Jenny’s research expertise is in the area of autism and developmental language disorders and their impact on mental health and social relationships in childhood. Specific research interests are as follows:

Sensor based analytics of interactions in childhood

Ethics of big data use in healthcare and education settings

Play as a context for studying and promoting child development (especially on school/nursery playgrounds)

Social impact and cognitive underpinnings of specific language impairments, pragmatic language impairments and autism

Development of non-literal language comprehension and pragmatic language development

Peer relationships in middle childhood

Links between emotional development and language development

Managing developmental delay in bilingual/multilingual children

Decision-making in the allocation of resources to meet additional educational needs

Evidence-based policy for social issues