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Language, literacy, and mental health: Current progress
Leitão, S., Wilmot, A., Vanluydt, E., McArthur, G., Hill, L., Jackson, E., & Boyes, M. (2024). Language, literacy, and mental health: Current progress. LDA Bulletin, 56(2), 6-8.
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
The oral and written narrative language skills of adolescent students in youth detention and the impact of language disorder.
Kippin, N. R., Leitão, S., Finlay-Jones, A., Baker, J., & Watkins, R. (2021). The oral and written narrative language skills of adolescent students in youth detention and the impact of language disorder. Journal of Communication Disorders, 90, 106088. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2021.106088
Piloting ‘Clever Kids’.
Boyes, M. E., Leitão, S., Claessen, M., Dzidic, P., Badcock, N. A., & Nayton, M. (2021). Piloting ‘Clever Kids’: A randomized-controlled trial assessing feasibility, efficacy, and acceptability of a socioemotional well-being programme for children with dyslexia. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 91(3), 950-971.
Correlates of externalising and internalising problems in children with dyslexia.
Boyes, M. E., Leitão, S., Claessen, M., Badcock, N., & Nayton, M. (2020) Correlates of externalising and internalising problems in children with dyslexia: An analysis of data from clinical casefiles, Australian Psychologist, 55(1) 62-72, https://doi.org/10.1111/ap.12409
Exploring the impact of living with dyslexia.
Claessen, M., Dzidic, P., Leitão, S., Nayton, M., & Boyes, M. E. (2020). Exploring the impact of living with dyslexia: The perspectives of educators, Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 25 (1) 51-64. https://doi.org/10.1080/19404158.2020.1734952
Mental health in adolescents with a history of DLD.
Kilpatrick, T. Leitão, S., & Boyes, M. E. (2019, Early On-line) Mental health in adolescents with a history of DLD: The moderating effect of bullying victimisation, Autism and Developmental Language Impairments. https://doi.org/10.1177/2396941519893313
Language diversity, language disorder, and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder among youth sentenced to detention in WA.
Kippin, N. R., Leitão, S., Watkins, R., Finlay-Jones, A., Condon, C., Marriott, R., Mutch, R. C., & Bower, C. (2018). Language diversity, language disorder, and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder among youth sentenced to detention in Western Australia. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2018.09.004
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and youth justice.
Bower, C., Watkins, R. E., Mutch, R. C., Marriott, R., Freeman, J., Kippin, N. R., Safe, B., Pestell, C., Cheung, C.S.C., Shield, H., Tarratt, L., Springall, A., Taylor, J., Walker, N., Agiro, E., Leitão, S., Hamilton, S., Condon, C., Passmore, H. M., & Giglia, R. (2018). Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and youth justice: a prevalence study among young people sentenced to detention in Western Australia. BMJ open, 8(2), e019605. https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/2/e019605
Exploring the impact of living with dyslexia: The perspectives of children and their parents.
Leitão, S., Dzidic, P., Claessen, M., Gordon, J., Howard, K., Nayton, M., & Boyes, M. E. (2017). Exploring the impact of living with dyslexia: The perspectives of children and their parents. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 19:3, 322-334. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2017.1309068
Why are reading difficulties associated with mental health problems?
Boyes, M. E., Leitão, S., Claessen, M., Badcock, N. A., & Nayton, M. (2016). Why are reading difficulties associated with mental health problems?. Dyslexia, 22(3), 263-266. https://doi.org/10.1002/dys.1531