Dr Susan Ebbels

We have fact sheets about DLD in English, plus-Brazilian Portuguese, Slovenian, Estonian, Indonesian. Norwegian, Danish, Latvian, Slovak, Georgian, Romanian, Czech, Bengali and German.
Find them here: radld.org/about/dld/dl...
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This Thursday (Oct 2nd) @hannahhobson.bsky.social is presenting @radld.bsky.social's @deevybee.bsky.social lecture on camouflaging in #DevLangDis. Don't miss it. Recording tickets also available. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2025-d...
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Top questions for DLD research priorities revealed | RCSLT

We're so proud to have led on this important work to identify the research priorities for DLD, working alongside the RCSLT and an amazing group of contributors.

Read more, including either the full report or easy-read version at the link below.

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Want to join a vibrant research- active team committed to advancing knowledge with impact & supporting the development of excellent person-centred evidence based health professionals? We have a vacancy for an Assistant Professor in Speech & Language therapy :-) Details below, closing date Sept 17th

Helping pupils with developmental language disorder What can teachers do to support children with DLD to better access the curriculum? Dr Susan Ebbels and Sue Marr share their tips for teachers

And an article I wrote with @suemarr.bsky.social a couple of years ago for the @tesmagazine.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/tea...

The little-known disorder that’s just as common as autism and dyslexia Developmental language disorder is considered an invisible condition

Article published today in the Independent about Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/h...

An open letter to Nigel Farage - Bishop Steven's Blog Bishop Steven writes an open letter in response to Nigel Farage MP's immigration policy which was launched in Oxford this week.

A courteous but very impressive rebuke to Nigel Farage from the Bishop of Oxford.

"I heard no compassion in what you said...".

"I disagree profoundly with your attempts to ... increase fear of the stranger in our communities".

Do read.
blogs.oxford.anglican.org/an-open-lett...

A pika sits on a mossy rock.

Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head.

An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye.

An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"

Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Fantastic. This is just what we need.

Could you also do one on language difficulties? Especially Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) which affects 7% of children (2 in every classroom).

Low awareness means that people with DLD have to constantly explain what DLD is. #DLDday is on 17th Oct

When funding models dictate services - especially when excellent evidence exists that may contradict those funding models - we need to rigorously query what clinicians are doing

See this thread to you a few months ago for more information about Developmental Language Disorder @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social. An episode of Word of Mouth would be so helpful to the 1 million children in the UK with DLD. The linguistics of DLD is also fascinating
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Fantastic. This is just what we need.

Could you also do one on language difficulties? Especially Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) which affects 7% of children (2 in every classroom).

Low awareness means that people with DLD have to constantly explain what DLD is. #DLDday is on 17th Oct

🚨 Great to see this @healthwatchengland.bsky.social post capture how people value speech and language therapy and highlight some of the issues they face accessing it.

😃 Very good to see the RCSLT's 'A profession under pressure' report highlighted.

👏 @gillianrudd.bsky.social.

Toward an Understanding of Developmental Language Disorder in Adults: Investigating the Relationship Between Cognitive Abilities and Linguistic Outcomes Purpose: There is a growing body of research on developmental language disorder (DLD), but very few studies have focused on the role of cognitive...

💰🔐 In @ashajournals.bsky.social Both implicit (fast, effortless, unconscious) & explicit (slow, effortful, conscious) processes are relevant to language; & adults with #devlangdis may require additional processing time in cognitive and linguistic tasks. pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.1... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

Dr Susan Ebbels - Moor House Research & Training Institute Dr Susan Ebbels Director, Moor House Research & Training Institute, Moor House School & College Specialist topics: Developmental Language Disorder; Speech & Language interventions; research; the SHAPE...

Free copy of accepted version available from here: www.moorhouseinstitute.com/dr-susan-ebb...

Dr Susan Ebbels - Moor House Research & Training Institute Dr Susan Ebbels Director, Moor House Research & Training Institute, Moor House School & College Specialist topics: Developmental Language Disorder; Speech & Language interventions; research; the SHAPE...

Free copy of accepted version available from here: www.moorhouseinstitute.com/dr-susan-ebb...

If anyone wants a free copy, just send me your email address.

Need an update on the evidence base for interventions for children with DLD?
My task for the next few weeks is reading all the intervention studies published since I last ran this course to make sure it really is current.

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Delighted this paper is finally published. First in a series of papers looking at morphological intervention focused on affixes for improving vocabulary in children with DLD #DevLangDis
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
First 50 clicks get free author copy here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/9VJBM...

Another way we are failing an entire generation: we must teach young people to speak | Simon Jenkins The PM promised to prioritise oracy lessons, but has failed to do so. Set against tests and exams, it is seen as a luxury: in fact it is essential, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

📰 Simon Jenkins has written a comment piece on the issue in the @theguardian.com.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Pleased to be a signatory. Given the foundational role of oral language in both education & relationships, it is crucial that a focus on supporting the development of children's oral language (ie #oracy) is recognised as a core part of the curriculum.

We're proud to be supporting the campaign for inclusive #oracy education, led by @voice21oracy.bsky.social , as a signatory on this important call for action. Read the Guardian's coverage here: www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Concept Cat - trial Trial to test the impact of Concept Cat, a whole class teaching methodology for early verbal concepts (part of the widely used book ‘Word Aware 2’).

here you go educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/projects-and...

Programme to develop conceptual vocabulary found to benefit pre-school children - Nursery World A programme to help children understand concepts rather than just individual words has been found to have improved three and four-year-olds’ progress by two months, rising to three months for those el...

Our Concept Cat study featured in Nursery World yesterday.
It showed whole class vocabulary teaching worked in Early Years and promoted learning of abstract concepts and wait for it, this also impacted on maths. EYPP children made accelerated progress too.

www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/news...

Excellent news! Can you also post a link to the EEF report?

Connect with the Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) community on BlueSky with our #DevLangDis start pack.
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A Qualitative Exploration of Support Groups for Parents of Children With Developmental Language Disorder Purpose: Parents of children with developmental language disorder (DLD) have unique support needs. While support groups have a strong evidence ba...

Parents of children w/DLD have unique needs. But support groups have not been adapted for use with this population. LSHSS study explored the needs of these parents & got their perspectives on participating in such a support group.
@mauraofallon.bsky.social @sigperspectives.bsky.social #DLD #LSHSS

@charjenns.bsky.social Announcing our new book #Communication #interventions with #Deaf People with
@kristinsnoddon.bsky.social @katerowley.bsky.social Leila Holcomb, Claudia Becker, Christine Yoshinaga Itano, Susan Easterbrooks, Evelien Dirks, Martina Curtin, Karin Schamroth… #bskyspeechies