Professor Julie Dockrell

  • Qualifications and position:
    • BSc, Dip Ed, MAppSci, Dip Clin Psych, PhD
    • Professor of Psychology and Special Needs
    • Visiting Professor at the University of Umea, Sweden
  • Faculty:
  • Department:
  • Summary:
    • Language development and difficulties; The wider impacts of experiencing a language problem; Lexical development and semantic representation; Assessment of language and cognition; Developmental difficulties; Impact of acoustic environments on language and learning;interventions to enhance oral language skills.
  • Teaching:
    • MA/MSc in Child Development
      MA/MSc Special Education
      Doctor in Education (EdD)
      Doctor in Educational Psychology
  • Research Projects:
  • Postgraduate Research:
    • Supervision topics: Language and learning, vocabulary development and difficulties, classroom acoustics, typical and atypical writing skills, evidence based interventions (language and literacy)
      (1) Kirsty Walter - Improving writing products in Key stage 2 for struggling writers
      (2) Konstantina Georgali - Greek teachers understanding of language learning difficulties
      (3) Sarah King –Investigating speech, language and communication skills in the nursery setting: Making the best of the nursery situation to enhance language development
  • Professional Activities:
    • Honorary Fellowship by the RCSLTs and is an Academician of the Social Sciences.
      Member of Psychology RAE panel 2008, 2001
      Previous editor of the British Journal of Educational Psychology, International Journal of Language and community difficulties
      Collaborations with voluntary agencies:
      Afasic, ICAN A central theme in research has been the application of evidence based research and evaluating interventions to support children with language and communication needs in educational settings. The 'talking time intervention', implemented and evaluated in a London borough, is currently being used to inform development of the CLLD programme for the National Strategies.
  • Conferences/presentations:
    • Exploring the writing products of children with language impairment and Autistic Spectrum Difficulties. University of Padova 20.4.12

      Writing difficulties in atypically developing populations – descriptions and explanations COST Writing Seminars, Barcelona April 2012.

      Children's oral language skills mediating learning and attainments EARLI, Exeter, 2011.
  • Languages Spoken:
    • French
  • Languages Written:
    • French written comprehension
Professor Julie Dockrell

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Publications

  • Dockrell, J.E & Shield, B. (in press) The impact of sound field systems on the learning and attention of children in elementary school classrooms. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research .
  • Lindsay, G & Dockrell, J.E. (in press) 'Longitudinal patterns of behavioral, emotional and social difficulties and self concept in adolescents with a history of specific language impairment', Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools
  • Messer D. & Dockrell, J.E. (2011) 'Lexical access and literacy skills in children with word finding difficulties ', International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 46, 473-480.
  • Carroll, C. & Dockrell, J.E. (2010) 'Leaving Special School: Post-16 outcomes for young adults with Specific Language Impairment', European Journal of Special Needs Education 25,2, 131-147.
  • Dockrell, J.E., Stuart, M.  & King, D. (2010) 'Supporting Early Oral Language Skills for English Language Learners in Inner city Preschool provision', British Journal of Educational Psychology 80, 497-516 .
  • Palikara, O., Lindsay, G. & Dockrell, J.E. (2009) 'The voices of young people with a history of specific language impairment (SLI) in the first year of post-16 education', International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 44, 56-78.
  • Dockrell, J.E, Lindsay, G & Connelly, V. (2009) 'The impact of a history of SLI on the production of written text during adolescence', Journal of Exceptional Children 75, 427-446.
  • Dockrell, J.E (2009) 'Causes of delays and difficulties in writing development' In R. Beard, D. Myhill, M. Nystrand, and J. Riley ( Eds.), Sage Handbook of Writing Development pp 489-505. Sage London.
  • Shield, B. & Dockrell, J.E. (2008). 'The effects of environmental and classroom noise on the academic attainments of primary school children.', JASA 123, no 1, 133-144.