Welcome to Banter Booster! Iām David, and hereās footage of me walking into our sonās annual school-fundraiser:
Not competitive at allā¦
Weāve tallied up several rounds of useful tools and resources for you this week:
FREE therapy resources, including new Australian reading fluency passages, useful client posters for DLD outcomes & perinatal-stroke Rx, and a simple syntax explainer
FREE training opportunities, including about reading intervention for older students, explicit instruction about explicit instruction, & spelling
FREE Activity idea: word attack activities for teenagers
Private practice tips on avoiding overwork and burnout, the challenges of working for bosses who have too many ideas (ahem), and professional boundaries in the TikTok era
Open-access research/summaries about music & early communication skills, music & tonal languages, reading models (including Banterās view), and a new systematic study on the effects of communication interventions on the life quality of people with dementia and their families
Perspectives on work and life, including on failure, SLP personality traits and men without meat!
Letās dive straight in!
Free Therapy Resources
Free Training Opportunities
Functional Activity Idea
Private Practice Tips
Open-Access Research & Summaries
On a related point, hereās our take on why we prefer the Simple View of Reading:
Keep perspective
I was a bit surprised by these findings about SLPs and personality traits. Perhaps I need to get out more?
In need of a Monday pep talk? This oneās just for you:
Thanks for reading this weekās Booster. If you found it useful, please share it with colleagues!
Note to self: For next yearās trivia, learn more about IG influencers!
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