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Banter Booster #17: Useful tools and resources for speech pathologists
David Kinnane
June 05, 2023
Welcome to Banter Booster! I’m David, and here’s how I felt after sorting out my latest ‘Telstra issue’ in one go last Friday:
Gotta take those small wins when you can!
This week, we’ve snared a web’s worth of useful tools and resources for you:
FREE resources to support students at school, as well as palliative care, FTD and grammar tools
FREE training opportunities to improve client interviews with a single question, as well as about phonological awareness
Tool of the week: sentence-combining exercises to practice complex sentence writing
Functional activity idea: because/but/so sentence-writing
Private practice tips on workplace breaks and supervision
Open-access research/summaries about supporting students with DLD and ADHD; paediatric feeding; and FEES
Life-saving tips on how to spot a child who might be drowning, and a young man’s novel use of AI!
Let’s weave our way in!
Free Therapy Resources
RESOURCE: School passport.
Check out our @AutisticGirls_ school passport which can be shared amongst school staff to help them have a better understanding of the child or young person.
autisticgirlsnetwork.org/Student_Passpo…
— Emily♡ (@ItsEmilyKaty)
9:43 PM • May 31, 2023
In this article, there’s a link to the toolkit and other resources:
Important work by Macey Barret and @UCanNurse students
— Michelle Lincoln (@MichelleLincol6)
8:31 AM • May 27, 2023
My pt w fronto-temporal dementia is forgetting family member names. He wants to improve recall & retain names for as long as poss. I’ve used a semantic feature analysis framework to strengthen the semantic network around family members. Has anyone done similar&had good outcomes? https://
— Emma Flax (@emmaflaxSLT)
10:34 AM • May 31, 2023
*** 'The Grammar Gap' ***
"Almost universally, teachers lack confidence in teaching grammar... With a little support, we could improve annotations in art, essays in history, arguments in RE, experiment write-ups in science, and much more."
theconfidentteacher.com/2022/05/the-gr…
— Alex Quigley (@AlexJQuigley)
9:29 AM • Jun 3, 2023
Free Training Opportunities
If you cannot explain something in simple terms, you don't understand it.
— Prof. Feynman (@ProfFeynman)
6:28 PM • Jun 2, 2023
Client interview tip: “Is there anything else important I need to know about you?”
Don't miss this latest PaTTAN Literacy Quick Pick on Phonemic Awareness from stellar PaTTAN Literacy Team Member, Tambra Isenberg! Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=plqUrD…
— Pam Kastner (@liv2learn)
10:20 PM • May 30, 2023
Tool of the Week
Click for more detail.
Activity Idea
The Writing Revolution sentence-level strategies use conjunctions to encourage extended responses in Grade 2 (or any grade!) Sentences are the building blocks of all writing! Lovely to see this in action from our staff book club #TheWritingRevolution@natwexler@JudithCHochman
— Winston Churchill PS (@WinstonPSLDSB)
11:01 PM • May 29, 2023
Want to give this a go with your clients? Here’s a resource we use:
Private Practice Tips
A systematic review of research on workplace breaks shows that:
1) Regular micro breaks can be better than longer breaks
2) Outdoor breaks & fresh air are better than indoor breaks
3) Scrolling social media is the most common break type but it creates emotional exhaustion
4)… httptwitter.com/i/web/status/1…p— Helen Bevan (@HelenBevan)
3:24 PM • May 31, 2023
Command-and-control leadership doesn’t work anymore. Your manager doesn’t have all of the answers — and shouldn’t try to.
— Harvard Business Review (@HarvardBiz)
9:13 PM • May 30, 2023
Useful tips for placements:
How can we make changing rotations easier?
"For a start, employers should make sure that trainees are sent all the information they need on where to park and where to go on their first day ahead of time," @DrNuthana says bmj.com/content/381/bm…— Abi Rimmer (@Abi_Rimmer)
3:53 PM • May 31, 2023
Open-Access Research & Summaries
Click for free access
Using the Four Domains of Pediatric Feeding Disorders to Guide Assessment and Treatment: on.asha.org/45OKxJt#slpeeps
— The ASHA Leader (@ASHAleader)
12:43 AM • May 30, 2023
80% patients intubated >24 hours dysphagic on FEES. 80%. Discussion shows clinicians desperately trying to best manage dysphagia in the absence of SLT. Answer is clear. ICUs need SLT and FEES. Patients eating and drinking safely leave ITU sooner. @Li@LisaLoveGould1a@sali_curtist
— Tom Richards (@tomrichards37)
10:28 AM • Jun 3, 2023
Perspectives
To my knowledge, three kids' lives saved from this tweet so far. Please read.
— Trisha Greenhalgh (@trishgreenhalgh)
3:34 PM • May 31, 2023
AI is making a far worse world already. Every time my son makes a mistake he apologizes using AI
— Mr Dave Anthony (Lord) (@daveanthony)
6:48 AM • Jun 2, 2023
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