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Banter Booster #81: Useful things for busy speech pathologists
Loads of free resources, practice tips, NDIS & research updates, & more!
David Kinnane
February 10, 2025
6-BOOSTS TO START YOUR WEEK!
👋🏻 I’m David, and I want to help you get back into the swing of things 🎾
School’s back for 2025!
1. 🆓 Resources
Curious to learn more about the nature of English phonemes and their production? This handout from the Colorado Department of Education unpacks consonant and vowel sounds. @codepted
Find the resource onlit.org/resource/under…
— ONlit.org (@ONlit_social)
8:40 PM • Feb 5, 2025
I came across this resource... mdek12.org/sites/default/…
Great resource!— Dr. Kelly J. Grillo, PhD (@kellygrillo)
9:27 PM • Feb 2, 2025
2. 🤓 Technical Skills, & Training
The 2024 #WesternDLD2 final projects are now posted! Check out this year's new additions on literacy, math, Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), ADHD, bilingualism and situational mutism! uwo.ca/fhs/lwm/teachi…
— Lisa Archibald (@larchiba6)
6:36 PM • Feb 4, 2025
Students learn faster when they see what something is and what it isn’t. One of the most important aspect of curriculum planning + instructional design is effectively using examples and non-examples. 🧵⬇️ x.com/i/web/status/1…
— Carl Hendrick (@C_Hendrick)
9:05 AM • Feb 2, 2025
3. 🧐 Practice Tips
Unplug. Pause. Deep breath. Reboot.
— Dr Andy Cope (@beingbrilliant)
6:50 AM • Feb 1, 2025
4. 🔓 Research
Okay so the #DigitalHealthWeek2025 ePoster gallery is now live - & I'm having T.R.O.U.B.L.E. deciding which ones to vote for!!! (luckily I can vote again tomorrow 😉)
👀Checkout the ePosters & VOTE for your top 3 here (there's a people's choice prize!): extravaganza.gallery/dhw25
— Dr Liss (Melissa Brunner) (@LissBEE_CPSP)
5:13 AM • Jan 31, 2025
“Gains from UFLI are equivalent to 8 months of additional instruction for kindergarteners, and almost a year-and-a-half of extra instruction for 1st graders.”
“In reading studies these days, these kinds of findings are rare.”
– @devin_kearns@s_e_schwartz reports on UFLI… x.com/i/web/status/1…
— Karen Vaites (@karenvaites)
10:12 AM • Feb 3, 2025
5. 🔥 NDIS and provider 🔧🔨
We’re making the NDIS stronger. That’s why we’re working closely with participants and the disability community to ensure we make the right changes.
Find out how your feedback can help make the NDIS stronger at 💻 ow.ly/NYpg50UUyv3
— NDIS (@NDIS)
4:00 AM • Feb 6, 2025
6. ❣️ Client views & 😍 for speech pathology!
Look at these pals having a great time! 🥰
Little Josie attends a preschool where they spend time each day in a senior living facility. Intergenerational programs are the best way to bring smiles, laughter, and much needed social interactions to older adults.
There are many… x.com/i/web/status/1…
— Hasan Merali, MD (@Hasan_Merali)
12:41 PM • Feb 5, 2025
Grateful to U2 drummer, Larry Mullen Jr, for sharing his family's journey with dyslexia and dyscalculia. Thanks for creating new music for @Film_LeftBehind.
Thanks @kellyclarkson for bringing him on @KellyClarksonTV. Great job shining light on the film and cause.
— Kareem J. Weaver (@KJWinEducation)
9:32 PM • Feb 1, 2025
1954 kindergarten report card.
Thoughts?
— Tiffany Justice (@4TiffanyJustice)
1:18 AM • Jan 31, 2025