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jititterington.bsky.social @jititterington.bsky.social · May 14

Are you leading research into active ingredients of interventions (approaches, targets, intensity) for children with speech and language needs? @cristinamckean and @paulinefrizelle are editing a special collection for @ijlcd. Please contact [email protected] if interested by 16th June.

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jititterington.bsky.social @jititterington.bsky.social · Apr 17

Very excited to be joining a great line up of speakers at the North East Speech CEN's celebration event to mark 20 years as a thriving group on the 3rd November! Do join us! @csdrnetwork.bsky.social @coursebeetle.bsky.social Find out more about it here: coursebeetle.co.uk/courses/spee...

Speech CEN North East Symposium at 20 | Course Beetle

Join Speech CEN North East (SCENNE) for a special day of celebration. Take the opportunity to learn, network, feast and reflect on SSD.

coursebeetle.co.uk

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Lynn Williams @lynn-williams.bsky.social · Mar 2

Thanks for sharing this!

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Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻 @carolinebowen.bsky.social · Mar 2

Looks good, @coursebeetle.bsky.social @jititterington.bsky.social coursebeetle.co.uk/courses/mult... @lynn-williams.bsky.social #multipleoppositions 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

Multiple opposition therapy

Reflect on your current practice when selecting and delivering conventional minimal pairs or multiple opposition therapy.

coursebeetle.co.uk

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Sirpa Tarvainen @sirpatarvainen.bsky.social · Mar 12

This meta-analysis may be of interest to you
@theinformedslp.bsky.social @frickesilke.bsky.social @salonikrishnan.bsky.social @logopedie.bsky.social @hazelroddam.bsky.social @jititterington.bsky.social @tkalan.bsky.social @edldproject.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Intervention factors associated with efficacy, when targeting oral language comprehension of children with or at risk for (Developmental) Language Disorder: A meta‐analysis

Background Language interventions are complex behavioural interventions, making it difficult to distinguish the specific factors contributing to efficacy. The efficacy of oral language comprehension...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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oliviahadjadj.bsky.social @oliviahadjadj.bsky.social · Mar 14

We have now divided the survey in two parts, with the first one taking only 15-20 minutes to answer :)

Please help us understand how UK pediatric #SLPeeps select intervention goals and content!

#devlangdis #SLT

oliviahadjadj.bsky.social @oliviahadjadj.bsky.social · Feb 9

Dear UK Paediatric SLTs!

Researchers at City are seeking to find out more about how UK paediatric SLTs select intervention goals and content.

If you would like to help, please complete our survey: bit.ly/3Z3DNWv

Please share with others if you can

#slt #devlangdis

From initial assessment to planning intervention for paediatric clients: what do UK SLTs need?

The study is aiming to find out which information allows speech and language therapists to select intervention goals. By overviewing speech and language therapists’ current practice in planning interv...

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jititterington.bsky.social @jititterington.bsky.social · Feb 25

I have been trying to influence ….

Dr Susan Ebbels @susanebbels.bsky.social · Feb 20

When will IJLCD and RCSLT join Bluesky?

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jititterington.bsky.social @jititterington.bsky.social · Feb 25

Congratulations Dr@naomiLeafe for her PhD viva on parent-implemented, intensive, digitally-supported Rx for children with #SSD with @sueroulstone and @brendaoneill 💫 Well-deserved! @emmapagnamenta.bsky.social @laurencetaggart.bsky.social @mpdonnelly @csdrnetwork.bsky.social 😃

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jititterington.bsky.social @jititterington.bsky.social · Feb 20

Check out IJLCD's annual winter lecture by fantastic
@cristinamckean and @paulinefrizelle: youtube.com/watch?v=0z_c... What makes language interventions work - exploring the active ingredients @susanebbels.bsky.social @salonikrishnan.bsky.social @telllab.bsky.social @emmapagnamenta.bsky.social

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jititterington.bsky.social @jititterington.bsky.social · Feb 20

The winner and runner's up of IJLCD's 2024 Editors' prize are out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1460... Congratulations @Gasparini and colleagues for their paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... on early predictors of language disorders
@salonikrishnan.bsky.social @markjayes.bsky.social

International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders

Click on the title to browse this journal

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jititterington.bsky.social @jititterington.bsky.social · Dec 19

Thank you @carolinebowen.bsky.social - lovely acknowledgement for the first paper out of @katherinepritchards PhD work 😁@emmapagnamenta.bsky.social @vesnastojanovik

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Bronwyn Hemsley @bronwynhemsley.bsky.social · Dec 10

It’s here 📗 the Systematic Review of #GestaltLanguageProcessing #NaturalLanguageAcquisition link.springer.com/article/10.1...

@lucyebryant.bsky.social @carolinebowen.bsky.social @katharinebeals.bsky.social

Look forward to your emails ABCD feedback! (Accurate, Balanced, Critical, Depersonalised)

Systematic Review of Interventions Based on Gestalt Language Processing and Natural Language Acquisition (GLP/NLA): Clinical Implications of Absence of Evidence and Cautions for Clinicians and Parents...

Purpose of the Review This systematic review aimed to determine whether interventions related to Gestalt Language Processing and Natural Language Acquisition (GLP/NLA) are effective for individuals wi...

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jititterington.bsky.social @jititterington.bsky.social · Nov 28

Hi there - the #IJLCDWinterLecture is open to everyone - members and non-members of RCSLT so please do share with you Irish-based and world-wide SLTs. #WeSpeechies

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jititterington.bsky.social @jititterington.bsky.social · Nov 28

Thanks @susanebbels.bsky.social - the link to register would be helpful 😊 - please do join us for what will be a really interesting #IJLCDWinterLecture on active ingredients for child language interventions - particularly thinking about dosage. Register here rcslt.info/48ZswtI

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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · Nov 23

Thanks @jititterington.bsky.social This special issue builds on the online webinars that we ran with IALP in 2022 on the same topic. You can find recordings of those at ialp-org.com/child-speech/

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jititterington.bsky.social @jititterington.bsky.social · Nov 25

Please join us with world experts @cristina_mckean and @pfrizelleslt who will address what makes language interventions work at the #IJLCDWinterLecture. They will consider active ingredients for therapy including all-important dosage @susanebbels.bsky.social

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Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻 @carolinebowen.bsky.social · Nov 21

🥳 There is an AMAZING BUNCH of articles, topics and authors in this IMPORTANT issue of #IJLCD @journals2025.bsky.social Can you believe that 39 of the articles are 🆓🔓 and that it includes a special issue on #SSD terms e.g., onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #ChildSpeechDis #speechsounddisorder

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jititterington.bsky.social @jititterington.bsky.social · Nov 21

Please check out IJLCD's special issue on terminology in #SSD with editorial commentary from our fantastic guest editor Prof @yvonnewren.bsky.social and a world-leading group of contributors @csdrnetwork.bsky.social @carolinebowen.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14606984...

Including Special Issue on Terminology in Speech Sound Disorder: International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders: Vol 59, No 6

Click on the title to browse this issue

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jititterington.bsky.social @jititterington.bsky.social · Nov 19

Please consider joining our fantastic associate editorial team at IJCLD if you are a SLT researcher in paediatrics - we have an opening! See rcslt.jobs.personio.com/job/1831127?la…. Feel free to contact us if interested (details in the link) @csdrnetwork.bsky.social @rcslt.bsky.social

Associate Editor (Paediatric) - IJLCD | Jobs at RCSLT

The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) is the professional body for speech and language therapists (SLTs) across the UK. The RCSLT support SLTs by providing leadership, setting pr...

https://rcslt.jobs.personio.com/job/1831127?la…

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CSDR Network @csdrnetwork.bsky.social · Nov 19

Important work here from Katherine Pritchard, Vesna Stojanovik & network members @emmapagnamenta.bsky.social & @jititterington.bsky.social on the value of working with parents to support children with Speech Sound Disorders #BskySpeechies doi.org/10.1111/1460...

How speech and language therapists and parents work together in the therapeutic process for children with speech sound disorder: A scoping review

Background: Speech sound disorders (SSDs) are broadly defined as difficulty producing speech sounds in childhood. Reported prevalence of SSD varies from 2.3% to 24.6%, depending on how SSD is define...

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Tricia McCabe @tricmc.bsky.social · Nov 19

Scoping review- what do we know about the #literacy of kids with childhood #apraxia of speech? TL:DR - not much! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A systematic scoping review of the literacy skills of children with childhood apraxia of speech: Recommendations for best practice and further research

Little is known about the literacy skills of children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) or effective methods for teaching them to read. This systematic scoping review aimed to synthesise what ...

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Tricia McCabe @tricmc.bsky.social · Nov 19

Diagnostic uncertainty in child motor speech disorders- why and what could be done #apraxia #dysarthria
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Diagnostic Uncertainty in Childhood Motor Speech Disorders: A Review of Recent Tools and Approaches - Current Developmental Disorders Reports

Purpose Speech-language pathologists report difficulty in the accurate differential diagnosis of complex speech presentations. This paper explores possible reasons for diagnostic uncertainty and revie...

link.springer.com

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Claire Timmins @clairetimmins.bsky.social · Oct 29

Submissions now open for the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association (ICPLA) conference 2025 -now open! logoth.upatras.gr/en/icpla2025/ #phonetics

ICPLA2025 – Τμήμα Λογοθεραπείας

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Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻 @carolinebowen.bsky.social · Oct 3

Extraordinary: DLD's prevalence is 7x
more than it is for #Autism, yet it's 😩SO HARD😩 to 🔼awareness. Why is it not sexy? The community needs to know. @deevybee.bsky.social @susanebbels.bsky.social @wordaware.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social

🧵 #THREAD: #DevLangDis bsky.app/profile/susa...

Dr Susan Ebbels @susanebbels.bsky.social · Oct 1

We really need help to raise awareness of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) #DevLangDis to a far wider audience: teachers, parents, employers, so people with DLD don't continue to struggle without support.

Topic for an episode of Word of Mouth, @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social?

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