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Banter Booster #84: Useful things for busy speech pathologists
Resources, language therapy training, psychological safety tips, & more!
6-BOOSTS TO START YOUR WEEK!
👋🏻 I’m David. Happy International Women’s Day, including to SLPs around the world who have fought and continue to fight for the rights and equality of all women and girls ⚖️ 🌏️

Our thoughts are also with SLPs in communities affected by Alfred 🌀
1. 🆓 Resources
Celebrate #NationalReadingMonth with TRL’s Reading Buddies, which makes foundational literacy accessible to all kids.
Introduce Dott, Dusty, Alphabott & their friends to the beginning readers in your home or classroom today!
🔗
— The Reading League (@reading_league)
7:53 PM • Mar 1, 2025
🧪 British Science Week is coming up, and the theme this year is ‘Change and Adapt’ - thought about how you incorporate this into your science lessons?
Our Subject Lead for science, Liz, has some ideas… #BSW25@ScienceWeekUK
— Oak National Academy (@OakNational)
12:02 PM • Feb 28, 2025
We asked 16 neurodivergent people how they would like others to communicate with them. Here is what they said - can you spot the trend? Are you doing this?
— Living Autism (@LivingAutismuk)
5:13 PM • Mar 5, 2025
Football 🤝World Book Day.
Encouraging reading for pleasure through football is a great way to get children into books! Thanks for being great reading role models @Everton.
— National Literacy Trust (@Literacy_Trust)
10:00 AM • Mar 6, 2025
2. 🤓 Technical Skills, & Training
ICYMI The FABULOUS 🆓 #IJLCDWinterLecture 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #DevLangDis www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z_c... presented by @cristina-mckean.bsky.social👑 💐and @pfrizelleslt.bsky.social👑💐 Starts with @markjayes.bsky.social announcing the 2025 IJLCD journal prize-winner @lottiegasp.bsky.social Terrific slides!
— Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻 (@carolinebowen.bsky.social)2025-02-28T06:31:03.491Z
🎙️ New Podcast Release: From Parkinson’s to Pediatrics: The Serendipitous Science Behind LSVT LOUD for KIDS
🎧 Now streaming on all major podcast platforms and YouTube: hubs.ly/Q038NyfY0
hubs.ly/Q038NydZ0#ThinkBIG#ThinkLOUD#DownSyndrome#PediatricSpeechTherapy
— LSVT Global (@LSVTGlobal)
4:05 PM • Feb 28, 2025
.@CityLCS is holding a FREE hybrid impact event for researchers & clinicians to learn about exciting new developments in adults & paediatrics.
👉 SAVE THE DATE - 20th June 2025!
Final programme to be shared soon but sign-up early to reserve your spot: citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-event…
— Dr Nicholas Behn (@NicholasBehn)
3:18 PM • Mar 3, 2025
Exciting event coming up at Melbourne Uni, 4pm Tuesday 11 March, online and in-person - lecture by international disability rights campaigner and academic Professor Tom Shakespeare on chronic pain as a disability rights issue
— Power to Persuade (@PowerToPersuade)
12:09 AM • Mar 6, 2025
3. 🧐 Practice Tips
Psychological safety is not about withholding criticism. It’s about enabling people to speak up without fear.
The goal is not to lower our standards. It’s to replace knee-jerk reactions with open-minded consideration.
All ideas are welcome. Not all views are equally valid.
— Adam Grant (@AdamMGrant)
5:35 PM • Mar 4, 2025
New research by @McKinsey states that when it comes to workforce performance/productivity, the working model (office based, working from home or hybrid) is far less important than other factors. What matters most is the work environment that leaders create.
McKinsey sets out… x.com/i/web/status/1…— Helen Bevan (@HelenBevan)
8:39 AM • Mar 6, 2025
4. 🔓 Research
‘Spelling improved the accuracy of identifying students who experienced word reading difficulties in kindergarten and Grade 1.’ (Kim & Pitscher, 2023). Yes 🙌 this resonates with my work: It’s helpful to use robust spelling error analysis #CoSTEY& CoST
— Tessa Daffern (@TessaDaffern)
9:53 AM • Mar 1, 2025
5. 🔥 NDIS and provider 🔧🔨
The latest Source Teens & Young Adults eMag is here. This issue focuses on the importance of finding employment for young people with disability.
Read the latest issue at 💻 ow.ly/h4zN50V7nlc to read the eMag.
📷 Photo: Source Kids
— NDIS (@NDIS)
3:55 AM • Mar 4, 2025
Assistive technology (AT) is equipment or devices that help you do things you can’t do because of your disability. AT may also help you do something more easily or safely.
Learn more at 💻 ow.ly/OxZT50V9QQB
— NDIS (@NDIS)
6:00 AM • Mar 6, 2025
6. ❣️ Client views & 😍 for speech pathology!
Jamie @ThrillsOnIceUK asked @EastMidRailway if they could make one of their TALK assistance cards & wristbands for people who stammer. They said yes! Read more & find out how you can get them for free
Well done Jamie & EMR for a making a real difference!— STAMMA (@stammer)
3:58 PM • Mar 5, 2025
I don't get why anyone would prefer Zoom for a two-person call. Surely an old-fashioned voice call is better. You can pace and think about what you're talking about instead of focusing on the other person's face. This is why you have better conversations walking side by side.
— Paul Graham (@paulg)
12:56 PM • Jan 15, 2025