Dr Erin Banales
National Manager,
Australian Clinic for Literacy
Areas of expertise: working memory and children's reading development; Australian clinic for literacy; literacy treatment
Phone: +612 9465 9662
Email: Erin.banales@acu.edu.au
Location: ACU Melbourne Campus
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5648-9931
Dr Banales completed a Bachelor of Behavioural Science and a Postgraduate Diploma of Psychology at La Trobe University, Melbourne.
She has been involved in research with children and teenagers since 2008 holding research roles at Melbourne University, Sydney University, Westmead Hospital, and Macquarie University. In 2014 she completed her PhD, in which she investigated the association between working memory and children's reading development.
In her role as National Manager, Dr Banales is responsible for the operations of a team of clinicians who assess and treat children, adolescents and adults with reading and spelling difficulties.
Her research focuses on the intervention of reading and spelling difficulties in children with poor literacy. This has included building evidence regarding working memory and telehealth intervention favourite aspect is literacy treatment and seeing the benefits of working closely with children and their families.
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Select publications
- McArthur, G., Doust, A., Banales, E., Robidoux, S., & Kohnen, S. (2023). Are comorbidities of poor reading related to elevated anxiety in children? Annals of Dyslexia, 1-19. doi: 10.1007/s11881-023-00292-6
- Kohnen, S., Banales, E., McArthur, G. (2020). Videoconferencing Interventions for Children with Reading and Spelling Difficulties: A Pilot Study. Telemedicine and e-Health 27(5) September 202027(5) DOI:10.1089/tmj.2020.0061
- McArthur, G., Sheehan, Y., Badcock, N., Francis, D., Wang, H.C., Kohnen, S., Banales, E., Anandakumar, T., Marinus, E., Castles, A. (2018) 11 (1). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 11(1). Doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009115.pub3
- McArthur, G., Castles, A., Kohnen, S., Banales, E. (2016). Low self-concept in poor readers: Prevalence, heterogeneity, and risk. Peer J, 4 (11). Taylor & Francis DOI:10.7717/peerj.2669
- Banales, E., Kohnen, S., & McArthur, G. (2015). Can verbal working memory training improve reading? Cognitive neuropsychology, 32(3-4), 104-132.
- McArthur, G., Kohnen, S., Jones, K., Eve, P., Banales, E., Larsen, L., Castles, A. (2015). Replicability of sight word training and phonics training in poor readers: A randomised controlled trial. Peer J 3(5),Taylor & Francis, DOI:10.7717/peerj.922
Projects
- Literacy Test Development (see www.motif.org.au)
- Design of reading and spelling interventions for the Australian Literacy Clinic
Awards
- 2017 Vice Chancellor's Excellence Award (Finalist, Macquarie University)
- 2015 Extra Mile Award
(Winner, Macquarie University)
Public engagement
- Banales, E., & Kohnen, S. (2024, March). Telehealth literacy interventions can improve spelling scores. Paper presented at the Dyslexia SPELD Foundation conference, Perth, Australia.
- Can we harness telehealth to improve literacy outcomes for students with reading and spelling difficulties?
- Banales, E., McArthur, G., & Kohnen, S. (2023, July). Telehealth literacy interventions can improve spelling scores. Paper presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading conference, Port Douglas, Australia.
- Banales, E., McArthur, G., & Kohnen, S. (2015, July). Can verbal working memory training improve reading? Paper presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading conference, Hawaii, United States.
