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Oral Narrative Organization in Sinhala-Speaking Preschoolers: Informing Early Language Screening in Sri Lanka.

Poster
Yashodha K K Hettiarachchi, Vithanage Pujitha Wickramasinghe, Tamara Handy, Christina Reuterskiold
19th Asia Pacific Congress of Paediatrics, Sri Lanka, 26-29 July 2026
Publication year: 2026

Narrative styles adopted by mothers when telling a known story to their preschool-aged children: A qualitative study from Sri Lanka

Articles
Yashodha K K Hettiarachchi, Vithanage Pujitha Wickramasinghe, Tamara Handy, Christina Reuterskiold
International Review of Social Sciences Research, Volume 5, Issue 3, Pages 169-188
Publication year: 2025

Mothers as storytellers: Language structures used by Sinhala-speaking mothers when narrating stories to their children.

AbstractPoster
Yashodha K K Hettiarachchi, V.P. Wickramasinghe,Tamara Handy, Christina Reuterskiöld
27th Annual Scientific Congress of the Sri Lanka College of Paediatricians, 8-10 June 2025
Publication year: 2025

Storytelling practices of preschool teachers in the suburban areas of Colombo District in Sri Lanka

Conference paperConference ProceedingsOral Presentation
Yashodha K K Hettiarachchi, Tamara Handy, Vithanage Pujitha Wickramasinghe, Christina Reuterskiold
3rd International Conference: Early Childhood Education and Care, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Georgia, 26-27 September, 2024
Publication year: 2024

Speech and language abnormalities and their outcomes in autoimmune encephalitis in children: A case series

Articles
Yashodha K K Hettiarachchi, Jithangi Wanigasinghe
Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health, Volume 52, Issue 1, Pages 114-117
Publication year: 2023

Progress following early intervention in a Cri du Chat syndrome: A multidisciplinary approach

Conference ProceedingsPoster
Yashodha K K Hettiarachchi, I.S Samarasinghe, S.P.K Chandima, Jithangi Wanigasinghe
International Conference of Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists and Speech & Language Therapists
Publication year: 2022

Parent stress and children's movement behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic

Conference ProceedingsOral Presentation
Ellie Taylor, Anthony D. Okely, Yashodha Hettiarachchi, Prasad Chathurangana, Himangi Lubree, Aqsa Baig, Ali Turab
8th ISPAH Virtual Congress Vancouver, The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada,14(3)
Publication year: 2021

Communication and learning effects in children presenting with autoimmune encephalitis: A case series.

Conference ProceedingsPoster
Yashodha Hettiarachchi, JIthangi Wanigasinghe
International Conference for Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists & Speech & Language Therapists
Publication year: 2019

Reaching the unreachable

Conference paperConference ProceedingsOral Presentation
Yashodha Hettiarachchi
3rd Biennial Scientific Conference of Sri Lanka Association for Child Development: Opportunities for All Children to Participate
Publication year: 2017

Oral narrative development in Sinhala-speaking Sri Lankan children at three ages: Micro- and Macro-structural measures

Conference ProceedingsPoster
Yashodha Hettiarachchi, Samurdi Perera, Nathali de Silva, Barbara B. Shadden, Ianthe Perera
Annual Conference of American Speech and Hearing Association
Publication year: 2013