Penny Levickis

Associations between responsive parental behaviours in infancy and toddlerhood, and language outcomes at age 7 years in a population-based sample

Penny Levickis, Patricia Eadie, Fiona Mensah, Cristina McKean, Edith LL Bavin, Sheena Reilly

Journal article  |  2023  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

BACKGROUND: A wealth of evidence supports the important role high-quality parent-child interactions play in children's early langu..

Do neighbourhoods influence how parents and children interact? Direct observations of parent-child interactions within a large Australian study

Shannon K Bennetts, Jasmine Love, Clair Bennett, Fiona Burgemeister, Elizabeth M Westrupp, Naomi J Hackworth, Fiona K Mensah, Penny Levickis, Jan M Nicholson

Journal article  |  2023  |  CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES REVIEW

Neighbourhood-level factors can exert unique influence on children's development, independent of individual parent, child, and fam..

Effects of maternal depression on maternal responsiveness and infants' expressive language abilities.

Ruth Brookman, Marina Kalashnikova, Penny Levickis, Janet Conti, Nan Xu Rattanasone, Kerry-Ann Grant, Katherine Demuth, Denis Burnham

Journal article  |  2023  |  PLoS One

High levels of maternal responsiveness are associated with healthy cognitive and emotional development in infants. However, depres..

Parent–Child Interaction and Its Impact on Language Development

Penny Levickis, Laura Conway, Smith Jodie, Shannon Bennetts

Book Chapter  |  2022

The majority of children acquire language effortlessly but approximately 10% of all children find it difficult especially in the e..

A Review of Interventions to Promote Language Development in Early Childhood

Penny Levickis, Pooja Patel, Cristina McKean, Jodie Smith, Naomi Hackworth, James Law, Elizabeth Westrupp, Sheena Reilly

Book Chapter  |  2022

Parents' Perspectives of Family Engagement with Early Childhood Education and Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Penny Levickis, Lisa Murray, Lynn Lee-Pang, Patricia Eadie, Jane Page, Wan Yi Lee, Georgie Hill

Journal article  |  2022  |  EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION JOURNAL

The COVID-19 pandemic has created significant challenges for Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) services and families, impa..

Parent–Child Interaction and Its Impact on Language Development

Penny Levickis, Laura Conway, Jodie Smith, Shannon Bennetts

Book Chapter  |  2022

What are the research priorities of Australian early childhood professionals? Results of a Delphi style study

Patricia Eadie, Ben Deery, Lisa Murray, Penny Levickis, Jane Page, Catriona Elek

Journal article  |  2022  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EARLY YEARS EDUCATION

The aims of this study were to establish a Research Network of Early Childhood Professionals and to identity network members’ top ..

Domains of quality in early childhood education and care: A scoping review of the extent and consistency of the literature

Patricia Eadie, Jane Page, Penny Levickis, Catriona Elek, Lisa Murray, Lucas Wang, Catherine Lloyd-Johnsen

Journal article  |  2022  |  EDUCATIONAL REVIEW

Early childhood education and care programmes provide opportunities to enhance children’s learning and development, especially whe..

Maternal responsive behaviours and child language outcomes in a cohort of mothers and children facing adversity

Charlotte Boulton, Penny Levickis, Tricia Eadie

Journal article  |  2022  |  EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CARE

Children facing adversity are at greater risk of experiencing language difficulties than their peers. This study aims to examine t..