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Researcher & SLP interested in the different reasons why some children have trouble learning to talk & how to help; #devlangdis #WesternDLD2
Feb 21, 2022 11 tweets 6 min read
Its Family Day in Canada so I'm sharing volume 6 of the DLD Diagnostics Toolbox with my global #DevLangDis family. It addresses questions related to diagnoses & labels used by SLPs/SaLTs & educational psychologists to describe children with language and/or learning difficulties. Please be sure to read the full blog with this volume. It's the longest yet because there's lots to discuss here! uwo.ca/fhs/lwm/news/2… #DLDToolbox
Nov 2, 2021 12 tweets 5 min read
Verhoeven & Perfetti provide a fascinating summary of their volume considering universals in learning to read across language & writing systems.

tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… 'Writing systems get the complexity they need'

Verhoeven & Perfetti describe the writing accommodations corresponding to various language features (although I'm not sure this table will be legible) Image
Sep 19, 2021 48 tweets 26 min read
Very late in doing my annual reading this year. I am not teaching #WesternDLD2 this Fall (on sabbatical) so other tasks were prioritized this summer. Starting now for 2021... I'm interested in voice21.org's oracy framework & the emphasis on students learning through talk & to talk.
I'm wondering if children with #DevLangDis in these classrooms do better. It echoes themes @57Justice raised in her @CLTTJournal lecture. Image
Jul 7, 2021 9 tweets 6 min read
Listening to @57Justice at @CLTTJournal summer lecture. #DevLangDis is the most common reason that children receive special education, especially in the primary school years. @57Justice @CLTTJournal Justice: our goal in speech therapy should be to optimize language growth for a given period. To do this, we need to have a goal for the growth in language. Benchmarks should be known: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28124066/
Jan 4, 2021 15 tweets 6 min read
Google slides can be used for notes during small group discussions in breakout rooms. A single slide can be duplicated so that groups can make notes on slide corresponding to their breakout room number. In the main space, you can go through slides and add points as you discuss. When I wanted small groups to discuss the same topic, I would create a note space for each group on the same slide. I might cover the space with an extra rectangle marked 'move this over your notes when you're done'. Rules for where to start, when to proceed, & how many specified
Jul 7, 2020 40 tweets 26 min read
Beginning my annual course updating with this gem! @SuzAdlof & @tiffanyphogan call for screening of oral language in school age children in RTI framework. Excellent read!

If We Don’t Look, We Won’t See: Measuring Lang. Dev. to Inform Literacy Instruction journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… Fascinating read from @tiffanyphogan
@CattsHugh
@CrystleAlonzo

Predicting Dyslexia in Children With #DevLangDis pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/20…
Feb 20, 2020 9 tweets 14 min read
@Seasaltbrighton @WordAware @NAPLIC @sct_yourfuture @UCLPALS @bowness_rosie Mathematical Abilities in Children With Developmental Language Disorder pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/20… @Seasaltbrighton @WordAware @NAPLIC @sct_yourfuture @UCLPALS @bowness_rosie The Language of Math: Part of the Informational Discourse Continuum pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/pe… (if you Google title you can find a free pdf)