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Emma Pagnamenta

Email:
e.pagnamenta@reading.ac.uk
Phone:
+44 (0) 118 378 7675
Job title:
Associate Professor

Responsibilities:

Lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy
Admissions Tutor - MSc Speech and Language Therapy
Module Convenor for Psychology for Speech and Language Therapy (PL1PSYCH)
Speech and Language Therapist, University of Reading independent paediatric clinic

Areas of interest

Speech, language and communication disorders in childhood including speech sound disorder, developmental language disorder, learning disabilities and Down Syndrome.

Evidence-based practice, research in clinical practice, effectiveness of intervention and service delivery in speech and language therapy services, involving people with lived experience of speech, language and communication disorders in research.

Teaching

Speech, language and communication disorders (PL2SLCD2, PLMCI2R)
Language in Genetic Disorders (PL3LDG)
MSci and MSc research and dissertation projects

Research centres and groups

Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism (CeLM)
Child Development Group
Developmental Disorders SLT Clinical Research Group (Coordinator)
University of Reading Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy Clinic
South Central RCSLT Hub

Academic qualifications

PhD Neuroscience, Institute of Child Health, London
MSc Speech and Language Sciences, UCL, London
MSc Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh
BSc Psychology, University of Durham
MRCSLT, HCPC registered Speech and Language Therapist

Websites/blogs

https://twitter.com/emmapagnamenta

Publications

Pagnamenta, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-4703-3163 , Hodgkinson, P. , Davidson, R. , Joffe, V. (2023) The impact of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) on children and young people with Down syndrome in the United Kingdom. Frontiers in Psychology , 14 pp 0. ISSN: 1664-1078 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1175636
Pagnamenta, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-4703-3163 , Hodgkinson, P. , Davidson, R. , Joffe, V. (2023) The impact of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) on children and young people with Down Syndrome in the UK. Frontiers in Psychology ISSN: 1664-1078
Jeremic, M. , Stojanovik, V. ORCID: 0000-0001-6791-9968 , Burgoyne, K. , Pagnamenta, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-4703-3163 (2023) Shared book reading as a context for language intervention for children with Down syndrome: a mini-review. Frontiers in Psychology , 14 ISSN: 1664-1078 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1176218
Hipolito, G. , Pagnamenta, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-4703-3163 , Stacey, H. , Wright, E. , Joffe, V. , Murayama, K. , Creswell, C. (2023) A systematic review and meta-analysis of nonpharmacological interventions for children and adolescents with selective mutism. JCPP Advances ISSN: 2692-9384 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12166
Wren, Y. , Pagnamenta, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-4703-3163 , Orchard, F. , Peters, T. , Emond, A. , Northstone, K. , Miller, L. , Roulstone, S. (2023) Social, emotional and behavioural difficulties associated with persistent speech disorder in children: a prospective population study. JCPP Advances , 3 (1). ISSN: 2692-9384 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12126

Chadd, K. , Longhurst, L. , Kulkarni, A. , Simpson, J. , Pagnamenta, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-4703-3163 , Brettell, F. , Money, D. , Dowty, R. , Wallinger, J. , Bangera, S. , Palmer, R. , Joffe, V. (2022) Research priorities relating to communication and swallowing for people with learning disabilities across the lifespan. Tizard Learning Disability Review , 27 (2). pp. 95-104. ISSN: 1359-5474 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1108/TLDR-06-2021-0018
Pagnamenta, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-4703-3163 , Longhurst, L. , Breaks, A. , Chadd, K. , Kulkarni, A. , Bryant, V. , Tier, K. , Rogers, V. , Bangera, S. , Wallinger, J. , Leslie, P. , Palmer, R. , Joffe, V. (2022) Research priorities to improve the health of children and adults with dysphagia: a National Institute of Health Research and Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists Research Priority Setting Partnership. BMJ Open , 12 (1). ISSN: 2044-6055 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049459
Stojanovik, V. , Pagnamenta, E. , Seager, E. , Breen, M. , Jennings, S. , Joffe, V. , Harvey, K. , Pizzo, E. , Perry, H. (2022) The ASCEND study: protocol for a feasibility study to evaluate an early social communication intervention for young children with Down syndrome. Pilot and feasibility studies , 8 ISSN: 2055-5784 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40814-022-00968-7
Seager, E. , Sampson, S. , Sin, J. , Pagnamenta, E. , Stojanovik, V. (2022) A systematic review of speech, language, and communication interventions for children with Down syndrome from 0 to 6 years. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders , 57 (2). pp. 441-463. ISSN: 1460-6984 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12699
Alsiddiqi, Z. , Stojanovik, V. , Pagnamenta, E. (2022) Emergent literacy skills of Saudi Arabic speaking children with and without developmental language disorder. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics , 36 (4-5). pp. 301-318. ISSN: 1464-5076 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2021.1955299

Taha, J. , Stojanovik, V. , Pagnamenta, E. (2021) Sentence repetition as a clinical marker of developmental language disorder: evidence from Arabic. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research , 64 (12). pp. 4876-4889. ISSN: 1558-9102 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1044/2021_JSLHR-21-00244
Taha, J. , Stojanovik, V. , Pagnamenta, E. (2021) Nonword repetition performance of Arabic-speaking children with and without Developmental Language Disorder: a study on diagnostic accuracy. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research , 64 (7). pp. 2750-2765. ISSN: 1558-9102 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1044/2021_JSLHR-20-00556
Wren, Y. , Pagnamenta, E. , Peters, T. , Emond, A. , Northstone, K. , Miller, L. , Roulstone, S. (2021) Educational outcomes associated with persistent speech disorder. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders , 56 (2). pp. 299-312. ISSN: 1460-6984 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12599
Taha, J. , Stojanovik, V. , Pagnamenta, E. (2021) Expressive verb morphology deficits in Arabic-speaking children with Developmental Language Disorder. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research , 64 (2). pp. 561-578. ISSN: 1558-9102 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1044/2020_JSLHR-19-00292

Argyropoulos, G. , Watkins, K. , Belton-Pagnamenta, E. , Liégeois, F. , Saleem, K. , Mishkin, M. , Vargha-Khadem, F. (2019) Neocerebellar Crus I abnormalities associated with a speech and language disorder due to a mutation in FOXP2. The Cerebellum , 18 (3). pp. 309-319. ISSN: 1473-4230 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12311-018-0989-3

Pagnamenta, E. and Joffe, V. (2018) Pre-registration research training of speech and language therapists in the UK: a nationwide audit of quantity, content and delivery. International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare , 16 (4). pp. 204-213. ISSN: 1744-1609 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/XEB.0000000000000143