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Lizz Hill
@lizzjhill.bsky.social
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#MentalHealth researcher & educator at Curtin Uni | Advancing equitable access to mental health care for people with language difficulties | Cat mum. She/her.
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Lizz Hill @lizzjhill.bsky.social · Aug 26
Kids with ‘developmental delay’ will be diverted from the #NDIS. But what is a #developmentaldelay?

See our (with @suze-freogirl.bsky.social) recent piece in #TheConversation for an overview of this term, and which children are affected by funding changes.

Read here: lnkd.in/ggh2Qpr4
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Lizz Hill @lizzjhill.bsky.social · Jul 3
🎓 Fully funded PhD @curtinuniversity.bsky.social!
Explore how to improve #MentalHealth accessibility for people with #language difficulties.
Interdisciplinary and stakeholder-driven. Join me, @me-boyo.bsky.social & Dr Brooke Ryan.
Apply by Aug 18: research.curtin.edu.au/higher-degre...
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Are you keen to contribute to advances in your discipline through supported research? Browse our range of projects below, and submit your EOI today! These p ...
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Lizz Hill @lizzjhill.bsky.social · May 28
So great to hear! Pls reach out to discuss if needed
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Lizz Hill @lizzjhill.bsky.social · May 28
How do we adjust the #language load of #CBT?
📌 Slow down
📌 Use visuals
📌 Break tasks into steps
📌 Offer structured choices
📌 Teach-back to check understanding
Read more about #DLD and the language demands of CBT, and what to do about them here 🔓: doi.org/10.1007/s418...
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Lizz Hill @lizzjhill.bsky.social · May 28
🧩 One in 14 people has #devlangdis.
🧠 Most #mentalhealth care assumes strong language skills.
This mismatch creates *silent barriers* to care.
Our paper for practitioners explores how to recognise and accommodate language difficulties in #CBT. doi.org/10.1007/s418...
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Lizz Hill @lizzjhill.bsky.social · May 28
🗣️ Hot off the press, OA paper out now!
Why might someone with #DLD struggle to engage in talk #therapy?💬
We explore the language demands of #CBT and why they matter to ALL practitioners! 🔗Access here: doi.org/10.1007/s418...
#MentalHealth #SLP #devlangdis #psychology
“Why Would Someone like Me with DLD Want to Sit in a Room and Talk? How Would that Make Me Feel Better?!” Developmental Language Disorder and the Language Demands of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy - Inte...
This article addresses two crucial questions: what are the language demands of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), and how can CBT be more accessible to people with language difficulties? These quest...
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