Dr Pamela Snow - Full list of Publications

Snow, P.C. & Powell, M.B. (2008). Oral language competence, social skills, and high risk boys: What are juvenile offenders trying to tell us? Children and Society 22, 16-28.

Harris, S., James, E.L. & Snow, P.C. (2008). Pre-discharge occupational therapy home visits: Towards an evidence-base. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal 55(2), 85-95.

Douglas, J.M., Bracy, C.A. & Snow, P.C. (2007). Exploring the factor structure of the La Trobe Communication Questionnaire: Insights into the nature of communication deficits following traumatic brain injury. Aphasiology 21(12), 1181 – 1194.

Powell, M.B. & Snow, P.C. (2007). Recommendations for eliciting a disclosure of abuse from a young child. Australian Police Journal, 61(2), 76-80.

Douglas, J.M., Bracy, C.A. & Snow, P.C. (2007). Measuring perceived communicative ability after traumatic brain injury: Reliability and discriminant validity of the La Trobe Communication Questionnaire. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 22(1), 31-38.

Powell, M.B. & Snow, P.C. (2007). A guide to questioning children during the free-narrative phase of an interview about abuse. Australian Psychologist, 42(1), 57-65.

Lewis, C., Dickson-Swift, V., Talbot, L., & Snow, P. (2007). Regional tertiary students and living away from home: A priceless experience that costs too much? Australian Journal of Social Issues 42(4), 531-547.

James, E.L., Graham, M., Snow, P.C., Ward, B. (2006). Teaching research and epidemiology to undergraduate students in the health sciences. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 30(6), 575 – 578.

Ward, B., Snow, P., Munro, G., Graham, M. & Dickson-Swift, V. (2006). “It starts with the parents and ends with the parents” The attitudes, knowledge and practices of metropolitan parents in relation to teenage alcohol use. Journal of the Australasian College of Road Safety, 17(3), 20-28.

Snow, P. & Munro, G. (2006). Alcohol (mis)use in metropolitan amateur football clubs. Healthy Lifestyles Journal 53(2), 7-11.

Perrin, B. & Snow, P. (2006). Foot-care confidence in people with diabetes. Australasian Journal of Podiatric Medicine, 40(1), 3-8. Jointly published in British Journal of Podiatry, 9(1), 95-99.

Agnew, S. E., Powell, M.B., & Snow, P.C. (2006). An examination of the questioning styles of police officers and caregivers when interviewing children with intellectual disabilities Legal & Criminological Psychology. 11(1), 35-53.

Graham, M., Ward, B., Munro, G., Snow, P. & Ellis, J. (2006). Rural parents, teenagers and alcohol: What are parents thinking? Rural and Remote Health 6 (online), 383. Available from the website.

Snow, P.C. & Powell, M.B. (2005). What’s the story? An exploration of narrative language abilities in male juvenile offenders. Psychology, Crime and Law 11(3) 239-253.

Book Chapters

Snow, P.C. (2009). Oral language competence and equity of access to education and health. In K. Bryan (Ed) Communication in Healthcare. Interdisciplinary Communication Studies Volume 1 (Series Editor: Colin B. Grant), (pp 101-134). Bern: Peter Lang European Academic Publishers.

James, E.L., Ward, B.M., Dickson-Swift, V.A., Kippen, S.A. & Snow, P.C. (2009). Best practice in research methods assessment: Opportunities to enhance student learning. In M. Garner, C.Wagner and B. Kawulich (Eds). Teaching Research Methods in Health Sciences. Ashgate Publishing.

Meatheringham, B., Snow, P., Powell, M. & Fewster, M. (2007). Improving literacy for adult offenders. In S. Dawe (Ed) Vocational Education and Training for Adult Prisoners and Offenders: Research Readings (pp. 177-203). SA: National Centre for Vocational Education Research.

Peer-Reviewed Papers

Feltis, B., Powell, M.P., Snow, P.C., & Hughes-Scholes, C.H. (in press). The effect of open-ended questions in eliciting story grammar detail in child abuse interviews. Child Abuse & Neglect.
Ward, B. & Snow, P. (in press). Young people, parents and alcohol - what do professionals need to know? Drugs, Education, Prevention and Policy.

Antoniazzi, D., Snow, P. & Dickson-Swift, V. (2009). Teacher identification of children at risk for oral language impairment in the first year of school. International Journal of Speech Language Pathology. Early online, 1-9.

Kinsman, L.D., Buykx, P., Humphreys, J.S., Snow, P.C., & Willis, J. (2009). A cluster randomised trial to assess the impact of clinical pathways on AMI management in rural Australian emergency departments. BioMedCentral 9:83.

Ward, B. & Snow, P. & Aroni, R. (2009). Children's alcohol initiation: An analytic overview Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy; 1-8, iFirst.

Snow, P.C., Powell, M.B., & Murphett, R. (2009). Getting the story from child witnesses: Exploring the application of a story grammar framework. Psychology, Crime & Law 15(6), 555-568.

Graham, M.L, James, E.L., Ward, B.M. & Snow, P.C (2009).Teaching epidemiology to undergraduates: Issues and suggestions for appropriate assessment. Focus on Health Professional Education 10(3), 26-38.

Snow, P.C. (2009). Child maltreatment, mental health and oral language competence: Inviting Speech Language Pathology to the prevention table. International Journal of Speech Language Pathology 11(12), 95-103.

Ward, B. & Snow, P. (2008). The role of families in preventing alcohol-related harm in young people. Prevention Research Quarterly, June: 5. Also listed at Australian Policy Online.

Ward, B.L., Dickson-Swift , V., James, E.L., Snow, P.C., Spark, J. & Verrinder, A. (2008). Incorporating research training into undergraduate pharmacy courses: A case study from Australia. Pharmacy Education, 8(1)1-6.

Murfett, R., Powell, M.B., & Snow, P.C. (2008). The effect of intellectual disability on children’s adherence to a ‘story-telling’ framework during an investigative interview. Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability 33(1), 2-11.

Snow, P.C. & Powell, M.B. (2008). Oral language competence, social skills, and high risk boys: What are juvenile offenders trying to tell us? Children and Society 22, 16-28.

Harris, S., James, E.L. & Snow, P.C. (2008). Pre-discharge occupational therapy home visits: Towards an evidence-base. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal 55(2), 85-95.

Douglas, J.M., Bracy, C.A. & Snow, P.C. (2007). Exploring the factor structure of the La Trobe Communication Questionnaire: Insights into the nature of communication deficits following traumatic brain injury. Aphasiology 21(12), 1181 – 1194.

Powell, M.B. & Snow, P.C. (2007). Recommendations for eliciting a disclosure of abuse from a young child. Australian Police Journal, 61(2), 76-80.

Douglas, J.M., Bracy, C.A. & Snow, P.C. (2007). Measuring perceived communicative ability after traumatic brain injury: Reliability and discriminant validity of the La Trobe Communication Questionnaire. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation 22(1), 31-38.

Powell, M.B. & Snow, P.C. (2007). A guide to questioning children during the free-narrative phase of an interview about abuse. Australian Psychologist, 42(1), 57-65.

Lewis, C., Dickson-Swift, V., Talbot, L., & Snow, P. (2007). Regional tertiary students and living away from home: A priceless experience that costs too much? Australian Journal of Social Issues 42(4), 531-547.

James, E.L., Graham, M., Snow, P.C., Ward, B. (2006). Teaching research and epidemiology to undergraduate students in the health sciences. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 30(6), 575 – 578.

Ward, B., Snow, P., Munro, G., Graham, M. & Dickson-Swift, V. (2006). “It starts with the parents and ends with the parents” The attitudes, knowledge and practices of metropolitan parents in relation to teenage alcohol use. Journal of the Australasian College of Road Safety, 17(3), 20-28.

Snow, P. & Munro, G. (2006). Alcohol (mis)use in metropolitan amateur football clubs. Healthy Lifestyles Journal 53(2), 7-11.

Perrin, B. & Snow, P. (2006). Foot-care confidence in people with diabetes. Australasian Journal of Podiatric Medicine, 40(1), 3-8. Jointly published in British Journal of Podiatry, 9(1), 95-99.

Agnew, S. E., Powell, M.B., & Snow, P.C. (2006). An examination of the questioning styles of police officers and caregivers when interviewing children with intellectual disabilities Legal & Criminological Psychology. 11(1), 35-53.

Graham, M., Ward, B., Munro, G., Snow, P. & Ellis, J. (2006). Rural parents, teenagers and alcohol: What are parents thinking? Rural and Remote Health 6 (online), 383. Available from the website.

Snow, P.C. & Powell, M.B. (2005). What’s the story? An exploration of narrative language abilities in male juvenile offenders. Psychology, Crime and Law 11(3) 239-253.

Snow, P. & Powell, M. (2004). Interviewing juvenile offenders: The importance of oral language competence. Current Issues in Criminal Justice 16(2), 220-225.

Snow, P.C. & Powell, M.B. (2004). Developmental language disorders and adolescent risk: A public-health advocacy role for speech pathologists? International Journal ofSpeech Language Pathology 6(4), 221-229.

Toumbourou, J.W., Williams, I.R., White, V.M., Snow, P.C., Munro, G. & Schofield, P. (2004). Prediction of alcohol related harm from controlled drinking strategies and alcohol consumption trajectories. Addiction 99, 498-508.

Snow, P.C & Bruce, D.D. (2003). Cigarette smoking in teenage girls: Exploring the role of peer reputations, self-concept, and coping. Health Education Research 18(4), 439-452.

Toumbourou, J.W., Williams, I.R., Snow, P.C., White, V.M., (2003). Adolescent alcohol-use trajectories in the transition from high school. Drug and Alcohol Review 22(2), 111-116.

Snow, P.C., Wallace, S.D., Staiger, P.K., & Stolz-Grobusch, B. (2003). “As long as it doesn’t spill over into class”. Harms arising from students’ alcohol use, and the role of policy in reducing them. International Journal of Drug Policy 14(1), 5-16.

Thomson, M.B. & Snow, P.C. (2002). The written expression of children with reading disabilities: A comparison of written and dictated narratives. Australian Journal of Learning Disabilities, 7(4), 13-19.

Midford, R., Munro, G., McBride, N., & Snow, P. (2002). Principles that underpin effective school-based drug education. Journal of Drug Education, 32(4), 363-386.

Snow, P., Wallace, S., & Munro, G. (2001). Drug education with special needs populations: Identifying and understanding the challenges. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 8(3), 261-273.

Humber, E. & Snow, P.C. (2001). The oral language skills of young offenders: A pilot investigation. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 8(1), 1-11.

Snow, P. (2000). Language disabilities, comorbid developmental disorders and risk for drug abuse in adolescence. Brain Impairment, 1(2), 165-176.

Snow, P., & Munro, G. (2000). Alcohol consumption in amateur Australian football clubs: Evidence from a rural region. Health Promotion Journal of Australia 10 (3), 237-243.

Snow, P.C. & Douglas, J.M. (2000). Conceptual and methodological challenges in discourse assessment with TBI speakers: Towards an understanding. Brain Injury, 14 (5), 397-415.

Douglas, J.M., O'Flaherty, C.A., & Snow, P.C. (2000). Measuring perception of communicative ability: The development and evaluation of the La Trobe Communication Questionnaire. Aphasiology 14, 251-268.

Snow, P.C., Douglas, J.M., & Ponsford, J.L. (1999). Narrative discourse abilities following severe traumatic brain injury: A longitudinal study. Aphasiology 13, (7), 529-551.

Snow, P., Douglas, J., & Ponsford, J. (1998). Conversational discourse abilities following severe traumatic brain injury: A follow-up study. Brain Injury,12, (11), 911-935.

Snow, P., Douglas, J., & Ponsford, J. (1997). Procedural discourse following traumatic brain injury. Aphasiology, 11, (10), 947-967.

Snow, P., Douglas, J., & Ponsford, J. (1997). Conversational assessment following traumatic brain injury: A comparison across two control groups. Brain Injury, 11 (6) 409-429.

Snow, P, Douglas, J. & Ponsford, J. (1995). Discourse assessment following traumatic brain injury: A pilot study examining some demographic and methodological issues. Aphasiology, 9, (4), 365-380.

Parsons, C. L., Lambier, J., Snow, P., Couch, D. & Mooney, L. (1989). Conversational skills in closed head injury: Part 1. Australian Journal of Human Communication Disorders, 17 (2), 37-46

Professional Journals (non-refereed)

Munro, G. & Snow, P. (2001). Knockers and wankers? Tackling alcohol in football clubs in rural Victoria. Health Education Australia. 1 (3), 10-12.

Snow, P., Douglas, J., & Ponsford, J. (1998). Assessing conversation in the traumatically brain injured speaker. Australian Communication Quarterly, Winter,14-22.

Snow, P. (1987). The head injury epidemic. Law Institute Journal, July, 16 (7), 674-675.

Book Chapters

Snow, P., & Ponsford, J. (in prep). Assessing and managing impairment of consciousness following TBI. In J. Ponsford, S. Sloan & P. Snow Traumatic brain injury: Rehabilitation for everyday adaptive living. (2nd edition). London: Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates.

Snow, P., & Ponsford, J. (in prep). Assessing and managing changes in communication and interpersonal skills following traumatic brain injury. In J. Ponsford, S. Sloan & P. Snow Traumatic brain injury: Rehabilitation for everyday adaptive living. (2nd edition). London: Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates.

Snow, P.C. (2009). Oral language competence and equity of access to education and health. In K. Bryan (Ed) Communication in Healthcare. Interdisciplinary Communication Studies Volume 1 (Series Editor: Colin B. Grant), (pp 101-134). Bern: Peter Lang European Academic Publishers.

James, E.L., Ward, B.M., Dickson-Swift, V.A., Kippen, S.A. & Snow, P.C. (2009). Best practice in research methods assessment: Opportunities to enhance student learning. In M. Garner, C.Wagner and B. Kawulich (Eds). Teaching Research Methods in Health Sciences. Ashgate Publishing.

Meatheringham, B., Snow, P., Powell, M. & Fewster, M. (2007). Improving literacy for adult offenders. In S. Dawe (Ed) Vocational Education and Training for Adult Prisoners and Offenders: Research Readings (pp. 177-203). SA: National Centre for Vocational Education Research.

Snow, P., & Douglas, J. (1999). Rehabilitating discourse after traumatic brain injury. In S. McDonald, L. Togher, & C. Code, (Eds.), Communication problems following traumatic brain injury (pp. 271- 320). London: Psychology Press.

Snow, P., & Ponsford, J. (1995). Assessing and managing impairment of consciousness following TBI. In J. Ponsford with S. Sloan & P. Snow Traumatic brain injury: Rehabilitation for everyday adaptive living. (pp. 33-64). London: Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates.

Snow, P., & Ponsford, J. (1995). Assessing and managing changes in communication and interpersonal skills following traumatic brain injury. In J. Ponsford with S. Sloan & P. Snow Traumatic brain injury: Rehabilitation for everyday adaptive living. (pp. 137-164). London: Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates.

Snow, P. (1991). Fringe therapies in the management of brain damage. In: Ockham's Razor 3, 21-26. ABC Enterprises: Crows Nest (Broadcast on ABC Radio National, September, 1990).

Reports

Snow, P. & Powell, M. (2007). Getting the story in forensic interviews with child witnesses: Applying a story grammar framework. Report to the Criminology Research Council, Australian Institute of Criminology, on Project 04/04/05.

The Nuffield Foundation Speech and Language Review Group (2007). The interaction between behaviour and speech and language difficulties: Does intervention for one affect outcomes in another? The EPPI Centre, Institute of Education, London.

Fraser, C. & Snow, P. (2007). Collaborative Family Practice Project. Evaluation Report. Centre for Rural Mental Health, Monash University, Bendigo.

Ward, B., Snow, P., Graham, M., Munro, G., & Dickson-Swift, V. (2005). “It starts with parents and it ends with parents”. The attitudes, knowledge and practices of parents in relation to teenage alcohol use: A metropolitan study. Bendigo, Victoria: La Trobe University.

Snow, P. & Powell, M. (2002). The language processing and production skills of young offenders: Implications for enhancing prevention and intervention strategies. Report to the Criminology Research Council, Australian Institute of Criminology, on Project 23/00-01.

Cisternino, H. & Snow, P. (2001). We don’t want a room full of smoke and drunks: A progress report on the good Sports Accreditation Program Pilot clubs. December 2001: Centre for Youth Drug Studies: Australian Drug Foundation.

Midford, R., Munro, G., McBride, N., & Snow, P. (2001). Review of the Principles for Drug Education. Project commissioned by the Commonwealth Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, as part of the National School Drug Education Strategy.

Snow, P. (2001). Good Sports Accreditation Program. Report on pilot project. Melbourne: Centre for Youth Drug Studies, Australian Drug Foundation.

Murnane, A., Smith, A., Crompton, L., Snow, P., & Munro, G. (2000). Beyond perceptions: A report on alcohol and other drug use by gay, lesbian, bisexual and queer communities in Victoria. Melbourne: Australian Drug Foundation.ISBN: 08 5809 0627

Monographs

Roche, A.M., Snow, P.C., Duff, C., Crosbie, D., & Lunnay, B. (2005). The Future of Drinking. A Report on the Conference Thinking Drinking: Achieving Cultural Change by 2020. Melbourne: Australian Drug Foundation.

Loxley, W., Toumbourou, J.W., Stockwell, T., Haines et al. With contributions by Carruthers, S., Chikritzhs, Lenton, S., Midford, R., Snow, P. & Spooner, C. (2004). The prevention of substance use, risk and harm in Australia: A review of the evidence. Canberra: Ministerial Council on Drugs Strategy.

Conference Proceedings

Snow, P. & Powell, M. (2006). Oral language competence and the juvenile offender: Implications for forensic interviewing. Proceedings of the Law Institute of Victoria, Criminal Law Conference, Melbourne, August.

Snow, P., Munro, G., & Kearney, S. (2000). Illicit drugs in rural football club settings: Evidence from the Good Sports Project. Proceedings of the 2000 Winter School in the Sun Conference, Brisbane, July.

Ponsford, J., Snow, P., & Anderson, V. (Eds.), (1996) International perspectives in traumatic brain injury: Proceedings of the Fifth International Association for the Study of Traumatic Brain Injury Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 1996. Bowen Hills: Australian Academic Press.

Snow, P. (1995). Discourse assessment following traumatic brain injury. Presidential Address. Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Brain Impairment Conference, Hobart, November, 1994, (pp. 7-15). Bowen Hills: Australian Academic Press.

Snow, P., Douglas, J. & Ponsford, J. (1994). Discourse assessment following traumatic brain injury: Some theoretical and methodological hurdles. In C. Haslam, J. Ewing, R. Farnbach, U. Johns, & B. Weeks (Eds.), Cognitive Functioning in Health, Disease and Disorder: Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Brain Impairment Conference (pp. 73-81). Bowen Hills: Australian Academic Press.

Snow, P., Lambier, J., Parsons, C. L., Couch, D., Mooney, L. & Russell, J. (1987). Conversational skills following closed head injuries: Some preliminary findings. In: C.D. Field, A.C. Kneebone & M.W. Reid (Eds.), Brain Impairment: Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Brain Impairment Conference, (pp. 87-97), ASSBI: Victoria.

Anderson, V., Ponsford, J., & Snow, P. (Eds) (1986). Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Brain Impairment Conference. ASSBI: Victoria.

Snow, P., Mealings, M. & Ponsford, J. (1984). Pragmatic aspects of communication: Issues and management. In: M. Field, J. Hendy, C. Roberts and P. Hopkins (Eds). Brain Impairment: Proceedings of the 1984 Brain Impairment Conference, (pp.147-153), ASSBI: Victoria.

Breheny, L., James, P., Lollis, M., McLachlan, D., Osman, A. & Rodda, A. (1982). Experiences with a brain trauma unit for behaviourally disturbed and multiply handicapped young adults within a psychiatric hospital setting. In: G.V. Stanley and K.W. Walsh (Eds.), Brain Impairment: Proceedings of the 1982 Brain Impairment Workshop. (pp. 278-294), ASSBI: Victoria.

Abstracts

Douglas, J., Bracy, C., Snow, P. & McNeill-Brown, D. (2004). Communication outcome following severe traumatic brain injury. Brain Impairment, Supplement, 13.

Snow, P. (2003). The oral language skills of juvenile offenders : Yep, nup and dunno revisited. Presented at: Juvenile Justice : From the Lessons of the Past to a Road Map for the Future, Sydney 1-2 December 2003.

Douglas, J., Snow, P, & McNeill-Brown, D. (2002). Measuring perceived communication following severe traumatic brain injury. Brain Impairment, 3, 152-153.

Snow, P., Douglas, J., & Ponsford, J. (2000). Outcome following severe traumatic brain injury: How does communication fare? Brain Impairment 1 (1), 37-38. (This paper received the Luria Award for Doctoral Research at the 1999 Brain Impairment Conference, Sydney, April).

Book Reviews

Snow, P. (1999). Australian Communication Quarterly, 1,