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Language and Literacy in Young People

@lalyp.bsky.social
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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. languageandliteracyinyoungpeople.com

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Mark Boyes @me-boyo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🎉Congrats Zoe Campbell, first paper out in Child Development! Important study testing psychometric properties of self-report #MentalHealth scales among children with different language abilities @suze-freogirl.bsky.social @lizzjhill.bsky.social @lalyp.bsky.social #DevLangDis doi.org/10.1093/chid...
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Impact of children's language ability on self-report assessment of mental health: Testing measurement invariance using moderated non-linear factor analysis
Abstract. Children with language difficulties are at elevated risk of mental health problems, yet tools commonly used to assess mental health rely heavily
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Mark Boyes @me-boyo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Join us at the 2026 @lalyp.bsky.social symposium. Bringing together research, practice, and lived experience to better support those living with language and literacy challenges. #DevLangDis @suze-freogirl.bsky.social @lizzjhill.bsky.social @robertpwells.bsky.social @emilymayjackson.bsky.social
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Mark Boyes @me-boyo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
📢 📢 Our trial of Clever Kids, a #MentalHealth program for children with #dyslexia, is out now (open-access). Attendance was associated with a range of improvements in socio-emotional wellbeing. (bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...) @lalyp.bsky.social @suze-freogirl.bsky.social
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<em>British Journal of Educational Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
Background Children with dyslexia are at elevated risk of mental health difficulties, both internalizing (emotional) and externalizing (behavioural) problems. Clever Kids is a nine-week socio-emotio...
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Mark Boyes @me-boyo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🎉Congrats Zoe Campbell🎉 - 1st PhD paper accepted (Child Development). "Impact of children’s language ability on self-report assessment of mental health: Testing measurement invariance using Moderated Non-Linear Factor Analysis". @lalyp.bsky.social @suze-freogirl.bsky.social #DevLangDis #MentalHealth
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Mark Boyes @me-boyo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
📢📢 Our NHMRC-funded trial of Clever Kids - a Dyslexia-SPELD Foundation mental health promotion program for children with reading difficulties - has just been an accepted! Coming soon in British Journal of Educational Psychology (keep an eye out 👀). @lalyp.bsky.social @suze-freogirl.bsky.social
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Mark Boyes @me-boyo.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Congrats to PhD student Robannie Sumner her first paper (from her Hons research - and open-access) 🎉🎉🎉 "Dyslexia, school-connectedness, depression, and anxiety during the transition from primary to secondary school" @lizzjhill.bsky.social @lalyp.bsky.social (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...)
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Dyslexia, School‐Connectedness, Depression, and Anxiety During the Transition From Primary to Secondary School
Children with dyslexia are at elevated risk of depression and anxiety. The transition from primary to secondary school may be particularly challenging given increased educational demands. Past resear...
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JAACAP Journals @jaacapjournals.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
#JAACAP Translations highlights the current inequity in mental health research and services for young people with developmental language disorders and sets out priorities for future research and practice. #DLD twp.ai/4itF4N
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Mark Boyes @me-boyo.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Families, professionals, and researchers interested in all things language/literacy. We are pleased to announce the @lalyp.bsky.social Symposium 2026: Learning from Evidence & Experience. Find out more, and submit ideas or abstracts at lalyp.com.au/symposium. Bookings opening soon. #DevLangDis #DLD
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Suze @suze-freogirl.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Free downloads of the original Oral Inferential Comprehension Ix Prog by Dr Emily Dawes in English, PLUS a new translation (Cantonese) thanks to Assoc Prof Amy Wong and her team (as well as Swedish and French) @lalyp.bsky.social #DevLangDis languageandliteracyinyoungpeople.com/resources/fr...
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Oral Inferential Comprehension Intervention — #LaLYP
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EngagewithDLD @edldproject.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Hello E-DLD followers! Article summary: www.engage-dld.com/post/impact-... YouTube summary: youtu.be/z5Y_VitXNU0 Full text available at: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/1... @lalyp.bsky.social @me-boyo.bsky.social @suze-freogirl.bsky.social #DevLangDis #DLD #MentalHealth #Wellbeing
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Carol-Anne Murphy @carol-annemurphy.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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 :-)
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Suze @suze-freogirl.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Really proud of this student led work with @lizzjhill.bsky.social from @lalyp.bsky.social
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Word Aware @wordaware.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
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
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Language and Literacy in Young People @lalyp.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Getting ready for our LALYP planning day - lots planned for 2026, so keep an eye out for events 👀!
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Mark Boyes @me-boyo.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
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
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Mark Boyes @me-boyo.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
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!
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Word Aware @wordaware.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
'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'
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EngagewithDLD @edldproject.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Hello E-DLD followers! Article summary: www.engage-dld.com/post/social-... Original article: doi.org/10.3389/fpsy... #DevLangDis #DLD #SocialDifficulties #EmotionalDifficulties
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Nikki Botting @profnikkibotting.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
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.
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Suze @suze-freogirl.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
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....
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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...
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Language and Literacy in Young People @lalyp.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
🎉🎉🎉 Happy new year from the LALYP team! Gearing up for a big 2026. Hope everyone has had a great break.
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Language and Literacy in Young People @lalyp.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Signing off for the summer break. Happy holidays everyone, and see you in the 2026!
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Language and Literacy in Young People @lalyp.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
🎉400 Yr 6 children reached in our MRFF-funded study exploring high-school transition 🎉. 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
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Language and Literacy in Young People @lalyp.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Congrats @me-boyo.bsky.social!
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Mark Boyes @me-boyo.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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!
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Language and Literacy in Young People @lalyp.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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
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Mark Boyes @me-boyo.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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
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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.
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Language and Literacy in Young People @lalyp.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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!
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Language and Literacy in Young People @lalyp.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
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!
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