Developmental Language Disorder
LANGUAGE AND LITERACY IN YOUNG PEOPLE is investigating the theoretical underpinnings of DLD with a focus on research that adds to the evidence base for assessment and interventions/treatment for both clinicians and educators.
The term ‘Developmental Language Disorder’ (DLD) is used when children’s language development is significantly disordered, and this cannot be attributed to neurological, psychosocial, or physical delays or disorders
(Bishop, Snowling, Thompson, Greenhalgh, & CATALISE-2 Consortium, 2017; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcpp.12721/full).
DLD has replaced terms such as specific language impairment (or SLI).
For further information on DLD:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5J2oZIiKfB4VG0Zq_xabUA
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ALL OUR PUBLISHED PAPERS CAN BE SEEN ON THE PUBLICATIONS PAGE
Recently completed HDR projects can be accessed here:
Emily Dawes (2017) The hidden language skill: oral inferential comprehension in children with developmental language disorder
https://espace.curtin.edu.au/handle/20.500.11937/56528
Dawes, E., Leitao, S. Claessen, M. (2018) The Squirrel Story Narrative Comprehension Assessment (NCA)
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE DOWNLOADABLE NCA via the Black Sheep Press UK website:
Dawes, E., Leitao, S. Claessen, M. (2018) Peter and the Cat Narrative Comprehension Assessment (NCA)
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE DOWNLOADABLE NCA via the Black Sheep Press UK website:
https://www.blacksheeppress.co.uk/product/peter-cat-narrative-comprehension-assessment-nca/
Dawes, E., Leitão, S., & Claessen, M. (2015). Oral Inferential Comprehension Intervention. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO FREELY ACCESS THE DOWNLOADABLE INTERVENTION PROGRAMME =0
Laura Glisson (2017) A study to measure the efficacy of a manualised oral narrative intervention programme for school-age children with narrative delay
https://espace.curtin.edu.au/handle/20.500.11937/59145
PLEASE CLICK HERE TO FREELY ACCESS THE DOWNLOADABLE INTERVENTION PROGRAMME
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/i92n4ffbzmp02tu/AAA6LDyWmh9jQDuZJRjqoQ2Ya?dl=0
Ongoing HDR projects include:
Samuel Calder (2017-) Evaluating the efficacy of a theoretically motivated intervention approach to improve expressive and receptive grammar functioning in early school-aged children with developmental language disorder
A pilot paper on this work is available at
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0265659017735392
Emily Jackson (2017-) Word learning in children with developmental language disorder
