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12–13 October 2026 · Online · Global

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IDLDRC 2026 — International Developmental Language Disorder Research Conference
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IDLDRC 2026

Programme

On-demand presentations are released in two stages. Live sessions have their own scheduled times. Explore two days of keynotes, research presentations and panel discussions.

2026 IDLDRC Programme

Day 1 | Monday 12 October 2026

  • LIVE Keynote 1 with Professor Marleen Westerveld and LIVE Q&A
  • Keynote 2 Dr Hannah Hobson
  • + 15 on-demand research presentations available from 9am AEST (Brisbane time).

Day 2 | Tuesday 13 October 2026

  • UPDATED: Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Panel discussion recordings have been delayed. Panel 1 on Multilingualism will be available today from approximately 2pm AEST (Brisbane time) and Panel 2 on DLD & Mental Health will be available on demand from approximately 7pm AEST .
  • + 12 on-demand research presentations available from 9am AEST (Brisbane time).
  • Dr Hannah Hobson Live Q&A at 7pm. 

Live Sessions

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IDLDRC Professor Marleen Westerveld

Live Keynote: From Conversation to Persuasion

Professor Marleen Westerveld

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IDLDRC Professor Marleen Westerveld

Live Q&A with Prof Westerveld

Professor Marleen Westerveld

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Dr Hannah Hobson

Keynote Q&A: “It’s like they only see the front cover of me”.

Dr Hannah Hobson

Tuesday 13th October 2026

7:00pm – 8:00pm AEST (Brisbane Time)

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On Demand Presentations

Watch over 30 presentations on demand.

IDLDRC 2026 DAY 1 Opening Session & Keynotes

Welcome Address | Dr Shaun Ziegenfusz

Keynote 1- Professor Marleen Westerveld | From Conversation to Persuasion: The Functional Importance of Spontaneous Discourse for Learning, Participation, and Wellbeing in Children and Adolescents with DLD

Keynote 2 – Dr Hannah Hobson | “It’s like they only see the front cover of me”. How the language difficulties in DLD are perceived – and what young people do to hide them.

A special message from IDLDRC Platinum Partner ReadingDoctor® – Dr Bartek Rajkowski

Adolescents & Adults

Adolescents & Adults | Diagnosing DLD in adulthood – conceptualising the spectrum | Mia Travlos, UK

Adolescents & Adults | Reliability and validity of the Screening Tool for Adults with Non-Diagnosed DLD (STAND) – Michelle St Clair, UK

Adolescents & Adults | Perception of Truthfulness in Adolescents with DLD – Kathryn Hoyle, UK

Adolescents & Adults | The Screening Tool for Adults with Non-Diagnosed DLD (STAND): Evaluation of convergent validity – Iris Edwards, UK

Advocacy & Awareness 

Advocacy & Awareness | Parent-reported strengths of children with Developmental Language Disorder: A comparison with typically developing peers – Cheuk Hei Adrian Ng, UK

Advocacy & Awareness | Barriers and Facilitators to the Identification and Support of Children with Developmental Language Disorder in Georgia: A Qualitative Study Guided by the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research – Tamara Kalandadze, Norway

Advocacy & Awareness | DLD Voices: The research agenda for Developmental Language Disorder in Australia – Elizabeth Hill, Australia

Education 

Education | From Kindergarten to Adolescence: Language Dominance and Linguistic Identity in French-English Bilingual Youth With Developmental Language Disorder – Chantal Mayer-Crittenden, Canada

Education | Supporting Secondary Teachers to Meet the Needs of Students with Language and Learning Difficulties Through Digital Professional Development: Preliminary Findings from LINK-D – Anna Eva Hallin, Sweden & Australia

Education | “I’m a man of few words”: Children’s perspectives on living with Developmental Language Disorder – Annette Esbensen, Denmark

Education | Whole-class oral language interventions and strategies for students with Developmental Language Disorder: A systematic review – Rebecca Armstrong, Australia

Families 

Families | Developing Parent Support Groups for DLD: A Mixed Methods Evaluation of a Pilot Program – Maura O’Fallon, USA

Families | Identifying areas for participation-focused support for children and young people addressing the functional impact of Developmental Language Disorder – Samuel Calder, Australia

Families | Delivering Family-Centred Language Intervention Online or In Person: Outcomes and Stakeholder Perspectives – Alba Ayuso-Lanchares, Spain

Identification – Launching 13th October 2026

Identification | Examining the diagnostic accuracy of critical measures in developmental language disorder using regression techniques – Faeze Khalili, Iran

Identification | Can Dynamic Assessment Predict Vocabulary Growth in Children with DLD? Development and Validation of WorLDAP-S – Hanna Helttunen, Sweden

Identification | Clinician perspectives on how to define and identify the functional impact of Developmental Language Disorder for the purpose of assessment and intervention planning – Samuel Calder, Australia

Identification | From local strengths to contextually responsive diagnosis: Co-designing DLD practices in the Northern Territory – Anna Pritchard, Australia

Intervention – Launching 13th October 2026

Intervention | Co-designing mental health supports for children with developmental language disorder: Development of The Code to Me program – Emily Jackson, Australia

Intervention | Labelling, Defining and classifying the active ingredients in oral language interventions for children with or at risk of Developmental Language Disorder: A systematic review and qualitative synthesis – Pauline Frizelle, Ireland

Intervention | Developing an internationally agreed comprehensive list of active ingredients, in oral language interventions for children with or at risk for DLD – Pauline Frizelle, Ireland

Intervention | Optimal Dosage Characteristics of Recasting for Developmental Language Disorder: A Scoping Review – Shengfu Fan, Australia

Intervention | Language intervention for children with Developmental Language Disorder: Implications for health funding reform – Shaun Ziegenfusz, Australia

Language & Cognition – Launching 13th October 2026

Language & Cognition | Untold Stories of Children with Developmental Language Disorder: Personal Narrative Skills and Theory of Mind – Claire Neufeld, Canada

Language & Cognition | Nonword repetition in Bilingual Children: Role of language exposure and nonverbal sequencing abilities – Kayla Mckenzie, USA

Language & Cognition | Trajectories of language growth over one year in 4-year-olds with possible DLD – Monique Charest, Canada

Language & Cognition | The Role of Working Memory in Narrative Macrostructure Abilities of Autistic Children and Children with DLD – Olivia Cadence, Canada

Language & Cognition | Cognitive-linguistic and communicative profile of children with DLD based on their oral narrative production: a scoping review – Larissa Andréa Lopes Cerqueira Lilge, Brazil

IDLDRC 2026 DAY 2 – Launching 13 October 2026

Panel 1: DLD in Multilingual and Culturally Diverse Populations – Proudly sponsored by SpeechEase Speech Pathology

Panel 2: The Intersection of DLD & Mental Health

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