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Banter Booster: speech therapy research, resources, practice tips, and more

David Kinnane
May 02, 2022

Hello! I'm David.

No, not that David...

I spend far too much time online reading about speech pathology practice, so you don't need to!

Thanks, SPA, for making me feel old!

Fun fact: 24.4% of current members joined after May 2019. So for nearly a quarter of us, this is the first opportunity to experience an in person #SPAconf. If this is you, make sure you ask an old-timer how much fun lies ahead...
— Tim Kittel (@SPAPresident)
2:16 AM • Mar 10, 2022

New research to level up your practice

1/7 Members of #LaLYP are pleased to be presenting a symposium of some of our research today at this amazing on-line conference #DSFConf@DyslexiaSPELD@CurtinOTSWSP@CurtinMedia#EnableInstitute@me_boyo
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— Suze Leitao (@Suze_Freogirl)
12:09 AM • Apr 21, 2022

Fascinating study--children with low intelligibility and poor stimulability should be prioritized for SLP services as their speech errors are less likely to resolve naturally. Thanks @SharynneMcLeod pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/20…
— Elise Baker (@DrEliseBaker)
11:38 PM • Apr 11, 2022

Therapy resources & ideas for clever clinicians like you

Blog of the week

Speech therapy for adults who stutter: what’s the point? | Banter Speech & Language

There’s no cure for adult stuttering yet. So what’s the point of speech therapy? Even just five years ago, I would have said that the answer is obvious: to reduce stuttering severity by using evidence-based speech restructuring techniques like the Camperdown Program. But I’ve since learned - from clients and from other people who stutter, from

https://www.banterspeech.com.au/speech-therapy-for-adults-who-stutter-whats-the-point/

How to...

Drawn from our new Sentence combining practice guide, here are six teaching tips that can help with improving students’ writing quality. edresearch.edu.au/sentence-combi… 
#TeachingWriting
— Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) (@EdResearchAU)
10:00 PM • Apr 20, 2022

Private practice tips for employees and owners

12 early career tips for Australian speech pathologists and students considering a career in private practice #slpeeps#SLP2B #SLP#earlycareer
For more, visit our website: bit.ly/3LHNyQK
— Banter Speech (@BanterSpeech)
8:08 AM • Apr 6, 2022

Slides are visual aids that assist your presentation. Anytime you put something on your slides, its primary purpose is to help the *audience*, not you.
Nothing should distract from your verbal presentation, it should only enhance it.
A mini-presentation on slide design. 1/
— Dorsa Amir (@DorsaAmir)
3:32 PM • Apr 15, 2022

Quick read: infographic of the week

Shameless Showcase: a BanterSpeechPreps.com resource

My favourite guided-meditation of the week

Breathing for clarity

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