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Understanding and promoting mental health among children with language and reading difficulties

Dr. Hill and Prof. Boyes present on the theme of "understanding and promoting mental health among children with language and reading difficulties." Their talk focuses on two prevalent language and literacy disorders within the general population: Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) and Dyslexia. Both speakers are members of the Language and Literacy in Young People (LaLYP) research group at Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia.

  • This webinar is suitable for parents/caregivers, teachers or others who live and/or work with children who experience language and/or literacy difficulties.

  • Learn more about how mental health challenges may present in children with low language and/or literacy and risk and protective factors for mental health among these children.

  • Learn about current initiatives to develop evidence-based and tailored mental health interventions for children with language and literacy difficulties.

  • The webinar covers what we understand about the nature and prevalence of dyslexia and developmental language disorder (DLD), as well as the associations between language, literacy and mental health.