 Invariant vector criterion for a Specht module

In positive characteristic $p$, $(S^{\lambda }{)}^{S_n}$ is nonzero exactly when ${\lambda }_i\equiv -1(\mathrm{mod}{p}^{t_i})$ for every adjacent pair, where $t_i$ is least with ${\lambda }_{i+1}<p^{t_i}$. The only invariant line in $M^{\lambda }$ is generated by the sum $z_{\lambda }$ of all tabloids. The map ${\psi }_{i,v}$ sends it to $\left(\genfrac{}{}{0ex}{}{{\lambda }_i+{\lambda }_{i+1}-v}{{\lambda }_i}\right)z_{\lambda (i,v)}$. Thus the kernel intersection theorem for Specht modules gives vanishing of $\left(\genfrac{}{}{0ex}{}{{\lambda }_i+j}{j}\right)$ modulo $p$ for $1\le j\le {\lambda }_{i+1}$. By Lucas's theorem, all these binomial coefficients vanish exactly when the last $t_i$ base-$p$ digits of ${\lambda }_i$ are $p-1$.