language development
-
Early Life Language Experiences: Speech Development and Educational Achievement
In this In Conversation podcast, Professor Sophie von Stumm, Anna Brown, and Emily Wood explore child language development with a specific focus on the influence of children’s early life language experiences on their speech development and educational achievement. Sophie, Anna, and Emily are part of the Hungry Mind Lab which studies the causes and consequences of individual differences in cognitive and social emotional development across the life course.
Read more -
The importance and challenges of improving early identification of language abilities: a commentary on Gasparini et al. (2023)
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘Finding early predictors of later language skills and difficulties is fraught with challenges because of the wide developmental variation in language. Gasparini et al. (Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2023) aimed to address this issue by applying machine learning methods to parent reports taken from a large longitudinal database (Early Language in Victoria Study). This commentary highlights the advantages and challenges of identifying early predictors of language in this way, and discusses future directions that can build on this important contribution.’ Nicola Botting (pic) and Helen Spicer-Cain
Read more -
Prevalence and Impact of Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorders
In this podcast, we are joined by Professor Courtenay Norbury and Jo Saul to discuss their co-authored JCPP paper ‘Prevalence and functional impact of social (pragmatic) communication disorders’.
Read more -
Language Regression, Communication Development, and Autism
In this podcast, we talk to Dr. Mandy Steiman about her co-authored paper, ‘Predictors of language regression and its association with subsequent communication development in children with autism’, published in the JCPP.
Read more -
A digest of the published work of Michael Rutter
A digest of the published work of Michael Rutter by Jim Stevenson, Emeritus Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, University of Southampton. Revised December 2021
Read more