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Language and Literacy in Young People is a thriving group of researchers and clinicians, based at Curtin University in Western Australia. https://languageandliteracyinyoungpeople.com/

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See below: we’re recruiting someone to join our thriving research active team! Teaching focus phonetics-PhD qualified in SLT/P and/or in phonetics/linguistics. Please share with interested colleagues and/or dm me if interested :-)

05.03.2026 23:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Really proud of this student led work with @lizzjhill.bsky.social from @lalyp.bsky.social

04.03.2026 08:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Language and Literacy in Young People is an amazing resource. Thanks to @suze-freogirl.bsky.social @me-boyo.bsky.social and team for creating such valuable and practical work.
Loads of free evidence based downloads. languageandliteracyinyoungpeople.com/resources/fr...
#DevLangDis

25.02.2026 17:51 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Getting ready for our LALYP planning day - lots planned for 2026, so keep an eye out for events πŸ‘€!

18.02.2026 04:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Enjoyed providing an overview of our @lalyp.bsky.social research to @clinikids.bsky.social. Thanks for the invite @gailalvares.bsky.social - enjoyed discussing all things language, literacy, and mental health! @suze-freogirl.bsky.social #DevLangDis

17.02.2026 10:26 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

2026 @lalyp.bsky.social meetings are starting up again this week! Join us on Wednesday 18th Feb (4-5pm) to hear from the amazing @andreasalins.bsky.social who will be discussing relationships between reading skill, reading engagement, and reading anxiety. See you there!

16.02.2026 01:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

'Communication is highly important to these very vulnerable young people. Speech and Language Therapy services and other professionals need to provide more timely and targeted support for young people within the care system'

10.02.2026 08:30 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hello E-DLD followers!

Article summary: www.engage-dld.com/post/social-...
Original article: doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...

#DevLangDis #DLD #SocialDifficulties #EmotionalDifficulties

13.01.2026 18:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Another #research project request! If you are the #parent of a 2 year old born in 2023 please consider filling out our #child development survey here: cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

We are interested in whether early #development has changed post #pandemic.

12.01.2026 23:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Profiling the oral language and psychosocial skills of young people attending Flexible Learning Programmes While secondary school students attending flexible learning programmes have histories of poor engagement in schooling, little research has examined their oral language skills and psychosocial outco...

A piece of research I am very proud of. The data took a long time to collect (thanks Covid). Brilliant work with the team including @emilymayjackson.bsky.social @me-boyo.bsky.social et al.
High prevalence of #DevLangDis in #FLPs and links to psychosocial outcomes
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

05.01.2026 04:09 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰ Happy new year from the LALYP team! Gearing up for a big 2026. Hope everyone has had a great break.

05.01.2026 01:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Signing off for the summer break. Happy holidays everyone, and see you in the 2026!

18.12.2025 05:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸŽ‰400 Yr 6 children reached in our MRFF-funded study exploring high-school transition πŸŽ‰. Know an Aussie child in Yr 6, help us with our the last recruitment push! Express interest at tinyurl.com/2xwjsebc. Parents get a report on their child's language/reading skills, kids get a gift-card. #DevLangDis

17.12.2025 01:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats @me-boyo.bsky.social!

16.12.2025 01:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Delighted to have been awarded the @smhr.org.au Prof Helen Hermann Award for Social Mental Health. Huge congrats to all the other awardees. The conference in Adelaide was a huge success, and I'm really looking forward to pulling out the passport for next year's conference!

16.12.2025 01:44 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Well done @lizzjhill.bsky.social on winning a Raine Priming Grant "Optimising mental health service access and engagement for children with language disorders" And top ranked applicant no less! Congrats to all the other successful applicants. #DevLangDis

16.12.2025 01:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Language & Literacy in Young People | Research, Tools & More At #LaLYP, we're striving to make language & literacy research more accessible to clinicians, consumers, & the community. Access our free tools & info here.

Team @lalyp.bsky.social has joined @bsky.app. Give us a follow if you're interested in all things language, literacy, and mental health! #DevLangDis. Find out more about our work at www.lalyp.com.au

16.12.2025 01:15 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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And more good news! Team #LALYP representing at the Curtin enAble Institute awards. @me-boyo.bsky.social picked up the "Research Mentor & Supervisor" award and @sylvanna-m.bsky.social and @emilymayjackson.bsky.social both received "Consumer & Community Involvement" awards!

16.12.2025 01:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Huge congrats to postdocs extraordinaries @sylvanna-m.bsky.social and Adie Wilmot on winning the Curtin School of Population Health "Outstanding Professional Research Staff Award". And to Hannah Pizzey for winning the "Outstanding Research Assistant Award". Go team #LALYP!

16.12.2025 01:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0