SLI and adulthood: Identifying pathways to resilience/adjustment in personal, social and societal functioning
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Psychological Sciences
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Publications
Winstanley M
(2018)
More or less likely to offend? Young adults with a history of identified developmental language disorders.
in International journal of language & communication disorders
Winstanley M
(2019)
Psycholinguistic and socioemotional characteristics of young offenders: Do language abilities and gender matter?
in Legal and criminological psychology
Toseeb U
(2017)
Prosociality from early adolescence to young adulthood: A longitudinal study of individuals with a history of language impairment.
in Research in developmental disabilities
Pickles A
(2016)
Conduct problems co-occur with hyperactivity in children with language impairment: A longitudinal study from childhood to adolescence
in Autism & Developmental Language Impairments
Mok PL
(2014)
Longitudinal trajectories of peer relations in children with specific language impairment.
in Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines
Hesketh A
(2013)
Memory and language in middle childhood in individuals with a history of specific language impairment.
in PloS one
Durkin K
(2015)
Core subjects at the end of primary school: identifying and explaining relative strengths of children with specific language impairment (SLI).
in International journal of language & communication disorders
Durkin K
(2016)
Learning to drive in young adults with language impairment.
in Transportation research. Part F, Traffic psychology and behaviour
Durkin K
(2013)
Severity of specific language impairment predicts delayed development in number skills.
in Frontiers in psychology
Durkin K
(2017)
Social Confidence in Early Adulthood Among Young People With and Without a History of Language Impairment.
in Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR
| Description | NOTE CHANGE OF TITLE OF AWARD The term "maladjustment" was changed to "adjustment" with the approval of the ESRC so that the award revised title reads as follows: SLI and adulthood: Identifying pathways to resilience/adjustment in personal, social and societal functioning. This action followed feedback from participants in our advisory group (young adults with SLI, 24 years of age on average). KEY FINDINGS Specific language impairment (SLI) affects one in fifteen children in the UK. Little is known however about how these children will "turn out" in adulthood. In this project we followed the Manchester Language Study participants in adulthood (24 years of age) and examined a range of areas of functioning. Below we highlight four of the key findings of this study. 1. Identification of distinct developmental pathways of adjustment in social, emotional, behavioural and employment/education outcomes in adulthood. We found, for example, that 40% of individuals had experienced persistent problems with getting along with others (peer relations) from childhood, with a smaller percentage experiencing increasing problems as they reached adolescence and young adulthood (26%). A third had few/no difficulties with peer relations from childhood to young adulthood or had some difficulties in early childhood which improved in early adolescence. These different pathways were predictable. Risk of peer relation problems was greater for those individuals with language difficulties in the pragmatic domain. The odds of persistent difficulties from childhood to young adulthood were 2.5 times higher for those with poor pragmatic language abilities. 2. Discovery of prosociality as the key protective factor associated with most areas of functioning in individuals with SLI in young adulthood. To our knowledge, this is the first study to investigate developmental pathways of prosociality in SLI from childhood to young adulthood. We found that individuals with SLI are prosocial in childhood and importantly the development of prosociality of these individuals is stable all the way into young adulthood. We did not find distinct developmental pathways, that is, we did not find that some individuals were antisocial and others prosocial at different stages of development. The only individual differences we found were in "dosage": approximately one third of individuals were average prosocial whilst the majority (71%) followed a high prosociality trajectory from childhood to young adulthood. This is important positive information about SLI and crucial in our understanding of pathways to resilience. 3. Wellbeing is compromised in identifiable subgroups of young adults with SLI. Our work is the first to determine that health (good vs poor), employment (in employment vs unemployed), and relationships (in a relationship vs not in a relationship) affect the wellbeing of young adults with SLI more than it does their peers. They are more vulnerable than peers in young adulthood to issues they face on their journey towards independence and productive engagement with society. Young adults with SLI seek support services for emotional difficulties in relation to wellbeing. 4. Key partnerships forged. Founder member of the RALLI campaign and the CATALISE Consortium to move forward public and professional understanding of SLI. |
| Exploitation Route | We have developed an Internet-based platform for our research evidence to be accessible to non-academic audiences: parents, affected children and adults, education and healthcare professionals involved in supporting such individuals (teachers, speech and language therapists). As part of this award, the PI Gina Conti-Ramsden co-founded the RALLI campaign in 2011 (with DBishop, MSnowling, CNorbury and BClark). We launched a YouTube channel where we post short videos about SLI from various perspectives. These range from children and parents talking about how SLI has affected their lives through to brief summaries of recent research evidence. In 2015, the channel is thriving with over 300,000 views and dozens of videoclips organised into thematic playlists, for example, impacts of SLI, supporting SLI. We have an international audience and have What is SLI? videoclips in numerous languages including Welsh, Greek and Chinese. The clips have been by non-academic users (by charities, schools) and by academics in the training of professionals. https://www.youtube.com/user/RALLIcampaign Our work has also contributed directly to raising questions about the nature of SLI: characteristics, development and terminology, which are being tackled via the creation of the CATALISE CONSORTIUM in 2015. The PI Gina Conti-Ramsden is a member of the CATALISE expert panel. http://www.crl-research.org/files/4014/3793/6168/7_PT_CATALISE_presentation_db2.pdf |
| Sectors | Education,Healthcare |
| URL | http://www.psych-sci.manchester.ac.uk/staff/ginaconti-ramsden/ |
| Description | In contrast to dyslexia and autism, specific language impairment (SLI) is a neglected condition not only in research but also in terms of policy and practice. A recent analysis of research publications and grants confirmed this impression, showing that SLI attracted far less research funding and led to fewer publications than many other conditions of comparable frequency and severity (Bishop, 2010). Perhaps the most striking comparison was with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which is of similar prevalence to SLI. Between 1985-2009, there were 1,140 publications on SLI in Web of Science, compared to 12,631 on ADHD. Between 2008 and 2009, funding was 19 times greater for ADHD than for SLI. Having identified the problem, the question was what to do about it. At the end of 2011, we decided to take action, and formed a group with the name RALLI, standing for Raising Awareness of Language Learning Impairments. Our group consists of four academics, two of whom trained as speech and language therapists (the PI Gina Conti-Ramsden, Professor Courtenay Norbury and two as clinical psychologists (Professor Dorothy Bishop, Professor Maggie Snowling), together with a practising speech and language therapist (Becky Clark). We received invaluable guidance from a Public Relations company, Teamspirit, who contributed pro bono advice and expertise to get the campaign up and running. We decided that what was needed was a campaign to put accessible materials on the internet. Our aim was not to raise money or to improve provision, but simply to improve the recognition of children's language impairments. We received the support of charities (Afasic, The Waterloo Foundation) and for launching the campaign the ESRC grant ES/100064X/1 In May 2012 we launched a YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/rallicampaign) in order to reach three target audiences: families of children who may have SLI, professionals working with children - particularly in education - and young people with SLI themselves. We have as of July 2016 have nearly 2,000 subscribers • and nearly 400,000 views of our videoclips. The videoclips use research findings from this grant (as well as other research findings). They take the research evidence and transform it into accessible messages clearly presented via short videoclip materials available from the youtube channel. We believe that with the RALLI youtube channel, we have made a small contribution to enhancing quality of life in line with the ESRC's aim to Enhance quality of life, health and creative output. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2012 |
| Sector | Education,Healthcare |
| Impact Types | Societal |
| Title | Manchester Language Study: Young Adulthood |
| Description | http://reshare.ukdataservice.ac.uk/852066/ Dataset of interview and questionnaire data resulting from the age 24 wave with the original participants of the Manchester Language Study in adulthood (24 years of age). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | The archiving of datasets derived from ESRC funded projects is now recommended (mandatory) practice and constitutes part of Data Management Plans of the Award SLI in Adulthood: Identifying pathways to resilience/adjustment in personal, social and societal functioning. |
| URL | http://reshare.ukdataservice.ac.uk/852066/ |
| Description | Adolescents with specific language impairment (SLI) and new media |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk for professionals. Speech, Language & Communication Needs, 10th Joint Development Seminar Glasgow City Council and Glasgow NHS, Glasgow, UK. March 28th 2013. N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Child Development Conference (Pennsylvania, USA) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Over 100 individuals came to see the poster and discuss the findings None of note |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.srcd.org/meetings/biennial-meeting/2015-call-submissions |
| Description | Computer use and young people with specific language impairment (SLI) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited Plenary Lecture. School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 27th February 2013 N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Conference and Workshop (Brisbane, Australia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 70 Speech and Language Therapists, Teachers and allied professions attended the 2 day event which included research talks, activities, case studies, debates and discussions afterwards None of note |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Conference and Workshop (Melbourne, Australia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 115 Speech and Language Therapists, Teachers and allied professions attended the 2 day event which included research talks, activities, case studies, debates and discussions afterwards None of note |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Conference and Workshop (Sydney, Australia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 80 Speech and Language Therapists, Teachers and allied professions attended the 2 day event which included research talks, activities, case studies, debates and discussions afterwards None of note |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Conference and Workshops (Perth, Australia) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 40 Speech and Language Therapists, Teachers and allied professions attended the 2 day event which included research talks, activities, case studies, debates and discussions afterwards None of note |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Does computer use predict educational outcomes in adolescents with specific language impairment? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Paper presentation with K. Durkin at Symposium on New Technologies and Developmental Disorders, BPS Developmental Section Conference, Glasgow, UK. Sept 5-7, 2012 N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Emotional and social development in children with specific language impairment (SLI) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited Seminar - paper presented at the Population Health Seminar Series, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute Participants engaged in Question/Answer session with the speaker. There was interest and further requests for information on developmental language disorders |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Implications for policy and practice : how do we respond to the language needs of primary and secondary school pupils |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited workshop for professionals Increased requests for information |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Implications for policy and practice : our work with parents, families and other professionals |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited workshop for professionals Increased requests for information |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Increased Prevalence of Sex Chromosome Aneuploidies in Specific Language Impairment and Dyslexia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Poster Presentation: European Society of Human Genetics, Paris, France. June 8-11 2013. Co-author with N.H. Simpson (lead author), L. Addis, W.M. Brandler, et al.) N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Is SLI a condition which changes from childhood to adolescence |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited Plenary Lecture. Conference of the National Association of Professionals Concerned with Language Impairment in Children (NAPLIC). Aston University, Birmingham, UK. April 27th 2013 N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Language and communication difficulties : recent advances, overlaps among disorders, and social outcomes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A series of seminars/workshops for professionals working with children with language and communication difficulties (Specific Language Impairment, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Dyslexia) Participants engaged in Question/Answer sessions as well as small group discussions in relation to specific issues related to SLI, ASD and Dyslexia. There were debate sessions and a summary of key issues shared by participants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Language difficulties can last a lifetime |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | requests for further information N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Language impairment and the risk of social maladjustment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited Plenary Lecture. School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University, Australia. February 27th 2013 N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Long term outcomes of language impairment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited Workshop for professionals. Moor House School professional development day, Moor House, Oxted, Surrey. Audience report change in views/opinions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Maths and SLI: What matters in the development of number skills? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited Seminar: University of Melbourne, Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, Melbourne, Australia, 26th February 2014. N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Memory Difficulties: Why do we need to examine multiple memory systems? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited Seminar: University of Melbourne, Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, Melbourne, Australia, 26th February 2014. N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Older children and young adults with developmental speech, language and communication needs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A day Symposium for the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) National Special Interest Group (SIG). The symposium was for Professionals (mainly speech and language therapists) working with older children and young adults. Professionals engaged in discussion afterwards and reported back to the whole group. Increased interest in our research work with multiple requests for copies of our journal articles reporting our research findings |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Outcomes of young people with SLI in adolescence |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A series of seminars/workshops for professionals working with children with language impairments Participants participated in extensive discussions, group work, activities and debates in relation to the latest research evidence that affects assessment and intervention practice with children with developmental language disorders (DLD). Professional practitioners reported increased knowledge of DLD current research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017 |
| Description | Plenary Conference Presentation: "Language Impairment: Considering resilience as well as risk". International Association of Logopedics & Phoneatrics. Dublin, Ireland, August 21-25, 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Academics from Finland were interested in obtaining Finnish data using the same instruments as the Manchester Language Study. Invitations for two smaller group discussions for potential collaborations (London, Newcastle). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://ialpdublin2016.org |
| Description | Professor helps kids beat language barrier |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Newspaper feature, Manchester Evening News, 1st April 2011 N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | RALLI Youtube Channel - http://www.youtube.com/rallicampaign |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Over 200,000 views of the Channel by November 2014 Professionals (academic, clinical, Speech Therapists) using the videoclips in ther teaching/practice |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013,2014 |
| URL | http://www.youtube.com/rallicampaign |
| Description | Raising Awareness of Language Learning Impairments (RALLI) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Event to raise awareness among individuals involved in policy and practice by celebrating the 2nd anniversary of RALLI campaign held at the State Rooms, Speaker's House, The House of Commons. The event was attended by the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Rt Hon John Bercow, MP, who made a speech and supported RALLI. Speeches also given by: Professor Dorothy Bishop, Professor Gina Conti-Ramsden, three young people affected by SLI and Becky Clark. N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Research will examine legacy of childhood language difficulties |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Requests for further information n/a |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | SLI : changes in developmental profiles from childhood to adolescence |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited Seminar - paper presented re Hearing, Language and Literacy Research Group, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute Students engaged in Question/Answer sessions with the speaker. They also organised individual sessions where specific discussions relating their research to developmental language disorders ensued |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | SLI and autism spectrum disorders : examining distinctiveness and overlaps |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited Plenary Lecture: Specific Language Impairment: Challenges in Development two day conference, Tailrace Centre, Launceston, Tasmania. Requests for further information |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Seminar Series (Southampton, UK) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussions with other disciplines regarding digital worlds and new media issues None of note |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.digitalbubbles.org.uk/ |
| Description | Seminar at Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Australia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Academics, clinicians and interested practitioners debated and asked questions after the seminar and during the post seminar informal session regarding predictors of emotional and behavioural problems in childhood and young people with and without language impairment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Social and emotional development : the case of young people with specific language impairment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited Public Lecture: Curtin University, Perth, Australia. 7th February 2012. This public lecture presents information on the developmental trajectories of emotional and social difficulties in individuals with SLI from childhood to adolescence. Do children with SLI experience more social difficulties as they grow up or do these difficulties diminish with maturity? What do we observe across time in the case of emotional difficulties? The talk then focuses on specific aspects socio-emotional development examining anxiety, depression and in particular quality of friendships in adolescence. The talk will end with implications for policy and practice. Increase in requests for information |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Specific language impairment (SLI) and peer relations: Evidence for distinct developmental trajectories |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited Seminar: MCRI Clinical Research and Public Health Seminar, Melbourne, Australia, 27th February 2014 N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | The UK perspective |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk for professionals. Jornada sobre prevension del trastorno especifico del lenguaje y Desarrollo, Madrid. July 4 2013 N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | The development of children with specific language impairment (SLI) : risk factors and developmental trajectories of verbal and nonverbal skills |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited Plenary Lecture, Fifth AVATEL Conference on SLI. Asociacion Valenciana de Padres de Ninos con Trastornos Especificos del Lenguaje (AVATEL). Increase in requests for information |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | The loneliness of language difficulties |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | BBC News Health - by Philippa Roxby, Health Reporter, BBC News N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24851520 |
| Description | The longitudinal course of behavioural, emotional and social difficulties in individuals with a history of specific language impairment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Poster presentation Increase in requests for information |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Understanding children with SLI : developmental trajectories from childhood to adolescence |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited Plenary Lecture: Specific Language Impairment: Challenges in Development two day conference, Tailrace Centre, Launceston, Tasmania. Increased requests for further information |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Understanding the nature and developmental course of language impairment in children |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited one day conference and workshop: The Speech Pathology Association of Australia, South Australia, Adelaide, 3rd March 2014 N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| Description | Understanding the nature of specific language impairment in adolescence |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | invited Plenary presentation at a day Symposium for the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) National Special Interest Group (SIG) on older children and young adults with developmental speech, language and communication needs. Professionals engaged in discussion afterwards and reported back to the whole group. Increased interest in our research work with multiple requests for copies of our journal articles reporting our research findings. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | What is the relationship between specific language impairment (SLI) and Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited workshop for parents Changes in views/opinions were reported |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Yorkshire Speech and Language Therapists' Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professionals engaged in an activities to apply research knowledge to their practice None of note |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |