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

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

David Kinnane
May 09, 2022

Hi! David here.

Not that David, unfortunately!

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

Gesundheit, and bless you!

I love that technically we should be 'fneezing' not 'sneezing'. The 'f' was misread as a long medieval 's'. A 'fneeze' has just the right sound of a blocked nose and a snort.
— Susie Dent (@susie_dent)
May 4, 2022

New research to level up your practice: Digital tech advances for people with communication disabilities; and an OPEN ACCESS systematic review on early reading interventions

People with #CommunicationDisability Striving, Thriving and Surviving as Technology Advances. Selected slides for my Keynote at @ASSBI1 Conference today #ASSBI2022 "Getting on with the business of living." #TBI#DigitalTech#DigitalAutonomy
— Prof Bronwyn Hemsley (@BronwynHemsley)
May 6, 2022

Tier 2 oral language and early reading interventions for preschool to grade 2 children: a restricted systematic review

(2021). Tier 2 oral language and early reading interventions for preschool to grade 2 children: a restricted systematic review. Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties. Ahead of Print.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19404158.2021.2011754

Therapy resources & ideas for clever clinicians like you

Free Phonics and Morphology Scope and Sequence for K-2 (thanks, SPELD NSW!)

We are excited to release our Years 1 and 2 Phonics & Morphology Scope and Sequence.
SPELD NSW has now released our scope & sequence for K-2 which includes Phonic Knowledge, Fluency and Spelling Outcomes & Content from the new NSW Syllabus for English.
https://t.co
— SPELD NSW (@SpeldNSW)
May 6, 2022

Private practice tips for employees and owners

Shameless Showcase: a BanterSpeechPreps.com resource

For more on background knowledge and why it matters, check out our research update:

Why background knowledge about the world can increase reading comprehension – even for facts you can just Google (with 2021 research update and free resources to boost your child’s background knowledge) | Banter Speech & Language

Reading comprehension is complex, but, according to the Simple View of Reading, it is the product of two proximal variables: word recognition and language comprehension skills.

https://www.banterspeech.com.au/too-many-stories-not-enough-facts-free-tips-and-resources-to-boost-your-childs-knowledge-and-reading-comprehension-skills/

Finally, look after yourself this week!

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