Language intervention for children with Developmental Language Disorder: Implications for health funding reform

Tracks
20-minute presentations
Saturday, June 27, 2026
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM
Room 7 & 8, First Floor

Overview

Dr Shaun Ziegenfusz


Details

⏫ Oral presentation
⏲️ 11:45 am–12:05 pm
⌛ 20-minutes
📚 Assumed knowledge of attendees: Foundational (new/casual familiarity with the topic e.g. treated a single case)


Presenter

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Dr Shaun Ziegenfusz
Griffith University | The DLD Project

Language intervention for children with Developmental Language Disorder: Implications for health funding reform

11:45 AM - 12:05 PM

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Shaun Ziegenfusz is a clinician-researcher, lecturer at Griffith University, and Co-CEO of The DLD Project. With a PhD focused on supporting school-aged students with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), Shaun is a leader in DLD advocacy and research translation. He chairs The DLD Project Foundation and a member of the Raising Awareness of DLD International Committee, while also volunteering as Speech Pathology Australia’s Queensland Branch Co-Chair. Shaun brings extensive experience in paediatric clinical practice.

Session chair

Mary Claessen
Speech Pathology Australia


Student volunteer(s)

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Hyoyoung Kwon

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Daniella Martinez Mendoza

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