2026 Review for #WesternDLD2 begins today! Enjoyed this article by Cao et al. pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/.... Statistical learning results at 1 wk f/u show TD kids have extracted rule but DLD kids have not...suggesting DLD kids rely on rote learning and familiarity for their immediate success.

Vollebregt et al. write that practice-based research (PBR) partnerships between researchers and SLPs are challenging but make important knowledge contributions. The PBR Partnership Framework can help guide successful partnerships. https://on.asha.org/40SQHXx @larchiba.bsky.social

Exciting RADLD Canada Ambassadors meeting yesterday. We talked about - not what we'll do in October for #DLDDay - but what people are doing RIGHT NOW to raise awareness. Fun to hear about so many currently active initiatives to raise awareness of Developmental Language Disorder! @radld.bsky.social

Tis the season....SO many reviewer invitations from journals in my inbox in January!!!

In this practice-based research project, researchers and clinicians capture and change practice to revise an assessment tool for immediate implementation. https://on.asha.org/3MRcfQH @larchiba.bsky.social

Here's our paper in measuring individual score change in Kindergarten children using our screening measure. Check out our change score calculator described in the paper and available online. @tpham62.bsky.social @numcog.bsky.social @drmarcj.bsky.social Janis Oram www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15...

Did you know that the #DLDToolbox is translated into several languages? Here is the Spanish translation with thanks to Dra. Eva Aguilar-Mediavilla, University de les Illes Balears. idel.uib.es/traduccion-a...

Story sparkle returns again this year. May your stories sparkle…using these linguistic strategies!

With a better-late-than-never mindset, I've just listened to Aiofe Gallagher's 2024 Dorothy Bishop DLD lecture. So many good points about listening to children (adults are bad at it) & their right to be a part of decisions about their lives. #DevLangDis @radld.bsky.social

#WesternDLD2 Our SLP graduate course on school-age language & related disorders is starting. We're looking for a few more course partners: SLPs working with school age children who would have a conversation with one of our students 3 times in the Fall term. Love to hear from you if you're willing!

The first paper from Shengfu’s PhD! A scoping review on recast dosage for children with #DLD. With increased attention to how much we do of what we do, this is an important contribution @ashajournals.bsky.social

In the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Western University, we're searching for a tenure-track assistant professor in audiology: www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat... Come and join our dynamic team!

Our Concept Cat study featured in Nursery World yesterday. It showed whole class vocabulary teaching worked in Early Years and promoted learning of abstract concepts and wait for it, this also impacted on maths. EYPP children made accelerated progress too. www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/news...

This poem touches my heart and I am sharing it again. It is by Naomi about her son Ronnie, who has Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). If you relate to this poem, you can join our campaign to raise awareness of DLD as ambassadors here radld.org #DLDday is Friday October 17th, 2025

BREAKING! the 2025 #DLDday theme is .... You can't see DLD. The creator of this year's theme is Siouxsie, brilliant artist and young person with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). Watch this clip where Siouxsie shares the theme and why it is important. #devlangdis www.youtube.com/shorts/ORuAi...

REPOSTED with new sign up mechanism: email [email protected] for the link. May is Speech & Hearing Month - Join RADLD Canada for this 1-hr webinar with the authors of the 'Living Life with DLD' book series. Email [email protected] for more information or TO SIGN UP. @radld.bsky.social

I am beginning my review for updating my #WesternDLD2 course for Fall 2025. Boulton et al. report on caregiver-identified strengths in children undergoing an assessment. Their Child Autism and Neurodevelopment Strengths (CANS) checklist is open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🆓 🔓 Alyssa Kuiack and @larchiba.bsky.social #DevLangDis in #PlainEnglish #easyEnglish 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES Kuiack, A. & Archibald, L (2019) Developmental Language Disorder: The Childhood Condition We Need to Start Talking About. Frontiers for Young Minds. kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

The Progression of Developmental Language Disorder Terminology: A Scoping Review of ASHA Journals - 58% of all relevant publications from 2017-24 included the term DLD to describe their participants. Recommendation: prioritize consistency in using DLD! pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10....

" Our voices do not get heard, but we do have a lot to say." In this hard hitting video, Siouxsie, a young woman with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) expresses herself via dance and art to share her experience of this often invisible need. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTw4... #devlangdis

We're searching for an AUDIOLOGIST in our Infant Hearing Program at the H.A.Leeper Speech & Hearing Clinic in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Western University. Come join our team in beautiful London, CANADA! Go to recruit.uwo.ca -> JOB ID 37994 Closes March 9 midnight

Here I am with my first post on BlueSky. Thanks @karlamcgregor.bsky.social for the prompt. Thanks, too, to @suze-freogirl.bsky.social for posting my latest volume from the #DLDToolbox. Glad to find so many friends here!