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me-boyo.bsky.social
#MentalHealth Professor at Curtin University, folk music & rugby union fanatic, and occasional quaffer of real ale (he/him). www.markboyes.com
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📢New paper📢Led by PhD student Louise Brown. "Increasing Health Literacy on #ADHD: A cross-disciplinary integrative review examining the impact of ADHD on brain maturation, composition and function, and cognitive processes across the life course". Well done Lou! (link.springer.com/article/10.1...)

The relief of finally being unblinded after conducting trial analyses and finding the effects are in the right direction ...

Go boys - @westernforce.bsky.social knock off Brumbies in Canberra for the first time in about 14 years ... (www.theroar.com.au/2025/02/22/w...)

I have had a TON of people asking how they can help...here is what would help us the most right now: SHARE SHARE SHARE SHARE SHARE! Tell us why you #standupforscience2025! Send flyers to your colleagues and labs! Change your bluesky banner! Tell your professional orgs and departments!

Just out - Open Access #DevLangDis #DLD Leitão, S., St Clair, M., Botting, N., Gibson, J. L., & Jackson, E. (2025). “They don't realise how hard he has to try every day”: The rewards and challenges of parenting a child with developmental language disorder. IJLCD . dx.doi.org/10.1111/1460...

First @westernforce.bsky.social game for the 20th year. Hot one, but have spot in the shade. Go boys - give us some good footy please! Here we go ...

So happy to see @radld.bsky.social Raising Awareness of Developmental Language Disorder on BlueSky. Give them a follow. #DevLangDis

Looking forward to graduations tonight. 2 PhDs and 3 Hons students walking across the stage. Supervision is head and shoulders the best part of the job! Congrats Drs @sylvanna-m.bsky.social and Indita Dorina, as well as Alice Muir, Rebecca Hill, and Robannie Sumner (all 1st class Hons).

For #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek we’ve made a video for mental health practitioners about Developmental Language Disorder! #DevLangDis affects 7% of ppl, and is over represented in MH settings. We introduce DLD and have tips for making MH support more accessible. Please share! youtu.be/Ko6sFea3v0w?...

Its #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek! Myself and Sarah Griffiths have worked together with clinicians, young people with #devlangdis and families to help mental health practitioners to make sessions more accessible for children with Developmental Language Disorder. Here are signs of DLD in MH settings:

Here are some ways that mental health practitioners can support children (and adults!) with DLD to access the content of their sessions better. We'd love to know whether you've tried any of these and how they went! #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek

We are honoured to be featured as Site of the Month by the amazing @carolinebowen.bsky.social 🥲🤩 Please have a read of our Open Access paper. We reviewed research into managing cyberbullying for adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders. #devlangdis #neurodiversity

😎 Speechwoman is smiling in the direction of Curtin Uni in Western Australia! www.speech-language-therapy.com/index.php?op... 🆓🆕🔓 Helpful open access article about #bullying and #neurodiversity by @emilymayjackson.bsky.social @me-boyo.bsky.social Blundell B Hirn J @suze-freogirl.bsky.social

Services for adults with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) in the UK are close to zero but thanks to a small dedicated group they are starting to grow. Please share and respond to @claireclarkslt.bsky.social so we can grow the network #DevLangDis

🆓🆕🔓 @emilymayjackson.bsky.social @me-boyo.bsky.social Blundell, B., Hirn, J., & @suze-freogirl.bsky.social (2025). Managing #cyberbullying among #neurodiverse adolescents: A scoping review. Int J of SLP. doi.org/10.1080/1754... #DevLangDis #ADHD #Autism #SpecificLearningDisorders 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

Recently received two fantastic sets of PhD examiners reports. So close to the finish line now Kirsty Hird (Understanding non-suicidal self-injury among trans young people) and Louise Brown ("What a welcome relief": Attachment and neuro-affirming parental care in the context of ADHD). Well done!

Back at work after an amazing month holiday ... not sure how I'm going to manage the -2 to 42 degree change in temp!

New lecturership opportunities in the Department of Psychology at Bath. Please see here: www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...

Holiday time! Boyes clan is Munich bound - see you soon @belindajplatt.bsky.social and fam! 🍻⛷️🍻⛷️.

Great way to end 2024; huge thanks to the Stan Perron Charitable Foundation for a People Grant! This Fellowship will allow me (and the #LALYP team) to keep working on language difficulties and mental health for 5 yrs. But for now, 2024 work = ✅ and it's family holiday time! #MentalHealth #DevLangDis

🗺️ Need something location-appropriate to listen to next time you're in the car, on the train or out walking? 📍 Use our brand new interactive map to find the Folk on Foot episode recorded nearest to where you're heading. 🔗 Explore the map at folkonfoot.com/map

Congrats Dr Mirichlis!!!! Very proud supervisors

An old paper now, but here is a commentary we wrote in Dyslexia, outlining a roadmap for research on links between reading difficulties and mental health. We have come a long way since, but so much more to do! @suze-freogirl.bsky.social #dyslexia #Mentalhealth onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Looking forward to the WA Psychological Science conference on Friday. Delighted to host at Curtin University. Overwhelmed by interest: 93 talks & 230+ registrations! Frantically trying to see if we can organise more catering 🥪🥧🍊🍉. See you there! #psychology #WesternAustralia (www.wapsconference.com)

Received the first bound proof/ARC of Is A River Alive? today, 3.5 yrs after starting work on it. Always an exciting waymark in a book’s journey. Neon-zing meander art by @stanleydonwood.bsky.social Lovely to hold it in hand: it exists! Out 1 May next year: dedicated to the rivers & their guardians.

New episode this Wednesday (4th December)!! S2/E8 - Roud 18: BRUTON TOWN Historical guest: Steve Gardham Singer guest: James Patterson Available from your podcast platform of choice!

Inexplicably, it is that time again! Your annual reminder that every Christmas, all proceeds from White Wine In The Sun go to charity. Specifically, these legends: @aspectaus.bsky.social. youtu.be/x1rw1fx170s?...

Big year for team #LALYP! Here's to an even bigger and better 2025 🍻

🙌 Lou Brown ... PhD thesis submitted for examination 🍾🍾🍾. Time for a very well-earned break! Her thesis is titled "What a welcome relief": Attachment and neuro-affirming parental care in the context of ADHD. #ADHD

Please help Adie Wilmot with her study exploring school experiences and wellbeing of school students with language/reading difficulties. More info and/or register interest via the form (curtin.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...) Curtin University HREC approved study (HRE2021-0084). #DevLangDis

The fantastic Adie Wilmot presenting her work (in progress) on language/literacy difficulties, school connection, and child mental health at the Curtin enAble Institute away day. Thanks to enAble for seed funding! #DevLangDis #dyslexia #MentalHealth

Enjoying a morning listening to Dr Marlena Klaic talking about 'Does co-design make a difference to the implementation of health interventions?' - always like a good implementation science discussion :) #Curtin enAble Thinking about our #DevLangDis work @me-boyo.bsky.social #LaLYP

Huge congrats to Lou Brown - first PhD paper just accepted for publication 🎉🎉🎉. Keep an 👀 out in Journal of Attention Disorders. Paper investigates parent's experiences of raising children with ADHD and their perceptions of a proposed attachment-based and neuro-affirming parenting program. #ADHD

🔓🔓WilmotA @me-boyo.bsky.social SieversR @suze-freogirl.bsky.social NorburyC (2024). Impact of #devlangdis on mental health AND well-being across the lifespan: a qualitative study including the perspectives of UK adults with DLD AND Australian SLTs. BMJ Open. doi.org/10.1136/bmjo... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

See replies with several great scale construction recs for item choice and sample size considerations!

Want to know about experiences of adults with language disorders (and everyday impacts)? Great collab with Adie Wilmot, Courtenay Norbury, Rachel Sievers, & @suze-freogirl.bsky.social. Huge thanks to the adults with #DLD who contributed & Raine Medical Research Foundation for supporting! #DevLangDis

RESEARCHERS & PRACTITIONERS IN SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH 🏫📚🧠 to complement the lovely general C&A MH lists from @noraskjerdingstad.bsky.social (go.bsky.app/mJXZrD) & @olademk.bsky.social (go.bsky.app/KSGUBYg) Hoping this will be primarily crowd-sourced, so please tell me who to add: go.bsky.app/5EXucz1

Fantastic review – was already looking forward to the new #Opeth album, but now genuinely can’t wait! Tickets for the Perth show in November 2025 already booked. (www.loudersound.com/reviews/opet...)

Welcome @westernforce.bsky.social - new platform for the new season. Can't wait!

Hello everyone. Just dipping a toe in here - and delighted to find some like minded people.