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Banter Booster #22: Useful tools and resources for speech pathologists

Banter Booster #22: Useful tools and resources for speech pathologists

David Kinnane
July 24, 2023

Welcome to Banter Booster! I’m David, and here’s live footage of the Banter team booking in our first in-person-team-training-event in quite a while!

Go the Matildas!

We’ve tried to hit the back of the net with a haul of tools and resources for you this week:

FREE therapy resources to support primary and high school students with ADHD, and literacy tools
FREE training opportunities for PDA & autism, and reading stamina
Tool of the week: Structured writing practice for compound and complex sentences
Useful idea: using chores to support language at home
Open-access research/summaries about early language development and auditory processing, social-emotional interventions, and more on hearing difficulties & dementia links
Perspectives on work and life, including on lunchables, effects of reading difficulties, and the deeply weird but entrancing Otamatone!

No diving this week. Instead, let’s kick off from the centre spot and attack the goal!

Free Therapy Resources

FREE Guide for Teenagers on ‘Living successfully with ADHD’ - with tips & strategies for managing anxiety, executive functioning skills to support school work & achieving your potential. Download here: https://adhdfoundation.org.uk/wp-content/upl…th@UKYoutho@WelshYouthParla@YouthCardiffo@BerksYouth//
— ADHD Foundation Neurodiversity Charity (@ADHDFoundation)
Jul 10, 2023

More free professional learning and resources, this time on assessment and intervention, from The Literacy Hub literacyhub.edu.au/understanding-…
— Spelfabet (@spelfabet)
Jul 19, 2023

Free Training Opportunities

Although #PathologicalDemandAvoidance (#PDA) affects children and adults of all backgrounds, there is still much about it that we don't understand. Read more about the history of PDA, its relation to #autism and resources for further support.
— Autism Awareness Aus (@AutismAwareAus)
Jul 21, 2023

Reading stamina or intellectual perseverance is pivotal for reading proficiency. @ReadingShanahan offers useful suggestions on how to build pupils' reading stamina.
MEds - this would make a great research topic. @StMarys_Belfast#metacognition#reading
— Donna Hazzard (@DonnaHazzardNI)
Jul 16, 2023

Tool of the Week

New (expanded) edition now available!

Think Then Write Volume 1

Think, Then Write, Volume 1: an explicit writing program featuring compound and complex sentences. More than 300 pages of scaffolded writing practice to help students of all years/grades generate a variety of compound or complex sentences using coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, including: "because" and "so"

banterspeech.shop/products/think-then-write-volume-1

Useful Idea

Toddler at work!
Young children love to participate in the activities of adults and can find success with your assistance. The key is finding tasks that are just right for their abilities.
Loving how this family breaks down the process of putting away groceries to allow their… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Dan Wuori (@DanWuori)
Jul 18, 2023

For older children, we’re big fans of using chores to practice language:

(L425) I can help at home – let me tell you how (functional procedures and sequencing) | Banter Speech & Language

This 29-page resource is designed to support children to explain procedures for everyday activities, using animated GIFs and a language scaffold to help children to express themselves. The resource is suitable for oral and written procedures, with space for older students to write responses. We also include a simple chore (reward) chart that parents and other caregivers can use to give positive feedback to children about how independent and helpful they are.

www.banterspeech.com.au/product/l425-i-can-help-at-home-let-me-tell-you-how-functional-procedures-and-sequencing

Private Practice Tips

Leading across a system requires a massive & ongoing commitment to the practice of collaboration. A new report from @The@TheKingsFunds out six areas of practice for effective collaborative leadership:
1) create a safe, inclusive & trusting environment
2) build & maintain healthy… https://t.cotwitter.com/i/web/status/1…o
— Helen Bevan (@HelenBevan)
Jul 21, 2023

Keen to take your business from overwhelming and chaotic to scalable and rewarding? Then this week’s podcast with ‘Business by Design’ author, Chris Green is for you.
flyingsolo.com.au/podcast/why-bu…
— FlyingSoloAU (@FlyingSoloAU)
Jul 21, 2023

From verbal warnings to disciplinary hearings, managers are required to take the lead in challenging exchanges with employees.
We've outlined our top 5 tips to help you navigate your responsibilities and make sure employees understand your expectations.
— Victorian Chamber (@vicchamber)
Jul 21, 2023

Open-Access Research & Summaries

#openaccess#languagedevelopment#babies#infants
— Daniela O'Neill (@daniela_oneill)
Jul 19, 2023

New #SEL Article Alert!
Registered Report: The State of the Evidence for SEL: A Contemporary Meta-Analysis of Universal School-Based SEL Interventions is now published in Child Development and available here: srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…@SRCDtweets@YaleCSC @Yale@MikeStrambler
— Dr Christina Cipriano (@drchriscip)
Jul 14, 2023

#AAIC23 While hearing aids did not have an impact on cognitive decline over 3 years in a general population, treating hearing loss protected against cognitive decline in older adults at greater risk of dementia, finds a new trial:
— The Lancet (@TheLancet)
Jul 18, 2023

Client & other perspectives

Ryan used to only eat lunchables, to encourage him to try different foods I would put different foods out and let it it be his choice wether her ate them or not eventually he would try different foods, then we started going to food markets where Ryan could taste more of a variety… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Autism care and share (@autcareandshare)
Jul 19, 2023

As one tearful 9-year-old put it, ‘Reading affects everything you do.’ Try going for a whole day in normal society without needing to read anything. It’s virtually impossible. Read more in our blog ‘Can’t Read, Won’t Read’ wp.me/p4hKgx-8o (8 min read).
#EduTwitter
— Thinking Reading (@ThinkReadHQ)
Jul 19, 2023

The Otamatone is an electronic musical toy developed in Japan known for its unique design resembling an eighth note, accompanied by an endearing animated mouth
Listen to the sound of creativity
— Science girl (@gunsnrosesgirl3)
Jul 18, 2023

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