Speaker
Julie Dockrell
Professor of Psychology and Special Needs at the UCL, FRCSLT, FAcSS
Biography
Julie Dockrell (FRCSLT, FAcSS) is Professor of Psychology and Special Needs at the UCL, Institute of Education and qualified as both a clinical and educational psychologist.
She graduated with First Class Honours degree in, Psychology. Subsidiaries: Education, Biology, Philosophy at the University of Stirling where she went on to complete her PhD.
Her research interests are in patterns of language development and the ways in which oral language skills impact on children's learning, interaction, and attainments. A central theme in this research has been the application of evidence-based research to support children’s learning.
She has led projects on language development funded by the Department for Education, ESRC, EPSRC, Nuffield Foundation and Leverhulme trust. She has published in a wide range of journals with over 150 peer reviewed journal papers, written books and book chapters on language development and learning difficulties. Her work is underpinned by collaborative engagement and exploring development across different settings and countries.
She was a previous editor of the British Journal of Educational Psychology, associate editor for Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, Learning and Instruction, International Journal of Language and Communication Difficulties, First language and Child Language Teaching and Therapy. She was a co-director of the Better Communication Research Programme, UK.
She is currently PI on a research programme examining universal language support for nursery aged children in areas of social disadvantage and the Key to oral language. She is Co-I on the GCRF Action against stunting hub and the Nuffield funded teaching grammar for writing programme.