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Banter Booster #39: Useful things for busy speech pathologists
6-BOOST MONDAY!
👋🏻 I’m David, and I want to help you to become a much merrier speech pathologist. For our final Booster of 2023, we come bearing gifts! 🎅🎁
Thanks to SLPs and others who’ve shared really useful things!
1. 🆓Resources
Huge thanks to @melbrethour for compiling this amazing list of Spelling resources! I have many of them and will be adding the others to my Christmas wish list!! 🎄📚
drive.google.com/file/d/1nBMTs8…
— Mme Lockhart (@MmeLockhartLDSB)
2:46 AM • Dec 7, 2023
Check out these videos for paediatric speech and language therapists from @bbcthp
— RCSLT 💙 (@RCSLT)
11:05 AM • Dec 7, 2023
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Queen Square ICAP now available to read + full operating manual to download! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… with thanks @BrainAppeal The Tavistock Trust for Aphasia @uclh @UCLIoN@UCLHresearch and all the amazing ICAP members 🎉🎉🎉
— Luisa Zenobi-Bird (@lui_zenobi_bird)
5:50 PM • Dec 7, 2023
We recently released a series of posters in collaboration with SLT-extraordinaire @nicola_maddy and some of the young people Nic supports.
Take a look and put them up in your school!
buff.ly/47F06nl— Action for Stammering Children (@ascstammering)
2:00 PM • Dec 7, 2023
Day 8 of the 12 Days of Christmas 🎁 Introducing The Elf!🎄Check out our latest free Christmas resource for Initial Code Unit 11. Dive into a festive adventure, and don't miss the speed read activity at the end!🧝✨You can download the free resource here > sounds-write.co.uk/free-downloads
— John Walker, Sounds-Write (@SWLiteracy)
10:00 AM • Dec 8, 2023
It’s #BackToBasics when it comes to handwriting instruction!!📝
Many children do not enter school knowing how to correctly hold a pencil.
Therefore, we need to teach them!Poor pencil grip can lead to hand fatigue, poor letter formation, poor writing stamina, low written… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Mme Lockhart (@MmeLockhartLDSB)
5:18 PM • Dec 3, 2023
Check out this great morphology resource:
— Nate Joseph (@NateJoseph19)
1:33 PM • Dec 8, 2023
The updated ISBE Dyslexia Handbook has been published with a toolkit.
So grateful for all of those that contributed to this work! The knowledge of these individuals is inspiring.The Dyslexia Guide - isbe.net/Documents/Dysl…
The Dyslexia Toolkit - tinyurl.com/ISBEdyslexiato…— Kellyn Sirach, MSEd (@ksirach)
1:15 PM • Dec 5, 2023
2. 🆓 Training
Please to announce that our book Evaluating What Works has now been updated online bookdown.org/dorothy_bishop… (free) and is also available for purchase if you want hard copy or ebook:
— Dorothy Bishop (@deevybee)
1:48 PM • Dec 9, 2023
This thread is my favorite illustration of the power of non-examples.
Imagine that a teacher models the meaning of a made-up word, glerm, by waving a green cloth vigorously and saying, "this is a glerm."
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— Zach Groshell (@MrZachG)
11:07 PM • Dec 8, 2023
3. 🆓 Practice Tips
How to keep an open mind:
1. Think like a scientist: treat your opinions as hypotheses and decisions as experiments
2. Embrace confident humility: argue like you’re right, listen like you’re wrong
3. Build a challenge network: seek out people who sharpen your reasoning
— Adam Grant (@AdamMGrant)
7:01 PM • Dec 9, 2023
Do you have ADHD or trouble staying focused while reading a book?
Here's a simple hack I created that changed my life.
It's called a "Distraction Catcher":
— Alex & Books 📚 (@AlexAndBooks_)
3:21 PM • Dec 8, 2023
4. 🔓Research
Special Issue by Child Language Committee - Global TALES Folia Phoniatrica youtu.be/bN4iGbyihZA?si… via @YouTube - to learn more - check this out! @Renagalway@shaunziegenfusz@SpeechMary@nickolanelson@JohannaEinarsd1@amywongmy @Carol_Westby@KargerPublisher@IALP_Global
— Dr Marleen Westerveld (@MWslp)
10:29 AM • Dec 6, 2023
Study shows 20% of infants exposed to COVID in utero exhibited neurodevelopmental delays as early as 4 mos old and 10% showed ventriculomegaly on head ultrasounds.
— Rick MaskDonald MD 🚴♂️🏄🏻🎾 (@Kidsdoc1Rick)
11:46 PM • Dec 7, 2023
And the link is working now onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/G6ZJFMXH…
#SSD#DevLangDis— Joanne Cleland (@DrJoanneCleland)
8:08 AM • Dec 8, 2023
5. 🔥Useful🔧 - here’s my letter to Santa!
6. Perspectives & why we 😍 speech pathology!
A reminder that, for your little one, the joy and wonder of Christmas aren’t dependent on hundreds of dollars of plastic.
Here’s Exhibit A. 🍌
Shop wisely and check out the post below for additional guidance on holiday gift giving for young children.
This happy little guy… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Dan Wuori (@DanWuori)
2:10 PM • Dec 9, 2023
🙏🏻. If you’ve found our Boosters helpful this year, or have any suggestions to make them more useful, please hit reply and let me know!
On behalf of the whole Banter team, we hope you have a relaxing break, and a happy & healthy start to 2024. See you in February next year!