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Banter Booster #15: Useful tools and resources for speech pathologists
Coming to you live from the #SPAConf
David Kinnane
May 22, 2023
Hello, Booster readers! I’m David, and here’s a near-live shot of our bright booth at the #SPA Conf! (In a case of poor timing, I’m stuck in iso in Sydney, but the Banter team has saved the day!)
Hello, Hobart! (Yes, I’ve always wanted a prize wheel!)
If you’re in town, swing by and say hello to Jillian, Viv and Cherie! No worries if not: we’ve collected lots of useful tools and resources this week, wherever you are right now:
Our Banter Speech Workbooks Collection shop launch!
FREE therapy resources for repeated reading practice, an anxiety explainer, stuttering tips, and information for clients and families about recent autism diagnoses
FREE training opportunities about the recent PIRLS 2021 International reading results, language and numeracy, bilingualism & DLD
a FREE activity idea for formulating complex sentences
Private practice tips on small steps and space constraints
Open-access research/summaries about supporting secondary school students with reading difficulties, language outcomes of children who have had surgery for brain tumours, and links between hearing difficulties and dementia
Perspectives on living with DLD, the power of a great teacher, voice-banking, and how to come back from a professional setback!
Let’s spin the wheel!
Banter Speech Workbooks Collection Launch!
Our Banter Speech Workbooks Collection launches today! Sequenced, low cost, low prep, high quality digital workbooks to help SLPs support clients with receptive language, expressive language, early reading, writing, and stuttering goals, & more! Check out our workbooks collection at our new online shop here:
Click for more information!
Free Clinical Resources
I've been diving into the research about repeated readings and if teachers would like to ditch the traditional book log & move to a repeated reading log this might be for you. This is just 1 way to help your students with fluency. I'm happy to share this resource. @SoR@SoRclassroomp
— Melanie Brethour (@melbrethour)
8:47 PM • May 17, 2023
If a child is experiencing anxious feelings, talking to someone can help them to manage better, feel less alone and more supported. This might be a family member, friend or trusted adult. Find out more in our new animation ‘Let’s talk about anxiety’. crowd.in/8sgOWI
— Anna Freud (@AFNCCF)
8:55 AM • May 19, 2023
Visit bit.ly/stammersupport to view our resources and top tips or to drop us a line.
— Action for Stammering Children (@ascstammering)
9:29 AM • May 16, 2023
In this new blog, Speech Pathology Lead Aria May explores how to talk to your child about a recent #autism diagnosis.
READ:
#TelethonKidsInstitute#CliniKids
— CliniKids Autism Research (@clinikids_au)
3:11 AM • May 18, 2023
Free Training Opportunities
Very helpful video explainer of the new PIRLS 2021 International Results in Reading (around 8mins long)
youtu.be/jUv1QowWmqI via @YouTube
— Alex Quigley (@AlexJQuigley)
9:03 AM • May 16, 2023
On #NationalNumeracyDay - did you know that language skills are crucial for developing #numeracy skills?
Check out our joint policy statement with @SpeechAndLangUK & @voi@voice21oracyfind out more
⬇️⬇️⬇️
httpbit.ly/3ltguBun we count on you to spread the word? #mat#mathspunsp— RCSLTpolicy (@RCSLTpolicy)
6:30 AM • May 17, 2023
I said I'd share my thoughts on bilingualism, DLD & mentoring from the talk today at NIDCD.
— Human Abilities in Bilingual Language Aquisition (@HABLAlab)
3:24 AM • May 19, 2023
Activity Idea
We really enjoyed the noughts and crosses game using subordinate clauses. @missspatelrps@Talk4Writing @DwayneToon@MrsSullivanRPS@MrDurkinRPS@RollestonPri@Deanatfifty@PieCorbett@Talk4Writing@Infeducation@MrJ_Evans@BriarHillSch@literacyfocus@SteElleCity89@HonestQT
— @Miss Virdee (@missvirdeerps)
3:31 PM • May 17, 2023
We use a similar board game activity to practice complex sentence formulation:
Private Practice Tips
Start close in,
don’t take the second step
or the third,
start with the first
thing
close in,
the step
you don’t want to take.
Forget about finishing the chapter or paper. Start with the first sentence. Start close in. Don't worry about the second step. @poetdavidwhyte— Hugh Kearns (@ithinkwellHugh)
12:30 PM • May 17, 2023
Premises constraints are a big issue for many SLPs in private practice, too:
Two in five GPs in England have said that their premises were not fit for delivering basic care, with too few consulting rooms or not enough space to host multidisciplinary team meetings @rcgp
— The BMJ (@bmj_latest)
9:02 AM • May 19, 2023
Open-Access Research & Summaries
If you haven't had a chance to get to this new review by @DrKatedeBruin and @EdResearchAU, make sure you bookmark it as a powerful resource on supporting secondary students who are struggling in literacy and numeracy 🎯
edresearch.edu.au/resources/supp…— Pamela Snow (@PamelaSnow2)
8:10 AM • May 19, 2023
We (led by @SvaldiCheyenne) found large heterogeneity in the language outcomes of children after posterior fossa surgery.
— Saskia Kohnen (she/her) (@SaskiaKohnen)
10:38 AM • May 16, 2023
Mid-life hearing impairment is an under-identified risk factor for dementia, linked with more rapid cognitive and functional decline. This is according to emerging research currently being presented by Prof. Iracema Leroi, at HSCP Study Day on rehabilitation for older persons.
— IASLT (@iaslt)
10:32 AM • May 18, 2023
Client & other perspectives
Thank you, Paula for the generousity and advocacy you demonstrate with this publication on growing up with #DLD#DevLangDis. I am honored to co-author w you and Stella. Folks, you are not gonna want to miss this one!
— Karla McGregor🟧 (@mcgregor_karla)
2:59 PM • May 19, 2023
A beautiful story about the impact a teacher can have on a small child
— Tom Bennett OBE (@tombennett71)
8:56 AM • May 19, 2023
Apple's Personal Voice lets people living with ALS create a digital voice that sounds like themselves—on an iPhone, iPad, or Mac.
— Fast Company (@FastCompany)
11:27 AM • May 18, 2023
A great role model for how to respond to a professional set-back:
It's been a month since the @bostonmarathon. Today we reflect on life’s ups and downs, and the challenges that we faced that day. After the race, I received so many positive messages from everyone around the world, that's a huge motivation for me to bounce back.
— Eliud Kipchoge - EGH🇰🇪 (@EliudKipchoge)
11:07 AM • May 17, 2023
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