Monica Melby-Lervåg
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Monica Melby-Lervåg
@melbylervag.bsky.social
Dedicated scientist in educational psychology and special ed. Proud prof at University of Oslo and UiT arctic university, in leader group Create SFF, and one of the founders of centre for research in special ed and inclusion, SpedAims
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Happy to be at @uio.no to do my PhD research stay. Thank you to @oianmar.bsky.social and @melbylervag.bsky.social for having me! ❄️🌨️
March 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Oral language comprehension skills of children with or at risk for (D)LD can be supported.

Age was not associated with efficacy, indicating that 2–13-year-old children can benefit from comprehension interventions regardless of their age.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Intervention factors associated with efficacy, when targeting oral language comprehension of children with or at risk for (Developmental) Language Disorder: A meta‐analysis
Background Language interventions are complex behavioural interventions, making it difficult to distinguish the specific factors contributing to efficacy. The efficacy of oral language comprehension...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Great study from abroad. This begs the question, can parental reading and the presence of books at home overcome genetic predisposition?
February 23, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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Stathis Psillos book is an excellent introduction to and overview of the problems of correlation and causation, and providing explanation, a central background to master when aiming to separate the theoretical wheat from the chaff advancing knowledge of crime and its prevention
February 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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At én artikkel ble oversett av norske medier, er ikke problemet.

Men når de fleste journalister nå har oppdaget Trumps strategi med støy og avledning, bør de fokusere mer på hvordan og hvorfor, ikke hva. Bak alt som kan oppleves som impulsiv galskap fra Trump, finnes det som regel en plan.
Ikke et ord i norske medier om DOGE-planen
Det foregår en utrenskning fra innsiden av den amerikanske staten. Washington Post har forklart hvordan DOGE jobber, men ingen har fått det med seg.
www.dagsavisen.no
February 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Redaktør Hallvard Aamlid i Fagbokforlaget og jeg feiret at den «fysiske» boken var klar i dag med boller til frokost på Blindern 😅. Stor takk til Hallvard 💙
February 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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This is the exact point where America collapses.

If there’s no law, anything goes.
Trump Signals He Might Ignore the Courts — The Atlantic
Yesterday, the president said that no judge “should be allowed” to rule against the changes his administration is making. February 10, 2025 The United States is sleepwalking into a constitutional cris...
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February 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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This whole thread is disgusting.
At the NIH, posters of women and scientists of color have been taken down. Shared by @ivancalcantara.bsky.social on X. 2/x
February 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Just added two more DLD stars to the Developmental Language Disorder starter pack. @rkomesidou.bsky.social and @kdrakoulaki.bsky.social.
Building our #DevLangDis community!

go.bsky.app/FMV4dou
February 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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‘The health community has overcome huge obstacles many times before to make enormous contributions to humanity’s wellbeing’. On the current (chaotic) status of health research and service, and how we should respond: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
American chaos: standing up for health and medicine
Withdrawal from WHO and the Paris Agreements. USAID shuttered and aid halted, ceasing health programmes globally. A freeze on US$3 trillion worth of federal grants and loans, jeopardising the function...
www.thelancet.com
February 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Endelig en skikkelig artikkel fra nrk om hva som foregår. Mer av dette! www.nrk.no/urix/xl/offe...
Offentlig ansatt og under angrep
Mellomleder «Jacob» (56) tør ikke stå frem offentlig i frykt for å miste jobben. Tegnspråktolken Laura (65) er glad hun snart skal gå av med pensjon.
www.nrk.no
February 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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I’m so excited for my trip to the world’s northernmost university— The Arctic University of Norway, in Tromsø, Norway—350 km north of the Arctic Circle! ❄️✨
On 11 Feb I’ll be speaking at a seminar alongside fantastic colleagues @mtorppa.bsky.social @melbylervag.bsky.social

uit.no/tavla/artikk...
February 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
11. februar kommer endelig boken min 😊. Jeg er så spent, en omfattende grunnbok på nesten 500 sider. Endelig har jeg en lærebok til undervisning, håper den blir likt&brukt!
January 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Veldig hyggelig å starte uken med åpningsforelesningen på konferansen «Fra spesialundervisning til individuell tilrrettelagt opplæring» hos @fagfokus. Håper det gikk greit, 570 deltagere!
January 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Så hyggelig å snakke om effekten av tiltak for barn som har behov for spesialpedagogisk hjelp. Veldig imponert med hvordan de jobber med dette, med nettverk og samlinger for å få til et mest mulig enhetlig tilbud på tvers av kommuner 😊
January 23, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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🎉 Thanks to @grandegerman.bsky.social, @melbylervag.bsky.social, @dramland.bsky.social @spedaims.bsky.social, @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social, CREATE Research Centre 🌟https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcpp.14107 (6/6)
January 21, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Forskning er ikke noe vi gjør når vi har råd — forskning gjør vi for å få råd. Hvis ikke, ender vi som landet som visste for lite. Dette skriver @ckrogh.bsky.social og jeg mer om i denne kronikken: www.khrono.no/landet-som-v...
Landet som visste for lite
Forskning er ikke noe vi gjør når vi har råd — forskning gjør vi for å få råd. Hvis ikke, ender vi som landet som visste for lite.
www.khrono.no
January 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Although I managed to turn my morning walks into a habit (thanks to audiobooks), I've never managed to do so for writing. This morning, I finished this helpful audiobook, "Write Now Matter What"; now, I don't have any excuse to start writing 15 min every day, as the book recommends. Wish me luck!
January 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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This great paper shows how controlling for genetic confounds can reveal *true* environmental effects, which we can then target effectively for intervention.
January 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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🚨🚨Our work on the intergenerational impact of mothers and fathers on children’s word reading is finally out in an open access article in JCPP. Thanks to @drelsje.bsky.social @dramland.bsky.social @melbylervag.bsky.social and Arne Lervåg for this great collaboration!

doi.org/10.1111/jcpp...
<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background Numerous studies have investigated the associations between the home literacy environment (HLE) and children's word reading skills. However, these associations may partly reflect shared g...
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January 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Books at home and reading to children is seen as causally related to childrens literacy development. Such studies often dont account genetics. In our study in JCPP, we do, and what happens then? 😊 with @drelsje.bsky.social @grandegerman.bsky.social
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background Numerous studies have investigated the associations between the home literacy environment (HLE) and children's word reading skills. However, these associations may partly reflect shared g...
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Are speech sound disorders risk factors for difficulties in language and reading skills?

This new meta-analysis says yes, and states that this "emphasizes the need for broader language
assessments and early interventions to mitigate future academic difficulties."

#EduSky #literacy #SOR
January 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM