Speaking for themselves: why I choose ambitious syntax goals to help students put their words together (with research updates and resource links)
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Speaking for themselves: why I choose ambitious syntax goals to help students put their words together (with research updates and resource links)

Many, if not most, children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) and other language disorders have problems arranging words and phrases to express themselves clearly. This…

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My child’s speech is unclear to adults she doesn’t know. Is that normal for her age? (An important research update about child speech intelligibility norms)

Parents ask us this question regularly. 1. New research and evidence-based practice Thanks to some great new research, speech pathologists have better information to share…

Beginning readers’ brains are not the same as skilled readers’ brains, so stop teaching beginners to read like they are adult experts

Beginning readers’ brains are not the same as skilled readers’ brains, so stop teaching beginners to read like they are adult experts

Unlike speech and oral language (talking and listening), reading is biologically unnatural. Most (not all) people learn to understand and to speak their first language…

Back on track: How to produce better work, more often, to achieve worthwhile goals and to live a meaningful life – in spite of the pandemic
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Back on track: How to produce better work, more often, to achieve worthwhile goals and to live a meaningful life – in spite of the pandemic

As a speech pathologist, my job is to help clients achieve their goals. Most worthwhile goals demand intense, focused work over time. But, during lockdown,…