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Oral Language Yina Liu Oral Language Yina Liu

Daily or weekly? The role of treatment frequency in the effectiveness of grammar treatment for children with specific language impairment

Smith-Lock, K., Leitão, S., Lambert, L., Prior, P., Dunn, A., Cronje, J., ... & Nickels, L. (2013). Daily or weekly? The role of treatment frequency in the effectiveness of grammar treatment for children with specific language impairment. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 15(3), 255-267. https://doi.org/10.3109/17549507.2013.777851

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Oral Language Yina Liu Oral Language Yina Liu

Evaluating two different dose frequencies and cumulative intervention intensities to improve past tense production for early school-aged children with developmental language disorder

Calder, S. D., Claessen, M., Leitão, S., & Ebbels, S. (2021). Evaluating two different dose frequencies and cumulative intervention intensities to improve past tense production for early school‐aged children with developmental language disorder. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 56(6), 1278-1295. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12667

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Oral Language Yina Liu Oral Language Yina Liu

The Efficacy of an Explicit Intervention Approach to Improve Past Tense Marking for Early School-Age Children With Developmental Language Disorder

Calder, S. D., Claessen, M., Ebbels, S., & Leitao, S. (2021). The efficacy of an explicit intervention approach to improve past tense marking for early school-age children with developmental language disorder. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 64(1), 91-104. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_JSLHR-20-00132

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Oral Language Yina Liu Oral Language Yina Liu

Explicit grammar intervention in young school-aged children with developmental language disorder: An efficacy study using single-case experimental design

Calder, S. D., Claessen, M., Ebbels, S., & Leitão, S. (2020). Explicit grammar intervention in young school-aged children with developmental language disorder: An efficacy study using single-case experimental design. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 51(2), 298-316. https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.11958771

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Oral Language, Written Language Yina Liu Oral Language, Written Language Yina Liu

Combining implicit and explicit intervention approaches to target grammar in young children with Developmental Language Disorder

Calder, S. D., Claessen, M., & Leitão, S. (2018). Combining implicit and explicit intervention approaches to target grammar in young children with developmental language disorder. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 34(2), 171-189. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265659017735392

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Oral Language Kayla Paul Oral Language Kayla Paul

Evaluating Two Different Dose Frequencies and Cumulative Intervention Intensities to Improve Past Tense Production.

Calder, S.D., Claessen, M., Leitão, S., & Ebbels, S. (2021). Evaluating Two Different Dose Frequencies and Cumulative Intervention Intensities to Improve Past Tense Production for Early School-Aged Children with Developmental Language Disorder. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12667

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Book Chapter: Language and Literacy in the context of early life adversity.

Snow, P., Leitão, S. & Kippin, N. (2020). Language and Literacy in the context of early life adversity. In J. S. Damico, N. Müller , & M. J. Ball (Eds.), The handbook of language and speech disorders. 2nd Ed (pp. 266-285). Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119606987.ch13

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