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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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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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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

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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

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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

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Oral Language, Written Language Kayla Paul Oral Language, Written Language Kayla Paul

Improving phonological awareness in parents of children at risk of literacy difficulties.

Boyes, M. E., Leitão, S., Claessen, M., Dzidic, P., Boyle, G., Perry, A., & Nayton, M. (2017). Improving phonological awareness in parents of children at risk of literacy difficulties: A preliminary evaluation of the Boost program. Frontiers in Education, 2:47. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2017.00047

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