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Professor James Law
Dr Jenna Charlton
Robert Rush
Vicky Gilroy
Professor Cristina McKean
et al.
The development and productivity of a measure for identifying low language abilities in children aged 24–36 months2023
Dr Penny Levickis
Professor Cristina McKean
Jennifer Smith
Professor James Law
Professor Sheena Reilly
et al.
A Review of Interventions to Promote Language Development in Early Childhood2022
Professor Cristina McKean
Professor James Law
Allocation and funding of Speech and Language Therapy for children with Developmental Language Disorders across Europe and beyond2022
Professor James Law
Professor Sheena Reilly
Professor Cristina McKean
Language Development: Individual Differences in a Social Context2022
Professor James Law
Professor Sheena Reilly
Professor Cristina McKean
Language Development: Individual Differences in a Social Context2022
Professor Cristina McKean
Rose Watson
Dr Jenna Charlton
Vicky Gilroy
Professor James Law
et al.
'Making the most of together-time': Development of a Health Visitor led intervention to support children’s early language and communication development at the 2-2½ year-old review2022
Professor Cristina McKean
Professor James Law
Retraction notice to “Allocation and funding of speech and language therapy for children with developmental language disorders across Europe and beyond” [RIDD 113 (2021) 103936] (Research in Developmental Disabilities (2021) 113, (S0891422221000858), (10.1016/j.ridd.2021.103936))2022
Robert Rush
Dr Jenna Charlton
Vicky Gilroy
Professor Cristina McKean
Professor James Law
et al.
Universal language development screening: comparative performance of two questionnaires2022
Professor Jennifer Richards
Professor James Law
Dr Hazel Sheeky Bird
Dr Rachel White
COVID AND SOCIETY: The Impact of COVID-19 on Children and Young People and the potential contribution of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences2021
Professor Cristina McKean
Professor James Law
RETRACTED: Allocation and funding of speech and language therapy for children with Developmental Language Disorders across Europe and beyond2021
Professor James Law
Dr Melanie Ferk-Dornstauder
Dr Jenna Charlton
Tele-Practice for children and young people with communication disabilities: Employing the COM-B model to review the intervention literature and inform guidance for practitioners2021
Professor James Law
Professor Cristina McKean
The role of social and emotional adjustment in mediating the relationship between early experiences and different language outcomes.2021
Mx Josie Tulip
Professor James Law
Why Clinicians Choose Their Language Intervention Approach: An International Perspective on Intervention for Children with Developmental Language Disorder2021
Dr Penny Levickis
Professor Cristina McKean
Alexandra Wiles
Professor James Law
Expectations and experiences of parents taking part in parent–child interaction programmes to promote child language: a qualitative interview study2020
Professor James Law
Dr Jenna Charlton
Professor Cristina McKean
Fiona Beyer
Dr Cristina Fernandez-Garcia
et al.
Final report Parent-child reading to improve language development and school readiness: A systematic review and meta-analysis2020
Dr Jenna Charlton
Professor James Law
Home Start Early Speech and Language Study. Phase 2 Evaluation Study2020
Professor James Law
Dr Jenna Charlton
Professor Cristina McKean
Rose Watson
Robert Rush
et al.
Identifying and Supporting Children's Early Language Needs2020
Dr Anastasia Trebacz
Professor Cristina McKean
Dr Helen Stringer
Professor James Law
A protocol for the refinement and evaluation of language intervention for children with language difficulties in the early years2019
Professor James Law
Association of proximal elements of social disadvantage with children's language development at 2 years: an analysis of data from the Children in Focus (CiF) sample from the ALSPAC birth cohort2019
Dr Elspeth McCartney
Professor Cristina McKean
Karen Laing
Professor James Law
Co/productive practitioner relations for children with SLCN: an affect inflected agentic frame2019
Professor James Law
Growing up in Scotland: Changes in language ability over the primary school years.2019
Professor James Law
Professor Tony Young
Dr Joana Filipa Almeida
Intergenerational Communication – an interdisciplinary mapping review of research between 1996 and 20172019
Dr Penny Levickis
Professor Cristina McKean
Professor James Law
Language Delay2019
Professor James Law
Professor Cristina McKean
Carol-Anne Murphy
Dr Elin Thordardottir
Managing children with Developmental Language Disorder: theory and practice across Europe and beyond.2019
Professor James Law
Preschool developmental concerns and adjustment in the early school years: Evidence from a Scottish birth cohort2019
Professor James Law
Speech, Language and Communication in a Public Health Context: A UK Perspective with Potential Global Application - An Opinion Piece2019
Professor James Law
Mx Josie Tulip
Dr Helen Stringer
Dr Maria Cockerill
Teachers observing classroom communication:An application of the Communicating Supporting Classrooms Observation Tool for children aged 4-7 years2019
Professor James Law
The Changing Perception of Communication Needs – A litmus test for the Warnock Legacy2019
Dr Penny Levickis
Professor Cristina McKean
Professor James Law
Training community health nurses to measure parent-child interaction: A mixed-methods study2019
Professor James Law
Trial of healthy relationship initiatives for the very early years (THRIVE), evaluating Enhanced Triple P for Baby and Mellow Bumps additional social and care needs during pregnancy and their infants who are at higher risk of maltreatment: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial2019
Professor Sheena Reilly
Professor Cristina McKean
Professor James Law
Juliana Mensah
Vocabulary Development and Trajectories of Behavioral and Emotional Difficulties Via Academic Ability and Peer Problems2019
Professor James Law
Dr Penny Levickis
Working with parents and families of children with developmental language disorders:An international perspective2019
Professor Sheena Reilly
Professor James Law
Dr Penny Levickis
Data Resource Profile: The Child LAnguage REpository (CLARE)2018
Professor Cristina McKean
Professor James Law
Professor Sheena Reilly
Developmental Language Disorder2018
Professor James Law
Tom King
Professor Sheena Reilly
Early Home Activities and Oral Language Skills in Middle Childhood: A Quantile Analysis2018
Professor James Law
Dr Jenna Charlton
Home-Start Early Speech and Language Study: Phase 1 evaluation report2018
Professor James Law
Dr Jenna Charlton
Professor Cristina McKean
Fiona Beyer
Dr Cristina Fernandez-Garcia
et al.
Parent-child reading to improve language development and school readiness: A systematic review and meta-analysis2018
Professor James Law
Using non-nutritive sucking to support feeding development for premature infants: A commentary on approaches and current practice2018
Professor Cristina McKean
Professor James Law
Karen Laing
Dr Elspeth McCartney
A qualitative case study in the social capital of co-professional collaborative co-practice for children with speech language and communication needs2017
Tom King
Professor Cristina McKean
Professor Sheena Reilly
Professor James Law
Acquisition of maternal education and its relation to single word reading in middle childhood: An analysis of the Millennium Cohort Study2017
Professor James Law
Dr Jenna Charlton
Child language as a wellbeing indicator2017
Professor James Law
Dr Penny Levickis
Professor Cristina McKean
Professor Sheena Reilly
Child Language in a Public Health Context2017
Professor James Law
Dr Jenna Charlton
Professor Cristina McKean
Early Language Development: Needs, provision and intervention for pre-school children from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds. London Education Endowment Foundation2017
Emeritus Professor Simon Gibbs
Professor James Law
Professor Cristina McKean
Dr Helen Stringer
Phase 2 of CATALISE: a multinational and multidisciplinary Delphi consensus study of problems with language development: Terminology.2017
Toby Quibell
Dr Jenna Charlton
Professor James Law
Wilderness Schooling: A randomised controlled trial of the impact of an outdoor education programme on attainment outcomes in primary school pupils2017
Emeritus Professor Simon Gibbs
Professor James Law
Professor Cristina McKean
Dr Helen Stringer
CATALISE: A Multinational and Multidisciplinary Delphi Consensus Study. Identifying Language Impairments in Children2016
Tom King
Professor James Law
Language Development and Enjoyment of Reading: Impacts of Early Parent-Child Activities in Two Growing up in Scotland Cohorts2016
Professor James Law
Narrowing the "digital divide"-facilitating access to computer technology to enhance the lives of those with aphasia: a feasibility study2016
Professor Cristina McKean
Professor James Law
Professor Sheena Reilly
Predicting meaningful differences in school-entry language skills from child and family factors measured at 12 months of age2016
Professor James Law
Dr Sarah Spencer
Capturing communication supporting classrooms: The development of a tool and feasibility study2015
Professor James Law
Development of a triage tool for neurodevelopmental risk in children aged 30 months2015
Professor James Law
Integrating external evidence of intervention effectiveness with both practice and the parent perspective: development of 'What Works' for speech, language and communication needs2015
Professor James Law
Mellow Parenting: systematic review and meta-analysis of an intervention to promote sensitive parenting2015
Professor James Law
Performance of children with social communication disorder on the Happé Strange Stories: physical and mental state responses and relationship to language ability2015
Professor Jeremy Parr
Dr Magda Glod
Dr Inalegwu Oono
Shannon Robalino
Greg Baird
et al.
Systematic review of tools to measure outcomes for young children with autism spectrum disorder2015
Professor James Law
The contribution of early language development to children's emotional and behavioural functioning at 6 years: an analysis of data from the Children in Focus sample from the ALSPAC birth cohort2015
Professor James Law
The role of pragmatics in mediating the relationship between social disadvantage and adolescent behaviour2015
Dr Penny Levickis
Professor James Law
Professor Sheena Reilly
Two-Year Outcomes of a Population-Based Intervention for Preschool Language Delay: An RCT2015
Dr Jenna Charlton
Professor James Law
"The Story in a Box”: measuring the online communication behaviours of children identified as having emotional and behavioural difficulties using LENA and Noldus Observer.2014
Professor James Law
An investigation into the minimum accelerometry wear time for reliable estimates of habitual physical activity and definition of a standard measurement day in pre-school children2014
Professor James Law
Auditory-verbal therapy for promoting spoken language development in children with permanent hearing impairments2014
Professor James Law
Measuring therapy outcomes in community-based stroke rehabilitation: Contrasting views of service users and providers2014
Professor Sheena Reilly
Professor James Law
Professor Cristina McKean
Specific language impairment: a convenient label for whom?2014
Professor James Law
Supporting children with speech language and communication needs: an overview of the results of the Better Communication Research Programme2014
Professor James Law
The functional communication skills of boys with externalising behaviour with and without co-occurring language difficulties2014
Professor James Law
Dr Helen Stringer
The overlap between behaviour and communication and its implications for mental health in childhood: the elephant in the room2014
Professor James Law
Language and social/emotional problems identified at a universal developmental assessment at 30 months2013
Professor James Law
The relationship between gender, receptive vocabulary, and literacy from school entry through to adulthood2013
Colleen Cummings
Karen Laing
Professor James Law
Professor Liz Todd
Dr Pamela Woolner
et al.
Can changing aspirations and attitudes impact on educational attainment? A review of interventions2012
Dr Biao Zeng
Professor James Law
Characterizing optimal intervention intensity: The relationship between dosage and effect size in interventions for children with developmental speech and language difficulties2012
Professor James Law
Dr Helen Stringer
Communication interventions and their impact on behaviour in the young child: A systematic review2012
Professor James Law
Dr Biao Zeng
Cost-effectiveness of interventions for children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN): a review using the Drummond and Jefferson (1996) ‘Referee's Checklist’2012
Professor James Law
Dr Biao Zeng
Costing children's speech, language and communication interventions2012
Professor James Law
Predicting Language Change Between 3 and 5 Years and Its Implications for Early Identification2012
Professor James Law
The Social Communication Intervention Project: a randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of speech and language therapy for school-age children who have pragmatic and social communication problems with or without autism spectrum disorder2012
Professor James Law
Developmental Language Impairment2011
Dr Biao Zeng
Professor James Law
An evidence-programme synthesis search engine for children with Speech Language and Communication Needs2011
Professor James Law
Investigating the role of language in children’s early educational outcomes: An analysis of data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)2011
Dr Shaun Parsons
Professor James Law
Long-term Outcomes for Children with Early Language Problems: Beating the Odds2011
Professor James Law
Managing change in the care of children with complex needs: healthcare providers’ perspectives2011
Professor James Law
Preliteracy intervention - lessons to be learned from seemingly discrepant results2011
Professor James Law
Childhood Language Skills and Adult Literacy: A 29-Year Follow-up Study2010
Dr Shaun Parsons
Professor James Law
Children's Language Ability and Psychosocial Development: A 29-Year Follow-up Study2010
Professor James Law
Intervention for mixed receptive-expressive language impairment: a review2010
Professor James Law
Meeting the needs of children and young people with speech, language and communication difficulties2010
Professor James Law
Pragmatic language and the child with emotional/behavioural difficulties (EBD): a pilot study exploring the interaction between behaviour and communication disability2010
Professor James Law
Reconciling the perspective of practitioner and service user: Findings from the Aphasia in Scotland Study2010
Professor James Law
Speech and language therapy interventions for children with primary speech and language delay or disorder2010
Professor James Law
Developing policy in the provision of parenting programmes: integrating a review of reviews with the perspectives of both parents and professionals2009
Professor James Law
Dr Shaun Parsons
Modeling Developmental Language Difficulties From School Entry Into Adulthood: Literacy, Mental Health, and Employment Outcomes2009
Professor James Law
The incidence of cases of aphasia following first stroke referred to speech and language therapy services in Scotland2009
Professor James Law
The relationship between communication and behaviour in children: a case for public mental health2009
Professor James Law
What have birth cohort studies asked about genetic, pre- and peri-natal exposures and childhood mental health outcomes, including autism?2009
Professor James Law
Characterising the growth trajectories of language impaired children between seven and eleven years2008
Professor James Law
Emergent Change and its implications for professional autonomy and managerial control: a case study from midwifery2008
Professor James Law
Christopher Campbell
Mapping practice onto theory: the speech and language practitioner’s construction of receptive language impairment2008
Professor James Law
Parental report of infant language skills - a review of the development and application of the Communicative Development Inventories2008
Professor James Law
Assessing children referred to speech and language therapy: Static and dynamic assessment of receptive vocabulary2007
Professor James Law
Annie Lee
Electropalatography for articulation disorders associated with cleft palate2007
Professor James Law
Measuring and understanding patterns of change in intervention studies with children: Implications for evidence-based practice2007
Professor James Law
Early Years Centres services for pre-school children with primary language difficulties: what do they cost, and are they cost-effective?2006
Professor James Law
Grading study quality in systematic reviews2006
Professor James Law
The use of non-nutritive sucking to promote functional sucking skills in premature infants: an exploratory trial2006
Professor James Law
Making sense in primary care: levelling the playing field for people with communication disabilities2005
Professor James Law
Teaching receptive vocabulary to children with specific language impairment: a curriculum based approach2005
Professor James Law
The Specificity of a Systematic Review Is the Key to Its Value: A Response to Johnston2005
Professor James Law
Comparing specialist early years provision for speech and language impaired children with mainstream nursery provision in the UK – An application of the Early Childhood Environment Rating scale (ECERS)2004
Professor James Law
Speech and Language Therapy: Its Potential Role in CAMHS2004
Professor James Law
The development of a 50 word adaptation of the UK short form of the MCDI for use with two years olds in Sure Start Programmes in England2004
Professor James Law
The Efficacy of Treatment for Children With Developmental Speech and Language Delay/Disorder: A Meta-Analysis2004
Professor James Law
The implications of different approaches to evaluating intervention: Evidence from the study of language delay/disorder2004
Professor James Law
Collaboration between LEA and SLT managers for the planning of services to children with speech and language needs2003
Professor James Law
Promoting the communication skills of primary school children excluded from school or at risk of exclusion: an intervention study2003
Greg Baird
Tim Diggle
Professor James Law
Professor Ann Le Couteur
Emerita Professor Helen McConachie
et al.
Research into early intervention for children with autism and related disorders: Methodological and design issues2003
Professor James Law
Speech and language therapy interventions for children with primary speech and language delay or disorder2003
Professor James Law
Consultation as a model for providing speech and language therapy in schools: a panacea or one step too far?2002
Professor James Law
Evaluation of a structured test and a parent led method for screening for speech and language problems: prospective population based study2002
Professor James Law
Provision for children with speech and language (SL) needs in England and Wales: facilitating communication between education and health services: the parent perspective2002
Professor James Law
Speech and language therapy services to education in England and Wales2002
Professor James Law
Whose standards? Using the Standards Fund for children with speech and language needs – a survey of allocation of resources in England2002
Professor James Law
Facilitating communication between education and health services: the provision for children with speech and language needs2001
Professor James Law
Factors affecting language development in West African children: A pilot study using a qualitative methodology2000
Professor James Law
The feasibility of universal screening for primary speech and language delay: findings from a systematic review of the literature2000
Professor James Law
The Literacy Skills of Language-Impaired Children: Time for 'joined up' thinking?2000
Professor James Law
The parameters of the screening process2000
Professor James Law
The relationship between the natural history and prevalence of primary speech and language delays: Findings from a systematic review of the literature2000
Professor James Law
Beyond early language unit provision: linguistic developmental and behavioural outcomes1999
Professor James Law
Coding parent/child interaction as a clinical outcome: A research note1999
Professor James Law
Evaluating intervention for language impaired children: A review of the literature1997
Professor James Law
Intervention with pre-school children with specific language impairments: a comparison of two different approaches of treatment1995
Professor James Law
Early language screening in City and Hackney: the concurrrent validity of a measure designed for use with two and a half year old children1994