Vani Gupta

💫 Our systematic review of personal narrative assessment in school-age children is out! We synthesised 211 studies spanning 1984-2024 to explore how children's spoken and written personal narratives have been elicited and analysed: pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Bluesky is not being great to me today, will try to post once it stops crashing!

I remember when the ELVS study began! Participants are now aged 13+ years! 🤩

Excited to hear from Professor Cristina McKean! #SPA2026Conf

And also #SPA2026Conf (lucky @shaunziegenfusz.bsky.social just mentioned the correct hashtag in his speech)

Ready for #SPAconf2026!

Check out a new LDR paper by Adele Wallis, @mwslp.bsky.social, @vanigupta.bsky.social, and Matthew McKenzie, PhD, on narrative development in adolescents! ldr.lps.library.cmu.edu/article/id/9...

#JSLHR researchers explore the often-complex dilemmas of diagnosing developmental language disorder (DLD), noting the potential of #DLD as a neurodevelopmental, multidimensional spectrum. https://on.asha.org/47NwCGu @karlamcgregor.bsky.social @sigperspectives.bsky.social

I don’t know if I would have been more or less nervous presenting at #RCSLTConf25 if I’d known in advance that I had been awarded the RCSLT James Law Child Language Conference Prize! But what an honour! 💫🤩

What a privilege to be chairing two brilliant #RCSLTConf25 sessions today on: ⭐ Paediatric assessment and intervention with @vanigupta.bsky.social, Steph Scott and Dr Jenna Charlton ⭐ Working with people who stammer with Sarah Caughter and Dr Ronan Miller (and me)

The first paper from Shengfu’s PhD! A scoping review on recast dosage for children with #DLD. With increased attention to how much we do of what we do, this is an important contribution @ashajournals.bsky.social

Researchers map and summarize currently available evidence about optimal dosage of recasting for developmental language disorder. https://on.asha.org/46vHwQg #DevLangDis

I want to “like” my own post because this is so key to the tension between practice and research at the moment…. More thoughts later #SLPeeps

Among other topics, Vol. 45, Issue 2 includes a letter from our president, introduces a new child language research repository, & as usual an overview of all the upcoming child language conferences. Many thanks to our editor, Dr. Angel Chan! Take a look today! www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin

youtu.be/Ko6sFea3v0w?... Feel free to share - our guide is appropriate for mental health professionals working with adults or children (it’s important to remember many children with language problems continue to have communication needs as adults)

And the adaptations asked for are usually small and low cost. Which makes it all the more frustrating.

A very robust 4 (or 3.5 days plus a tour of Malta) days of learning at #IALP2025 - this is fast becoming my favourite conference. 💫 Happy to hear your comments, feedback & questions. Otherwise see you next conference (current plans: Global TALES Symposium in Sept 2025, RCSLT in Nov 2025) ☺️

Assessment tools must be translated AND adapted to match language differences #IALP2025

Essential characteristics of bilingual aphasia assessment tools: psychometrically sound & standardised, time efficient & easy administration, need to incorporate both language comprehension & production, reading & writing assessment, cultural & linguistic considerations & bilingual eval #IALP2025

Recovery patterns in bilingual #aphasia may vary - parallel recovery, differential recovery, antagonistic recovery, alternating antagonism, blending recovery, selective aphasia, successive recovery #IALP2025

1/3 of people w stroke will develop #aphasia (some studies quote up to 40%) - estimated 27 million people globally w aphasia #IALP2025

12 million new #stroke events per year #IALP2025

100 million stroke survivors worldwide with 50% suffering from chronic disability #IALP2025

Now learning about a bilingual Maltese English Assessment for Aphasia (MEAA) #IALP2025

Lexical informativeness quite important- as it is often reduced in this population; but measures for it lack fine grain analysis #IALP2025

MDA facilitates more accurate diagnosis and guides the development of tailored treatment plans that address the specific challenges present in each person #IALP2025

MDA is time consuming but worth it #IALP2025

Discourse production in healthy ageing demonstrates linear trends #IALP2025

MDA offers comprehensive understanding beyond traditional linguistically measures #IALP2025

Trying to develop ways to automate the process of transcribing and analysing #IALP2025

Now a presentation on multilevel discourse analysis (MDA) for aphasia #IALP2025

Fundamental concepts of disability rights, inclusion, and social justice universally apply to the care of all persons with communication disorders regardless of diagnosis #IALP2025

Ensure all social communication interventions focus on agency and self-determination: this should anchor our goal setting/intervention. Ask yourself: is this something that benefits them or others? Am I forcing masking or anxiety? What are the long term implications of teaching this skill? #IALP2025

Concrete suggestions of solutions for barriers - quiet spaces, sensory-friendly environments, flexible seating, flexible routines, inclusive policies, AAC, autism acceptance training/activities #IALP2025