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Important news @BBCNews about need to support children's language development especially after the pandemic https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-56889035 Here @SLSncl we are conducting many studies to support children's early language development & mitigate these effects @UniofNewcastle 1/n
We are back in schools working in COVID secure manner with our @LIVELY_SLS study. The LIVELY team are comparing two language interventions for children aged 3 - 5 years to find the optimal approach for each child @SLSncl @UniofNewcastle @BBCNews 2/n https://research.ncl.ac.uk/lively/aboutlively/
We are also developing one of our interventions (BEST) for use with children with language difficulties whose home language is not English http://www.buildingearlysentencestherapy.co.uk/ @BBCNews @SLSncl @UniofNewcastle @LIVELY_SLS 3/n
LIVELY is funded by @HVDL_Foundation & involves Speech & Language Therapists & Teachers working together. Our amazing partner schools in the NE are so committed to best outcomes for their children. We are developing free CPD to support this commitment https://research.ncl.ac.uk/lively/newsevents/promotingrobustlanguagedevelopmentforchildrenintheearlyyearssetting.html 4/n
A second study with PHE looked at identifying and supporting children's language needs at the 21/2 year review - Led by Professor James Law with @PHE_uk we developed a measure to identify children at risk https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/best-start-in-speech-language-and-communication @BBCNews @SLSncl @UniofNewcastle 5/n
As part of this team I worked with SLTs Parents/caregivers and HV teams to co-design an intervention - the measure and intervention are currently being cascaded by @PHE_uk to all HV teams in England @SheenaCarr14 @BBCNews @SLSncl @UniofNewcastle 6/n
The effects of access to HV support early in children's lives is crucial and has been significantly affected by the pandemic as reflected in the important report of the @ParentInfantFdn https://parentinfantfoundation.org.uk/1001-days/ 7/n
We hope our work with @PHE to cascade the early Identification Measure & Intervention (ELIM-I) will be key to support children in these crucial early days & address ongoing risks for children with language difficulties @UniofNewcastle @SLSncl @BBCNews https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/939872/ELIM_Handbook_December-2020.pdf 8/n
Another study @SLSncl addressing early children's language development involves supporting educational staff to provide language enriching environments & is about to restart after the pandemic - this is a partnership with @IOE_London @UniofNewcastle https://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/project/empowering-staff-to-enhance-oral-language-in-the-early-years 9/n
There's more! @SLSncl I worked with @pfrizelleslt @UCC who evaluated Happy Talk (paper under review) showing SLTs working with parents & early years staff brings significant benefits to children's language development @SLSncl @BBCNews @UniofNewcastle https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/1/lho/corknorthlee/therapy/happy-talk/ 10/n
outside of the UK in addition to Ireland @GhadaKhattabSLS @SLSncl is leading work to identify needs & support Arabic speaking children's language development with a focus on the effects of refugee experiences on early lang development @SLSncl @UniofNewcastle @bulbul_LangDev 11/n
We also conduct epidemiological work with colleagues in UK Australia Germany Finland the Netherlands to understand the consequences of early language difficulties, their drivers o & devising public health approaches to address them @SLSncl @BBCNews @UniofNewcastle 12/n
Some of our studies can be found here https://research.ncl.ac.uk/norfaceseed/ @SLSncl @UniofNewcastle 13/n
To promote robust language development for all children requires interdisciplinary and international collaboration and we are privileged her @SLSncl @UniofNewcastle to work in this way - the studies above are team endeavours and include....15/n
@DrJackcl @DrHelenSLT @SeanPert @anastasiagst @GhadaKhattabSLS @shaimaagaber10 @cfloccia @pfrizelleslt @sreilly_reilly @SheenaCarr14 @penzyl @lainee_ashton James Law Emily Preston Jenna Charlton @suelizstone @anastasiagst Kate Benson Jenny Sandham and many more
