Banter Booster #6: Useful tools and resources for speech pathologists

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)
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_)
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)
Mar 3, 2023

If you like free SOR based resources, check this FB group out:  m.facebook.com/groups/sorlite…

— Nate Joseph (@NateJoseph19)
Mar 1, 2023

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)
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//

— ASHA (@ASHAWeb)
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)
Feb 28, 2023

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)
Feb 24, 2023

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 one

What seemed insurmountable will become doable now

— Tiago Forte (@fortelabs)
Mar 3, 2023

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 business

When working on the wrong things you become the biggest rist to your business.

— Christine Carrillo (@ChristineCarril)
Feb 26, 2023

Just reached nirvana.

— Nikita Bier (@nikitabier)
Feb 28, 2023

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)
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)
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)
Mar 1, 2023

I’m taking affection back.
#nomercynomalice

— Scott Galloway (@profgalloway)
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)
Mar 3, 2023

My entry to the federal duck stamp art contest did not win.

— Travis Chapman (@Travispaints)
Feb 25, 2023