Alex Choi-Tucci, PhD
@achoi-tucci.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher at UC Irvine | Studying assessment development and written expression for developmental language disorder (DLD) | thelevellab.com
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This study uses a nomogram, a user-friendly prediction tool, to explore the weighting between bilingual language tasks for diagnostic accuracy and single-language assessment feasibility with language exposure information.
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Development and Validation of Nomogram-Based Prediction Models for Developmental Language Disorder in Bilingual Children
Purpose: The challenges of language assessment in bilinguals include a lack of assessment
tools and bilingual speech-language pathology services....
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August 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This study uses a nomogram, a user-friendly prediction tool, to explore the weighting between bilingual language tasks for diagnostic accuracy and single-language assessment feasibility with language exposure information.
on.asha.org/41PQJAd #DevLangDis @jhylam.bsky.social
on.asha.org/41PQJAd #DevLangDis @jhylam.bsky.social
Reposted by Alex Choi-Tucci, PhD
This is literal fascism
Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as they're abiding by the laws and in sync, I think, with the administration and what the administration is trying to accomplish."
May 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This is literal fascism
Reposted by Alex Choi-Tucci, PhD
Utah banned gender-affirming care for trans youth claiming a lack of research to support it. Now they are still defending the ban pointing to public support. This has never been about a lack of research but a desire to enact cruelty on trans children and their families.
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Utah lawmakers’ own study found gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Will they lift the treatment ban? — The Salt Lake Tribune
The Utah Legislature's own newly-released study found that gender-affirming care benefits trans youth. Now, will lawmakers lift the treatment ban?
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May 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Utah banned gender-affirming care for trans youth claiming a lack of research to support it. Now they are still defending the ban pointing to public support. This has never been about a lack of research but a desire to enact cruelty on trans children and their families.
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Reposted by Alex Choi-Tucci, PhD
#LSHSS study finds that the new Functional Language Proficiency (FLiP) task is an age-appropriate, asset-based, culturally relevant task for measuring functional language proficiency in most Spanish–English school-age bilinguals. @genesisarizmendi.bsky.social @sigperspectives.bsky.social #SLPeeps
Functional Language Proficiency in Bilingual Children: A Conceptual Framework, Culturally Responsive Practice, and Measurement Approach
Purpose: Functional language proficiency is presented as a conceptual framework that builds upon cultural–linguistic assets in bilingually develo...
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May 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
#LSHSS study finds that the new Functional Language Proficiency (FLiP) task is an age-appropriate, asset-based, culturally relevant task for measuring functional language proficiency in most Spanish–English school-age bilinguals. @genesisarizmendi.bsky.social @sigperspectives.bsky.social #SLPeeps
Reposted by Alex Choi-Tucci, PhD
Does Executive Function Performance Predict Treatment Response in Preschoolers w/ #DLD? on.asha.org/3GSEnQi
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Does Executive Function Performance Predict Treatment Response in Preschoolers With Developmental Language Disorder?
Purpose: The goal of the current study was to examine whether executive function
scores predicted response to conversational recast treatment amo...
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May 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Does Executive Function Performance Predict Treatment Response in Preschoolers w/ #DLD? on.asha.org/3GSEnQi
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Reposted by Alex Choi-Tucci, PhD
#JSLHR study investigated the dimensionality of #language in #bilingual children using measures of semantics and #morphosyntax in English and in Spanish. on.asha.org/4cIMt9W
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The Dimensionality of Language in Spanish–English Bilingual Children
Purpose: This study investigated the dimensionality of language in bilingual children using measures of semantics and morphosyntax in English and...
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April 25, 2025 at 6:15 AM
#JSLHR study investigated the dimensionality of #language in #bilingual children using measures of semantics and #morphosyntax in English and in Spanish. on.asha.org/4cIMt9W
@sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social #SLPeeps @bostonu.bsky.social
@sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social #SLPeeps @bostonu.bsky.social
Reposted by Alex Choi-Tucci, PhD
🎊 New paper! 🎊 Full-text available! 🎊
Spanish and English Morphosyntax Changes in Bilingual School-Age Children With and Without Developmental Language Disorder: A 1-Year Longitudinal Study
Link here: lnkd.in/gjMtc2x7
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Spanish and English Morphosyntax Changes in Bilingual School-Age Children With and Without Developmental Language Disorder: A 1-Year Longitudinal Study
Link here: lnkd.in/gjMtc2x7
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March 24, 2025 at 3:32 AM
🎊 New paper! 🎊 Full-text available! 🎊
Spanish and English Morphosyntax Changes in Bilingual School-Age Children With and Without Developmental Language Disorder: A 1-Year Longitudinal Study
Link here: lnkd.in/gjMtc2x7
lnkd.in/g--TeB_t (Full-text)
Spanish and English Morphosyntax Changes in Bilingual School-Age Children With and Without Developmental Language Disorder: A 1-Year Longitudinal Study
Link here: lnkd.in/gjMtc2x7
lnkd.in/g--TeB_t (Full-text)
Reposted by Alex Choi-Tucci, PhD
This study uses the item response theory to optimize a Vietnamese sentence repetition task for screening and full-assessment purposes and evaluate the diagnostic utility of the new item sets.
Optimizing a Vietnamese Sentence Repetition Task Using Item Response Theory
Purpose: Sentence repetition can contribute to the identification of developmental language disorder (DLD). However, few studies have attempted t...
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March 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This study uses the item response theory to optimize a Vietnamese sentence repetition task for screening and full-assessment purposes and evaluate the diagnostic utility of the new item sets.
Excited to share this this new article focused on optimizing a Vietnamese sentence repetition task to create streamlined assessment and screening measures for #DevLangDis in Vietnamese-speaking children ages 4-6!
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Optimizing a Vietnamese Sentence Repetition Task Using Item Response Theory
Purpose: Sentence repetition can contribute to the identification of developmental
language disorder (DLD). However, few studies have attempted t...
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March 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Excited to share this this new article focused on optimizing a Vietnamese sentence repetition task to create streamlined assessment and screening measures for #DevLangDis in Vietnamese-speaking children ages 4-6!
pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...
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Reposted by Alex Choi-Tucci, PhD
#JSLHR study is a key 1st step toward validating the Intentional Communication Coding Scale, which can measure/track intentional communication behaviors in infants at elevated likelihood for autism within more naturalistic, semistructured activities. on.asha.org/3CBONC3
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Measuring Intentional Communication in Infants at Elevated Likelihood of Autism: Validity, Reliability, and Responsiveness of a Novel Coding Scale
Purpose: Intentional communication acts, or purposefully directed vocalizations
and gestures, are particularly difficult for infants at elevated ...
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February 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
#JSLHR study is a key 1st step toward validating the Intentional Communication Coding Scale, which can measure/track intentional communication behaviors in infants at elevated likelihood for autism within more naturalistic, semistructured activities. on.asha.org/3CBONC3
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Reposted by Alex Choi-Tucci, PhD
In this newly published #AJSLP study, the authors directly compare multiple variations of conversational recasting to determine how modifications to delivery and modifications to target impact treatment outcomes. on.asha.org/4h06Tw8
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What Matters When Providing Conversational Recast Treatment? A Multilevel Modeling Analysis
Purpose: Conversational recasting treatment is generally effective. However, different
versions of this treatment and different targets may yield...
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January 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
In this newly published #AJSLP study, the authors directly compare multiple variations of conversational recasting to determine how modifications to delivery and modifications to target impact treatment outcomes. on.asha.org/4h06Tw8
@sigperspectives.bsky.social @carolinebowen.bsky.social #SLPeeps
@sigperspectives.bsky.social @carolinebowen.bsky.social #SLPeeps