Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties Associated with Persistent Speech Disorder in Children

Jun 05, 2023, 11:11 AM

In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Yvonne Wren and Dr. Emma Pagnamenta discuss their co-authored JCPP Advances paper ‘Social, emotional and behavioural difficulties associated with persistent speech disorder in children: a prospective population study’.

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.23985

In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Yvonne Wren and Dr. Emma Pagnamenta discuss their co-authored JCPP Advances paper ‘Social, emotional and behavioural difficulties associated with persistent speech disorder in children: a prospective population study’ (https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12126).

There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice.

Discussion points include:

  • A definition of Persistent Speech Disorder.
  • Why Emma and Yvonne chose to focus on Speech Sound Disorder in this research.
  • What the four core questions are that drove the research.
  • What was unique about how they went about the study.
  • Insight into what the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire and the Short Moods and Feelings Questionnaire are and how they were used in the study.
  • Advice for practitioners, and for parents and carers.
  • The policy implications and what needs to change at policy level to see an improvement in outcomes for young people with persistent speech disorders.
In this series, we speak to authors of papers published in one of ACAMH’s three journals. These are The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (JCPP); The Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal; and JCPP Advances.