Dr Julia Dray
drjuliadray.bsky.social
Dr Julia Dray
@drjuliadray.bsky.social
PhD, Lecturer, Speech Pathology and Project Manager NurtureNextGen @UTS #drdrayisthename
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Our Brain Structure paper model is based on Dominic's actual brain! What can we say, we really put ourselves into our work! Learn more about this model here: buff.ly/me6iDQp

#EduSky #iteachbio #SciTeachUK #brain #nervoussystem
March 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Did you know the skull is made of 22 bones? Your students can learn about them by making our paper model! Find out more here: https://bit.ly/46enC9d

#EduSky #SciTeachUK #iteachbio #skull #skeletalsystem
February 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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March 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Great to see this outcome paper published by a PhD student I co-supervised at UoN 🙌 To take inspiration from #TaylorSwift 'It's been a long time coming'.

Telephone coaching services in supporting behavior change 📞💪🏽
🔓 Open access, take a read: bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Effectiveness of referral to a population-level telephone coaching service for improving health risk behaviours in people with a mental health condition: a randomised controlled trial - BMC Public Hea...
Background Telephone support services are a viable means of providing population-level support to reduce health risk behaviours. While research exists on the effectiveness of Quitlines to reduce smoki...
bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Even if promoters of pseudoscience are not intentionally trying to con you, it’s entirely possible that they have conned themselves.

- Barry L. Beyerstein
February 15, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Our protocol for a Meta-Narrative Review of #GestaltLanguageProcessing & #NaturalLanguageAcquisition

Registered on PROSPERO
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“What are the features and outcomes of GLP/NLA related therapies for minimally or non-speaking individuals?”

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The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination is a department of the University of York and is part of the National Institute for Health Research. CRD undertakes high quality systematic reviews that evaluate the effects of health and social care interventions and the delivery and organisation of health care.
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December 31, 2024 at 5:59 AM
Absolutely agree with the concluding implications ethically minded, evidence based practice is a non negotiable.

#firstdonoharm #GLP #NLA
February 15, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Every time I check the impact of my lead author review on resilience focused interventions for child & adolescent mental health, I am blown away by the updated metrics....
⚡ 400 citations
🗞️ News, blogs, policies, media & social media attention
🌏 International knowledge impact
🔓 OA: lnkd.in/gkSJqzkA
February 6, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Great to see a recent paper pick up & cite our recent rapid review on prevalence of echolalia.

📜 Recent paper: McAllister, M.L., McFayden, T. and Harrop, C. (2025), lnkd.in/gEiy2XfD
📜 Our Rapid Review: Sutherland, R., Bryant, L., Dray, J. et al (2024). lnkd.in/grxvCe2m

@lucyebryant.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Enjoyed listening to this episode of The DLD Project Podcast featuring the two brilliant minds and skills of @bronwynhemsley.bsky.social and @carolinebowen.bsky.social speaking to the lack of research evidence for #GLP #NLA

My summary attached 📃 #emptyreview
@lucyebryant.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
👏 Our colleague Fiona Given speaking at our UTS GenAI-ENHANCE Summit today:

📢 'It is absolutely imperative that people with lived experience with little or no speech are included in all stages of research and development of teaching of technology involving GenAI and AAC.'
#AAC #GenAIENHANCE #UTS
January 31, 2025 at 10:59 AM
This morning on my drive from Newcastle to Sydney to present at the University of Technology Sydney GenAI-ENHANCE Summit I listened to episode 193 of the Research Works podcast. So many hugely valuable and take-home messages in the episode. Here's some of my notes.

Episode 193 😊
researchworks.net
January 31, 2025 at 10:56 AM