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Daniela O’Neill

@danielaoneill.bsky.social

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Expert on how children’s social pragmatic communication grows & developer of the Language Use Inventory (LUI) to assess this in 2- & 3-year-olds #DevLangDis | Outreach on #PlayfulLearning #language & #literacy in urban spaces @UofWaterloo 🇨🇦 #bskySPEECHIES

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Daniela O’Neill @danielaoneill.bsky.social · Nov 20

If you’re an #SLP #SLT, researcher/professional in early language assessment <4yrs, you can always trial the standardized Language Use Inventory free (online since 2016 for #telepractice) More info: bit.ly/LUI_KID #earlyintervention #DevLangDis #pragmatics #languagedevelopment

Language Use Inventory (LUI) | Assessing Young Children's Pragmatic Language

The Language Use Inventory is a standardized parent-report questionnaire for assessing pragmatic language development in children 18 to 47 months of age.

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Daniela O’Neill @danielaoneill.bsky.social · 16h

#openaccess

Dialogic book reading intervention for children with DLD across different languages and cultural settings: An international feasibility study

#DevLangDis #DLDday Oct 17 #languagedevelopment #picturebooks #literacy #earlyintervention #preschoolers #bskyspeechies

Dialogic book reading intervention for children with DLD across different languages and cultural settings: An international feasibility study - Melanie Ferk-Dornstauder, Edith Kouba Hreich, Margarita ...

Intervention studies targeting developmental language disorder (DLD) have been conducted mainly with monolingual English-speaking children and bilingual childre...

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Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 21h

Comfortable Fictions: The Myth of Multiple Intelligences carlhendrick.substack.com/p/comfortabl...

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Daniela O’Neill @danielaoneill.bsky.social · 1d

👏 @jumpmath.bsky.social 🇨🇦
#earlyed #ECE #earlyyears #math #prek #preschool

JUMP Math @jumpmath.bsky.social · 6d

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of JUMP Math Prima—Canada’s first comprehensive, evidence-based preschool math supplement designed to give every child a strong start in math so they're fully ready for kindergarten and beyond. Learn more at: jumpmath.org/ca/prima/

Daniela O’Neill @danielaoneill.bsky.social · 3d

Oct 17 is #DLDday Internationally!

This is a great podcast to learn more about Developmental Language Disorder, a hidden but common lifelong disability that affects 2 children in every classroom of 30.

#DLD #ElemEd #cdned #K12 #languagedevelopment

Daniella Green @daniellagreen.bsky.social · Aug 12

🚗 This week, Kate welcomes Dr. Tiffany Hogan to explore Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). They dig into what DLD is, how it relates to dyslexia, signs educators can watch for at different grade levels, and how to support students in the classroom

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Greg Hickok @gregoryhickok.bsky.social · 12d

How your brain conducts the symphony of speech. My latest post on @psychtoday.bsky.social , excerpted and adapted from my forthcoming book, Wired for Words @mitpress.bsky.social

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How Your Brain Conducts the Symphony of Speech

A tiny brain blip during silent speech revealed the shocking truth: Your brain plans words by imagining sounds, not movements. This discovery revolutionized speech science.

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Daniela O’Neill @danielaoneill.bsky.social · 4d

#openaccess FULL e-book!

Connecting Neuroscience to Education

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#bskyedu #education #K12 #neuroscience #cognition #learning #scienceoflearning #cdned

Connecting Neuroscience with Education

"Connecting Neuroscience with Education" published on 02 Oct 2025 by Brill.

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Evan F. Risko @efriskouw.bsky.social · 6d

Important new research by University of Waterloo’s @uwaterloopsych.bsky.social
Sara Hart and colleagues demonstrates that genetic or environmental influences on reading skills change with age. see: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Charting the Shift: Age as a Moderator of the Genetic and Environmental Influences on Reading

Reading is influenced by genes and environments throughout life. Using a U.S. twin sample (N = 1086; 564 Male: 522 Female; Age M = 7.46 years, SD = 1.57, with 90% self-reported as White, 8% Black, ...

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International Congress of Infant Studies @infantstudies.bsky.social · 8d

Zhang & Yu (2025) eye-tracking study: 12mos selectively focus on only a few objects at naming moments while viewing cluttered scenes; gaze highly constrained by visual saliency of scenes➡️highlights perception’s role in early word learning #EarlyYears #DevPsySky #infancypapers doi.org/10.1111/infa...

Selective Attention in Early Word Learning: An Eye‐Tracking Study on Viewing Naturalistic Egocentric Scenes

To learn a word from an everyday context, infants need to be able to link the heard word with the correct object perceived. A prevailing view of the early learning environment is that infants' world ....

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Daniela O’Neill @danielaoneill.bsky.social · 12d

On @rastokke.bsky.social podcast

Balanced literacy didn’t work – will balanced math? With Ben Solomon

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#math #scienceofmath #elemed

Balanced literacy didn’t work—will balanced math? with Ben Solomon (Ep 54)

Podcast Episode · Chalk & Talk · 2025-09-12 · 1h 10m

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Daniela O’Neill @danielaoneill.bsky.social · 12d

Interview with John Mighton of @jumpmath.bsky.social

Building Math Confidence, One Problem at a Time

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#math #elemed #bskyedu

S5E03: John Mighton on Building Math Confidence, One Problem at a Time

Podcast Episode · Progressively Incorrect · 2025-09-20 · 44m

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Daniela O’Neill @danielaoneill.bsky.social · 12d

How one math teacher’s training went so wrong

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#math #bskyedu #highered

How one math teacher’s training went so wrong

Learning how to teach math was the last priority in teacher education, says one teacher

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Hope Sparks @hope-sparks.bsky.social · 13d

Yay! So glad to have been a part of this team. Go @drsrishtin.bsky.social et al!!

Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 13d

New paper alert! Systematic epidemiological analyses of up to 39,000 people illuminate biological/clinical links between impaired musical rhythm abilities & disorders affecting speech-language development. International collaboration led by @drsrishtin.bsky.social, out in @natcomms.nature.com. 👇🧪

Musical rhythm abilities and risk for developmental speech-language problems and disorders: epidemiological and polygenic associations - Nature Communications

Impaired musical rhythm abilities and developmental speech-language related disorders are biologically and clinically intertwined. Here, the authors explore the correlation between the two traits, finding evidence of epidemiological associations and genetic overlap.

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Emily Hanford @ehanford.bsky.social · Aug 27

More than half the states have passed new reading laws since Sold a Story.
We just updated our article and map. www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...

New reading laws sweep the nation following Sold a Story

At least 26 states have passed laws about how schools teach reading since APM Reports’ Sold a Story podcast began in 2022. But proponents of the disproven ideas about reading exposed in the podcast ha...

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 16d

Curious why a standard picture book is 32 pages in traditional #KidLit trade publishing? And why NOT all 32 pages are for story content? In this #PictureBooks101 post, I explain picture book format & construction:
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Header graphic for Picture Books 101. One spot illustration shows an enthusiastic woman handing a big pile of papers to another woman. First woman is saying, "Here's my 8628 word epic picture book mss!" Another spot illustration shows a blue flower-decorated cup full of drawing and writing tools.

Illustrated diagram showing how a cover is attached to a self-ended picture book.

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Karen Vaites @karenvaites.bsky.social · 18d

‘For many Ts, balanced literacy was a welcome turn away from lesson plans in which all children at a certain grade level read the same stories and answered the same predetermined Q’s...

“It used books that kids would actually read, which made it more meaningful for them.”’

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Daniela O’Neill @danielaoneill.bsky.social · 24d

#scienceofmath #elemed #cdned #math

Follow 🇨🇦 Anna Stokke for many more links to episodes of her Chalk and Talk podcast, other podcasts she’s appeared on, and for much more information about evidence-informed math instruction!

Anna Stokke @rastokke.bsky.social · 25d

🚨✨ Exciting announcement! ✨🚨
As I mentioned in my latest Chalk & Talk episode, I’ll be co-delivering an online Masterclass for teachers on Evidence-Informed Math Teaching through La Trobe University’s School of Education on October 20. Registration: shortcourses.latrobe.edu.au/masterclass-...

Masterclass: Evidence-informed Mathematics Teaching

Discover practical, research-backed strategies to boost your students’ fluency with core maths concepts. This live, online masterclass brings together international and local expertise to help you tea...

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Daniela O’Neill @danielaoneill.bsky.social · 25d

#openaccess

Early outcomes of a structured literacy implementation across a school system: the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Catalyst program

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#scienceofreading #structuredliteracy #righttoread #OntEd #CdnEd #literacyisequity #untilallcanread

Early outcomes of a structured literacy implementation across a school system: the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Catalyst program

Although professional learning is the main approach for improving teacher knowledge, little evidence exists for its effectiveness in changing practice and improving student outcomes. One possible e...

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The Reading League @thereadingleague.org · 27d

Early reading failure fuels the school-to-prison pipeline.

In a new op-ed, educator & national speaker @hilderbrandpelzer3.bsky.social explains why literacy is freedom work & how leaders can interrupt the pipeline where it begins: in our classrooms.

The School-to-Prison Pipeline Runs Right Through Reading Classrooms

Hilderbrand Pelzer III is an educator, author, and national speaker whose career spans teaching, school leadership, and district leadership. Drawing on decades as a principal, district leader, and adv...

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Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 27d

Academic papers ask "Does X improve learning?" but schools need to know "Does X improve learning enough to justify its implementation costs compared to alternative Y?"

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Dan Wuori @danwuori.bsky.social · Sep 2

Nothing tickles your baby’s funny bone like the unexpected.

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Daniela O’Neill @danielaoneill.bsky.social · Aug 29

Worked 🙂 Thanks!

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Word Aware @wordaware.bsky.social · Aug 25

@radld.bsky.social are relatively new on BlueSky. Please give them a follow and join the growing community raising awareness of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). Learn about DLD, connect and make a difference. #DevLangDis #DLDday

RADLD-Raising Awareness for Developmental Language Disorder @radld.bsky.social · Aug 24

DLD is really very common. Way more common than other well know conditions such as autism.
DLD is a difficulty with using and understanding words and sentences.
And the biggest problem is that very few people have heard of it.
Join our #DLDday campaign on October 17 2025. radld.org

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Word Aware @wordaware.bsky.social · Aug 26

This is a really important point about language. Whilst early intervention is critical, it is not sufficient for those with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). They need access to support over longer time frames. #DevLangDis

Vani Gupta @vanigupta.bsky.social · Aug 26

“Even excellent early intervention may not sustain adolescents with DLD as language requirements in academic learning increase.” Barbara Ehren #IALP2025

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Daniela O’Neill @danielaoneill.bsky.social · Aug 27

#scienceofreading #structuredliteracy #righttoread #OntEd #CdnEd #literacyisequity #untilallcanread

The Reading League @thereadingleague.org · Aug 25

Neuroscience shapes how we understand reading. Do classrooms keep up?

The “From the Archives” spotlight, “The ‘Reading Brain’ is Taught, Not Born,” explores how cognitive science challenges assumptions and reinforces the need for evidence-based, multi-component instruction.

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Image of an open edition of The Reading League Journal titled 'The Reading League Journal', featuring an article called 'The "Reading Brain" is Taught, Not Born', by authors Rebecca Gotlieb, Laura E. Levine, and Maryanne Wolf. This is a promotional graphic highlighting a downloadable article from the journal archives.