Efficacy of the Launch to School Emergent Literacy Intervention for preschoolers with communication difficulties: A non-randomised control trial

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20-minute presentations
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Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD)
Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)
Early childhood education
Early intervention
Early language
Education
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Literacy
Metalinguistics
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Oral language
Paediatric/Infant
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Thursday, June 25, 2026
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM
Room 7 & 8, First Floor

Overview

Professor Tricia McCabe and Jennie Cusiter

Details

⏫ Oral presentation
⏲️ 1:30–1:50 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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Miss Jennie Cusiter
Sydney Children's Hospital Network

Efficacy of the Launch to School Emergent Literacy Intervention for preschoolers with communication difficulties: A non-randomised control trial

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM

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Jennie is a clinician–researcher with more than 20 years’ experience working across a wide range of health services in Australia and overseas. She is the Speech Pathology Manager at Sydney Children’s Hospital and is completing her PhD on combined code and language interventions for preschool children with communication disorders. Jennie is driven by a commitment to translating research into practice, creating innovative services that improve outcomes for children and families.
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Professor Tricia McCabe
The University of Sydney

Efficacy of the Launch to School Emergent Literacy Intervention for preschoolers with communication difficulties: A non-randomised control trial

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM

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Tricia McCabe is Professor of Speech Pathology in the Faculty of Health Sciences and Fellow of Speech Pathology Australia. Her research, teaching and clinical practice are all focused on improving treatments for moderate-severe speech impairments in children and adults. Dr McCabe lead the 10 year project to develop the ReST intervention from first principles to the completion of a world first RCT in Childhood Apraxia of Speech Dr McCabe has a career publication record of more than 100 papers and chapters. Her team has produced 25% of all papers published on treatments for CAS in the period 2010-2025. One of these papers is the most cited CAS treatment paper.

Session chair

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Shaun Ziegenfusz
Griffith University | The DLD Project

Student volunteer(s)

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Alice Emmerton

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Lauren Hawkins

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