Health, Rehabilitation and Psychology Research Centre (HRP)
Disability, Injury and Rehabilitation Research Group
RESEARCH STRAND 3: THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION
This strand contains research investigating a numbers of aspects of developmental communication difficulties, with particular foci on children and young people who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), family conceptualisations and experiences of speech, language and communication difficulties and both young children and teenagers.
Members : Darren Chadwick, Ann French, Juliet Goldbart, Julie Marshall, Janice Murray, Maria O'Neil, Julie Phillips, Jois Stansfield, Fay Windsor
Current and recent research projects include:
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Communication modes in the home with children who use AAC (Contacts: Julie Marshall and Juliet Goldbart)
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Augmentative and Alternative Communication Log project (contact Janice Murray)
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Systematic review of environmental influences on speech, language and communication difficulties in children. (contacts Julie Marshall and Juliet Goldbart)
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Explanatory models of language development, language delay and intervention (contacts: Julie Marshall, Juliet Goldbart, Julie Phillips)
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The temperamental characteristics of a group of pre-school children with language delay and their parents. (contact Julie Phillips)
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Systematic review of speech and language therapy for children with cerebral palsy. (contact Julie Marshall and Juliet Goldbart)
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Signing and language acquisition in young children (contact Maria O'Neil)
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The development of phonological skills in year 7 students (age 11-12 years) in mainstream education (contact Ann French).