The next Dyslexia-SPELD Foundation "Language, Literacy and Learning" Conference will be in Fremantle, Western Australia, 7-9th May 2026. Always a great event - see you there! (www.dsfconference.net.au) #LALYP #DevLangDis #Dyslexia #Literacy

@ticld.bsky.social @cristina-mckean.bsky.social @telllab.bsky.social @natmunro.bsky.social @suze-freogirl.bsky.social @karlamcgregor.bsky.social be grateful for shares!

New publication! @suze-freogirl.bsky.social and I explored how education assistants can deliver the ONIC program with SLPs to Year 1 students with DLD. This led to a great example of collaborative practice in a primary school. 🔓 Free access here: 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/2200... #DevLangDis

Delighted that @mwslp.bsky.social is focussing on authentic voices of young people with #dld in research design and conduct - nothing about us without us is vital #ialp2025

✨ Elevate Your Diagnostic Conversations with Families ✨ Are you a clinician keen to improve how you communicate a diagnosis with families? Join me for Tutorial 1 of the Practical Skills Series, “Disclosing a Diagnosis to Families.” 👉 Register now: thedldproject.com/course/pract... 1/4 #DevLangDis

We tried to include discussion of #DevLangDis and managed to keep some in! @lizzjhill.bsky.social #LaLYP #TheConversation

#DevLangDis #MentalHealth

Implications for #DevLangDis in this fabulous 1st paper from @annataylorsp.bsky.social and team @me-boyo.bsky.social

Thanks to the team at my local #fremantle hairdressers #shearingshed for supporting our #MRFF research

Thanks so much for sharing - please message me for a copy! Happy to share!

So pleased to see this published in LSHSS! Huge thanks to @natmunro.bsky.social, Mel Keep, @juliastarling.bsky.social, and Lyn Tieu. on.asha.org/4fCwdJj #SLPeeps #DevLangDis

Amazing advocacy for #DevLangDis thanks to the work of the team at NEMetro #LangDevCentre in #WesternAustralia Watch the member for Mount Lawley, Frank Paolino MLA (ALP) #AustralianLabourParty on the urgent need to raise awareness and support lagallery.parliament.wa.gov.au/detail/video...

Delighted this paper is finally published. First in a series of papers looking at morphological intervention focused on affixes for improving vocabulary in children with DLD #DevLangDis www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... First 50 clicks get free author copy here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/9VJBM...

FINALLY OUT in #IJSLP www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Narrative production in English speaking children aged 5–7 years with typical language development and developmental language disorder: Development of a reference data set #DevLangDis @blacksheeppress.bsky.social @samueldcalder.bsky.social

A data-based OA Peter & The Cat paper is finally available; with @samueldcalder.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Narrative production in English speaking children aged 5–7 years with typical language development and developmental language disorder: Development of a reference data set

Pleased to be a signatory. Given the foundational role of oral language in both education & relationships, it is crucial that a focus on supporting the development of children's oral language (ie #oracy) is recognised as a core part of the curriculum.

📣 New job alert! I'm looking for a 2-year research assistant for a project on word learning from childhood to adulthood. Come and join us in lovely York! Please RT 🙏 @yorkpsychology.bsky.social jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

We need that in Australia, Prime Minister @albomp.bsky.social. #auspol

#openaccess Economic Evaluations of Speech and Language Therapy Interventions: A Scoping Review onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #earlyyears #earlyintervention #bskyspeechies #SLP #SLT #DevLangDis #toddlers #prek #languagedevelopment

The Elizabeth Usher memorial lecture 2024: Speech-language pathology practice in Aboriginal spaces: A journey of learning and unlearning by Elizabeth Armstrong Published in International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Vol 27, Issue 3, 2025. Open Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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/...

Excited to share my first published *qualitative* paper! Super proud to have this out there, and so grateful to the parents who shared their stories with us. And big thanks to my coauthors, a true team effort! @telllab.bsky.social p.s. Email or DM for a copy! 🫶🏻 #bskyspeechies #DevLangDis

So pleased to have been able to contribute a chapter to this book edited so expertly by Rosalind Herman and Charlotte Ems.

Several #openaccess - (Look for little orange triangle with unlock sign to bottom right of article title) #bskyspeechied

📢 PhD scholarship opportunity 📢 Interested in language/literacy difficulties and youth mental health? Curtin PhD projects are open👩‍🎓(search Boyes). Happy to be contacted directly to chat if you're interested. #DevLangDis #Dyslexia #Reading #MentalHealth #LALYP (research.curtin.edu.au/higher-degre...)

@ticld.bsky.social #DevLangDis

Hello #IASLPeeps #wespeechies see below opportunity for someone interested in a role in a research project aiming to resolve an important gap in our processes and reporting on intervention for children with #DLD Do contact me with any questions :-)

Gearing up for our #DevLangDis Questions Workshop in London tomorrow. Watch this space for our final Top 10 Research Priorities for Developmental Language Disorder. @moorhouseinstitute.com, #bskySPEECHIES

This was the most fun, interactive keynote speech I've ever been a part of! Thanks @clairetimmins.bsky.social

Final talk in this panel - Anniek van Doornik talking about child participation measures #icpla2025

Running DLD Together group last night with @katestarrslcn.bsky.social and reminded again that parents do have the solutions. The topic last night was #DevLangDis and mental well-being. A topic they are experts on. @afasic.bsky.social

To apply, please prepare a CV and a 1-2 page covering letter explaining: 1.) Why you are interested in joining the Engage with DLD team, and 2.) What you will bring to the project. Please send your CV and your covering letter to [email protected]. #DevLangDis

Wonderful to see my doc student @yangfu.bsky.social successfully defend her dissertation today, and it was so special to have her parents there. Congrats, Dr. Fu!

Enacting the UNCRC means children have rights to consent, to be consulted, and to complain. But often adult myths about their capacity get in the way. @jochamberlain.bsky.social‬ and I asked children & young people what they thought of these myths - here is what we learned!

The Great Ethics Debate - is what is good for business ‘also’ always good for clients and clinicians ? Which team will win? @speechpathaus #SPAConf 2025

Enjoying the presentation by @trinastoolbox.bsky.social at the #SPAConf

#SPAConf25 a brilliant Elizabeth Usher keynote by @jadecartwright.bsky.social ever respectful, scholarly, reflective, humble, thoughtful, wonderful. Thanks Jade, so many important messages, learnings, alignment and opportunities across speech-language pathology.

Holding people with dementia in connection - @jadecartwright.bsky.social lists principles for #slps to follow - starting with the importance of theory 👏👏👏 look forward to publication of this presentation hopefully in our @IJSLP journal

Day 3 of the 2025 speech pathology Australia conference starts with the Elizabeth Usher address from the fabulous @jadecartwright.bsky.social from #UTAS

congratulations Cate Madill - it was a wonderful event - went so quickly I could barely keep up with photos and missed a few apologies!

Congratulations Prof. @natmunro.bsky.social on being awarded a Fellowship of Speech Pathology Australia 🎉

So excited to hear that @helensmith is awarded @speechpathologyaustralia LIFE membership 🥂🙏💐

And the wonderful @natmunro.bsky.social transferred to #Fellow here at @speechpathologyaustralia #SPAConf25 #DevLangDis

Congratulations @andysmidt.bsky.social on your Fellowship of @speechpathologyaustralia

Congrats @ijslp @natmunro.bsky.social on the editors award paper here at the 2025 #SPAConf

Trina Spencer and Doug Peterson are here at #SPAConf2025 presenting tomorrow. Check out their new paper published in International Journal of Speech Language Pathology #devlangdis

#FacilitatedCommunication is a controversial method, NOT recommended by the NHS & other professional bodies & charities due to a lack of evidence, writes @garynunn.bsky.social Alex's parents are working with the #RCSLT on new guidance re assessing Mental Capacity. #grossEXPLOITATION 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

@natmunro.bsky.social @carolinebowen.bsky.social @bronwynhemsley.bsky.social @shaunziegenfusz.bsky.social

Agreed Its so sad that our conference is ongoing and the feed is silent #slps #speechies

What an absolute treat to have @maggiebeer and @jadecartwright.bsky.social talking about the culture of care and meals in aged care here at our annual @speechpathologyaustralia conference #slps #speechies