After finishing my PhD in the United States, I moved to Italy to do research studying infant language acquisition. This meant that I had to learn some Italian! One of the first things we learned in…
Seminars, News, Events & Blog - 2019
Read our findings from a randomised controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of the Story Starters volunteer-led book reading intervention in boosting children’s language development.
Part of LuCiD’s work involves the development and evaluation of practical interventions that aim to support children’s language skills. Children with Down syndrome have well-established language…
Calling all parents/ carers and educators (including teachers, teaching assistants, SENCos etc.) who have or are working with a child with Down syndrome who is attending school in the UK...
Einstein was famously very slow to talk, worrying his parents for years. However, according to the story their fears were eventually allayed when Einstein was presented with his new baby sister. “Yes,
Here at LuCiD we are interested in how children learn language. One thing that is fascinating about humans is that a baby can learn any language. A baby being raised around English will learn English…