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.

What is DLD? The little-known disorder as common as autism and dyslexia

Developmental language disorder is considered an invisible condition

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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...

Assessment and theoretical interpretation of spoken discourse and cognitive skills in two adolescents with acquired brain injury

Although discourse assessment is recommended, few tools exist for adolescent acquired brain injury (ABI) and few theories describe the contribution of cognition to discourse impairment. This study ...

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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...

Long-term impact of aerodigestive symptoms on adults with oesophageal cancer: A qualitative study

The impact of long-term aerodigestive symptoms following oesophageal cancer surgery is still not well understood. This study aimed to qualitatively understand the long-term impact of aerodigestive ...

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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...

Amplifying the voices of underrepresented speech-language pathologists: A scoping review using the transformative research paradigm

To investigate the characteristics of studies that included underrepresented speech-language pathologists (SLPs) as research participants.A scoping review was conducted using the principles of the ...

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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...

Public awareness and knowledge about speech-language pathology and communication impairments in Aotearoa New Zealand

This survey-based study explored public awareness of the speech-language pathology profession in Aotearoa New Zealand. The study also aimed to understand participants’ knowledge and experiences of ...

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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

Characterizing the Relationship Between the Intelligibility in Context Scale and Transcription Intelligibility in Typically Developing English-Speaking Children Between Ages 2;6 and 9;11

Purpose: The goal of the present study was to quantify the relationship between Intelligibility in Context Scale (ICS) scores and transcription i...

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

Senator Pocock's Home Care Survey

TRUST. INTEGRITY. LEADERSHIP.

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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...

Wife told to abandon husband at hospital to get home care assessment

It took more than a year for Kathleen Whelan's husband Alan to get an assessment for in-home aged care. Ten months later, he has seen no assistance.

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🔐💰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

Assessment of the Social Interaction Abilities of Adolescents With Communication Disability: A Scoping Review

Purpose: We sought to identify the constructs and measures used to evaluate the social interaction abilities of young people (12–17 years) with c...

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

Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻@carolinebowen.bsky.social · 12mo ago

💰🔐In @ashajournals.bsky.social @sigperspectives.bsky.social @gossip-gael.bsky.social @natfdouglas.bsky.social pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES 🌟RECOMMENDED🌟

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

ASHA Journals@ashajournals.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Researchers seeking to identify the constructs and measures used to evaluate the social interaction abilities of young people with communication disability conducted a scoping review including 173 peer-reviewed publications. on.asha.org/4fCwdJj @nichola-slp.bsky.social

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

Teresa Girolamo Selected as Incoming Editor-in-Chief of Perspectives - ASHA Journals Academy

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups (Perspectives) is pleased to announce the selection of Teresa Girolamo, PhD, as incoming editor-in-chief of the journal. Dr. Girolamo will begin her te...

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📣 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...

Examining Early Vocabulary Growth Trajectories in Late Talkers in a Low‐Income Longitudinal Sample

Studies show children in low‐income households have heightened risk of developing as late talkers (LTs). Scholars have attributed the cause of these differences to variability in child‐directed and ob...

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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

The Road to Running Records: A Narrative Review of Their History and a Systematic Narrative Review of the Evidence for Their Use - Annie Unger, Tanya Serry, Pamela C. Snow, Tessa Weadman, 2025

In this paper, we employ both narrative and systematic review methodologies to explore Running Records, a reading assessment tool designed for use with children...

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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

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Study addresses the challenge of identifying #DLD in bilingual children. This language assessment protocol successfully combines time efficiency w/ high accuracy to diagnose DLD; it's a useful, feasible protocol for SLPs. pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/... @sigperspectives.bsky.social #SLPeeps

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... 👏

2025 ASHA Awards Recipients

2025 award recipients from the American-Speech-Language Hearing Association.

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🥳 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

A Pathway to Research-Reliable Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing for Children With Childhood Apraxia of Speech: A Multiphase Process for Training Community Clinicians

Purpose: Mounting research supports the use of motor-based intervention (e.g., Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing [DTTC]) for children with chil...

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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

Why Did You Use That Test? Exploring Speech-Language Pathologists' Clinical Decision Making in Bilingual Language and Literacy Assessment

Purpose: Our overarching goal is to advance our understanding of clinical decision-making processes in bilingual language and literacy assessment...

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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....

Exploring the social determinants of health affecting caregiver level of worry for children with paediatric feeding disorder

Research suggests that paediatric feeding disorder induces significant stress in caregivers and exacerbates health inequities. However, the relationship between social determinants of health and th...

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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....

Vocabulary performance of Malay school-age children in Malaysia: Starting points to developing language assessments for older children with developmental language disorder (DLD)

The unavailability of language assessments for older Malay children in Malaysia has turned the identification and management of children with language disorders into an arduous process. This has le...

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