Articles about the LIVELY project

• Jack, C.; Ashton, E; Conn, K; Letts, C; Pert, S; Preston, E; Rose, N; Stringer, H; McKean, C. “Adapting early years language and communication support in response to COVID-19 - a catalyst for reflection and more successful parental engagement?” Child Language Teaching and Therapy [in press]
• Trebacz, A., McKean, C., Stringer, H., & Pert, S. (2023). Piloting building early sentences therapy for pre‐school children with low language abilities: An examination of efficacy and the role of sign as an active ingredient. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders. 
• McKean, C., Ferris, C., Carroll, C., Davies, K., Harding, S., Kelic, M., Klatte, I., Levickis, P., Marshall, J., Melvin, K., Roulstone, S., Sugden, E., Zwitserlood, M., and Lyons, R. (2022) Developing approaches to successfully involve parent/caregivers in research: experiences of the ‘Collaboration for Communication’ network ESLA Congress 2022

Upcoming articles

• Reporting the main findings of the randomised control trial study which compared BEST intervention with the Adapted Derbyshire Language Program [under review].
• Findings from bilingual case studies
• Findings from interviews with Early Years Settings about implementing language interventions

Presentations made about LIVELY

• Jack, C., Armstrong, E., Ashton, E., Conn, K., Chambers, L., Letts, C., Pert. S., Rose, N., Stringer, H. & McKean, C. (2024) From research to practice – implementing an early years language intervention, British Educational Research Association Conference, 8th September – 12th September 2024, University of Manchester, Manchester
• Jack, C., McKean, C., Pert, S., Stringer, H., Letts, C., Armstrong, E., Ashton, E., Conn, K., Trebacz, A., Sandham, J., Rose, N., Rush, R. & Masidlover, M. (2024) A randomised controlled trial comparing the efficacy of pre-school language interventions European Early Childhood Education Research Association Conference, 3rd – 6th September 2024, Brighton    
• Chambers, L., Jack, C., McKean, C., Pert, S., Stringer, H.(2024), Collaborating with Community Stakeholders to Facilitate the Adaptation of an Early Years Language Intervention North East Speech & Language Therapy Research Symposium, Newcastle University  
• Jack, C., McKean, C., Pert, S., Stringer, H, Letts, C., Armstrong, E., Ashton, E., Conn, K., Trebacz, A., Sandham, J., Rose, N., Rush, R. & Masidlover, M. (2024) A randomised controlled trial comparing the efficacy of pre-school language interventions: Building Early Sentences Therapy and an Adapted Derbyshire Language Scheme, Child Language Symposium 2024, Newcastle University
• McKean, C., Jack, C., Pert, S., Stringer, H., Letts, C., Armstrong, E., Ashton, E., Conn, K., Trebacz, A., Sandham, J., Rose, N., Rush, R. & Masidlover, M. (2024) Testing the efficacy of Building Early Sentences Therapy and uncovering mechanisms for change: a theoretically informed language intervention for pre-school children with language disorder, HvdL Language Disorders in Children Conference June 2024
• McKean, C., Jack, C., Pert, S., Stringer, H., Letts, C., Armstrong, E., Ashton, E., Conn, K., Trebacz, A., Sandham, J., Rose, N., Rush, R. & Masidlover, M. (2024) A randomised controlled trial comparing the efficacy of pre-school language interventions - Building Early Sentences Therapy and an Adapted Derbyshire Language Scheme, Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists 2023, Embracing the future together
• Jack, C., Ashton, E., Conn, K., Letts, C., Pert, S., Preston, E. Rose, N., Stringer, H., McKean, C. (2023) Promoting oral language development in Early Years settings – an exploration of current practice in British Educational Research Association, 12th September – 14th September 2023, Aston University, Birmingham https://www.bera.ac.uk/media/promoting-oral-language-development-in-early-years-settings-an-exploration-of-current-practice
• Jack, C., Ashton, E., Conn, K., Letts, C., Pert, S., Preston, E. Rose, N., Stringer, H., McKean, C. (2023) Responding to COVID-19: how early years settings supported children’s Language and Communication development and encouraged parental partnerships In European Early Childhood Education Research Association Conference, 30th August – 2nd September 2023, Estoril Convention Center, Estoril, Lisbon
• Ashton, E, Jack, C, Khattab, G, Letts, C, Pert, S, Preston, E, Sritharan, S, McKean, C (2023).  Barriers and enablers to the delivery of home language interventions in SLT practice in the UK.  North East Speech & Language Therapy Research Symposium, Newcastle University 
• Preston, E., Ashton, E., Conn, K., Jack, C., McKean, C., Ridgeway, O., Rose, N., (2022) Developing a spoken sentence scoring measure for use in early language development in North East Speech and Language Therapy 2022
• Ashton, E, Jack, C, Letts, C, Pert, S & McKean, C (2022).  How can we support bilingual children with speech, language and communication needs?  Early Childhood Voices Conference (ECV2022), Online 
• Ashton E, Ahmed, S, Czaplewska, E, Jack, C, Letts, C, Pert, S, Warriach, Z & McKean, C (2022).  Working with bilingual clients.  North East Speech & Language Therapy Research Update Meeting, Newcastle University 
• Jack, C., Preston, E., Ashton, E., McKean, C.,  A reflection on the impact of COVID on schools’ support for children with language and communication needs – challenges and opportunities (2022) North East SLT Research Network: Symposium. 2022, North East SLT Research Network
• Preston, E., McKean, C., Jack, C., Ashton, E., Sandham, J., and Conn, K. Considerations for adapting and developing remote assessments and interventions during a global pandemic. In North East SLT Research Network Symposium 1st July 2021
• Letts C, Pert S, Czaplewska E, Ashton E, Benson K, Preston E, Stringer H, Trebacz A, Wareham H, McKean C, Jack C. Working with bilingual children at risk of developmental language disorder: adapting assessment and intervention for the nursery-aged bilingual child. In: NALDIC 28 Conference 2020: Multilingual Britain: Successes, challenges and future directions. 2020, Virtual: National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum. 
• Trebacz A, McKean C, Stringer H, Law J. A protocol for the refinement and evaluation of language intervention for children with language difficulties in the early years. In: Child Language Symposium. 2019, Sheffield, UK. 
• Trebacz A, McKean C, Stringer H, Law J. Evaluating Building Early Sentences Therapy (BEST); a Novel Speech & Language Intervention. In: Great North Children's Research Community Conference. 2019
• McKean C, Stringer H, Letts C, Pert S, Masidlover M, Jack C, Trebacz A, Wareham H, Preston E, Baker J, Benson K. Staying faithful: Exploring the challenges of treatment fidelity. In: North East SLT Research Network: Symposium. 2020, North East SLT Research Network.
• Posters about LIVELY
• Ashton, E., Jack, C., Khattab, G., Letts, C., Pert, S., Preston., E, Sritharan., S. & McKean, C. (2024). Working with bilingual children and interpreters: from research to clinical practice HvdL Language Disorders in Children Conference June 2024, London Working With Bilingual Children and interpreters: From Research to Clinical Practice.
• Jack, C., Ashton, E., Conn, K., Letts, C., Pert, S., Preston, E. Rose, N., Stringer, H., McKean, C. (2023) Oral language development in early years settings – optimising collaboration Poster presented at Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists 2023
• Chambers, L., Jack, Mckean, C., Pert, S., Stringer, H.(2024) HvdL Funded Research Language Disorders in Children in Heather van de Lely, 8th June 2024, Wellcome Collection, London.Using Particpatory Action Research Methods to Implement the BEST intervention in Early Years Settings.
• Ashton, E., Letts, C., Jack, Mckean, C., Pert, S., Stringer, H.(2024) HvdL Funded Research Language Disorders in Children in Heather van de Lely, 8th June 2024, Wellcome Collection, London. Working With Bilingual Children and interpreters: From Research to Clinical Practice.