06/09/2026
We had a wonderful time at SRCLD 2026! The L4 Lab team--both current students and alum--did a fantastic job presenting the meaningful work they're conducting. Here are some of our SRCLD memories!
L4 stands for: language, learning, literacy, and lexicon, which are the topics of most interest to the founders of the L4 Lab.
π£ Language, Learning, Literacy, Lexicon: Learning how these 4 topics interact in communication
π©βπΌ PI: Mary Alt, PhD, CCC-SLP
π University of Arizona
1131 E. 2nd St., Tucson, Arizona 85721 The lab was originally co-directed by Mary Alt and Tiffany Hogan, but since Dr. Hogan moved to Nebraska, it is now a single-director operation. We tend to have lots of graduate and undergraduate students contrib
06/09/2026
We had a wonderful time at SRCLD 2026! The L4 Lab team--both current students and alum--did a fantastic job presenting the meaningful work they're conducting. Here are some of our SRCLD memories!
04/24/2026
Our lab at the University of Arizona is doing an in-person treatment study to learn what helps 2- and 3-year-olds say more words.
Children must be 2 or 3 when they start treatment, but families can sign up before children are 2!
Contact us at (520) 276-8709 or [email protected]
04/21/2026
Our lab is conducting a remote research study to learn about vocabulary in typically-developing 2-year-olds!
Intake form here: https://redcap.link/mx7hdyec (or email: [email protected])
04/07/2026
So excited to have our lab's work featured on the The Informed SLP!!
03/12/2026
Our lab at the University of Arizona is conducting a remote research study to learn about vocabulary in typically developing 2-year-olds!
Complete the intake form here: https://redcap.link/mx7hdyec (or email: [email protected])
03/03/2026
Weβre excited to share that our first TALK study has been published!
We are so grateful to the families and students who helped make this study possible and deepen our understanding of what happens beyond toddlerhood!
Abstract: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41557787/
Stay tuned for more findings :)
Learn more about late talking: https://sites.arizona.edu/vault-learning/
Heidi Mettler
01/27/2026
Our lab at the University of Arizona is conducting a remote research study to learn about vocabulary in typically-developing 2-year-olds!
Complete the intake form here: https://redcap.link/mx7hdyec or email: [email protected]
01/08/2026
π§ Our lab at the University of Arizona is doing a treatment study to learn what helps toddlers say more words.
π± Contact us at (520) 276-8709 or [email protected] for more info & to see if your child qualifies!
12/16/2025
π£ Does your 2- or 3-year-old use fewer words than expected?
π§ Our lab at the University of Arizona is doing a treatment study to learn what helps toddlers say more words.
π± Contact us at (520) 276-8709 or [email protected] for more info & to see if your child qualifies.
11/12/2025
Enrolling now!
π£ Does your 2- or 3-year-old use fewer words than expected?
π§ Weβre running a treatment study to learn what helps young children say more words.
π± Contact us at (520) 276-8709 or [email protected] for more info & to see if your child qualifies.