LaLYP Symposium 2026
10 October 2026 | Tickets $30
Limited release Curtin student discount tickets $10
Learning from Evidence & Experience
10 October 2026
Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia
In-person and online attendance available
We are pleased to announce the LaLYP Symposium 2026, hosted by the Language and Literacy in Young People (LaLYP) Research Group.
This year’s theme, Learning from Evidence and Experience, brings together research, practice, and lived experience to explore how we can better support children and young people with language and literacy challenges.
About the Symposium:
Latest research from LaLYP
Contributions from local, national, and international collaborators
Lived experience, clinical, and education perspectives
Who should attend:
People with lived experience of language and literacy challenges
Families and caregivers
Clinicians and allied health professionals
Educators
Researchers and students
❋ ContactIf you have questions about the conference, your submission, or have a suggestion for something you would like people to discuss please click here to contact the symposium organisers, Dr Robert Wells (9266 2597) & Dr Lizz Hill.
In-person location:
Design and Built Environment, Curtin University
Building 418, 1 Koorliny Way, Bentley WA 6102
Symposium Program
Keynote Speaker Natalee Blakemore
Natalee is an Endorsed Mental Health Occupational Therapist and Curtin University
alumna.
Since graduating from Curtin, she has maintained a strong connection with the
university through her involvement in research projects focused on Developmental
language disorder and mental health challenges in young people.
Natalee is the Director of Diversum Health Group in Fremantle, where she works with
clients and families across the lifespan. She has presented and facilitated workshops
locally and nationally, supporting greater understanding of divergent minds and bodies.
Natalee brings not only extensive clinical experience in this area of occupational
therapy, but also lived experience as an autistic, ADHD, and dyslexic person with
developmental language differences and a PDA profile. She is also the mother of three
neurodivergent children.
Creative in all aspects of life, Natalee brings warmth, insight, and authenticity to her
work and speaking engagements. She speaks candidly about the strengths and
challenges experienced by divergent minds, communicators, and learners, and
advocates passionately for the disabled community she supports and is part of.
Have a question for our Q&A panel?
We want to hear from you!
Our Q&A panel will bring together:
speech pathologists working across private practices and Language Development Centres
a psychologist,
a parent of a child with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)
to talk about supporting children and young people with language and literacy difficulties through school and beyond.
What would you like our panel to talk about?
Submit your questions using the button below!
Questions might be about school and educational transitions, mental health and emotional wellbeing, friendships and social connections, support beyond school, or anything else that is important to you.