It’s been a tricky couple of weeks; after many years I have sadly resigned as an editor at JCPP. I have great fondness for the journal; it is one of few general psychology journals that regularly publishes high quality papers on developmental language disorders. Classic JCPP papers were the bedrock of my doctoral work and […]
We are looking for one talented post-doctoral research associate and two graduate level research assistants to join us from January on an ESRC-funded follow-up of the SCALES cohort. The children are now in Year 6 and we are looking at how language relates to social, emotional and mental well-being. Follow these links for Associate and […]
sometimes my own parenting leaves something to be desired… Seventy years ago Leo Kanner published his seminal paper describing autism. In that paper he also coined the term “refrigerator mother” apportioning some of the cause for the distinctive profile of autistic behaviour to cold, harsh parenting practices. In these cases, Kanner had observed a […]
Courtenay gave her inaugural lecture today at UCL. It was a brilliant talk, by a brilliant professor!
Charlotte and Katie had their PhD graduation today. The lab had a brilliant day celebrating this achievement with them at Royal Holloway.
Fellowship awards honour RCSLT members who have made outstanding contributions to the profession, we are very proud of Courtenay for receiving this award!
After nearly 5 years working on the SCALES project Charlotte is leaving us to start a new position at Oxford University. Charlotte will join the COHORTS collaboration (Consortium on Health Outcomes Research in Transitioning Societies) which comprises a number of prospective birth cohorts in low and middle income country settings and aims to examine adult […]
The Developmental Course and Functional Impact of Childhood Language Disorders Courtenay Norbury will be giving her inaugural lecture on Thursday 13th July at 6pm at Chandler House, UCL, followed by a drinks reception. This is a free but ticketed event, please click here to register.
PhD student Jo Saul is looking for participants who are 2-4 years old with a diagnosis of autism and limited spoken language to take part in her new project. For more information about the project and how to take part please contact Jo directly by email: or visit the website below. http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucjtje6/
More great lab news! Debbie Gooch has been offered a lectureship in Developmental Psychology at Surrey University, which she will take up in September. We’ll be sad to see Debbie leave the SCALES team after 5 years working on the project.