We are delighted to share our paper in Language Development Research! As joint first authors, Richenda and I would like to thank our supervisory team and the participants who made this research possible. Thank you also to the expert reviews for their constructive feedback and comments. #devlangdis

Language Development Research@langdevres.bsky.social · last wk.

New research by @ashleyrblake.bsky.social, Richenda Wright, Ewa Dabrowska, Nick Riches & Elodie Winckel in LDR, linking individual differences in analogical reasoning with linguistic outcomes of children with DLD and their typically developing peers. ldr.lps.library.cmu.edu/article/id/9...

Hello E-DLD followers! There's 1 more day until this event! The event will take place on Thursday July 30th 2:30-3:30pm (BST) with Dr. Lucy Hughes and Dr. Robert Wells. Follow this link to sign up for a FREE ticket: e-dld.ticketbud.com/comparing-dl... #DevLangDis #DLD #Event

Happy Tuesday E-DLD followers! Today's research study aimed to investigate language, literacy, and cognitive skills of young adults with and without DLD. Article summary: www.engage-dld.com/post/languag... Full text available at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #DevLangDis #DLD

We are incredibly proud to announce that our founder, Mikey Akers, has been awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours for services to Special Educational Needs.

Invitation to Participate: Research on DLD and Mental Health Support for Children and Young People sheffield.questionpro.eu/a/TakeSurvey...

Hey, 🇬🇧 UK 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES 'The Clinical Practices and Professional Perceptions of UK SLTs Supporting the Mental Health Needs of Children and Young People with #DevLangDis: A Mixed-Methods Cross Sectional Study’. ❗DROP EVERYTHING and participate in this ethics approved study by @glw1.bsky.social

Genna White@glw1.bsky.social · 2w ago

Invitation to Participate: Research on DLD and Mental Health Support for Children and Young People sheffield.questionpro.eu/a/TakeSurvey...

Videos of our 2026 conference are available to purchase. If you missed it now is your chance! Topics include: lived experience, masking with @hannahhobson.bsky.social, oracy with @suemarr.bsky.social and Hilary Nicoll and pupil voice by @katestarrslcn.bsky.social www.naplic.org.uk/product-cate...

We are currently looking for adults with DLD to take part in an interview study looking at your experiences going to the GP or going to see a nurse in your GP practice. #DevLangDis If you are interested, please start by filling in this short survey: uniofbath.questionpro.eu/t/AB3vC3yZB3...

Survey for DLD in healthcare - This survey is created by QuestionPro

Survey for DLD in healthcare - This survey is created by QuestionPro

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The abstract submission portal for #IASCL2027 in São Paolo, Brazil is now open! Submissions are due September 30th, more information on the conference website: iascl2027.fflch.usp.br/call-papers-...

This week, Niamh and Abi have been learning and sharing at the #IARC2026 International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference in Athens, Greece. Here they are presenting posters about accessibility of #DataVis for people with a language disabilities. Posters in comments. #Aphasia ##DevLangDis

Our DLD diagnostic network meeting will be digging deeper into talking to families about their child's DLD diagnosis. Includes practitioner presentations and facilitated discussions. Join us on Thursday at 3.30pm. www.naplic.org.uk/events/ #DevLangDis

A reminder that DLD has wider impacts on learning, including maths. #DevLangDis

ACAMH - Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health@acamh.bsky.social · last mo.

Is there a connection between language difficulties and mathematical performance? Anne Mari Høgetveit breaks down the latest research in this video abstract. Essential viewing for educators and clinicians. https://bit.ly/4uNeMMV

The Young People's Committee event was amazing! 💫 Thank you to @thurrockjen.bsky.social for chairing, @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social, @helenhayes.bsky.social and @saqibbhattimp.bsky.social for joining the panel, and to the young advocates and the Speech, Language and Communication Alliance.

We hope this event helps @andyburnham.bsky.social understand why children with speech and language challenges – including those with DLD – must be at the heart of SEND reform.

Oooh, we're entering the era of academic journals dropping their "qualitative checklists". Well done, Implementation Science. Maybe I'll send you a paper now. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Embracing complexity by reducing rigidity: guiding principles for the intersection of implementation science and qualitative research - Implementation Science

In this editorial we reflect on recent contributions that have focused on how researchers should involve qualitative research in implementation science. Implementation science as a discipline has firm...

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Today at parliament some real work happened too. Children and young people with SLCN got to ask MPs questions. Several started with 'I have DLD'. Advocating for themselves. Compared to where we were a few years ago this is incredible. They are the future! #DevLangDis

The @cltt.bsky.social summer lecture is soon upon us! A great learning opportunity focussed on inter-professional collaboration Jana van der Zwart-Langner from Norway. Free tickets www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/child-lang...

Happy Tuesday E-DLD followers! Today's research study aimed to investigate employment outcomes for young adults with DLD. Article summary: www.engage-dld.com/post/employm... #DevLangDis #DLD #EmploymentOutcomes #YoungAdults

Happy Sunday E-DLD followers! Today's research study aimed to investigate how individuals with DLD manage their finances. Article summary: www.engage-dld.com/post/young-a... #DevLangDis #DLD #FinancialLiteracy #Finances

At 2pm today NAPLIC Chair, @victoriawad.bsky.social will be going line on Linked In with the amazing DLD activist and artist Frankie Boyle Details and bookings below. It's free. #DevLangDis www.linkedin.com/events/incon...

Planning to attend our THS summer academy in Oxford, 24-26 August 2026? 🌍🎓 ✨Sign up before this Friday, 15 May for early-bird booking discount. Deepen your understanding of the complex forces that affect the uptake of innovation in health care. 🔗 Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/4eOsxpv

New (open access) piece: The tragedy of the Milburn report is that it is right on education – but too late. Published here educationuncovered.co.uk/analysis/the... and here: open.substack.com/pub/warwickm...

Our SLCN specialist teacher network is on Monday. We have @ashleyrblake.bsky.social from OxEd, @iomslt.bsky.social talking DLD friendly audits and Sarah Earl talking SEND White paper. Don't miss it! www.naplic.org.uk/events/ #DevLangDis

Key messages from outgoing President Courtenay Norbury 1 we need to diagnose DLD. This builds awareness, research & services 2 language interventions give people with DLD more opportunities 3 use evidence based practice. And link what we do to what policy makers want to hear. #NAPLIC26

I still occasionally hear reports that in some UK Speech and Language Therapy services staff are 'banned' from diagnosing DLD (Developmental Language Disorder). I am trying to ascertain if this is an urban myth or a reality. Please message me with your experiences. #DevLangDis

We have lots of CPD opportunities coming up in the next few weeks! SLCN specialist teacher network 8/6 SLCN provision network 22/6 DLD diagnostic network 2/7 Journal club 8/7 Details and booking: www.naplic.org.uk/events/ And join NAPLIC for £20 per year www.naplic.org.uk/membership/ #DevLangDis

🆓🔓 Spencer,S, Bola,K, Reeves,L, Best,W, Stringer,H, & Pennington,L. (2026). Defining Communicative Participation for CYP. IJLCD. 61(3),e70266. doi.org/10.1111/1460... #ICF 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES "Communicative participation is a prized outcome for children and young people with #SLCN and their parents".

Defining Communicative Participation for Children and Young People: Views of Young People, Parents, and Speech and Language Therapists

Background Communicating effectively in everyday life is a key outcome for children with speech, language and communication difficulties. However, we lack a clear way to describe children's everyday...

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There is still (just) time to register to attend the Child Language Symposium 2026 #SLPeeps #BSkySpeechies and people interested in #DevLangDis

International Association for the Study of Child Language@iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The University College London will host the 2026 Child Language Symposium from July 6 to 7. They invite empirical, theoretical, or methodological work in a wide variety of areas revolving around language acquisition. Submissions are due February 10th. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...

We recently asked for members to send us professional associations around the world which are dedicated to child language. After sorting through the many responses, we've started an initial list on our website to provide as a resource for researchers: www.childlanguage.org/resources-fo...

Developed by people with DLD and their families and launched in 2023, the UK's vision for DLD continues to guide the collaborative work conducted by NAPLIC together with @afasic.bsky.social, @speechandlanguk.bsky.social & Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists #DevLangDis