This is one of my favourite Lingthusiasm episode genres: Find one topic that lets us traipse through a whole heap of different subfields of linguistics. The nose takes us through etymology, phonetics, sign phonology, idioms and gesture. It's a very fun episode.

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

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

So many informal #DEAP assessments.. so many blank expressions when I show them the first picture from the #speech screen (you might know the one). So...I've decided to improvise.. Do you think the kiddoes'll know what this is a pic of instead?? 🤔

Had a lad in for assessment. He was not in the mood for the #CELF so I opted for Plan B of informal #minecraft themed battery of subtests instead. He was delighted (and I was relieved! 😅). #pearson if you're in the market for a special edition assessment (like Monopoly?) I'm there for you! 😆

Cant get enough of SaLT By The Sea. Explains concepts so approachably and says in a sentence what I take a paragraph to get across.. Hope she doesn't mind if I poach some of her best lines as I think they're golden. 👌 youtu.be/AwoFKHiCSWU?...

🔐💰😳🙄Staggering statistic in @ashajournals.bsky.social ≈ 3.5m children or 1 in every 7 chn experience maltreatment in the 🇺🇸United States annually (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Admin for Children and Families, 2021; CDC, 2022, respectively), 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10....

Brilliant thread for anyone interested in child language development

Older Children’s Speech Errors (4) I am continuing my series of blog posts about older children’s speech errors, in particular, mispronunciation of long or complex words. I am speculating about the possible cause of speech errors produced by older children. On March 10, 2025, I started a series on…

You are invited to the launch of 'Concept Cat: teaching Concepts in the Early Years' on June 23rd at 12.30. It's free and online. You'll hear about this impactful approach and the chance to win a free copy of the book www.eventbrite.com/e/1389222815... Teachers, EY practitioners and SaLT welcome.

Our next journal club, held in conjunction with @cltt.bsky.social and facilitated by @vjoffe.bsky.social is coming up on June 2nd. Free to members. Book your place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/journal-cl... If you're not a member, join for just £20: www.naplic.org.uk/membership/ #DevLangDis #SLCN

A thread of other indicators that things are not well for our young people This has been brewing for a long time. www.tes.com/magazine/tea... bsky.app/profile/dams...

🆓🔓 @ashajournals.bsky.social Included interventions varied in content & duration but were overall effective in improving meaning-based language outcomes. The overall effect of intervention was large (g=0.79) and consistent for vocab (g=0.71) and morphosyntax (g = 0.81). pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10....

Using a semistructured open interview approach, authors of this study gathered information from school-based SLPs regarding their assessment practices for bilingual children with suspected language disorders. #SLPeeps #bskySPEECHIES #LSHSS

As a newly minted EY SLT I love what I do. Kids & their families have taught me so much. 🤔Would love some insights from those wiser than I here: How can I best support families who are/have been experiencing loss of comm skills in their little ones? TIA! #autism #earlyyears #sltpeeps #asd #asc

#openaccess Utility of the Language Use Inventory in Young Children at Elevated Risk of Autism pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10.... A wonderful collaboration with colleagues at Texas Tech U & UCD MIND Institute #earlyyears #languagedevelopment #earlyintervention #autism #SLP #SLPeeps #SLT #prek

Great morning sharing the @bicycle-study.bsky.social on BBC Woman’s Hour, and talking about children’s #talking and #thinking skills after #lockdown. #SLPeeps #BlueSkySpeechies

Great to present with @beckyclark22.bsky.social at ResearchED Scandinavia - DLD Demystified #DevLangDis slides, articles and resources available bit.ly/DLDForwoodan...

🆓🔓 in @ashajournals.bsky.social Sun, J., Justice, L. M., Jhuo, R. A., & Jiang, H. (2025). Quantity and Complexity of SLPs' Talk During School-Based Therapy. AJSLP. doi.org/10.1044/2024... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #DevLangDis Readable ✔️ Relevant ✔️ Relatable ✔️ Good article for a journal club ♣️.

The most clicked-on article from the January @speechbite.bsky.social newsletter was a systematic review looking at gestalt language processing and natural language acquisition bit.ly/4i45Eg9 It's open access! #SLPeeps #SLP2B #SLT #bskySPEECHIES

It's #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek so a good time to remember that lots of young people with #SEMH also have #SLCN. Also check out this FREE excerpt from our 'Language for Behaviour and Emotions' book. www.routledge.com/go/language-... @melaniespeechie.bsky.social @lang4think.bsky.social

🧵A while ago, I posted about how I teach vocabulary. I collect all tier 2 vocab from the unit I'll be teaching + within my discrete grammar lesson each wk we do 20 ish mins of vocab work. In this thread, I'll go through what that looks like + then at the end link to the resource

This would make a great poster for #EarlyYears settings, with key messages to share with families. Thanks @juliangrenier.bsky.social for sharing

Excellent blog from Sarah Cattan @nestauk.bsky.social - 'The PM's Plan for Change is a big moment for the early years' 'Whilst pushing up the proportion of "school ready" children by 7 percentage points over four years may initially look modest, it really isn’t.' www.nesta.org.uk/blog/the-pms...

Build pupils' schema to help them to make connections with new vocabulary, by using these 4 ideas. We think with words, read them, articulate our ideas in speech and writing. Words are who we are. Find out more about our professional learning for teachers www.impact.wales

Hello, new followers, colleagues, & friends! Just sharing a link to our free resource for families of children with suspected or diagnosed #DevLangDis www.banterspeech.com.au/dld/