Pascale Dubois

Purpose Research on developmental language disorder (DLD) in adulthood has increased rapidly in recent years. However, to date, there has been no systematic literature review on this topic, thereby limiting the possibility to have a comprehensive overview of publications in this field. Method Following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Revi...

Le rapport est disponible ici : http://www.frqsc.gouv.qc.ca/documents/11326/448958/Chantal.Desmarais_TEVA_jeunes-handicapes_rapport.pdf/22981b40-f4df-4179-ae6d-b10dbbb3a030

People with developmental language disorder (DLD) have difficulties understanding language and expressing themselves. These difficulties, which are not associated with another disorder, significantly impact their everyday functioning. For young adults, they may translate into challenges during the school-to-work-transition. As of now, little is kno...

School-to-work transition is a challenging period for youth with learning difficulties (LD). Based on self-determination theory (SDT), we tested the role of autonomy support and motivation in predicting transition status and well-being among this population. This prospective study included 218 students with LD in their last year of a work-study prog...

Background & aims Youth with developmental language disorder (DLD) are at risk of experiencing challenges during their job search. It is thus crucial to promote efficient job search behaviors in terms of effort, intensity, and self-regulation. Based on self-determination theory (SDT), we verified the role of autonomous and controlled motivations in...

School-to-work transition is a challenging period for youth with developmental language disorder. However, little is known about the factors contributing to the success of this transition for this population. Based on research conducted with young adults with DLD and youth with disabilities, supporting self-determination could be beneficial. In a...

School-to-work transition is a challenging period for adolescents and young adults with developmental language disorder (DLD). However, little is known about which factors predict well-being during this transition and the quality of this transition (Conti-Ramsden et al., 2016, 2018). According to Self-Determination Theory (SDT), optimal outcomes ar...

Young adults with developmental language disorder (DLD) are at risk of facing many challenges during their transition to adulthood in terms of outcomes in education, employment, and independent living. This presentation will first discuss the results of a systematic review on this subject published in the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Re...

La présentation va mettre de l'avant notre nouveau guide de parrainage à l'emploi, qui est destiné aux personnes ayant un trouble développemental du langage (TDL) et leurs employeurs. / The presentation will highlight out new Employment Sponsorship Guide for people with developmental language disorder and their employers.

Students with special education needs face challenges during their school-to-work transition (Crawford, 2012). In Quebec, many follow the Work-Oriented Training Path (WOTP), which prepares them for their school-to-work transition (future job search and job market; MELS, 2008). But what factors could predict positive job search behaviors in this und...

It is well known that developmental language disorder (DLD) has pervasive effects during young adulthood. This session proposes a synthesis of the literature regarding the outcomes of young adults with a DLD. The author will present how the results obtained with different cohorts converge as well as the factors that can help to qualify the interpre...

La présence d’un trouble développemental de langage chez les élèves peut affecter leur parcours scolaire. Plusieurs cheminent donc dans le parcours de formation axé sur l’emploi afin de les préparer à leur transition de l’école vers l’emploi. À l’aube de celle-ci, ces élèves et leur enseignant ont développé des attentes quant à la réussite de leur...

Conférence-midi à la Faculté de médecine de l’Université Laval, Département de réadaptation. Cette conférence présente une synthèse des plus récents écrits portant sur le portrait des adolescents et jeunes adultes présentant un trouble développemental de langage en transition de l’école vers l’emploi.

SYNOPSIS Objective. The goal of this study was to examine how mothers and fathers contribute to each other’s autonomy supportive and controlling behaviors toward their child. Design. The participants were heterosexual parental dyads from two prospective studies (Study 1, n = 289; Study 2, n = 202). Mothers and fathers completed questionnaires asses...

In many societies, teachers must cope with students who are not motivated to learn. Self-determination theory (SDT; Ryan & Deci (2009) Promoting self-determined school engagement: Motivation, learning, and well-being. In K. R. Wentzel & A. Wigfield (Eds.), Handbook on motivation at school (pp. 171–196). New York: Routledge) proposes that demotivati...

Using a dual-task paradigm, 2 experiments (Experiments 1 and 2) were conducted to assess differences in the amount of listening effort expended to understand speech in noise in audiovisual (AV) and audio-only (A-only) modalities. Experiment 1 had equivalent noise levels in both modalities, and Experiment 2 equated speech recognition performance lev...