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A lot of research goes to waste. This is partly because researchers rarely share their results with the non-scientific community. People with communication disorders might find it hard to understand research papers. We made guidelines to help researchers explain their research to people with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). We brought together existing advice on how to explain research in a clear way. We sought advice from people with different experience and perspectives, including an adult with DLD.
The journal article is here: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/w6hcu
The guidelines are here: https://osf.io/ydkw9/
The guidelines include advice on how to add pictures to research summaries. We also explain how to make a video or podcast summarising research. We encourage researchers to share their research summaries on social media. This means their research can reach more people and can make a difference. It is important that people with DLD understand DLD research. This might help them to understand their diagnosis and take part in future research.
Course Details
- Time to complete course: 35 minutes
- Course format: A pre-recorded video taken from the International DLD Research Conference in September 2024.
- Course fee: FREE
Learning Objectives
Following completion of the workshop, participants will:
- Understand why better research accessibility is important for the DLD community
- Understand the basic principles of creating Plain Language Summaries
- Become familiar with four different formats for Plain Language Summaries: written, visual, audio and video
- Be directed to the paper and guidelines, to create their own Plain Language Summaries
Presented by LORETTA GASPARINI
Loretta (Lottie) Gasparini is a PhD student at The University of Melbourne and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute with a background in Linguistics. Her PhD investigates early predictors and causal mechanisms of later language abilities, to try to find out how to identify children with language disorders earlier and what might be the most promising intervention targets for improving children’s language outcomes. Lottie is also a Natural Language Processing Engineer at Redenlab where she is developing automated methods for linguistic analyses of spoken language samples from children and adults.
Presented by DR Emily Jackson
Dr Emily Jackson is an academic and researcher at the Curtin School of Allied Health who completed her PhD in 2021. Building on her experience as a speech pathology practitioner, Emily’s research is focused on working alongside the community to improve oral language and educational outcomes for neurodivergent young people. Emily is also a postdoctoral researcher on a Healthway-funded project that aims to co-design mental health supports for young people with language disorders. She is also a co-lead of the Engage with Developmental Language Disorder project.
Participants
This workshop has been developed for researchers.
How you are helping make a difference
The DLD Project is a self-funded social enterprise which means we receive no government funding or donations to fund the ongoing development and delivery of our services such as The Talking DLD Podcast, FREE resources and training for families, advocacy work with the NDIS, etc. It is our aim to develop and distribute resources that are accessible to all regardless of socio-economic status or location. Your participation in this workshop helps fund our work creating resources, information and training for therapists, educators, and families. Thank you for your support and for your commitment to empowering people with DLD.
Questions?
Please email connect@TheDLDProject.com with any questions.
Creating Plain Language Summaries for the DLD Community
