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Banter Booster #80: Useful things for busy speech pathologists
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👋🏻 I’m David, and welcome to season 8 of the Booster: our weekly free newsletter for SLPs! I want to help you save time & energy in 2025 ⌚️ ⚡️

Hope you had a good break!
Speaking of new projects, I’m excited to announce:
1. 🆓 Resources
docs.google.com/presentation/d…
Created this classroom with UFLI links and resources and all FREE! Thank you @Playful_Class for creating the Google Drive with so many resources in one!— Melanie Brethour (@melbrethour)
12:19 PM • Jan 24, 2025
What a fabulous resource!
— Dr Cate Madill (she/her) (@Cate_Madill)
2:58 AM • Jan 30, 2025
RELEASE FORTNIGHT STARTS HERE!
We are pleased to release the first of our upper primary science materials! You can now find lesson materials and classroom supports aligned with the Australian Curriculum 9, Victorian Curriculum version 2.0 and the new NSW Syllabus.
— Ochre Education (@OchreEducation)
5:02 AM • Jan 14, 2025
2. 🤓 Technical Skills, & Training
Reading with your baby isn’t always as simple as it might seem.
Earlier this week, a parent asked how I’d advise reading to a toddler who may not have the attention span for a full book and who, when handling them, often tears the pages.
I’m so glad you asked!
This… x.com/i/web/status/1…
— Dan Wuori (@DanWuori)
1:16 PM • Jan 23, 2025
When you increase how much students write, comprehension improves (even on norm-referenced tests!). When you teach writing, you become better in phonological awareness, word reading skills, fluency, and comprehension. 💥
🎧 Listen to the episode 🎧
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mel…— Melissa & Lori Love Literacy Podcast (@literacypodcast)
1:00 PM • Jan 25, 2025
Direct instruction is joyful & leads pupils to success. Here is a *clip* where I use high frequency & high participation questioning in 3 phases:
1. Check for listening
2. Rehearsal
3. Check for understanding
Established routines: all hands up, turn & talk, SLANT & ruler reading— Pritesh Raichura (@Mr_Raichura)
2:14 PM • Jan 12, 2025
Check out the next module in our talk moves series!
— Lisa Archibald (@larchiba6)
10:38 PM • Jan 22, 2025
3. 🧐 Practice Tips
This is good.
— Sam Parr (@thesamparr)
9:17 PM • Jan 23, 2025
4. 🔓 Research
Interesting new study on the implementation of a knowledge rich curriculum. This study tested the impact of a widely used content-rich curriculum, CKLA Knowledge Strand, on kindergarteners’ vocabulary, listening comprehension, and content knowledge.
— Tim Surma (@timsurma)
3:07 PM • Jan 28, 2025
5. 🔥 NDIS and provider 🔧🔨
‘Children targeted in NDIS crackdown’ – $500M in savings by removing children from the scheme? What are your thoughts on this article?
📖 Read more: buff.ly/4hlfl9j
#ProtectOurNDIS#EveryAustralianCounts#NDIS— Every Australian Counts (@EveryAustralian)
2:05 AM • Jan 22, 2025
6. ❣️ Client views & 😍 for speech pathology!
When my son hit a plateau with Reading Recovery, I was asked, “What do you notice when you read with him at home?”
The burden of an ineffective intervention should never be placed on a parent. Yes, we read to him—but that wasn’t enough. What he truly needed was evidence-based… x.com/i/web/status/1…
— missy purcell (@MissyPurcell)
2:53 PM • Dec 20, 2024
14 years ago today I was diagnosed with #Parkinsons
I thought my life was over, it wasn’t!Everyday my symptoms get a bit worse…
But, I can still walk, I can still talk and I can still belt out an 80s classic ( when the meds are working)…. Love my life x
— Dave Clark (@DaveClarkTV)
8:34 AM • Jan 26, 2025