Banter Booster #3: Useful tools and resources for speech pathologists

Alongside core vocab, it’s important to choose motivating fringe vocab, personalised to the individual.This is a nice questionnaire to gather key words from parents and teachers to support children who use AAC. A little Americanised so may need adapted 😆 aackids.psu.edu/_userfiles/fil…

— Sarah Alderman (Reilly) (@sazalder)
Feb 10, 2023

Looking forward to modelling a @FremantleSpeech Formulas For Frames lesson on Wednesday in Year 6! A highly-explicit approach to narrative writing that gives ample attention to the sentence level. @JennyBaker6661

— Steph Le Lievre (@StephLeLievre_)
Feb 4, 2023

To go with our tip of the week: it’s all about emotions #emotions 💬😄🥲😠😲💬 #SLCN#sltworcstip

@sar_smith@MegD121@JacquiWoodcock@vixthespeechie@fionatotney@Charlotte16SLT@HMcCone_SLT@dharford79@LizzieSpooner2

Find out more:

— SLT Worcestershire (@SLT_Worcs)
Feb 9, 2023

Download our FREE #Neurodiversity at Work Toolkit, helping you to create a neuro-inclusive work environment.

Make a real difference to the lived experience of your employees and position your #business as a leader in #diversityandinclusion.

Download: tinyurl.com/47vcck93

— ITAKOM (@ITAKOM_CONF)
Feb 8, 2023

Here are a few of the language and literacy assessments I use alongside observation, dynamic assessment and student/teacher/parent input #WeSpeechies#SLP2B#SLPeeps also the link to MOTIF assessments motif.org.au/tests

— Dr Charlotte Forwood (@talkinged19)
Feb 5, 2023

If a child struggles with words, this may impact on their mental health.
As it's #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek let's increase awareness of the special role language plays. Video by @lilacCourt & team.
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— NAPLIC (@NAPLIC)
Feb 8, 2023

Writing reports is routine practice for allied health professionals. There's not much research or PD on this topic! Here's a post about current evidence and some strategies for AHPs. Content provided with permission.  #Health#Writing#a11y#HealthLiteracy

— Harmony Turnbull (@SP_Harmony)
Feb 4, 2023

A 1 minute reading automaticity assessment (called Oral Reading Fluency) is the best predictor of student's true comprehension.

A better predictor than retell, cloze, question answering. @janhasbrouck outlines how 40 years of research backs this up.

— Mat Brigham (@MatBrigham)
Feb 10, 2023

Engaging children with disability in supported decision making  @Deakin_DI@IHT_Deakin

— Jo Watson or @[email protected] (@JoWat)
Feb 5, 2023

I prepped these phoneme substitution cups for next week.I’ll be using them a few different ways with my little learners! @OHEducation
#phonicsactivities#kindergarten#kindergartenactivities@IMSEOG@HeggertyPA@BrunswickEdu@BCSDMemorial@DonnakaSpencer

— Sharyn Kish (@KinderKish)
Feb 11, 2023

Humming a tune to a baby. A child learning to play a musical instrument. These are just some of the ways music can bring calm, enjoyment and emotional connection to kids. And you don't need to be good at music to get a lot out of it.

— Mayo Clinic (@MayoClinic)
Feb 11, 2023

"utilize" 👉 "use"
"however" 👉 "but"
"in order to" 👉 "to"
"in the event that" 👉 "if"
"has the ability to" 👉 "can"
"due to the fact that" 👉 "because"

— Brooklin Nash (@realBrookNash)
Feb 9, 2023

An absurd but embarrassingly effective planning trick to make yourself feel better about your progress on a project:

— Oliver Burkeman (@oliverburkeman)
Feb 8, 2023

Our latest paper highlighted the positive impact that our coding clubs had on autistic adolescents’ health and well-being, social relationships and interactions, self-confidence and self-esteem, sense of belonging, and activities and participation.😀👩‍💻
link.springer.com/article/10.100…

— Sonya Girdler (@SonyaGirdler)
Feb 7, 2023

And here is a direct link to the preprint

— Joanne Cleland (@DrJoanneCleland)
Feb 8, 2023

Blog: Changing vocabulary between primary… | Research Schools Network

— Alex Quigley (@AlexJQuigley)
Nov 28, 2022

Rates of depression among US teenagers, 2004-2021

— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill)
Feb 10, 2023

How to survive a plunge from a waterfall.

— Knowledgehub (@KnowIedgepost)
Feb 10, 2023