Emma Pagnamenta

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+44 (0) 118 378 7675
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Lecturer in Speech & Language Therapy
- 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/emmapagnamentaPublications
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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
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Jeremic, M.
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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
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Hipolito, G.
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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
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Wren, Y.
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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
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Chadd, K.
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Longhurst, L.
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Kulkarni, A.
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Simpson, J.
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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
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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
- 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
- Alsiddiqi, Z. , Stojanovik, V. , Pagnamenta, E. (2021) Emergent literacy skills of Saudi Arabic speaking children with and without developmental language disorder. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics ISSN: 1464-5076 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2021.1955299
- 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