Another fantastic couple of days down at the ElizabethFoundation seeing the language and reading progress made by some of the 🌟 #YoungResearchers taking part in our @ladderlab.bsky.social Preschool project at @dcal-ucl.bsky.social - if only all our data collection could be this much fun 🥳

We had a fabulous day catching up with our #YoungResearchers talking part in our @ladderlab.bsky.social longitudinal studies into reading and language development - thanks to ElizabethFoundation and the families for coming to see us - so much fun #SunnyDayandScienceCombined @dcal-ucl.bsky.social

An early morning start for the @ladderlab.bsky.social team to come back to the ElizabethFoundatio and see our superstar deaf children taking part in our research studies at @dcal-ucl.bsky.social - we can't wait to see their progress! @rosherman.bsky.social #YoungResearchers #ScientistsInTheMaking

📢📢 Our practitioner-led panel discussion with #QTODs and #sltpeeps reflected on key implications for practice - early language access, deaf role models, positive language. Lots of audience questions and contributions - watch this space for more info @dcal-ucl.bsky.social @ladderlab.bsky.social

Our latest @ladderlab.bsky.social longitudinal study at @dcal-ucl.bsky.social - Understanding Reading Success, and how it links to our Preschool study. 135 deaf and 220 hearing 8-9 yr olds being followed for 2 yrs with @rosherman.bsky.social @profnikkibotting.bsky.social KateRowley KatieMason

Dr KateRowley introduced the newly-developed BSL Comprehension Test. Huge interest in the room for this valuable assessment which will be available soon - performance on the BSL Comprehension test strongly associated with Reading Comprehension ability in deaf children! @dcal-ucl.bsky.social

Prof MaireadMacSweeney & Dr PatrickRosenburg - research on role of visual language inputs in reading for deaf children - BSL, fingerspelling, speechreading. Introduced exciting new tests to assess BSL phonological knowledge in deaf children - their longitudinal study ends 2027 @dcal-ucl.bsky.social

Dr Katie Mason presented our @ladderlab.bsky.social research on the validity of using the #GAPS to screen for grammatical difficulties in preschool #deaf children using spoken language - high sensitivity/specificity in preschool & at the end of reception @rosherman.bsky.social @dcal-ucl.bsky.social

We presented our new findings about home literacy environments in #deaf children & emergent literacy: lots of reading activities happening! Child interest was critical for deaf children's emergent literacy - how do we increase child interest in reading? @rosherman.bsky.social @dcal-ucl.bsky.social

Prof @rosherman.bsky.social presented preschool spoken language outcomes in inclusive sample of deaf children: vocab & grammar, interesting discussion about morphology knowledge & how to improve it. Early exposure to an accessible language is critical @ladderlab.bsky.social @dcal-ucl.bsky.social

I gave an overview of the @ladderlab.bsky.social Preschool Language & Literacy study - a 3 year longitudinal study following 122 deaf and 113 hearing children from preschool to the end of year 2. This is a 4-wave multiwave study ending in 2026 - @rosherman.bsky.social @dcal-ucl.bsky.social

Thanks to everyone who came to our research to practice conference on #Language and #Literacy in #Deaf Children at FrankBarnesDeaf school - amazing turnout ~130 practitioners working with deaf children #TOD #deafTOD & #sltpeeps! 6 research presentations and a panel discussion @dcal-ucl.bsky.social