Reflections: A Podcast by LaLYP

Reflections is the voice of LaLYP. We’re Language and Literacy in Young People. As a group, it is our mission to share our work with as many people as possible, including clinicians, researchers, and the broader community. Our goal is to tell people about our work in both audio and visual form, so you can hear us on the go.


Episode #4: Emily Dawes & Katrina Kelso

In this episode of Reflections, Emily Dawes and Katrina Kelso chat about their research. Emily Dawes has completed her PhD, which looked at oral inferential comprehension in children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). Emily also has ample experience working clinically with children with DLD and supports teachers in a specialist education context. Katrina Kelso has worked extensively as a clinician in private practice, and is currently completing her PhD. Katrina's project focuses on effective intervention for "poor comprehenders" in middle to upper primary.


Episode #3: Samuel Calder & Laura Glisson

In this episode of Reflections, Samuel Calder and Laura Glisson chat about their research. Sam Calder is undertaking a PhD, looking at the efficacy of an explicit grammar intervention for young children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). In addition, Sam works closely with children with Developmental Language Disorder and speech sound disorders in a one-on-one clinical context and in a capacity building role, supporting teachers in a specialist educational context. Laura Glisson is a speech pathologist working in school-aged language and literacy, predominantly, with children who have DLD and/or specific learning disorders. She completed her Master's by research in 2017; Laura designed a manualised oral narrative intervention program, and measured its efficacy with school-aged children with narrative delay.


Episode #2: Lizz Hill & Robert Wells

In this episode of Reflections, Lizz Hill and Robert Wells chat about their research. Lizz Hill is finalising her PhD, which looks at cognitive and psychosocial factors that are linked to discourse-level language skills for adolescents with and without acquired brain injury. She also works clinically in private practice with adolescents with language and literacy difficulties. Robert Wells is currently undertaking a PhD examining access to speech pathology services. He also works in a specialist education setting for young children with Developmental Language Disorder.


Episode #1: Emily Jackson & Chrissy Kelly

In this episode of Reflections, Chrissy Kelly and Emily Jackson chat about their research. Chrissy Kelly is a practising speech pathologist who has completed her Master of Philosophy, examining the effectiveness of an 18-week program targeting phonological awareness and alphabet knowledge. The Cracking the Code program was designed for teachers to implement in the early childhood classroom.
Emily Jackson is currently undertaking her PhD, alongside her work as a clinical speech pathologist. Emily's project is examining word learning for young children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD).


Introduction to Reflections

Reflections is the voice of LaLYP. We are Language and Literacy in Young Pople. As a group, it is our mission to share our work with as many people as possible, including clinicians, researchers, and the broader community. Our goal is to tell people about our work in both audio and visual form, so you can hear us on the go.