Melissa Chan-Green

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1,676 appearances 13 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 30 Aug

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School Shorts · The Ladder of Reading and Writing with Nancy Young · 8 May 2026 podcast

Now, DLD is an interesting one because it's developmental language disorder, which I initially thought, and I think a lot of people think, is a problem with making sounds or words, but it's not actually a speech problem, is it?

Right.

Well, hopefully this discussion, talking about some of those exceptionalities, will be useful for parents to be able to identify early too.

There are a number of others.

I just want to finish on advanced in reading because at what age...

Well, otherwise there's, as you talked about earlier, that opportunity cost, which would be particularly awful if you're missing that in a child that has...

you know, as gifted or as advanced in writing.

Yeah, so equally as important to look at those who are advanced in reading and in that area of the continuum as those who are going to struggle a little more

So this goes right back to what we were saying at the beginning where it's about appealing to all learners, right?

Yes.

Nancy, thank you so much for your time.

Really appreciate you being here and coming in and chatting with us while you've been here in New Zealand.

School Shorts · Listen to this and the Teen Brain Will All Make Sense! with Kathryn Berkett · 26 Apr 2026 podcast

Hi and welcome to School Shorts with me Melissa Chan-Green, journalist and mum of two with a passion for education.

Now we often talk about rapid brain development in the early years and as parents you often hear a lot about those first thousand days but there is another period where there is also really rapid change

and some might say an update, and those years are perhaps a little more misunderstood.

So here to help us through some of that information is neuroscience expert and author Catherine Burkett with her new book, What's Going On In There.

Catherine, thank you so much for joining us.

Thank you so much for having me here.

So when we think about teenage brains, often they are portrayed on television and stories as kind of moody and shut down.

And it's not just on television.

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