Penny Levickis

Happy Talk: A pilot effectiveness study of a targeted-selective speech-language and communication intervention for children from areas of social disadvantage.

Pauline Frizelle, Elaine Mullane, Aoife O'Shea, Anna Ceroni, Darren Dahly, Anne Horgan, Penny Levickis, Cristina Mckean

Journal article  |  2021  |  Int J Lang Commun Disord

BACKGROUND: Despite the public health implications of language difficulties associated with social disadvantage, there is a dearth..

Early Childhood Educators' Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Patricia Eadie, Penny Levickis, Lisa Murray, Jane Page, Catriona Elek, Amelia Church

Journal article  |  2021  |  EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION JOURNAL

The importance of Early Childhood (EC) educators' wellbeing has been brought into sharp focus during the COVID-19 pandemic, as edu..

Prevalence of language and pre-literacy difficulties in an Australian cohort of 5-year-old children experiencing adversity

Jodie Smith, Penny Levickis, Roslyn Neilson, Fiona Mensah, Sharon Goldfeld, Hannah Bryson

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

BACKGROUND: Early reading success is predicated on language and pre-literacy skills. Children who are behind their peers in langua..

Validation of a measure of parental responsiveness: Comparison of the brief Parental Responsiveness Rating Scale with a detailed measure of responsive parental behaviours.

Sarah Ellen Barnett, Penny Levickis, Cristina McKean, Carolyn Letts, Helen Stringer

Journal article  |  2021  |  J Child Health Care

Parental responsiveness is vital for child language development. Its accurate measurement in clinical settings could identify fami..

Maternal Linguistic Input and Child Language in a Cohort at Risk of Experiencing Social Adversity

Jodie Smith, Penny Levickis, Sharon Goldfeld, Lynn Kemp, Laura Conway

Journal article  |  2021  |  LANGUAGE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Specific features of adult linguistic input may play a larger, or smaller role, at different child ages, across different language..

Protocol for the Adaptation of a Direct Observational Measure of Parent-Child Interaction for Use With 7-8-Year-Old Children

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

Journal article  |  2021  |  FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY

Objective: Parenting sensitivity and mutual parent-child attunement are key features of environments that support children's learn..

Cultural and Linguistic Practice with Children with Developmental Language Disorder: Findings from an International Practitioner Survey.

Margarita Stankova, Isabel R Rodríguez-Ortiz, Ana Matić, Penny Levickis, Rena Lyons, Camille Messarra, Edith Kouba Hreich, Mila Vulchanova, Valentin Vulchanov, Ewa Czaplewska, Natalia Ringblom, Kristina Hansson, Gisela Håkansson, Niloufar Jalali-Moghadam, Katya Dionissieva, N Evra Günhan Senol, James Law

Journal article  |  2020  |  Folia Phoniatr Logop

BACKGROUND: The cultural and language diversity across many European countries presents a range of challenges and opportunities fo..

Expectations and experiences of parents taking part in parent-child interaction programmes to promote child language: a qualitative interview study

Penny Levickis, Cristina McKean, Alex Wiles, James Law

Journal article  |  2020  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

BACKGROUND: Parent-child interaction therapies are commonly used by speech and language therapists (SLTs) when providing services ..

Training community health nurses to measure parent–child interaction: a mixed-methods study

Penny Levickis, Cristina McKean, Elaine Walls, James Law

Journal article  |  2020  |  European Journal of Public Health

Abstract Background This study aims to determine whether the Parental Responsi..

Selective attrition in longitudinal studies: effective processes for Facebook tracing

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

Journal article  |  2020  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Participant attrition is a significant challenge for longitudinal studies, particularly those involving disadvantaged populations...