
McLeod, S., Ireland, M., McCormack, J., Cronin, A., Wang, C., MacLeod, A., Harasym, J., Washington, K., Bazzocchi, N., Choi, L., Miletic, K., McAlister, H. (Presenter) & Hopf, S., Dec 2024.Research output: Other contribution to conference › Presentation only › peer-review
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Eligibility determinations for speech and language services in U.S. public schools: Experiences and tensions
Ireland, M. C., McLeod, S. L. & Verdon, S., 11 Jan 2024, In: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. 55, 1, p. 18-188 171 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Empowering speech-language pathologists: Strategies for effective individualized education program navigation and inclusive practice in schools
Ireland, M. C. & Hall-Mills, S., 11 Apr 2024, In: Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. 55, 2, p. 225-230 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Evaluation and Eligibility of Students with Communication Disorders in Public Schools in the United States
Ireland, M., 2024, Australia: Charles Sturt University. 276 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis
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Prizes
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2020 Topics in Language Disorders Editors’ Katharine G. Butler Trailblazer Award (awarded 2021)
Ireland, M. (Recipient), McLeod, S. (Recipient) & Crowe, K. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Award › External award
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2023 Charles Sturt Excellence Awards: Research
McLeod, S. (Recipient), Hopf, S. (Recipient), Grant, J. (Recipient), Gregoric, C. (Recipient), Verdon, S. (Recipient), Murray, E. (Recipient), Friezer, B. (Recipient), Andrews, K. (Recipient), Margetson, K. (Recipient), Downey, B. (Recipient), Mahony, L. (Recipient), Tribolet, K.-A. (Recipient), Delli-Pizzi, L. (Recipient), Brown, M. (Recipient), Mahura, O. (Recipient), Freire, K. (Recipient), Phạm, B. (Recipient), Huser, C. (Recipient), Ivory, N. (Recipient), Elwick, S. (Recipient), McGill, N. (Recipient), Davies, J. (Recipient), Hoffman, L. (Recipient), Sikder, S. (Recipient), Cox, R. (Recipient), Ireland, M. (Recipient), Dealtry, L. (Recipient), Cronin, A. (Recipient), Dwyer, J. (Recipient), Gibbs, L. (Recipient), Wang, A. (Recipient), Rahman, A. (Recipient), Brunton, R. (Recipient), Dean, C. (Recipient), Tran, V. (Recipient), McAlister, H. (Recipient), Salamon, A. (Recipient), Stenson, S. (Recipient), Crowe, K. (Recipient), Murray, E. (Recipient), Zischke, C. (Recipient) & Daniel, G. (Recipient), Dec 2023
Prize: Award › Internal award
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American Speech Language Hearing Association’s Editors Award
Ireland, M. (Recipient), Nov 2014
Prize: Award › External award
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Fellow of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association
Ireland, M. (Recipient), Nov 2021
Prize: Award › External award
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Fellow of the Speech-language Hearing Association of Virginia (SHAV)
Ireland, M. (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Award › External award