Alex W
@alexiow.bsky.social
ND Paeds SLT @ BHT. Proud parent to two ND children, dog lover & runner. Here to share my passion of communication w/ the world
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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 nose takes us through etymology, phonetics, sign phonology, idioms and gesture. It's a very fun episode.
You can read the transcript for 'On the nose - How the nose shapes language' here:
Transcript Episode 109: On the nose - How the nose shapes language
This is a transcript for Lingthusiasm episode ‘On the nose - How the nose shapes language’. It’s been lightly edited for readability. Listen to the episode here or wherever you get your podcasts. Link...
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October 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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 nose takes us through etymology, phonetics, sign phonology, idioms and gesture. It's a very fun episode.
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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
September 9, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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
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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
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
Narrative production in English speaking children aged 5–7 years with typical language development and developmental language disorder: Development of a reference data set
We explored the development of expressive narrative using Peter and the Cat. We aimed to support clinicians to capture information about functional language use by providing a reference data set to...
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August 4, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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
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
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! 😆
July 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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?...
youtu.be/AwoFKHiCSWU?...
What is Intensive Interaction?
YouTube video by SaLT by the Sea
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July 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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?...
youtu.be/AwoFKHiCSWU?...
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🔐💰😳🙄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....
Trauma-Informed Care: A Guide for Speech-Language Pathologists in the Schools
Purpose: A history of trauma is significantly related to the likelihood of having a language disorder. Given that one in seven children experienc...
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June 29, 2025 at 7:53 AM
🔐💰😳🙄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....
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Brilliant thread for anyone interested in child language development
Children are incredible language learning machines. But how do they do it? Our latest paper, just published in TICS, synthesizes decades of evidence to propose four components that must be built into any theory of how children learn language. 1/
www.cell.com/trends/cogni... @mpi-nl.bsky.social
www.cell.com/trends/cogni... @mpi-nl.bsky.social
Constructing language: a framework for explaining acquisition
Explaining how children build a language system is a central goal of research in language
acquisition, with broad implications for language evolution, adult language processing,
and artificial intelli...
www.cell.com
June 27, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Brilliant thread for anyone interested in child language development
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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…
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…
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 older children’s speech errors, indicating that there are 5 possible areas of speech processing to consider: auditory processing; phonological processing; phonological planning; motor planning, articulation.
developmentalphonologicaldisorders.wordpress.com
June 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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…
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…
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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.
Teachers, EY practitioners and SaLT welcome.
May 30, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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.
Teachers, EY practitioners and SaLT welcome.
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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
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
May 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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
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
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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...
This has been brewing for a long time.
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
bsky.app/profile/dams...
May 20, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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...
This has been brewing for a long time.
www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
bsky.app/profile/dams...
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🆓🔓 @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....
Language Interventions for School-Aged Children Who Are d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Purpose: The main aim of the systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate
the effectiveness of language interventions for school-aged chil...
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April 16, 2025 at 6:22 AM
🆓🔓 @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....
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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
#SLPeeps #bskySPEECHIES #LSHSS
Speech-Language Pathologists' Perspectives on Language Assessment in Bilingual Children
Purpose: This study used a semistructured open interview approach to gather information
from school-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs) reg...
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April 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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
#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
🤔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
April 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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
🤔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
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#openaccess
Utility of the Language Use Inventory in Young Children at Elevated Risk of Autism
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A wonderful collaboration with colleagues at Texas Tech U & UCD MIND Institute
#earlyyears #languagedevelopment
#earlyintervention #autism #SLP #SLPeeps #SLT #prek
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
Utility of the Language Use Inventory in Young Children at Elevated Likelihood of Autism
Purpose: The aims of this study were (a) to evaluate the convergent validity of
the Language Use Inventory (LUI) with measures of autism spectrum...
pubs.asha.org
November 20, 2024 at 3:43 PM
#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
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
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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
#SLPeeps #BlueSkySpeechies
March 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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
#SLPeeps #BlueSkySpeechies
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Great to present with @beckyclark22.bsky.social at ResearchED Scandinavia - DLD Demystified #DevLangDis slides, articles and resources available bit.ly/DLDForwoodan...
DLD - What every teacher needs to know and why
Made with Padlet
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March 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Great to present with @beckyclark22.bsky.social at ResearchED Scandinavia - DLD Demystified #DevLangDis slides, articles and resources available bit.ly/DLDForwoodan...
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🆓🔓 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 ♣️.
🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #DevLangDis
Readable ✔️
Relevant ✔️
Relatable ✔️
Good article for a journal club ♣️.
Quantity and Complexity of Speech-Language Pathologists' Talk During School-Based Therapy
Purpose: This study examined the quantity and complexity of speech-language pathologists'
(SLPs') talk during therapy with school-aged children a...
doi.org
February 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
🆓🔓 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 ♣️.
🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #DevLangDis
Readable ✔️
Relevant ✔️
Relatable ✔️
Good article for a journal club ♣️.
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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
@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
February 17, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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
@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
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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
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
February 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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
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
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🧵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
January 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM
🧵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
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This would make a great poster for #EarlyYears settings, with key messages to share with families. Thanks @juliangrenier.bsky.social for sharing
What happens early matters for a lifetime
This is a powerful infographic to prompt conversations with parents in the early years
#edusky
It's from the Progress Check at Age 2 guidance [PDF] assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6284c0...
This is a powerful infographic to prompt conversations with parents in the early years
#edusky
It's from the Progress Check at Age 2 guidance [PDF] assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6284c0...
January 9, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This would make a great poster for #EarlyYears settings, with key messages to share with families. Thanks @juliangrenier.bsky.social for sharing
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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...
'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...
The PM's Plan for Change is a big moment for the early years
The new early years target creates urgency and accountability but needs laser focus and a clear plan.
www.nesta.org.uk
December 12, 2024 at 4:57 PM
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...
'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...
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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
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
December 10, 2024 at 1:33 PM
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
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