DATE: 9th May 2026
Please note: this programme has not yet been finalised and is subject to change
| 08.45 -09.30 | Registration |
| 09.30 – 09.40 | Welcome and introductions Victoria Wadsworth, Chair, NAPLIC |
| 09.40 – 10.20 | Lived Experience of DLD Finlay Urquhart |
| 10.20 – 11.00 | Making Light Of DLD: A Lived Experience Frankie Boyle, Artist, Creative Director, Speaker |
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Refreshment Break & Exhibition |
| 11.30 – 12.10 | Effective Oracy Strategies for Pupils with DLD Hilary Nicoll Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist, Moor House Research & Training Institute, Moor House School & College and Sue Marr Trainer, Moor House Research & Training Institute, Moor House School & College |
| 12.10 – 12.35 | AGM |
| 12.35 – 1.35 | Lunch & Exhibition |
| 1.35 – 1.40 | Welcome back Kara Gourlay, Deputy Chair, NAPLIC |
| 1.40 – 2.20 | “It’s like they only see the front cover of me”. Understanding and measuring camouflaging in children and young people with DLD Hannah Hobson, Senior lecturer at the University of York, Department of Psychology and Kate Kempton, Speech & Language Therapist /Research assistant, Livewell Southwest (SLT)/University of York |
| 2.20 – 3.00 | ‘Talk with Me’ – Welsh Government’s SLC delivery plan. The impact so far and future plans Catherine Pape, National Speech, language and Communication Co-ordinator for babies, children and young people |
| 3.00 – 3.30 | Refreshment Break & Exhibition |
| 3.30– 4.20 | Listening Differently: How Creative Methods Can Enable Adolescents with DLD to Share Their School Experiences Kate Starr, University of Sheffield & NAPLIC committee member |
| 4.20 – 4.30 | Closing remarks and thanks Professor Courtenay Norbury, President, NAPLIC |
| 4.30 | Conference Ends |
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NAPLIC’s 2026 conference: DLD: Research, Practice and Lived Experience took place on Saturday 9th May at the Studio, Birmingham
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