Because everything is shit, I give you ... Puggles. #Platypus #AustralianWildlife

Are you an #ECR working with #birds and looking to put your critical writing skills to use? Consider joining our team at ‘Avian Conservation & Ecology’ as a Subject Editor ace-eco.org/our-editors/

🆓🔓 in @ashajournals.bsky.social @eddychwong.bsky.social, Wong, M. N., Velleman, S. L., & Lai, E. M. C. (2025). Cantonese Oral and Speech Motor Assessment for Preschool Children with and without Speech Sound Disorders. AJSLP, 34(6), 3216–3237. doi.org/10.1044/2025... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #childSPEECHdis

I do wish Australian businesses would stop using the American “Black Friday Sale” Black Friday has a whole other meaning in Australia it’s an insult to the dead en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_F...

A 25-year study finds many with Childhood Apraxia of Speech continue to face speech and literacy challenges into adulthood, especially those with early motor difficulties (Lewis et al.2024). #SpeechApraxia #CAS #SLT speechapraxia.co.uk/about-sauk/f...

Thinking of Rosalind Franklin today. Robbed of credit.

🆓🔓Beiting, M., Viswanathan, N., Caballero, N., Hitchcock, E., @bitslab.bsky.social, & @jprestonslp.bsky.social (2025). Exploring perception of coarticulatory cues in #CAS and residual SSD: A pilot study. JComDis, 118, 106583. doi.org/10.1016/j.jc... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #childSPEECHdis #apraxia

🆓🔓in @ashajournals.bsky.social Highman, C., Wylie, K., Overby, M., @suze-freogirl.bsky.social, Thilakaratne, R., & @tricmc.bsky.social (2025). "I Just Want Him to Be Understood": Parent Perspectives... #CAS AJSLP, 34(6), 3263–3278. doi.org/10.1044/2025... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #childSPEECHdis #apraxia

"Living in poverty while at uni, that's not the way it should be for a society that's about mobility and opportunity." Professor George Williams discussed his new Vantage Point essay 'Aiming Higher: Universities and Australia's future' on RN Breakfast! #auspol

Looking for a different gift idea this year? How about a #kakapo adoption? Adoptions are open again until 25th Nov, with postage or email options. These fund a significant proportion of our programme and make a real difference to the #conservation work we do. Thanks! www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/kak...

Get ready — submission guidelines and key deadlines are coming soon. Now’s the time to start thinking about your potential contributions: clinical innovations, research findings and service developments. ✨ Share your work. 💡 Inspire your peers. #IASLT #SLTCommunity #IASLTCon26

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...

The October @speechbite.bsky.social newsletter is out now: bit.ly/3WyBMQ8 This issue covers Rx for child language, literacy, adult language, dysphagia, disability, and paediatric feeding. SIX of the papers are open access! #SLPeeps #SLP #SLT #wespeechies #speechbite #bskySPEECHIES

As ever, lots of lovely goodies in the @speechbite.bsky.social newsletter this month! Includes intervention for children with #DevLangDis #SLPeeps

Next week LinkedIn will use your personal data for AI training by automatically enabling permissions. To manually turn off go to: Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under “How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off

And here’s the free training for #ReST #apraxia #slpeep #speechie rest.sydney.edu.au

ReST vs DTTC: Two powerful therapies for Childhood Apraxia of Speech ReST boosts syllable transitions & prosody DTTC builds accurate speech through cueing & repetition best! #SLP #SLT #Apraxia #SpeechTherapy speechapraxia.co.uk/about-sauk/f...

this haptic display absolutely rocks. basketball is for everyone.

This study explores whether and how balance of multilingual exposure impacts gesture comprehension in children with autism spectrum disorder. https://on.asha.org/4oFzXwG

Funding for dental prosthetics for folks who have had oral cancers is vital. These types of cancers are hugely devastating and life altering.

🎃 Halloween costumes 👻 to scare scientists!!!

David Pope in Canberra Times

Chapter on Speech Sound Disorders by network members @drjoannecleland.bsky.social and @drhelenslt.bsky.social . Great intro for #SLP students

New review looking at what is currently known about DLD across the lifespan. Annual Research Review: Developmental language disorder – a hidden condition with lifelong impact doi.org/10.1111/jcpp... #SLPeeps #DevLangDis

Researchers of this #OpenAccess study review findings from the Cleveland Family Speech and Reading Study, a 25-year longitudinal study of speech sound disorders. https://on.asha.org/3LepoSS

Just over two weeks until our Better Conversations course in Sydney & three weeks until Perth. Shouting out to all Speech Pathologists in NSW and WA- we’d love to see you. And there are places still available!!! Sign up: www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...

SE35 FLEDGES! Missed branch and landed on ground. Cam ops found the 73-day-old seaglet exploring, looking wide-eyed, but unharmed. Found later in a nearby tree, 4m above ground. Courtesy Sea-EagleCAM@BirdLife Australia Discovery Centre, Sydney Olympic Park #birds #raptors #seaeagles #skhideaways

Listen to Dr Jacqui Lim talk about our latest paper: A tutorial considering how to use dynamic systems theory in treating childhood #apraxia of speech. #slpeep #slt #slp soundcloud.com/speechpathol...

Sound UP! When a gang of young male Superb Lyrebirds surround you, often within less than a metre. I zoomed back to 80mm but often had to lean back to get this footage. I've left it largely unedited to capture the mayhem of the moment. #birds #birding #nature #lyrebirds

Converging etiological evidence supports a genetic risk for developmental stuttering. Authors here present an overview of data sources & strategies that research teams have utilized, highlighting the advantages & limitations of each approach. #OpenAccess https://on.asha.org/3Jk4SzB

Dark Web risk anyone?

The stars have aligned so that #WorldWombatDay falls on #WombatWednesday this year. Congratulations to #wombats everywhere, for: 🍑A butt that can crush predators to death. 🦷Ever-growing teeth that never wear down. 🧊The ability to poop cubes (so they don't roll off things). 🔵Glorious roundness.

SHARING! 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #childSPEECHdis #apraxia

I’ve recently started a YouTube channel and hope to share some clinically useful videos, focused on Speech Sound Disorders and CAS. My first video is a walkthrough of the DEAP, how to use the summary screen and the various subtests. Please share! youtu.be/iUokSZm99vc?...

🫣 Sometimes what looks like “bad behaviour” is really a child struggling to communicate. Pause before judging. Learn more in my newest blog article + video 👇 communicatingtogether.ca/%f0%9f%ab%a3... #SLP #Communication #Parenting #Waterloo

🆓🔓The articulatory basis of phonological error patterns in childhood speech sound disorders www.frontiersin.org/journals/hum... #childSPEECHdis #clinicalphonology 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

We are raising awareness of Developmental Language Disorder by: 3. Sharing our research. The Dara project explores the accessibility of data visualization. Download our poster below to find out more. #DevLangDis #DLDday @radld.bsky.social city.figshare.com/ndownloader/...

🦋 #bskySPEECHIES, 🦋 #bskyTEACHERS, the tag for #DLDday is (obviously) #DLDday. Use it on Fri 17 Oct 2025 when you post about #DevLangDis. Carry on. Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)

Does being able to see a child impact how intelligible they seem to be? My friend and colleague, Dr. Jill Potratz, just had her paper published on this topic and it's fascinating findings! #SLP #SLPeeps pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

This collection of resources concerned with #DevLangDis from @ashajournals.bsky.social appeals to both the SLP and librarian in me. #SLPeeps

@birdlifeoz.bsky.social is calling on citizen scientists to take part in this year’s Aussie Bird Count, running from 20-26 October. 🔗👉 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Fb today

Only in Australia

It's not just a song

🆓🔓Björelius, H., Tükel, S., Tsilingaridis, G., Malmenholt, A., & Terband, H. (2025). Sensory Profiles in Children with Speech Sound Disorders. Folia phoniatrica et logopaedica (IALP), 1–28. Advance online publication. doi.org/10.1159/0005... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #childspeechdis

Women’s Cricket World Cup: Australia v India – live

This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Lovely paper about what kids with #apraxia think of #dttc from Jane McCormack, @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social and colleagues #slpeep #childssd journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

We talked to parents of children with childhood #apraxia of speech in two countries about early intervention. Thanks to Apraxia Kids for funding and to Chantelle Highman for leading the project. @suze-freogirl.bsky.social Here's what the parents said #OpenAccess: pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...