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

David Kinnane
May 30, 2022

Hello! I'm David.

Not him, though I would have liked his 'Shades of Justice' after the #SPAConf in Melbourne!

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

#SPAConf 2022: we loved catching up face-to-face with so many #SLPeeps and #SLP2B!

FREE Therapy resources & ideas for clever clinicians: a #SPAConf bonanza!

A treasure trove of free resources in one place!

So many excellent, free, evidence based assessment and interventions tools are to be found via the following link, 🙏, including @SamuelDCalder ‘s grammar intervention: #SPAConf
— David Kinnane (@speechbloke)
May 25, 2022

A free protocol from Dr Marleen Westerveld and colleagues for eliciting personal narratives from children and adolescents!

Here it is! osf.io/ztqg6/#spaconf
— David Kinnane (@speechbloke)
May 23, 2022

A new protocol for rating and training dialogic (shared) book reading

Note to future David: read this! #SPAConf
— David Kinnane (@speechbloke)
May 23, 2022

For more on the benefits of dialogic reading, read our primer:

Reading with – not to – your pre-schoolers: how to do it better (and why) | Banter Speech & Language

Most parents know that reading books with their kids is important. But many parents don't know why exactly. And it's not as if parents get issued with an instruction book about how to read books with their kids for the best language, literacy, social and academic results.

https://www.banterspeech.com.au/reading-with-not-to-your-pre-schoolers-how-to-do-it-better-and-why/

An Australian-developed infant vocab checklist!

was using the OZI as one of her outcome measures #SPAconfwesternsydney.edu.au/babylab/resear…
— Sarah Masso (@SarahMasso)
May 23, 2022

Free resources for running aphasia groups in your community!

Check out this amazing (& free) collection of resources for Community Aphasia Groups #SPAConf :
— David Kinnane (@speechbloke)
May 23, 2022

A free social media course for people with brain injury (and other resources):

@LissBEE_CPSP Thanks for your tweet ! Just letting people know that the best link for the social media course for people with brain injury that Liss shared at #SPAConf is now bit.ly/social-ABI-lity. This will take you to the new and improved version on our @ABICommLab site.
— Rachael Rietdijk (@RachaelReedake)
May 27, 2022

Private practice tips for employees, managers & owners:

New Supervision requirements for members of SPA, and a free supervision guide to help!

Thanks, @TrishBradd for sharing this great free resource on allied health clinical supervision! #SPAConf heti.nsw.gov.au/education-and-…
— David Kinnane (@speechbloke)
May 24, 2022

Some early career tips!

12 early career tips for Australian speech pathologists and students considering a career in private practice | Banter Speech & Language

About a quarter of current Australian speech language pathologists (SLPs) joined the profession after May 2019; and about half of all SLPs work in private practice. If you are an early career SLP in private practice - or if you are an SLP student considering private practice as a graduate - here are some early

https://www.banterspeech.com.au/12-early-career-tips-for-australian-speech-pathologists-and-students-considering-a-career-in-private-practice/

Shameless Showcase: a BanterSpeechPreps.com resource

Designed to help young clients spot patterns & maximise repetitions in a limited time! Click picture for resource links.

Need a mini-break between clients?

Intimate Live Performances of Radiohead, Sonic Youth, the White Stripes, PJ Harvey & More
No Host, No Audience, Just Pure Live Music
— Open Culture (@openculture)
May 26, 2022

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