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Banter Booster #6: Useful tools and resources for speech pathologists
David Kinnane
March 06, 2023
Welcome to Banter Booster! I’m David, and here’s footage of me at Sydney Olympic Park yesterday morning, wading through thousands of discarded feather boas!
Should have worn my Bunnings hat!
We’ve rounded up a herd of useful tools and resources for you this week:
FREE therapy resources, including book suggestions, a handy conjunction chart, materials to support children with a family member dealing with addiction, and reading resources
FREE training opportunities about MLU and DLD, a free tool for language sample analysis, and a neat introduction to the science of reading
Tool of the week, a FREE curated resource of 42 classic audiobooks for students in years 2-6
A functional activity idea to support clients using high tech AAC
Private practice tips on getting started on difficult projects, being a practice owner, and my dream telehealth set up.
Open-access research/summaries, including a great new RCT comparing two Childhood Apraxia of Speech treatments for school-age children, DLD, and scripting training for people with aphasia
Important client perspectives, and a very silly artwork
Let’s not dilly dally!
Free Therapy Resources
Happy #WorldBookDay! 📚 ❤️ Our @NuffieldFound funded @_Love_to_read project aims to help primary school teachers support children's reading for pleasure… find ideas from our project here: blogs.ed.ac.uk/lovetoread/res…
— Sarah McGeown (@DrSarahMcG)
9:03 AM • Mar 2, 2023
When teaching multi-clause sentence level writing, we always need to ask students ‘what conjunction best communicates the relationship between the clauses/ideas?’
— Steph Le Lievre (@StephLeLievre_)
10:37 AM • Feb 28, 2023
When a family member struggles with addiction, the whole family struggles, too. With love, honesty, and support, families can cope with the challenges addiction brings to the table together. m.sesame.org/ParentalAddict…
— Sesame Workshop (@SesameWorkshop)
8:00 PM • Mar 3, 2023
If you like free SOR based resources, check this FB group out: m.facebook.com/groups/sorlite…
— Nate Joseph (@NateJoseph19)
8:17 PM • Mar 1, 2023
Free Training Opportunities
Teaching language development this semester? Check out this #MLU video that shows differences in utterance length vs complexity, a distinction important for identifying toddlers at-risk for #DevLangDis
#DLD#Sentence#SFF#EI#SLP#SLP2B
— Pamela Hadley (@PamelaAHadley)
7:06 PM • Feb 26, 2023
Research Tuesday! Introducing SUGAR - a method of language sample analysis that is cost free, valid, & efficient. This article shows SLPs how to collect, transcribe, analyze, & interpret the results of a SUGAR language sample @SIGPers@SIGPerspectivesu@ASHAJournals/on.asha.org/3Vv4106/
— ASHA (@ASHAWeb)
7:00 PM • Feb 28, 2023
AERO has produced a concise Introduction to the Science of Reading that is ideal for sharing with people who are new to scientific evidence-based approaches to reading instruction @EdResearchAU
— Jennifer Buckingham (@buckingham_j)
3:34 AM • Feb 28, 2023
Tool of the Week
Activity Idea
The ‘You Choose’ book is one of the most helpful #SLT resources I have on hand at placement. Learning how to use high tech AAC? You Choose. Practising Blank Levels? You Choose. Supporting word finding difficulties? You Choose. Expanding expressive vocabulary? You Choose
— Ben (@SLTBenj)
8:48 PM • Feb 24, 2023
Private Practice Tips
How to get started on a challenging project:
1. Create a folder with the project name
2. In a blank document make a list of all the questions/obstacles you're facing
3. Answer them one by oneWhat seemed insurmountable will become doable now
— Tiago Forte (@fortelabs)
10:00 AM • Mar 3, 2023
One for practice owners:
Your job as the CEO is to Build The Machine.
It's not to:
• Be an assistant
• Build the product
• Sell the service
• Be the businessWhen working on the wrong things you become the biggest rist to your business.
— Christine Carrillo (@ChristineCarril)
5:09 PM • Feb 26, 2023
Just reached nirvana.
— Nikita Bier (@nikitabier)
2:59 AM • Feb 28, 2023
Open-Access Research & Summaries
Great study. Good detail I’m the methods. The difference in intensity and target complexity between the two approaches raises interesting food for thought thanks @tricmc@JPreston_SLP
— Elise Baker (@DrEliseBaker)
11:06 AM • Mar 1, 2023
Developmental Language Disorder is common, but only a small fraction of people with the condition have been diagnosed. This is a call to arms for Speech and Language Therapists #DevLangDis
— Stephen Parsons (@WordAware)
8:35 AM • Mar 2, 2023
New paper on 2 case studies of an application of #scripting training in #EvaPark@EVAphasia - just in time for the @BasAphasia Script Therapy Masterclass next Tuesday 7th March at 4pm with Lizzie Farrell and @volkmer_anna! Pre-print here content.iospress.com/download/advan…
— Richard Talbot (@rtslt)
9:50 PM • Mar 1, 2023
Client and other perspectives
I’m taking affection back.
#nomercynomalice— Scott Galloway (@profgalloway)
8:02 PM • Mar 3, 2023
How can I expect our society to respect and not devalue my son with Down syndrome when our laws and policies permit discrimination against this child and his family because he has the same disability? I hope @andrewjgiles intervenes and lets them stay in their home, here in Perth
— Catia Malaquias (@CatiaMalaquias)
7:16 AM • Mar 3, 2023
My entry to the federal duck stamp art contest did not win.
— Travis Chapman (@Travispaints)
8:20 PM • Feb 25, 2023
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