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Banter Booster #19: Useful tools and resources for speech pathologists
David Kinnane
June 19, 2023
Welcome to Banter Booster! I’m David, and here’s how I felt speaking with the amazing next generation of SLP2B at Sydney University last week:
How do you do, fellow young professionals?
We’ve tracked down lots of useful tools and resources for you this week:
FREE therapy and client resources about neurodiversity, nasal anatomy, sound effects, and aphasia groups
FREE training opportunities about DLD diagnosis and reading comprehension
FREE activity ideas for working on phonological awareness skills
Information about the upcoming ‘Delving into DLD’ event in Sydney on 12 July, hosted by our friends at The DLD Project
FREE private practice tips on transparency, having a go, and supervision
Open-access research/summaries, including updates on DLD terminology, theory of mind measures, and peer-befriending for people with aphasia
Perspectives on clients, work and life, including key phrases that mean ‘nothing will happen’!
Let’s go!
Free Therapy Resources
Announcement: We have a new resources section! It's full of carefully selected blogs, websites and articles. Have a look and let us know if there’s anything you think we need to add or remove
#Autism#ADHD
— Neurodiverse Connection UK (@NDConnectionUK)
7:06 AM • Jun 6, 2023
Nasal anatomy for dummies.
— Dr Eric Levi (@DrEricLevi)
12:09 AM • Jun 9, 2023
your periodic reminder that @BBCArchive has an absurdly cool and completely free database of sounds at
I just downloaded some gorgeous audio of wolves howling, for a lecture on the evolution of music and other vocalizations 🐺
— sam (@samuelmehr)
10:21 AM • Jun 1, 2023
.@KaterinaHilari flags another brilliant resource! This one comes from @AphasiaGroups.
Resources for Aphasia Groups:
aphasia.community/resources/reso…#NAC23
— Dr Abi Roper (@abracabadger)
9:29 AM • Jun 15, 2023
Free Training Opportunities
A must-read for all speech and language therapists @RCSLT@RCSLTLearn@RCSLTpolicy@RCSLTResearch@NAPLIC@MHResTrain@SpeechAndLangUK@SpeechLink
— Dr Susan Ebbels (@SusanEbbels)
6:55 AM • Jun 12, 2023
"Knowledge is the key to comprehension." - @CattsHugh
Watch Dr. Catt's #AIMSymposium2023 "Rethinking Reading Comprehension" presentation today. #researchtopractice#partnerforimpact#AIMResearchAdvisoryBoard#ReadingComprehension#FlashbackFridaybit.ly/AIMSymposium20…— AIM Institute (@AIMtoLearn)
12:02 PM • Jun 9, 2023
If you are in NSW, we’d love to see you!
NSW Speech Pathologist Friends! You're our first stop on the Delving into #devlangdis (DLD) Australian Tour. We're hosting a one day, in-person event in Sydney with our good friend David Kinnane from @BanterSpeech & Language. We'd love for you to join us: httpthedldproject.com/events/delving…
— The DLD Project (@TheDLDProject_)
1:20 AM • Jun 13, 2023
Activity Ideas for Phonological Awareness
Foster a love of #language in children with this fun early primary collection. These resources focus on #rhyming words to help students hone their #literacy skills.
— ABC Education (@ABCEducationAU)
9:30 PM • Jun 15, 2023
Remember to prioritise grapheme-phoneme links, & blending/segmenting skills:
Private Practice Tips
Worried that you don't know enough?
Haven't read enough?
Don't have enough data?
Don't have enough experience?
Might get it wrong?
At some point you just have to:
Give it a go!
#PhDchat#ECRchat#postdoc#gradschool— Hugh Kearns (@ithinkwellHugh)
9:00 AM • Jun 14, 2023
You know it's going down among therapists when someone says "Maybe you need to process that in supervision"
— Dr. Amy, Psy.D. (@DrAmyPsyD)
11:11 PM • Jun 4, 2023
Open-Access Research & Summaries
1/2 Delighted to share this #OpenAccess#ImpSci paper 2 guide future implementation efforts of CATALISE @deevybee@RADLDcam#DLD#SLCN@HRI_UL onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…
— Dr AL Gallagher (@aoifelilyg1)
12:59 PM • Jun 10, 2023
#openaccess Systematic Review and Inventory of Theory of Mind Measures for Young Children
#developmentalpsychology#socialcognition#languagedevelopment#SLP#SLT#preK#chulddevelopment#earlyyears#developmentalpsych
— Daniela O'Neill (@daniela_oneill)
12:48 PM • Jun 4, 2023
Find all the goodies about the @CityLCS SUPERB trial of peer befriending at the project website.
blogs.city.ac.uk/superb/about/
This includes papers, videos and lots more.
#NAC23.
Thanks @KaterinaHilari for sharing this ace work.— Dr Abi Roper (@abracabadger)
9:39 AM • Jun 15, 2023
Perspectives
I asked my daughter to describe Grandpa to me. She said “he’s kind, funny, caring, and likes trains”.
She didn’t mention his physical or communication disabilities. To her he is simply ‘Grandpa’, and to me that is simply beautiful 🥰
@TheStrokeAssoc #AphasiaAwarenessMonth
— Catherine Moore (@Me_dad_stroke)
12:06 PM • Jun 9, 2023
Perspective.
So much to be grateful for. So much to do.
#SDGs
— Ruth Arnold (@RuthArnold)
6:13 AM • Jun 9, 2023
Phrases that mean nothing will happen:
Leave it with me
I’ll have a word
I’ll see what I can find
I’ll see what I can do
Consider it done!
I’ll make some calls
I’ll think about it
Certainly a possibility
Let’s come back to that
Good idea
I’ll let you know!
We’ll see
I’ll… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— VeryBritishProblems (@SoVeryBritish)
9:19 AM • Jun 14, 2023
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