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@suze-freogirl.bsky.social
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SLP Clinician and Researcher, Curtin University #DevLangDis Professor of Speech Pathology Access and read our work at languageandliteracyinyoungpeople.com Collaborating & staying connected

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Shaun Goh @shaunkygoh.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Reposting, see link below for full details - free and open to the public ! www.facebook.com/share/p/19mt...
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Suze @suze-freogirl.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Live Q&A at the @thedldproject #IDLDRC conference with @shaunziegenfusz and hannah hobson - a rich and interesting discussion #DevLangDis
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Vani Gupta @vanigupta.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
💫 Our systematic review of personal narrative assessment in school-age children is out! We synthesised 211 studies spanning 1984-2024 to explore how children's spoken and written personal narratives have been elicited and analysed: pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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Assessment of Personal Narrative Skills in Children Aged 4–18 Years: A Systematic Review
Purpose: Assessment of children's personal narratives offers important insights into their functional language abilities. This systematic review ...
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Suze @suze-freogirl.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
@ticld.bsky.social - we are talking about this work too ! www.ucc.ie/en/ticld/#De... languageandliteracyinyoungpeople.com/symposium
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Symposium — #LaLYP
You are invited to the LaLYP 2026 Symposium | Learning from Evidence and Experience
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Suze @suze-freogirl.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
#DevLangDis languageandliteracyinyoungpeople.com/symposium
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Symposium — #LaLYP
You are invited to the LaLYP 2026 Symposium | Learning from Evidence and Experience
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Suze @suze-freogirl.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Our symposium is off to a fabulous start languageandliteracyinyoungpeople.com/symposium @robertpwells.bsky.social @lizzjhill.bsky.social @me-boyo.bsky.social
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Michelle St Clair @michellestclair.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
New preprint: our first paper evaluating the Screening Tool for Adults with Non-Diagnosed DLD - a brief screening tool to identify undiagnosed #DevLangDis in adults. @profnikkibotting.bsky.social @drjennyg.bsky.social @suze-freogirl.bsky.social @emilymayjackson.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Michelle St Clair @michellestclair.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
📣new paper alert! 📣 The @edldproject.bsky.social profile of adults with #DevLangDis, led by @drjennyg.bsky.social. Also @suze-freogirl.bsky.social @profnikkibotting.bsky.social @emilymayjackson.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Who are Adults with Developmental Language Disorder? Profiles from the Engage with Developmental Language Disorder Project - Jenny L Gibson, Nicola Botting, Ellie Barker, Emily M Jackson, Suze Leitão,...
Background and Aims Although developmental language disorder (DLD) is a lifelong, neurodevelopmental condition, its presentation in adulthood has received scant...
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Word Aware @wordaware.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We're launching this year's @radld.bsky.social #DLDday#D poster tonight. It's going to take DLD to a wider audience. We'll be on at 7pm. Join us. Facebook: www.facebook.com/radld.page YouTube: www.youtube.com/RADLD Instagram: www.instagram.com/radldcam/
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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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Suze @suze-freogirl.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Pauline Hanson has pledged to scrap SBS. The government needs to hear from the rest of us now. Sign the petition ✍️ getup.to/z8Y77DHrCdJwIo
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ASHA Journals @ashajournals.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
SLPs often must make consequential decisions w/ evidence that is incomplete, indirect, or mixed. This #JSLHR tutorial focuses on the point where observations are turned into claims, and claims are turned into recommendations. on.asha.org/4fXg5ny @csdisseminate.bsky.social
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Clinical Reasoning Under Uncertainty in Speech-Language Pathology When Measures, Labels, and Best-Practice Claims Get Ahead of Evidence
Purpose: Speech-language pathologists often have to make consequential decisions with evidence that is incomplete, indirect, or mixed. The risk i...
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Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻 @carolinebowen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🙃Nice to see this in print, @ashajournals.bsky.social @katharinebeals.bsky.social @carolinebowen.bsky.social @lucyebryant.bsky.social GaenorDixon @bronwynhemsley.bsky.social (2026). Upholding Children's Communication Rights by Ensuring Access to EBP Ax Tx. doi.org/10.1044/2026... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES
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Upholding Children's Communication Rights by Ensuring Access to Full and Appropriate Language Assessments and Corresponding Evidence-Based Interventions
Purpose: This commentary is motivated by Articles 23 (children with disabilities) and 28 (right to education) of the United Nations Convention on...
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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 · 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 · 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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Word Aware @wordaware.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Speech and Language Therapy has been found to have a cost benefit ratio of 1:6.43. That sounds impressive to me!
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Mark Boyes @me-boyo.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Updated version of our trial of Clever Kids; a mental health program for children with dyslexia. Attendance was associated with improvements in coping, emotion regulation, self-esteem (child-reported), anxiety, and depression (parent-reported) osf.io/preprints/ps... @suze-freogirl.bsky.social
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Suze @suze-freogirl.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
This will be an amazing workshop with the wonderful @emilymayjackson.bsky.social #DevLangDis
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Lottie Gasparini @lottiegasp.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
⭐️ Who to refer for language therapy? ⭐️ 🔍The MCRI Translation Centre for Speech Disorders is seeking views from parents, Speech Pathologists and other health or education workers ⬇️See flyer for eligibility and details. Interested? Scan the QR code or click the link in the post below 1/2
Share your views to improve research!
Seeking parents and health or education workers!
It is hard to know which children should see a Speech Pathologist before they start school. 
We are making a tool that will help spot which children should see a Speech Pathologist. 
In this study, we are asking for opinions about how to make this tool.

Are you:
A parent of a child 0-6 years old?
A Speech Pathologist? Or,
Another health or education worker who works with children 0-4 years old?
What is this study?
We are making a tool that will help spot which children should see a Speech Pathologist.
This study will get your opinions about how to make this tool useful and trustworthy for parents and health and education providers.
What’s involved? 
You will do the survey on your phone or computer.
The whole survey will take about 20 minutes of your time. It doesn’t need to be done in one go. You can save your progress and return later.
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Seeking parents and health or education workers!
Who can take part?
If you belong to one of the three groups below, scan the QR code or click the link to take part!
Parent of a child aged 0-6 years:
Who is 18+ years old and live in Australia
Link: https://redcap.link/whotoreferparents 
Speech Pathologist:
Who works in Australia with children 0-4 years.
Link: https://redcap.link/whotoreferslps 
Other health or education provider:
Who works in Australia with children 0-4 years. This includes:
Maternal and Child Health Nurses
Early Childhood Educators and Carers
General Practitioners
General Paediatricians
Link: https://redcap.link/whotoreferesps 
If you have any queries, please contact us at: loretta.gasparini@mcri.edu.au 
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NAPLIC @naplic.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
It's our conference on Saturday and so we'll be live posting. The focus is Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), and we'll have lived experience, research, policy and practice. Follow and search #NAPLIC26 & #DevLangDis
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Suze @suze-freogirl.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
We miss you!
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Suze @suze-freogirl.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Will try and post some links to papers next week Such a fabulous conference and so much to learn #DevLangDis @lalyp.bsky.social #DSF @genxmac.bsky.social @me-boyo.bsky.social
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Suze @suze-freogirl.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Members of @lalyp.bsky.social presented a symposium today on improving mental health outcomes for students with language & literacy difficulties @ the #DSF conference #DevLangDis #DLD @me-boyo.bsky.social @samueldcalder.bsky.social @lizzjhill.bsky.social @emilymayjackson.bsky.social and co!
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Mark Boyes @me-boyo.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Come and join @lalyp.bsky.social! 12 mth postdoc to support a Healthway-funded project to co-design and evaluate a mental health promotion program for children with language difficulties. (www.seek.com.au/job/91793641). @suze-freogirl.bsky.social @emilymayjackson.bsky.social @lizzjhill.bsky.social
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Research Associate Job in Bentley, Perth WA - SEEK
Support mental health research for children with language difficulties through project coordination, research delivery and stakeholder engagement.
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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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Suze @suze-freogirl.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
watched the Keynote with @karlamcgregor.bsky.social and Paula Orrego at the DLD Project Summit - thank you both, it was so interesting. I loved the way you made the facts come alive - thank you for sharing the stories of impact #DevLangDis
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Suze @suze-freogirl.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
...and the DLD Project Summit has gone live - such an amazing programme - run don't walk. FREE for the DLD community and only $39 for professionals; all the programme virtual and accessible for 3 months viewing #DevLangDis thedldproject.com/dld-global-s...
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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 · 05/03/2026
Come and join an amazing Speech Pathology team here @ Curtin School of Allied Health. Contact me if you have any questions (I am now the Head of Programme :) ) staff.curtin.edu.au/job-vacancie...
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Job vacancies, employment opportunities, academic and professional positions - Careers at Curtin | Curtin University, Perth Australia
Our mission is to transform lives and communities through education and research. Curtin employees form a unique and diverse community committed to innovative research and student learning. Find out a...
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sounds-project.bsky.social @sounds-project.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
We’re inviting adults to take part in a research study exploring language and communication. This study is not just for students — anyone over 18 who meets the criteria can take part! Sign up using this link: redcap-2.bath.ac.uk/surveys/?s=Y...
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Lizz Hill @lizzjhill.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
📣 Join our Community of Practice: Accessible Mental Health Services for People with Communication Difficulties. We care about inclusive #mentalhealth care for people with #communication needs. We offer: 🤝 networking + 📚 PD + 🔁 resources. All backgrounds welcome. Join here: tinyurl.com/53t9cu3z
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Lizz Hill @lizzjhill.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
SLPs involved as "last resort" for communication breakdown. Ambiguous referral pathways limit access and collaboration. What's needed? Stronger advocacy and education to improve understanding of SLP role in acute care for serious mental illness. Access here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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“I didn’t even know you existed”: An exploratory study investigating factors impacting staff knowledge of speech-language pathology in serious mental illness patient care
This study examined knowledge of the role of the speech-language pathologist amongst patient-facing staff within an acute mental health ward in a tertiary Australian hospital. Annually, over 260,00...
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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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Suze @suze-freogirl.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
@lalyp.bsky.social aims to share our work with clinicians and educators Feel free to reach out and/or visit us at languageandliteracyinyoungpeople.com
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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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Suze @suze-freogirl.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
All members of @lalyp.bsky.social are passionate about sharing our work with clinicians and educators Feel free to reach out and/or visit us at languageandliteracyinyoungpeople.com
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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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Suze @suze-freogirl.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
It was our pleasure - a shame we couldn’t be there in person - we were both fast asleep at the time!!
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Sam Calder @samueldcalder.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Hello #SLPs! I’m sharing this recruitment flyer on behalf of my PhD student. We’re recruiting Australian kids with #DevLangDis to participate in a grammar learning task. We hope you can share with your families! EOI link also here: forms.office.com/r/zMKNiSs0SM
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Suze @suze-freogirl.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
‪Suze‬ ‪@suze-freogirl.bsky.social‬ · 6s Come and join the amazing speech team - I'd love to talk to you about the position @curtinuniversity.bsky.social #DevLangDis staff.curtin.edu.au/job-vacancie...
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Job vacancies, employment opportunities, academic and professional positions - Careers at Curtin | Curtin University, Perth Australia
Our mission is to transform lives and communities through education and research. Curtin employees form a unique and diverse community committed to innovative research and student learning. Find out a...
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Suze @suze-freogirl.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Come and join the amazing speech team - I'd love to talk to you about the position @curtinuniversity.bsky.social staff.curtin.edu.au/job-vacancie...
staff.curtin.edu.au
Job vacancies, employment opportunities, academic and professional positions - Careers at Curtin | Curtin University, Perth Australia
Our mission is to transform lives and communities through education and research. Curtin employees form a unique and diverse community committed to innovative research and student learning. Find out a...
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Suze @suze-freogirl.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Thanks @tim-kittel.bsky.social !!
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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 · 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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Michelle St Clair @michellestclair.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
So pleased to launch this project! Any adult with #DevLangDis, autism or dyslexia invited to participate! We are also looking for adults without neurodevelopmental diagnoses. Please RT! @profnikkibotting.bsky.social @emilymayjackson.bsky.social @suze-freogirl.bsky.social
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Suze @suze-freogirl.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
congratulations to @annataylorsp.bsky.social for submitting her PhD for examination - nearly there!! @me-boyo.bsky.social languageandliteracyinyoungpeople.com
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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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Suze @suze-freogirl.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
#DevLangDis 🎉🎉🎉
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Suze @suze-freogirl.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Congratulations Dr. @sirpatarvainen.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉
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Suze @suze-freogirl.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Oh congratulations @vanigupta.bsky.social - that's fabulous news :) 🎉🎉🎉
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Suze @suze-freogirl.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
I think many of us are frantically marking, managing end of year projects etc and have this on the TOP of our too-read piles 📚📚📚
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