Holly McAlister and I are the guest editors of a special issue of Child Language Teaching and Therapy (CLTT) titled "Listening to Children with Diverse Communication Abilities".
Here are excerpts from a recent email received from the editors-in-chief of CLTT:
Dear Sharynne and HollyHere are the first papers to be published (early online) for the special issue. The entire double issue will be published later in 2026.
Hi, hope you are both well. Judy and I met today to talk about CLTT and one of the agenda items was our special issue. We worked through all the papers and are happy to report that all is going to plan and progressing well...Thanks to you both for all the hard work you have invested into this special issue. It is turning out to be a fantastic collection of important papers, and I am sure will have significant impact.
Best wishes
Vicky
Victoria Joffe DPhil (Oxon) FRCSLT RegHCPC FHEA MBPsS
Dean of Integrated Health and Care Partnerships
Professor of Speech and Language Therapy
Office of the Vice Chancellor
University of Essex
- Weir, S., Forster, S., & Clendon, S. (2026, in press). Exploring voice and participatory processes for children who communicate in unconventional ways. Child Language Teaching and Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1177/02656590261422660
- Spencer, S., Roberts, V., Schroeter, K., & Clegg, J. (2026, in press). Being understood: Neurodivergent care leavers’ perspectives on their own communication skills. Child Language Teaching and Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1177/02656590251411749
- Gregoric, C., McLeod, S., Hopf, S. C., Downey, B., Rahman, A., Sikder, S., Zischke, C., Tran, V. H., Murray, E., McAlister, H., Ivory, N., Delli-Pizzi, L., Elwick, S., Dealtry, L., & Davies, J. (2026, in press). Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals by listening to children's voices across the globe. Child Language Teaching and Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1177/02656590251406102 *
- McCormack, J., Cronin, A., McLeod, S., Ireland, M., Wang, C., & Tiong, C. (2026, in press). Children's drawings of intervention for childhood apraxia of speech: Place, people, activity, and emotion. Child Language Teaching and Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1177/02656590251375340 *
(*CLTT editors-in-chief managed peer review)
