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Banter Booster #49: Useful things for busy speech pathologists
David Kinnane
April 08, 2024
6-BOOSTS TO START YOUR WEEK!
👋🏻 I’m David, and I want to help you cut to the chase ✂️ ⚡️
Currently reading the NDIS Bill (with a ‘glass-half-full’ mindset…)
1. 🆓Resources
SUPER excited to share that my 4th/5th grade #morphology resource has been recommended to be included in the Instructional Program Guide to the Virginia Dept of Ed. & the Virginia State BOE as an approved supplemental instructional program. Check it out! sites.google.com/view/literacyt…
— Dr. Shelley Blackwell, SLP.D (@sblackwellslpd)
12:13 AM • Apr 4, 2024
I curated some resources online and put together this slideshow about the eclipse.
I included the #OntEd Science Curriculum connections.
Feel free to copy and edit to your needs.docs.google.com/presentation/d…
— Marc Hodgkinson (@Mr_H_Teacher)
12:10 AM • Apr 3, 2024
We convened a Delphi Panel to modify the Pragmatics Profile to create a version for TBI. The final tool is available freely online mosaiccommunication.com.au/pragmatics-pro…
— Assoc Prof Andy Smidt (@AndySmidt)
11:14 PM • Apr 1, 2024
2. 🆓 Technical Skills, & Training
✍️ “Sentence stems scaffold pupils’ talk by supporting them to start a sentence. This enables them to concentrate on what to say rather than how to say it,” writes @katehenshall1 in this guest blog on supporting high quality talk in maths.
Read more: eef.li/bq7Pw7— EEF (@EducEndowFoundn)
6:05 AM • Apr 4, 2024
Today I shared a very powerful video with some staff called the Purple Challenge. If there is one place to start your science of reading journey this is it...and maybe a few other places 😜
youtu.be/Lxx7hs0qdKQ?si…
— Melanie Brethour (@melbrethour)
8:58 PM • Mar 27, 2024
3. 🆓 Practice Tips
Calling people "toxic" is rarely helpful. It focuses on their impact instead of their actions.
Toxicity comes in 5 flavors: disrespectful, dishonest, cutthroat, exclusionary, and abusive.
A good warning pinpoints patterns of behavior that are problematic and persistent.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Adam Grant (@AdamMGrant)
1:28 PM • Apr 3, 2024
Need some inspiration.
Share your go-to deep work playlist (Spotify or YouTube) below:
— Dickie Bush 🚢 (@dickiebush)
12:31 AM • Apr 4, 2024
4. 🔓Research
Our latest research: ow.ly/5Xqa50x0vwB. Is it better to hear a word many times in a book or better to read the book many times? Doesn't matter for kids with #DevLangDis as long as they hear the word 36 times. But..remembering the word long-term is tough!
— Dr. Holly Storkel (@hstorkel)
7:01 PM • Nov 4, 2019
With thanks to researchers like Barako Arndt & Schuele, Balthazar & Scott, Kamhi, Robinson-Kooi & Hammond, Ebbels, Koster, Graham, Hochman & Wexler, and many others, here’s why I think:
— Banter Speech (@BanterSpeech)
9:17 AM • Apr 4, 2024
During World Autism Month, a time devoted to increasing autism acceptance, we’ve gathered some recent ASHA articles and podcasts. Check out this collection where CSD professionals share their insights and experiences. on.asha.org/3Lk0yPf
— ASHA (@ASHAWeb)
6:05 PM • Apr 1, 2024
5. Potential downsides of ChatGPT in classrooms
What is the impact of ChatGPT on students? It’s worse than I thought.
▶️ More likely to procrastinate
▶️ Memory loss
▶️ Worse academic performanceWhilst more studies are needed, these preliminary results on the impact of generative AI on students are concerning.
There is a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Carl Hendrick (@C_Hendrick)
6:29 AM • Mar 28, 2024
Do we have any solid data on what long term effects heavy use of ChatGPT is having on students’ learning?
— Gary Marcus (@GaryMarcus)
9:48 PM • Mar 26, 2024
6. Client perspectives and why I 😍 speech pathology!
If we have positive assumptions about people with Down syndrome, we'll give them more opportunities. And maybe these positive assumptions will become reality. #AssumeThatICan#WDSD24#WorldDownSyndromeDay#EndTheStereotypes
— CoorDown (@coordown)
2:48 PM • Mar 15, 2024
So announcements are made in both spoken and written English, but nobody complains.
Add in BSL, a different language that provides access for deaf people, and somehow it’s a problem.— Adam Schembri (@AdamCSchembri)
8:52 PM • Apr 3, 2024
Tricks to surviving a big academic conference:
▪️Avoid any rest to maximise effects of jet lag
▪️Massively overprepare for your unattended morning panel
▪️Feeling dehydrated? Drink more coffee
▪️Take detailed notes and never consult them again— Neil Renic (@NC_Renic)
1:22 PM • Apr 1, 2024