As speech and language specialists, we know the impact DLD can have when left undiagnosed. A must-read from The Independent here: tinyurl.com/ym4rfjtn.

Assessment and theoretical interpretation of spoken discourse and cognitive skills in two adolescents with acquired brain injury by @elizabethhill.bsky.social Anne Whitworth, @me-boyo.bsky.social & Mary Claessen #OpenAccess IJSLP #bskySPEECHIES doi.org/10.1080/1754...

Long-term impact of aerodigestive symptoms on adults with oesophageal cancer: A qualitative study Anna Gillman, Michelle Hayes, Irene Walsh, Margaret Walshe, John V. Reynolds & Julie Regan #OpenAccess Vol 27, Issue 4, International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology doi.org/10.1080/1754...

Amplifying the voices of underrepresented speech-language pathologists: A scoping review using the transformative research paradigm by Mélanie Gréaux, Katie Chadd, Fatima Gheewala, Voon Pang, Napoleon Katsos & @drjennyg.bsky.social #OpenAccess Vol 27, Issue 4, IJSLP doi.org/10.1080/1754...

Public awareness and knowledge about speech-language pathology and communication impairments in Aotearoa New Zealand Juhy Paily, Dean Sutherland & Tika Ormond Out now in Vol 27, Issue 4 International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology #OpenAccess #BSkySPEECHIES doi.org/10.1080/1754...

This study focuses on two of the most common methods for measuring speech intelligibility in children in clinical practice and in research: orthographic transcription measures and parent-reported ratings as measured by the Intelligibility in Context Scale https://on.asha.org/4n2yIqR

Also, @davidpocock.bsky.social is asking about difficulties in accessing home care packages aged care assessments. www.davidpocock.com.au/senator_poco...

Coming soon: "Parents told to abandon autistic kids at schools to get home assistance" In-home aged care package delays leave seniors feeling 'abandoned' www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

🔐💰In @ashajournals.bsky.social @nichola-slp.bsky.social @natmunro.bsky.social @juliastarling.bsky.social lyn tieu Melanie Keep 2025 pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.1... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES To support adolescents, meaningfully there's an urgent need for more participation-focused measures. #context matters ICF

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

Dr. Teresa Girolamo Selected as Incoming Editor-in-Chief of #Perspectives. Dr. Girolamo will begin her term on Jan. 1, succeeding Dr. Monique T. Mills. We welcome Dr. Girolamo, & we thank Dr. Mills for her service! on.asha.org/4m4HsfO @sigperspectives.bsky.social @sdsuresearch.bsky.social

📣 new paper alert! I am SO PLEASED to finally announce this paper's publication. We looked at how adolescents with and without #DevLangDis learn whether a computer likes or dislikes them or someone else. Both groups learned very well when the computer liked them. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#openaccess Examining Early Vocabulary Growth Trajectories in Late Talkers in a Low‐Income Longitudinal Sample #languagedevelopment #infancy #earlyyears #bskyspeechies #SLP #earlyintervention #devpsych pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

The Acquisition Sketch Project is on summer break (returning with new session in September!). But did you know that you can view all of their seminars online? Check it out! acquisition-sketch.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/support/semi...

It's not just about improving skills. It's about building respectful, inclusive environments that meet emotional needs. Full article – link.springer.com/article/10.1... Read the summary - www.engage-dld.com/post/social-...

🆓🔓 @suze-freogirl.bsky.social, Claessen, M., Visentin, D., & @samueldcalder.bsky.social 2025. Narrative production in English speaking children aged 5–7 years with typical language development and #devlangdis: Development of a reference data set. IJSLP, 1–12. doi.org/10.1080/1754... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

🔐💰Glisson, L., Tutty, R., Heine, C., Burke, C., Hughes, L., Dawson, N., & @susanebbels.bsky.social 2025. Morphemes matter: A small scale randomised control trial of vocabulary intervention focusing on affixes for adolescents with #devlangdis. IJSLP, 1–19. doi.org/10.1080/1754... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

Have you visited our YouTube channel lately? There are many free video resources available for professional development or education including all of our recorded seminars. Please visit www.youtube.com/@aphasiacre We recommend hitting the ‘Subscribe’ button to be notified of new recordings.

#openaccess The Road to Running Records: A Narrative Review of Their History and a Systematic Narrative Review of the Evidence for Their Use #scienceofreading #structuredliteracy #righttoread #OntEd #CdnEd #literacyisequity #untilallcanread #K12 #ElemEd #scienceofreading #bskyspeechies

Yay! So excited to visit the Gold Coast and Southern Cross University - our research project INCLUDE can begin! With amazing @natmunro.bsky.social 🤩 read about INCLUDE here: shorturl.at/YlZ5a

New paper for #SLPeeps, which suggests that sentence repetition, nonword repetition, a parental questionnaire, and a task measuring semantic and morphosyntactic comprehension contribute the most to identifying DLD in bilingual children. #DevLangDis

Another brilliant day on the Gold Coast - and this is winter!!

🥳🎉 Congratulations @leannetogher.bsky.social 2025 ASHA Fellowship Award Recipient www.asha.org/news/2025/20... 👏

🥳 WOOT! 🆓🔓 in @ashajournals.bsky.social A Pathway to Research-Reliable Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing for Children With #ChildApraxiaSpeech: A Multiphase Process for Training Community Clinicians. 2025. AJSLP doi.org/10.1044/2025... #childspeechdis #apraxia 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #DTTC

Interested in language/literacy difficulties and mental health? @lizzjhill.bsky.social and I are doing a session for SPELD NSW (speldnsw.memnet.com.au/MemberSelfSe...)

🆓🔓 in @ashajournals.bsky.social Wood, E., Kika, M., @oliviadaub.bsky.social, & Molnar, M. (2025). Why Did You Use That Test? Exploring Speech-Language Pathologists' Clinical Decision Making in Bilingual Language and Literacy AJSLP. doi.org/10.1044/2025... #clinicalreasoning 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

Exploring the social determinants of health affecting caregiver level of worry for children with paediatric feeding disorder by Ryan P. Wexler, Juliet Ochura, Kerry Pearl & Jessica M. Pisegna in International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Latest Article www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Contemporary clinical conversations about stuttering: Telling parents why their child began to stutter by Marie-Christine Franken, Anna Hearne, Suzana Jelčić Jakšić, Nicole E. Neef & Mark Onslow in International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Vocabulary performance of Malay school-age children in Malaysia: Starting points to developing language assessments for older children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) by Tan, L. J. N., et al. (2025).International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Scoping review of communication impairment management in adults with brain tumours by Coleman, M., Brogan, E., & D’Souza, S. in International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Latest articles #bskySPEECHIES www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

An interesting read for #SLPeeps #BskySpeechies #SLP2B as part of IJSLP's special issue, which includes papers from the Speech Pathology Australia 2024 Conference.

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....

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

🆓🔓 @emilymayjackson.bsky.social @me-boyo.bsky.social Blundell, B., Hirn, J., & @suze-freogirl.bsky.social. (2025). Managing cyberbullying among adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders: A scoping review. IJSLP, 27(3), 341–356. doi.org/10.1080/1754... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

Here’s the editorial “Communicating for life: Speech-language pathology across the lifespan” by our wonderful Guest Editors for Issue 3, International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, @mwslp.bsky.social and Dr Lisa Furlong! #bskySPEECHIES www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Vol 27, issue 3 of International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology is out now! It features papers that reflect the theme “Communicating for life” including papers from the 2024 Speech Pathology Australia conference www.tandfonline.com/toc/iasl20/c...

🆓🔓 Interesting, thoughtful and timely reflection by Ben Munson 💐 in an @ashajournals.bsky.social tutorial in which he says "This work is likely to face pushback." MUCH food for thought, 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES (ICYMI @phonotactician.bsky.social). pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10....

📢 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...)

5 language profiles in Spanish–English bilingual children with and without #DevLangDis: Language balanced-low morphosyntax Spanish dominant-low morphosyntax English-dominant, low Spanish morphosyntax English–dominant, low English morphosyntax Balanced www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The June @speechbite.bsky.social newsletter is out now: bit.ly/4l1jZvB This issue covers Rx for child speech and language, aphasia, dysphagia, voice and AAC. SIX of the papers are open access! #SLPeeps #SLP #SLT #wespeechies #speechbite #bskySPEECHIES

Have a book/thesis to announce? A workshop/conference you'd like to advertise or write about? Something else interesting for #childlanguage researchers? Publish it in the IASCL Child Language Bulletin! Send your contribution to editor Angel Chan by Aug 4th ([email protected] ).

Next up Sharon Crosbie on phonological delay and disorder. #aussie #ssd #childspeechdis #icpla2025

@samburrslt.bsky.social presenting work on #ssd in very premature babies. #icpla

Thank you for the honour to be awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Patras. The award acknowledges the amazing collaborative work of my colleagues at Charles Sturt University and around the world @speechies.bsky.social @icpla2025.bsky.social www.upatras.gr/25-6-2025-te...

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

DLD in the media again! This time from the BBC in the UK. We are happy to see Siouxsie featured in this article as well. Siouxsie was the designer for last year's DLD day poster. Read more here. www.bbc.com/news/article... If DLD is in the media in your country, we can share it for you! #devlangdis

"Morris's book provides the most comprehensive theoretical and empirical treatment of language teacher emotion regulation currently available [...] Anyone with a stake in language teacher emotions needs to read this book." buff.ly/3YSeHYC

When we sat down to talk with Dr. Fred Genesee, winner of the 2024 IASCL Roger Brown Award, we realized that it had been 50th years since the completion of his dissertation. We talked about how far the field has come in that time: youtu.be/g2cBy5XgYTA?...

🔐💰 Knežević, D., & Maassen, B. (2025). Phonological and speech motor abilities in children with childhood apraxia of speech. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 39(4–5), 311–329. doi.org/10.1080/0269... #apraxia #CAS #childspeechdis 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES