Child Language Symposia is an international conference that brings together scholars working on all aspects of child language development. It will be hosted by UCL in London on 6–7 July 2026. The call for abstracts is now open! tinyurl.com/ye6kpxmy

Check out our new reports for teachers, schools, specialists & policymakers supporting children with #SEND in mainstream schools.
Our #SLCN report covers:
✏️ Early identification
✏️ Classroom strategies & interventions
✏️ Collaboration with families & specialists
#DevLangDis

📢 Calling UK parents of children with dyslexia

We are conducting a research study to understand how children with dyslexia in UK primary schools experience learning, assessment, and support.
🔗 Learn more or sign up: tinyurl.com/ckvv5hsf

#Dyslexia

Excited to share our new paper, where we propose that inefficient anticipatory mechanisms may represent a common underlying thread linking the spoken language, reading, and handwriting difficulties associated with dyslexia.

Available open access here:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

What a magical night at St Paul’s Cathedral ✨

We hosted a workshop in Amman brining together teachers, teacher trainers, the Jordanian ministry of education, and our partners Queen Rania Foundation. We discussed our research findings and received very valuable feedback and suggestions for our work on oral language development in Jordan 🇯🇴

📍🇯🇴 In Jordan this week, visiting schools from our project on promoting children’s oral language development. We learned a lot about the language environments and available resources in these schools, some of which are beginning to embed inclusive education to support children with special needs

Sunset over the Barbican 🌇

📢CALLING UK #SLTs📢
Research shows that SLTs often feel unprepared to support written language difficulties. Help inform the development of guidelines on the role of UK SLTs in supporting children with literacy difficulties by sharing your experiences tinyurl.com/64cfcewv

Excited to be co-leading the language development module this term with my brilliant colleague Dr Joanna Kolak! We had our first session today and got to know our students who come from the UK, USA, China, Hong Kong, Greece, and Mongolia ! Looking forward to teaching and learning from them 😊

First day back to work ! Had a very busy day delivering two workshops to over 50 teachers from 10 schools across South London. The focus of the workshop was on SLCN and discussed strategies and resources necessary for creating inclusive,communication-supporting classrooms. @ucl-ioe-cie.bsky.social

The Christmas lights trail at Blenheim Palace is magical 🎄✨

Some reflections on Term 1... This BUSY term allowed me to appreciate teamwork more. Got to teach and work with incredible UCL students who have great potential and supportive colleagues who taught me so much. Feeling very grateful for these opportunities. Happy Holidays! 🎄

📢We are looking for #UK
#SLTs who work with school-age children and would like to hear about your experiences in supporting children with literacy difficulties!
It only takes 10 mins to complete our survey:
qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
#dyslexia #SLCN