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You are probably aware by now that ASHA has proposed to remove “culture, language, and dialect” from the anti-discrimination clauses of the Code of Ethics for the profession. Their explanation is that “these concepts are already covered under…the term ‘national origin.’”
They cite the US Dept of Labor and the Dept of Justice as justification, as statements from these divisions explicitly describe discrimination based on national origin as including discrimination based on language, accent, and culture.
Some colleagues, particularly those in SIG 14, have pointed out that this is problematic for a # of reasons, a major 1 being that it excludes the languages/dialects of US-born linguistic communities & centers whiteness + monolingualism as normative for who’s considered “American”
Welcome to #ImplementationThursdays!!! I'd like to dedicate this week's thread to parents/caregivers and their important role in any implementation effort. #ImpSci #DevLangDis #Dyslexia #ELAchat #SLPeeps
Lately, I've been reading a lot about parents/caregivers' perspectives of their children's communication disorders and their experiences around them.
For example, De Lopez, @Renagalway, et al. asked parents how they made sense of their children's speech and language disorders and how they described them across 10 countries
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Welcome to #ImplementationThursdays!!! This week, instead of reviewing an article, I decided to introduce implementation science and compile useful resources for anyone who might be interested. Here we go! #ELAchat #ImpSci #DevLangDis #Dyslexia
Let's start with the problem. The problem is that high-quality, evidence-based programs do not always end up in routine practice like schools. For example, a review showed that it takes on average 17 years for only 14% of research to be integrated into practice.
17 YEARS AND ONLY 14%! This means that programs that we know work are not used in routine practice and do not benefit those who need them. This means that our children with #DevLangDis and #Dyslexia for example do not receive high-quality services.
Today’s #TuesdayArticle is by @drbonniesinger & Dr Anthony Bashir (if he's on Twitter, please let me know!). If I’m honest, I added it to my reading list because I liked the title.
(I also wanted to learn about working memory!)
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(I also wanted to learn about working memory!)
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Note: it was published in 2018 & uses the old term- SLI (Specific Language Impairment). We now use DLD (Developmental Language Disorder) #devlangdis.
More here about the different terms via @tiffanyphogan dldandme.org/terminology/
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More here about the different terms via @tiffanyphogan dldandme.org/terminology/
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Working Memory is used to hold in mind and mentally manipulate information for short periods of time, for a specific purpose. For children with SLI (or DLD #devlangdis), verbal working memory can be vulnerable.
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THREAD. Ok, this must be said. To everyone who is down on Joe Biden for sounding, slow, old, confused last night -- let's put things in perspective. Biden has been managing his fluency disorder (also called stuttering) his whole life. #WeSpeechies #SLPeeps #StutteringAwareness
Stuttering is exacerbated by stress, and Trump knows this. He was trying to fluster Biden, to make him stutter so that he sounds "dumb." Despite the circumstances, Biden did a REMARKABLE job managing the stress and using the exact strategies we as SLPs often teach.
Many of these strategies, to the naive person, may make him sound slow or confused. For example: 1) Speak slowly, and especially ease into the first word -- to the naive person this can make you sound slow, but in fact it's strategic.
THREAD - Today’s THE day.
With no graduation ceremonies in sight, I’m getting Mr8 & Mr9 to help me celebrate my #PhD conferral today!
We made a #TwitterMind themed #SLPhD bonnet (featuring brain & blue bird), a ceremonial mace & the boys made me a certificate #FirstGenPhD
With no graduation ceremonies in sight, I’m getting Mr8 & Mr9 to help me celebrate my #PhD conferral today!
We made a #TwitterMind themed #SLPhD bonnet (featuring brain & blue bird), a ceremonial mace & the boys made me a certificate #FirstGenPhD
And we all dressed the part 🎓🧑🏽🎓👨🏽🎓🧑🏽🎓
Mr8 felt it was imperative I wear the bonnet to drop them off at school… 🤣🥰🤘🏽
Mr8 felt it was imperative I wear the bonnet to drop them off at school… 🤣🥰🤘🏽
A huge shout out to my epic #SLPhD supervisory team @BronwynHemsley @LeanneTogher @s_palm @stephendann, my @UTS_GSH colleagues, and my wonderful thesis examiners 🤗
Telehealth may become increasingly useful over the coming months. What are your tips for how to use it in practice?
We'll link to various examples suggested by our membership below. Please do add any tips you have!
We'll link to various examples suggested by our membership below. Please do add any tips you have!
In light of recent discussions on the Simple View of Reading, oral lang, listening comp, and reading comp, this thread highlights recent research in these areas. Did you know @usedgov spent 100+ million to fund research on comprehension in children? ies.ed.gov/ncer/projects/… 1/20
Reading for Understanding teams focused on improving reading comprehension in many grades. All instruction included a mix of oral language stimulation and more traditional reading strategy work, linked to text. ies.ed.gov/pdf/RFU_Nov201… 2/20
RCT shows that teaching language skills impacts reading comp. Texts were uses in instruction. “…this study provides causally interpretable support for the language bases of reading comprehension.”
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Wonderful longterm aphasiogist Professor Nina Simmons Mackie is rounding up our fabulous #BASSym2019 presenting info from her white paper on the state of aphasia. What a privilege to have our brilliant keynotes.
Nina has highlighted the brilliant work of @AphasiaAccess - definitely check them out. #BASSym2019
Key findings from the White Paper.
Frequency of aphasia - the range in the literature is pretty big! Frequency often ignores focal brain tumours and TBI. Are we underestimating the frequency of #aphasia - this affects funding priorities!
#BASSym2019
Frequency of aphasia - the range in the literature is pretty big! Frequency often ignores focal brain tumours and TBI. Are we underestimating the frequency of #aphasia - this affects funding priorities!
#BASSym2019
