Banter Booster #23: Useful tools and resources for speech pathologists

Too busy listening to tweet! #SSSR2023 - but will attempt to share some treasures. Here’s one - by Michael Kennedy - improving vocab instruction for science teachers to improve outcomes for students with disabilities. Check out the resources!

— Dr Marleen Westerveld (@MWslp)
Jul 20, 2023

Iraqi & Syrian refugees w disability & @Deakin @Deakinhers have co-designed Arabic resources about health & disability services (e.g. #NDIS). Thx #NDIS_Aus fo#NDIS_Aus & our partners.. @FHouseAustralia@FHouseAustraliaU@blackdoginstt@UNSWW@SSI_tweetsk@NSWHealthp@Deakin_DIK6

— Jo Watson or @[email protected] (@JoWat)
Jul 26, 2023

Still using posters to explain a complicated, hidden behavior to people with a swallowing disorder? Listen to what Jim thinks about your SLP poster. Then access free instructional videos at  (click ‘patients’).

— Ianessa Humbert, Ph.D. (@dr_deglutition)
Jul 24, 2023

I thought I knew enough about legal capacity & supported decision-making for people with disability. But I was wrong!  For Australian #SLP#SLPeepsP#SLP2Bother health & education professionals in the same boat, I learned a lot from these free resources ⬇️

— David Kinnane (@speechbloke)
Jul 24, 2023

Day 1 conference report

— Spelfabet (@spelfabet)
Jul 23, 2023

Just listened to this, I think the SLT/P world agrees we need to move on from the Broca and Wernicke terminology? Interesting conversation, thanks to @smwilsonau for another great podcast 👏 #language#neuroscience#aphasia

— Brainy Speech Therapists (@BrainySLT)
Jul 23, 2023

Inspire and persuade the people around you. Communicate your passion and your vision.

— Entrepreneur (@Entrepreneur)
Jul 29, 2023

Today the @DRC_AU has published a report titled Restrictive practices: A pathway to elimination. The report says #restrictivepractices are a significant form of violence and coercion at odds with the human rights of people with disability.  #DisabilityRC

— Disability Royal Commission (@DRC_AU)
Jul 25, 2023

I don't do icebreakers. I literally refuse to participate (on Zoom I just shut off my camera and hit mute) and politely explain that I find them demeaning and beneath the dignity of serious professionals. Ironically this serves the "getting to know you" function quite well.

— Robert Pondiscio (@rpondiscio)
Jul 23, 2023

Neuroscientist Reid Lyon offers 10 maxims about what we know about how children learn to read: . The research support for these claims is here: bit.ly/3rNCPQf (pdf)

— Dylan Wiliam (@dylanwiliam)
Jul 29, 2023

Great piece! Comprehension strategies strangely get such a bad rap despite the evidence base. It’s possible to read & discuss complex texts daily across subjects that build knowledge, vocabulary & language AND model/practice/deploy strategies. Full integration is the sweet spot. https://

— Emina McLean (@EminaMcLean)
Jul 23, 2023

📢 An update to @RCSLT's 🧵 on #LongCOVID 🔽.

Here's an article by Professor Louise Cummings in @sciencedirect on 'Long COVID: The impact on language and cognition'.

🙏🙏🏻🙏🏼🙏🏽🙏🏾🙏🏿 to @Davi2011Davies & @Few@Fewtrella1 alerting us.

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— RCSLTpolicy (@RCSLTpolicy)
Jul 24, 2023

New research highlights the importance of honoring echolalia, rather than targeting reduction. (1/3)

— Rachel Terra Norton (@rach_research)
Jul 24, 2023

What a horrendous statistic. We must do better!! This is the UK in 2023. This is not OK. Report linked in thread #healthcare4all

— Kim Turner (@SLT_Kimu76)
Jul 25, 2023

“Nobody is entitled not to be bored. Unless you find ways of accepting that, you’re likely to have a hard time. Yet in our climate of immediate gratification & continual stimulation, coping with tasks that are inherently boring is becoming a lost art.”

Prof Roger Kneebone http

— Alex Quigley (@AlexJQuigley)
Jul 25, 2023

Sinead …
You bared your soul…
Shared your brilliance
Through exquisite artistry
Your incredible voice..
Fierce and fragile
Lioness and lamb
Sweet singing bird
Keenly tuned
Trembling..
Tip-toeing along the high wire
Or stamping the ground
Raw
Wounded
Fearless …

— Annie Lennox (@AnnieLennox)
Jul 27, 2023