#JSLHR researchers explore the often-complex dilemmas of diagnosing developmental language disorder (DLD), noting the potential of #DLD as a neurodevelopmental, multidimensional spectrum. https://on.asha.org/47NwCGu @karlamcgregor.bsky.social @sigperspectives.bsky.social#JSLHR

I don’t know if I would have been more or less nervous presenting at #RCSLTConf25 if I’d known in advance that I had been awarded the RCSLT James Law Child Language Conference Prize! But what an honour! 💫🤩

What a privilege to be chairing two brilliant #RCSLTConf25 sessions today on: ⭐ Paediatric assessment and intervention with @vanigupta.bsky.social, Steph Scott and Dr Jenna Charlton ⭐ Working with people who stammer with Sarah Caughter and Dr Ronan Miller (and me)

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

Researchers map and summarize currently available evidence about optimal dosage of recasting for developmental language disorder. https://on.asha.org/46vHwQg #DevLangDis

I want to “like” my own post because this is so key to the tension between practice and research at the moment…. More thoughts later #SLPeeps

@lynn-williams.bsky.social talking about tailoring, mixing, or winging intervention approaches - pros and cons, talking about the potential risks and impact on treatment fidelity #bskySPEECHIES

Attending a CSU event online with @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social @lynn-williams.bsky.social - topic is Thinking in Action: Strengthening Clinical Reasoning. Thanks for the opportunity! #SLPeeps #SpeechPathology

Among other topics, Vol. 45, Issue 2 includes a letter from our president, introduces a new child language research repository, & as usual an overview of all the upcoming child language conferences. Many thanks to our editor, Dr. Angel Chan! Take a look today! www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin

youtu.be/Ko6sFea3v0w?... Feel free to share - our guide is appropriate for mental health professionals working with adults or children (it’s important to remember many children with language problems continue to have communication needs as adults)

And the adaptations asked for are usually small and low cost. Which makes it all the more frustrating.

A very robust 4 (or 3.5 days plus a tour of Malta) days of learning at #IALP2025 - this is fast becoming my favourite conference. 💫 Happy to hear your comments, feedback & questions. Otherwise see you next conference (current plans: Global TALES Symposium in Sept 2025, RCSLT in Nov 2025) ☺️

Assessment tools must be translated AND adapted to match language differences #IALP2025

Essential characteristics of bilingual aphasia assessment tools: psychometrically sound & standardised, time efficient & easy administration, need to incorporate both language comprehension & production, reading & writing assessment, cultural & linguistic considerations & bilingual eval #IALP2025

Recovery patterns in bilingual #aphasia may vary - parallel recovery, differential recovery, antagonistic recovery, alternating antagonism, blending recovery, selective aphasia, successive recovery #IALP2025

1/3 of people w stroke will develop #aphasia (some studies quote up to 40%) - estimated 27 million people globally w aphasia #IALP2025

12 million new #stroke events per year #IALP2025

100 million stroke survivors worldwide with 50% suffering from chronic disability #IALP2025

Now learning about a bilingual Maltese English Assessment for Aphasia (MEAA) #IALP2025

Lexical informativeness quite important- as it is often reduced in this population; but measures for it lack fine grain analysis #IALP2025

MDA facilitates more accurate diagnosis and guides the development of tailored treatment plans that address the specific challenges present in each person #IALP2025

MDA is time consuming but worth it #IALP2025

Discourse production in healthy ageing demonstrates linear trends #IALP2025

MDA offers comprehensive understanding beyond traditional linguistically measures #IALP2025

Trying to develop ways to automate the process of transcribing and analysing #IALP2025

Now a presentation on multilevel discourse analysis (MDA) for aphasia #IALP2025

Fundamental concepts of disability rights, inclusion, and social justice universally apply to the care of all persons with communication disorders regardless of diagnosis #IALP2025

Ensure all social communication interventions focus on agency and self-determination: this should anchor our goal setting/intervention. Ask yourself: is this something that benefits them or others? Am I forcing masking or anxiety? What are the long term implications of teaching this skill? #IALP2025

Concrete suggestions of solutions for barriers - quiet spaces, sensory-friendly environments, flexible seating, flexible routines, inclusive policies, AAC, autism acceptance training/activities #IALP2025

Life Participation aligns with the social model of disability #IALP2025

Life Participation in Autism - creating supportive environments, honouring individual communication preferences, and promoting agency and self-determination #IALP2025

Life Participation can mean different things - eg telehealth modality, aphasia group outings, spending time creating tools that invite conversation, and aphasia-friendly tools to give clients autonomy to express how they found the therapy session #IALP2025

The Life Participation Approach to Aphasia turns 25 this year.. #IALP2025

Some very practical approaches to lived experience informed practice at #IALP2025

No correlations with CELF formulating sentences subtest and Global TALES responses indicate that personal narrative assessment is testing constructs that the CELF does not assess #IALP2025

Kristine Jensen de López & colleagues extended the Global TALES protocol to include six prompts of self-conscious emotions: envious, impressed, embarrassed, guilt, jealous, and thankful #IALP2025

Personal narratives have specific criteria we can use to assess and analyse them #IALP2025

Some more research from the Global TALES research team - Personal narratives, coherence, expressive language and content of life stories of Danish-speaking children with and without Developmental Language Disorder #IALP2025

A universal intervention provided to all children and encouraging use of home/first language #IALP2025

Språkstart Halland "Talk play sing read" intervention #IALP2025

Explored using low intensity intervention using the Behaviour Change Wheel #IALP2025

Multilingual parents' experience of early language intervention programs #IALP2025

Croatian study on siblings of Deaf people - siblings' perspectives of learning sign language & impact on siblings relationships #IALP2025

@tricmc.bsky.social the slide you wanted

AI recommended to remain an assistant tool rather than replacing a culturally-aware clinician #IALP2025

I also think there is an ethical issue in using AI image generation as entire industries of artists (including illustrators and photographers) are impacted - but the flipside is increased access #IALP2025

If a therapist relies on AI generated assessment tools to assess for language difficulties without checking for errors, it can be problematic #IALP2025

AI image generation can contain counting and logic challenges - even if we add more prompts to correct. Currently unsolved challenges #IALP2025