IJLCD - Six questions, eight years later: identifying early predictors of language development

IJLCD - Six questions, eight years later: identifying early predictors of language development

From RCSLT - Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists by The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

December 12, 2025 · 25 min · Season 6 · Episode 19

About this episode

The episode discusses research on identifying predictors of persistent language disorders in young children with guest Loretta Gasparini.

Please let us know what you think of this podcast. In this podcast we chat with Loretta Gasparini about the research she led on finding a robust predictor tool for persistent language disorders. The aim of this research is to identify young children who are likely to have persisting language difficulties, so that we can recruit them into research, build a strong evidence base and ultimately support them to thrive. The paper is: Identifying early language predictors: A replication of G...

People in this episode

Guest: Loretta Gasparini

Topics covered

  • language development
  • persistent language disorders
  • early predictors
  • children's health
  • research

Keywords

  • language disorders
  • predictor tool
  • children
  • research
  • evidence base

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Organizations: Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Books & works: Identifying early language predictors: A replication of G...

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