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A profile of the language and cognitive skills contributing to oral inferential comprehension in young children with DLD.

Dawes, E., Leitão, S., Claessen, M., & Kane, R. (2018). A profile of the language and cognitive skills contributing to oral inferential comprehension in young children with developmental language disorder. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 53(6), 1139-1149. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12427

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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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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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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

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The relationship between phonological short-term memory, receptive vocabulary and fast mapping in children with specific language impairment.

Jackson, E., Leitão, S. & Claessen, M. (2016). The relationship between phonological short-term memory, receptive vocabulary and fast mapping in children with specific language impairment. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 51, 61-73. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12185

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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., Cronje, J., Newhouse, S. & 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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Preliminary investigation into the effectiveness of a computer supported intervention targeting orthographic processing for children with impaired word identification.

Seiler, A., Leitão, S. & Blosfelds, M. (2013). Preliminary investigation into the effectiveness of a computer supported intervention targeting orthographic processing for children with impaired word identification. Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech Language Pathology, 15 (1), 13-18.

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