Lecturer & researcher in developmental psychology @DCAL_UCL. Literacy & language development, esp in deaf children.Director @ladder_lab Own views
London, England
Joined September 2013
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Dr Fiona Kyle retweeted
Presenting the first stage of our @CALDInDeafness project - what a great experience! @ICED_2025 @DCAL_UCL
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@CALDInDeafness went to Rome! It was great to speak to so many other researchers about diversity in Deafness @ICED_2025
Presenting the first stage of our @CALDInDeafness project - what a great experience! @ICED_2025 @DCAL_UCL
Two very proud supervisors yesterday after Mario Bustos-Rubilar @marioanbus had his @ucl graduation ceremony for his PhD. He is going from strength to strength with his work with the @WHO - congratulations again Dr Bustos-Rubilar, with Merle Mahon @UCLLangCog @Ladder_Lab – at London, England
Dr Fiona Kyle retweeted
Our data collection is complete! Here's another video explaining the 2nd and 3rd stages. Now to analyse the data and share our findings!
@UCLPALS @DCAL_UCL @DrFionaKyle @ros_herman
youtube.com/watch?v=y_ceI4kz… (English)
youtube.com/watch?v=Jiq3FuEw… (BSL)
Another fantastic couple of days down at the @Elizabeth_found seeing the language and reading progress made by some of the 🌟🌟 #YoungResearchers taking part in our @Ladder_Lab Preschool project at @DCAL_UCL- if only all our data collection could be this much fun 🥳 @ros_herman – at Portsmouth, England
We had a fabulous day catching up with these #YoungResearchers talking part in our @Ladder_Lab longitudinal studies into reading and language development - thanks to @Elizabeth_found and the families for coming to see us - so much fun #SunnyDayandScienceCombined @DCAL_UCL
An early morning start for the @Ladder_Lab team to come back to the @Elizabeth_found and see our superstar deaf children taking part in our research studies at @DCAL_UCL - we can't wait to see their progress! @KatieCMason @ros_herman #YoungResearchers #scientistsinthemaking
Dr Fiona Kyle retweeted
Very honoured to have been invited to @BBCWomansHour today to talk about the @BICYCLE_Study & the #lockdown legacy on children’s #talking and #thinking skills.
Many thanks to the wonderful @BBCNuala, Rebecca Myatt & team for making it all run smoothly.
#SLPeeps @CityLCS
Dr Fiona Kyle retweeted
We ended the day with a practitioner-led panel discussion with #QTODs and #sltpeeps reflecting on key implications for practice - early language access, deaf role models, positive language. Lots of audience questions and contributions - watch this space for more info @BATOD_UK
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Then @katerowley0 introduced the newly-developed BSL Comprehension Test (with @misterpr19810) Huge interest in the room for this valuable assessment which will be available soon - performance on the BSL Comprehension test strongly associated with Reading Comprehension ability
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After lunch @MaireadMacS @misterpr1981 presented on role of visual language inputs in reading for deaf children - BSL, fingerspelling, speechreading. Introduced exciting new tests being developed to assess BSL phonological knowledge in deaf children - longitudinal study ends 2027
Dr Fiona Kyle retweeted
Final talk of the morning - @KatieCMason presented on the validity of using #GAPS to screen for grammatical difficulties in preschool deaf children using spoken language - high sensitivity/specificity in preschool and at the end of reception @ros_herman @DrFionaKyle
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Next up was @DrFionaKyle presenting about home literacy environments in deaf children & emergent literacy: lots of reading activities happening! Child interest was critical for deaf children's emergent literacy - how do we increase child interest in reading? @KatieCMason
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Then Prof @ros_herman presented on preschool spoken language outcomes in inclusive sample of deaf children - vocab & grammar, interesting discussion about morphology knowledge and how to improve it. Early exposure to an accessible language is critical @DrFionaKyle @KatieCMason
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Starting off the day @DrFionaKyle gave an overview of the Preschool Language & Literacy study - a 3 year longitudinal study following 122 deaf and 113 hearing children from preschool to the end of year 2. This is a 4-wave multiwave study ending in 2026 - @KatieCMason @ros_herman
Dr Fiona Kyle retweeted
Thanks to everyone who came to our research to practice conference last week on Language and Literacy in Deaf Children at @FrankBarnesDeaf - amazing turnout ~130 practitioners working with deaf children #TOD #deafTOD & #sltpeeps! 6 research presentations and a panel discussion
Dr Fiona Kyle retweeted
Final talk by @DrFionaKyle who introduced our latest @DCAL_UCL longitudinal study, Understanding Reading Success, and how linked to our Preschool study. 135 deaf and 220 hearing 8-9 yr olds being followed for 2 yrs with @ros_herman @katerowley0 @botting_nikki @KatieCMason
Dr Fiona Kyle retweeted
Today is the day! Our sold out practitioner event at @FrankBarnesDeaf School. We'll discuss our latest research findings with deaf children & think about implications for practice @DrFionaKyle @ros_herman @KatieCMason @katerowley0 @misterpr1981 @MaireadMacS @BATOD_UK @DCAL_UCL
Dr Fiona Kyle retweeted
Wow - our event sold out in 48 hours! All 120 original places gone! 🎉🎉 We've managed to add more spaces but don't miss out as they are going fast...
It's going to be a wonderful event #deaf #TOD #teachers #Language #Literacy @BATOD_UK #SLPeeps
📢 Come and join us for a FREE research to practice conference for practitioners and teachers working with deaf children - we'll present the latest research findings on Language & Literacy Development - Sat 8th March 2025 at Frank Barnes School. Register: bit.ly/3WNd7I5
We're holding a FREE conference for practitioners & teachers working with deaf children - Language & Literacy in Deaf Children - Sat 8th March at @FrankBarnesDeaf School
Registration open bit.ly/3WNd7I5
@DCAL_UCL @BATOD_UK @ros_herman @UCLLangCog @NDCS_UK @katerowley0
📢 Come and join us for a FREE research to practice conference for practitioners and teachers working with deaf children - we'll present the latest research findings on Language & Literacy Development - Sat 8th March 2025 at Frank Barnes School. Register: bit.ly/3WNd7I5