Developmental language disorder (DLD) is diagnosed when a child’s language skills are persistently below the level expected for the child’s age.
Developmental language disorders
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Do autistic girls talk differently about social groups?
New data, published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, suggest that pronoun use during natural conversation might inform us about clinically meaningful social function.
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Do autistic girls have better communication and interaction skills than autistic boys?
There is ongoing debate as to whether autism spectrum disorder (ASD) differentially affects males and females. Several meta-analyses have found little difference between males and females with ASD in terms of social communication and interaction skills. However, such analyses have often relied on diagnostic instruments such as the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition 2 that may not be sensitive to how autism presents in females. What’s more, many have been based on global scores, that reflect overall social communication and interaction skills, which could miss subtler differences in specific domains.
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Delivering early language screening and intervention at scale – CAMHS around the Campfire
For this session we welcomed Gillian West, post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of Oxford, to discuss her JCPP paper ‘Early language screening and intervention can be delivered successfully at scale: evidence from a cluster randomized controlled trial’. First published: 30 March 2021
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Language and communication problems, and their relation to non-language difficulties – In Conversation with Dr. Hannah Hobson
In this podcast we talk to Dr. Hannah Hobson, Lecturer in Psychology and Researcher at York University, and head of the Emerald Lab (Emotional and Mental Health Research in Autism and Language Disorders).
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Delivering early language screening and intervention at scale – CAMHS around the Campfire
FREE informal journal club ‘CAMHS around the Campfire’ welcomes Gillian West, post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of Oxford, to discuss her JCPP paper ‘Early language screening and intervention can be delivered successfully at scale: evidence from a cluster randomized controlled trial’.
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The developmental origins of genetic factors influencing language and literacy: Associations with early‐childhood vocabulary – Dr. Ellen Verhoef and Dr. Beate St Pourcain
Video abstract from Dr. Ellen Verhoef and Dr. Beate St Pourcain from their JCPP paper ‘The developmental origins of genetic factors influencing language and literacy: Associations with early‐childhood vocabulary’.
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JCPP Editorial: Volume 62, Issue 06, June 2021
Editorial: “Is there a core deficit in specific learning disabilities?” by Arne Lervåg
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JCPP Annual Research Review Editorial: Volume 62, Issue 05, May 2021
Editorial: “‘In our time’: Has the pandemic changed the way we write and read mental health and neurodevelopmental disorder research reviews?” by Sara R. Jaffee
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Dr. Megan Gunnar
Megan R. Gunnar is currently a Professor of Developmental Psychology at the Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota. She is a Specialist Subject Editor of the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
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Professor Sabine Landau
Professor Sabine Landau is a professor of Biostatistics in the department of Biostatistics & Health Informatics at Kings College London. Her main area of research include: Design and analysis of trials of complex interventions, casual mediation analysis, methods for process evaluation and real-world evidence.
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