Public Staff Profile
Dr Emily Jackson

- Position
- Lecturer
- School
- Curtin School of Allied Health
- Faculty
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Portfolio
- Office of the Provost
- Campus
- Curtin Perth
- Building
- Allied Health
- Emily.Jackson@curtin.edu.au
- ORCID
- https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2537-7387
- Google Scholar
- https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?hl=en&user=AW40rTcAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&gmla=AETOMgEPzTVpN4M2S5cgqaDMXr7YNsDa3UsLjgNF8g8s-iqC1E-CcwrYbrePT3dipDiT3NO504nL2hdpLxEXZAOMIPzovpvPOax-sQ
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/www.linkedin.com/in/emily-jackson-30100887
- https://twitter.com/@EmilyMayJackson
- Website
- https://languageandliteracyinyoungpeople.com/
Brief Summary
I am a speech pathologist with experience providing support for individuals, families, and schools in the areas of speech, language, and literacy. I am privileged to work as a teaching and research academic in the Curtin School of Allied Health. In this role, I work with undergraduate and masters allied health students. I am part of several research projects, and my interests include developmental language disorder, memory, dynamic assessment, and working with school communities to facilitate educational outcomes for students with speech, language, and communication needs. I am also employed part-time as a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Population Health, where we are co-designing interventions to support socioemotional wellbeing among young people with language difficulties.
Publications
2025
Journal Articles (Research)
- Jackson, E., J. Botero, C. Hanavan, R. Gent, S. Hatton, and S. Leitão. 2025. "The word learning dynamic assessment protocol (WorLDAP): Exploring speech-language pathologists’ perceptions of the acceptability of a novel assessment tool." International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
- Leitão, S., M. C. St Clair, N. Botting, J. Gibson, and E. Jackson. 2025. "“They don't realise how hard he has to try every day”: The rewards and challenges of parenting a child with developmental language disorder." International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 60 (2)
2023
Journal Articles (Research)
- Jackson, E., S. Leitão, M. Claessen, and M. Boyes. 2023. "Assessing children’s vocabulary: An exploratory cross-sectional survey of speech-language pathologists." International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 25 (6): 861-872.
- C. St Clair, M., J. Horsham, V. Lloyd-Esenkaya, E. Jackson, J. Gibson, S. Leitão, and N. Botting. 2023. "The Engage with Developmental Language Disorder (E-DLD) project: Cohort profile." International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 58 (3): 929-943.
- Leitão, S., E. Jackson, N. R. Kippin, L. Glisson, T. Tomlin, and M. Boyes. 2023. "‘They make it easier to learn and cope’: The views of adolescents with speech, language and communication needs on attending a flexible learning programme." Child Language Teaching and Therapy 39 (3): 234-247.
2021
Journal Articles (Research)
- Jackson, E., S. Leitão, M. Claessen, and M. Boyes. 2021. "Word learning and verbal working memory in children with developmental language disorder." Autism and Developmental Language Impairments 6
2020
Journal Articles (Research)
- Jackson, E., S. Leitão, M. Claessen, and M. Boyes. 2020. "Working, declarative, and procedural memory in children with developmental language disorder." Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 63 (12): 4162-4178.
2019
Journal Articles (Research)
- Jackson, E., S. Leitão, M. Claessen, and M. Boyes. 2019. "The evaluation of word-learning abilities in people with developmental language disorder: a scoping review." International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 54 (5): 742-755.
- Jackson, E., S. Leitao, M. Claessen, and M. Boyes. 2019. "Fast mapping short and long words: Examining the influence of phonological short-term memory and receptive vocabulary in children with developmental language disorder." Journal of Communication Disorders 79: 11-23.
2016
Journal Articles (Research)
- Jackson, E., S. Leitao, and M. Claessen. 2016. "The relationship between phonological short-term memory, receptive vocabulary, and fast mapping in children with specific language impairment." International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 51 (1): 61-73.