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michellestclair.bsky.social
Director of Engage with Developmental Language Disorder, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Psychology, University of Bath. Passionate about increasing #DevLangDis research. She/Her #DevLangDis
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The country I knew is gone. #notmypresident

Do we really listen to children and young people with communication needs? Child Language Teaching and Therapy invites submissions of 5000- 8000 words for a forthcoming special issue on listening to children with communication differences. Submit by 18th April 2025 to mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cltt

This week we have summarised a paper which looked at Maternal gatekeeping in children with Developmental Language Disorder www.engage-dld.com/post/materna... youtu.be/QCRnuGpA3HA The authors of the paper were Eyyup Kara and Burak Doğangün #DLD #DevLangDis #DLDAwareness #dld

So far 150 families have helped us with @bicycle-study.bsky.social We need a few more with 4 Year olds born Mar-Jun 2020 (1st #lockdown). All via Zoom & you get a free tablet to keep. We would especially like to hear from families who struggled financially in #COVID so we get a mix of people.

A new position to come and work in a great Department at the University of Bath. See below - closing date February 10th! www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...

⭐ NEW TOOL FOR PREDICTING LANGUAGE OUTCOMES ⭐ In 2 previous studies we identified sets of 5-7 questions we can ask parents when their child is 2-3yo that can predict >70% of kids with language difficulties at 11y. This is now available as a tool for researchers: github.com/lottiegasp/l... 1/13

The censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by roughly 95%, and seriously, who does that to a wildlife biology & advocacy group ? So we moved 😇 over here to BlueSky If you could, please help us regain our following Follow Retweet and Repeat ;-) Together we can change the world.

My PhD student Hannah is looking for adults with #DevLangDis and #autistic adults for an interview about reading experiences. Do get in touch with her!

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

Just ONE more adult with #DevLangDis needed to come to City University (in the new year or before #Christmas) and help us with a #study designing better graphs, maps and other #datavis. Please get in touch if you want more info and think you can help - no obligation / pressure 😊

Calling UK Paediatric SLTs Researchers at City are seeking to find out more about how UK paediatric SLTs select intervention goals and content. If you would like to help, please complete our survey: bit.ly/3Z3DNWv Please share with others if you can #mySLTday

Thanks for sharing! Here is the link for @healthlibraryholly.bsky.social survey herts.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

I've just created a starter pack for Developmental Language Disorder. I am sure there will be lots of people I've missed so if you spot omissions (including yourself) then please let me know. #DevLangDis go.bsky.app/FMV4dou

Please follow @edldproject.bsky.social now here 😊 EDLD is a participant database of >300 families & 80 adults with #devlangdis. We also have easy-read research summaries. www.engage-dld.com @suze-freogirl.bsky.social @michellestclair.bsky.social @drjennyg.bsky.social @emilymayjackson.bsky.social

It's great to see this paper out there! Looking forward to seeing more research summaries. At @edldproject.bsky.social we will start posting some of our existing research summaries over the next week and half, both to demonstrate plain english summaries as well as launch our Blue Sky account!

Check out our new guidelines for creating accessible research summaries for the Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) community! doi.org/10.1111/1460... @shaunziegenfusz.bsky.social @emilymayjackson.bsky.social @suze-freogirl.bsky.social @michellestclair.bsky.social Nat Turner #DLD #DevLangDis 1/7

For the next week donations to @afasic.bsky.social will be doubled by #BigGive. Donate today and support Afasic's 'DLD Together' groups for families to learn more about their child's Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) diagnosis. #DevLangDis donate.biggive.org/donate/a0569...

Thanks for this summary. So proud this is out there now. Hannah was a great student!

Calling UK Paediatric SLTs Researchers at City are seeking to find out more about how UK paediatric SLTs select intervention goals and content. If you would like to help, please complete our survey: bit.ly/3Z3DNWv Please share with others if you can

must know some parents of 13-18 year olds, in the uk, who would like to help us to figure out what anonymous, self-help support they would like as parents if their teen was to be struggling with mood. You would be helping us enormously if you put yourself forward by emailing us [email protected].

There is now a Facebook group for adults with DLD. A great opportunity for those with DLD to meet others. www.facebook.com/groups/conne... So please share with anyone who might be interested. #DevLangDis

Just checked and the ESTAs for my husband and children are all approved and printed off. Can't quite believe we'll all be in Minnesota in three weeks time! Better crack on with work now - tons to do before then.

About to give my yearly lecture on #DevLangDis. My favourite teaching session in the year.

Just want to highlight that the @edldproject.bsky.social is on here! This is a research participation database for #DevLangDis. We advertise #dld projects to families and individuals with #dld! @suze-freogirl.bsky.social @emilymayjackson.bsky.social @profnikkibotting.bsky.social

New paper with Hannah Cullen!! Views of children with #DevLangDis and #slcn on their peer interactions. Published in ADLI. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

www.tes.com/magazine/new... A new @tesmagazine.bsky.social survey found that only 15% of primary school and 17% of secondary school teachers thought their initial teacher training left them feeling well prepared for supporting children with language and communication needs. @wordaware.bsky.social

Do you struggle with communication and using language? You could have Developmental Language Disorder Visit our website www.engage-dld.com/sign-up to find out more and sign up to our database You don't need a diagnosis to join and receive emails about news, events and research centred around DLD

Just joined! This feels very familiar somehow!?