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Sirpa Tarvainen

@sirpatarvainen.bsky.social
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PhD, former chair of the Finnish Association of SLTs, entrepreneur. Reseach on oral comprehension interventions in children with or at risk for #DevLangDis. 🌍 www.takingturns.eu

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Sirpa Tarvainen @sirpatarvainen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Which factors should be considered when defining the child’s level of need for intervention? How should this need be translated into a recommended intervention amount? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Defining the Level of Need and Total Intervention Time in Children's Speech and Language Therapy in Finland: Developing a Consensus-Based Guideline - Sirpa Tarvainen, Eva Ståhlberg-Forsén, Hanna Elo, Marita Haukilehto, , Guideline Work Group, Guideline Work Group, Stina Sundstedt, 2026
Background and Aims Speech and language therapy is essential for supporting the skills and participation of children with disorders that impair their ability to...
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Sirpa Tarvainen @sirpatarvainen.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
What a recognition! Our article Intervention factors associated with efficacy, when targeting oral language comprehension of children with or at risk for (Developmental) Language Disorder: A meta‐analysis is nominated Top 7 for the 2025 IJLCD Editors’ Prize! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Intervention factors associated with efficacy, when targeting oral language comprehension of children with or at risk for (Developmental) Language Disorder: A meta‐analysis
Background Language interventions are complex behavioural interventions, making it difficult to distinguish the specific factors contributing to efficacy. The efficacy of oral language comprehension...
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Sirpa Tarvainen @sirpatarvainen.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Our article on intervention factors associated with comprehension intervention efficacy has had over 1000 views, yay! Have you read it yet? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Sirpa Tarvainen @sirpatarvainen.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
I defended my doctoral dissertation 'Oral language comprehension interventions for children with or at risk for (Developmental) Language Disorder and factors associated with their efficacy' on 21.11. at the University of Helsinki. The dissertation can be read here: helda.helsinki.fi/items/182927...
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NAPLIC @naplic.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Connect with the Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) community on BlueSky with our #DevLangDis start pack. go.bsky.app/FMV4dou If you're not listed and think you should be, then message us. Help us reach a bigger audience by sharing this post also
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Sirpa Tarvainen @sirpatarvainen.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Now open access: Intervention factors associated with efficacy, when targeting oral language comprehension of children with or at risk for (Developmental) Language Disorder: A meta-analysis #DevLangDis #WeSpeechies #SLP #SLT #SLPeeps #slp2be onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Intervention factors associated with efficacy, when targeting oral language comprehension of children with or at risk for (Developmental) Language Disorder: A meta‐analysis
Background Language interventions are complex behavioural interventions, making it difficult to distinguish the specific factors contributing to efficacy. The efficacy of oral language comprehension...
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Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻 @carolinebowen.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
🆓🔓 in @ashajournals.bsky.social van Witteloostuijn, M., Haggiyannes, A., de Bree, E., & Blom, E. (2025). Parental Input and Its Relationship With Language Outcomes in Children With (Suspected) #DevLangDis A Systematic Review. JSLHR, 68(4), 1982–2005. doi.org/10.1044/2024... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES
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Parental Input and Its Relationship With Language Outcomes in Children With (Suspected) Developmental Language Disorder: A Systematic Review
Purpose: It is widely acknowledged that parental input plays an important role in typical language development. Less is known about the input pro...
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Dr Shaun Ziegenfusz @shaunziegenfusz.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
My colleagues at IALP are undertaking a study of digital literacy for speech pathologists. Please see below for details. redcap.link/a7g1kcxg @mwslp.bsky.social
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A Pinch of SaLT @apinchofsalts.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Marilyn Nippold and Erin Marr created a language arts program, named, 'Philosophy for Adolescents' + it's available entirely FREE from here: asha.figshare.com/articles/onl... #DLD #DevelopmentalLanguageDisorder #WeSpeechies
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Philosophy for Adolescents (Nippold & Marr, 2022)
Purpose: In this clinical focus article, we discuss the nature of critical thinking, its importance for adolescents, and its interaction with later language development. We also introduce a language a...
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Sirpa Tarvainen @sirpatarvainen.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
New research on intervention factors associated with efficacy in comprehension interventions. Authors @sirpatarvainen.bsky.social, @pfrizelleslt.bsky.social, Granroth-Wilding, H., Stolt, S., & Launonen, K. doi.org/10.1111/1460... To be read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
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Intervention factors associated with efficacy, when targeting oral language comprehension of children with or at risk for (Developmental) Language Disorder: A meta‐analysis
Background Language interventions are complex behavioural interventions, making it difficult to distinguish the specific factors contributing to efficacy. The efficacy of oral language comprehension...
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Department of Education, University of Oxford @education.ox.ac.uk · 07/03/2025
🎥 Missed our public seminar with Professor Cristina McKean last week? Catch up now and watch the recording here! ➡️ bit.ly/4i6OVcd
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Cambridge University Press - Linguistics @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org · 17/02/2025
The Journal of Child #Language is seeking submissions for its upcoming special issue on 'Later language development'. Send in your submissions by 18 July 2025! Learn more: 🔗 cup.org/42YQIeJ #psycholinguistics @iasclchildlang.bsky.social
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Sirpa Tarvainen @sirpatarvainen.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Anyone interested in supporting early language development, this is for you!
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Sirpa Tarvainen @sirpatarvainen.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
The problem seems to be only on mobile device, with a computer the link works.
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TICLD @ticld.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Did you miss the RCSLT #IJLCDWinterLecture by @pfrizelleslt.bsky.social and @cristina-mckean.bsky.social? If so the slides are available below! #DevLangDis #bskySPEECHIES #ImpSci
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TICLD @ticld.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Two of our members, @cristina-mckean.bsky.social and @pfrizelleslt.bsky.social are delivering the RCSLT IJLCD winter lecture tomorrow morning, details available here: www.rcslt.org/events/ijlcd... Sign up to learn more about dosage, active ingredients and #DevLangDis #bskySPEECHIES
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TICLD @ticld.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
We have only one response each from Finland, Sweden, and Austria, can you help us reach more countries? We are looking for academics or researchers who teach on #bskySPEECHIES #SLT #SLP degree courses to fill out this survey on #DevLangDis: ucc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Please share widely!
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Sirpa Tarvainen @sirpatarvainen.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
The third article of my dissertation is accepted! 🤩 Follow this space to hear about intervention factors associated with efficacy in oral language comprehension interventions. #DevLangDis
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Kim Turner @kimt-slt.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
The 1st Speech and Language Therapy starter pack is full🙌🏻 Still loads of SLT/SLPs joining so who is going to ut together the second?! go.bsky.app/QKf7XWq
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Word Aware @wordaware.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
There is now a Facebook group for adults with DLD. A great opportunity for those with DLD to meet others. www.facebook.com/groups/conne... So please share with anyone who might be interested. #DevLangDis
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Sirpa Tarvainen @sirpatarvainen.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The first article of my dissertation is a systematic scoping review on oral language comprehension interventions for 1-8-year-old children with (developmental) language disorder or language difficulties. It is open access and can be found here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Sirpa Tarvainen @sirpatarvainen.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The second article of my dissertation is a systematic scoping review on oral language comprehension interventions for school-age children and adolescents with #DevLangDis. It is open access and can be found here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Sirpa Tarvainen @sirpatarvainen.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
To inform colleagues on evidence-based interventions for supporting oral comprehension, I give webinars based on our research. Info on the webinars can be found here: www.takingturns.eu/courses/ .
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Courses Oral language comprehension interventions in children and adolescents with language disorders or difficulties Read more and sign up > Oral language comprehension interventions in chi...
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Sirpa Tarvainen @sirpatarvainen.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
The literature reviews conducted together with my supervisors Suvi Stolt & Kaisa Launonen indicated large variation in the efficacy of comprehension interventions. The reasons for this variation are largely unknown.
The intervention factors associated with efficacy is the topic of my third article.
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