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Banter Booster #61: Useful things for busy speech pathologists
6-BOOSTS TO START YOUR WEEK!
👋🏻 I’m David, and I want to help you save time for other projects ⌚️ ⚡️
Good luck to all the night owl sports lovers out there!
1. 🆓 Resources
Sound Spellings Chart (FREE DOWNLOAD)
The Lit Champs (@MrLitEdu ) are a brilliant group of men from PA, dads, educators, literacy advocates...
They have dedicated themselves to providing kids and parents with the knowledge behind how kids learn to read to "Cut Illiteracy" in… x.com/i/web/status/1…— Elise Lovejoy (@EliseLovejoy)
2:48 PM • Jul 24, 2024
Phonological awareness skills are crucial for literacy, but are also an area that many children, including those with #DevLangDis struggle with. The wonderful people at @SLSncl have produced FREE assessment and intervention resources. research.ncl.ac.uk/phonologicalaw…
— NAPLIC (@NAPLIC)
9:27 AM • Jul 15, 2024
I was inspired by @MJLiben & @LibenDavid to try structured journals so @ONlit_social designed a template - approved by the Libens - and I tested it out with a group of Grade 7s. Will definitely use again!
Get our FREE Structured Journal template here:
onlit.org/resource/struc…
— Kate Winn (@thismomloves)
11:35 PM • Jul 24, 2024
2. 🤓 Technical Skills, & Training
Which should we use, nonsense
word tests or word ID tests? - Timothy Shanahan, Nomanis Issue 17, June 2024
@ReadingShanahan@MULTILITmediainfo.multilit.com/hubfs/NOMANIS-…
— five from five (@FIVEfromFIVE)
8:57 PM • Jul 23, 2024
So many decodable books are now available they make my head spin. How to choose? Here’s a free evaluation form and video showing how to use it, plus a list of phonics teaching sequences I know of, with matching books and training.
— Spelfabet (@spelfabet)
10:27 PM • Jul 22, 2024
3. 🧐 Practice Tips
Apologizing when it isn’t needed signals a lack of confidence.
Lose the habit of saying “I’m sorry” and replace it with these 10 alternatives instead:
Great cheat sheet by @RepaVictoria
— Eric Partaker (@Eric_Partaker)
1:00 PM • Jul 21, 2024
4. 🔓 Research
Announcing the launch of the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science: ! OECS is a freely-available, growing collection of peer-reviewed articles introducing key topics in cogsci to a broad audience of students and scholars.
— Michael C. Frank (@mcxfrank)
7:28 PM • Jul 24, 2024
🎉Congratulations Maggie Snowling (Founding Director at OxEd) for her Top Cited Article 2022-2023 for Delivering Language Interventions at Scale: Promises and Pitfalls.
Read the whole paper here: ow.ly/bRGw50SIh9E
— OxEd and Assessment (@OxEdAssessment)
4:04 PM • Jul 23, 2024
5. 🔥 NDIS and provider 🔧🔨
Today, Every Australian Counts gave evidence for the second time at the Senate Hearing considering the NDIS Bill.
EAC supporter Scott Harry gave this powerful testimony...— Every Australian Counts (@EveryAustralian)
11:41 AM • Jul 24, 2024
6. ❣️ Client views & why I 😍 speech pathology!
When your 2-year-old starts correctly pronouncing a word she’s been adorably mispronouncing her whole life and you realize that little nonsense word is gone forever
— Joel Berry (@JoelWBerry)
3:23 PM • Jul 10, 2024
"Obviously, I take longer to communicate - but that's just something people have to respect."
Yes, yes, YES - the amazing @GomesOficial08@Wolves hits the nail right on the head! Stammering isn't a defect or a block, #ItsHowWeTalk ❤️
— STAMMA (@stammer)
5:46 PM • Jul 24, 2024
I can’t stop laughing at this.
— Sahil Bloom (@SahilBloom)
6:23 PM • Jul 24, 2024