Banter Booster #11: Useful tools and resources for speech pathologists

You can find lots of info on DLD at the DLD toolbox @larchiba6

#dld#naplic23@NAPLIC@larchiba6

— Victoria Wadsworth (@victoriawad)
Apr 21, 2023

For students everywhere: Tips from cognitive psychology for studying effectively: public lecture by U of E London's Paul Penn  via @YouTube

— Steven Pinker (@sapinker)
Apr 11, 2023

Shorten's plan for the NDIS. Excellent round up by the fabulous Sara Gingold. Want to understand the facts behind the noise? Sara is your go to person ⁦@TeamDSCAus⁩ ⁦@AutismAwareAus⁩

— Nicole Rogerson (@NicRogerson)
Apr 19, 2023

Well firstly we have to recognise the deeply pathologising language. If the child is Neurodivergent then we need to understand differences in communication & play. http

— Emily Price (Lees) (@EmilioLees)
Apr 18, 2023

@Layno33@txchoices Also @Layno33, see Scarborough, H. S., & Brady, S. A. (2002). Toward a common  terminology for talking about speech and reading: A glossary of the  ‘phon’ words and some related terms. Journal of Literacy Research, 34(3), 299-334. httpdoi.org/10.1207/s15548…tpspeech-language-therapy.com/pdf/papers/sca…

— Cᴀʀᴏʟɪɴᴇ Bᴏᴡᴇɴ @[email protected] 🇦🇺🌻 (@speechwoman)
Apr 7, 2023

For our drop-in Board Game Buddies recess program to run smoothly, we make simplified 1-page “QuickStart” Instructions for every game. We share everything we make here:

#boardgames#ElemEd#playfullearning #games#playislearning #play#languagedevelopment

— Daniela O'Neill (@daniela_oneill)
Apr 5, 2023

When people start something with partners...

They often make a big mistake.

They don't create alignment from the start.

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Here's how I solve that.

We write a Memorandum of Understanding.

It puts down:

• What's the idea/vision
• Who's doing what
• What's our plan… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

— Michael Girdley (@girdley)
Apr 21, 2023

Preparing your speaker's notes: Size 12 font, single spaced won't work when you're anxious. Double space and size 16 or 18. And highlight key words. #PhDchat#ECRchat#PhDforum#postdoc#academictwitter

— Hugh Kearns (@ithinkwellHugh)
Apr 21, 2023

90% of cases of #DevLangDis are not caused by one gene.

— Stephen Parsons (@WordAware)
Apr 22, 2023

Their views on the terminology: DLD is ok (but Developmental Language Disorder a bit of a mouthful!) and prefer ‘people with DLD’ to alternatives #Neurodiversity#DevLangDis#naplic23

— Anna Sowerbutts (@pinchof_SaLT)
Apr 22, 2023

Hearing aids seem to reduce dementia in older adults with hearing loss. (N = 437,794)

“[U]p to 8% of dementia cases could be prevented with proper hearing loss management.” twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill)
Apr 15, 2023

If you're interested in what being dyslexic is really like

— David D. Ayer (@DavidAyer)
Apr 19, 2023

“When we learned to speak to, and listen to, rather than to strike or be struck by, our fellow human beings, we found something worth keeping alive, worth possessing, for the rest of time.”

Eudora Welty, born on this day in 1909, on friendship

— Maria Popova (@brainpicker)
Apr 13, 2023

sometimes I like to give my kids tasks/challenges they don't actually know how to do & see what they come up with http

— John Horton (@johnjhorton)
Apr 16, 2023

Let's hear it for Speech and Language Therapists. They helped me get my voice back after being in Intensive Care for 47/8 days. Thanks especially to Fiona Gillies at the @WhitHealth
@f_gillies  
ready for tomorrow which is....
@BGWorldVoiceDay

— Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 (@MichaelRosenYes)
Apr 15, 2023