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Lisa Archibald @larchiba.bsky.social · 21d

#WesternDLD2 Our SLP graduate course on school-age language & related disorders is starting. We're looking for a few more course partners: SLPs working with school age children who would have a conversation with one of our students 3 times in the Fall term. Love to hear from you if you're willing!

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Sam Calder @samueldcalder.bsky.social · Sep 9

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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Lisa Archibald @larchiba.bsky.social · Aug 26

In the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Western University, we're searching for a tenure-track assistant professor in audiology: www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...
Come and join our dynamic team!

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Word Aware @wordaware.bsky.social · Jul 18

Our Concept Cat study featured in Nursery World yesterday.
It showed whole class vocabulary teaching worked in Early Years and promoted learning of abstract concepts and wait for it, this also impacted on maths. EYPP children made accelerated progress too.

www.nurseryworld.co.uk/content/news...

Programme to develop conceptual vocabulary found to benefit pre-school children - Nursery World

A programme to help children understand concepts rather than just individual words has been found to have improved three and four-year-olds’ progress by two months, rising to three months for those el...

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Lisa Archibald @larchiba.bsky.social · Jul 18

Thank you to Kent-Welsh with Binger's research group for this paper describing generative language intervention for AAC users. Appendix A describes the techniques & includes links to video examples. pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

Generative Language Intervention for Young Children With Down Syndrome Using Augmentative and Alternative Communication: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Purpose: Children with Down syndrome often have poor speech intelligibility, which can mask expressive language competence; this, in turn, can le...

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Lisa Archibald @larchiba.bsky.social · Jul 17

Watson & Westby (2025) nicely capture the varying reasons that a child may show behaviour differences related to language and learning. Converging assessment evidence is a necessary part of identification! pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

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Lisa Archibald @larchiba.bsky.social · Jul 17

Scott (2025) Explored SLP perspectives on cultural humility in therapeutic relationships between school-based SLPs & their students. She offered some helpful questions for self-reflection. pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

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Lisa Archibald @larchiba.bsky.social · Jul 9

Monroe & Soto Cont'd - Culturally responsive resources for AAC are available here: aac.sfsu.edu/content/mult...

Culturally Responsive AAC | Augmentative and Alternative Communication Studies

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Lisa Archibald @larchiba.bsky.social · Jul 9

Monroe & Soto - Multilingual AAC for the Monolingual Therapist. Some great tips on adopting a culturally responsive approach & becoming a 'translingual therapist'! pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

Multilingual Augmentative and Alternative Communication for the Monolingual Therapist

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to discuss strategies that speech-language pathologists (SLPs) can use when supporting augmentative and a...

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Lisa Archibald @larchiba.bsky.social · Jul 9

Lund et al (2025) Provide a AAC assessment protocol (see their supplemental materials) corresponding to Beukelman & Light's 'The Participation Model'. Looks like a helpful assessment resource! pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Assessment for Children on the Autism Spectrum: Protocol Development and Content Validation

Purpose: Previous research has shown that many speech-language pathologists (SLPs) lack confidence in conducting augmentative and alternative com...

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Lisa Archibald @larchiba.bsky.social · Jul 7

This website shares the 'Promoting Communication Tools for Advancing Language in Kids' (PC TALK). It is out of Kentucky University by Walker & Bigelow: talk.ku.edu

Home - TALK

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Lisa Archibald @larchiba.bsky.social · Jul 6

Hadad & Segel - Examined theory of mind abilities in autism #DevLangDis & typical development. 'Findings...suggest that the development of ToM is closely intertwined with language, particularly the ability to use and understand mental cognitive terms...' pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

Theory of Mind Abilities and Comprehension of Mental Terms in Subgroups of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Developmental Language Disorder

Purpose: This study examined how subgroups of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and developmental language disorder (DLD) perform on t...

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RADLD-Raising Awareness for Developmental Language Disorder @radld.bsky.social · May 27

This poem touches my heart and I am sharing it again.
It is by Naomi about her son Ronnie, who has Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). If you relate to this poem, you can join our campaign to raise awareness of DLD as ambassadors here radld.org
#DLDday is Friday October 17th, 2025

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Lisa Archibald @larchiba.bsky.social · May 25

Social justice within SLP: Be careful of income-based resources for language enrichment (e.g., puzzles, books, museum trips). Recommend cooking or enlisting older siblings for language rich opportunities. Frame language abilities of SEE kids as average. Higher ed homes may use above-average language

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Lisa Archibald @larchiba.bsky.social · May 25

Grammar markers required for everyday language vary less with socioeconomic environments. Why are we so focused on lexical diversity? Obligatory skills like phonological processing (nonword rep), word-learning (fast mapping) & finiteness marked are better suited for disentangling DLD & SEE.

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Lisa Archibald @larchiba.bsky.social · May 25

The Conversational Language Profile of Children in Low Socioeconomic Environments: A Systematic Review. Important finding: it's a profile of difference not disorder. Academic language features (e.g., number of different words) do not differentiate difference & disorder) pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

The Conversational Language Profile of Children in Low Socioeconomic Environments: A Systematic Review

Purpose: Children from low socioeconomic environments (SEEs; i.e., families with parental education of high school or less and/or household incom...

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Lisa Archibald @larchiba.bsky.social · May 25

Results suggest need for cognitive-linguistic indices to support differential diagnosis of DLD & ADHD. Wording reading difficulty in DLD or ADHD is an early indicator of dyslexia risk. Close research-to-practice gap on misconception of ADHD effects on word reading & refer for dyslexia assessment!

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Lisa Archibald @larchiba.bsky.social · May 25

DLD status significantly positively associated with working memory, phon memory, word reading & (to a lesser extent) ADHD symptoms. Neither ADHD symptoms or working memory was predictive of reading ability.

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Lisa Archibald @larchiba.bsky.social · May 25

Great paper by legends @tiffanyphogan.bsky.social @s-redmonduofu.bsky.social & co examining links between word reading (dyslexia), DLD & ADHD. pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

Word Reading and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children With Developmental Language Disorder

Purpose: This study evaluated the relationship between word reading and symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in school-age...

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RADLD-Raising Awareness for Developmental Language Disorder @radld.bsky.social · May 13

BREAKING! the 2025 #DLDday theme is .... You can't see DLD. The creator of this year's theme is Siouxsie, brilliant artist and young person with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). Watch this clip where Siouxsie shares the theme and why it is important. #devlangdis
www.youtube.com/shorts/ORuAi...

#DLDday 2025 Theme launch

YouTube video by RADLD

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Lisa Archibald @larchiba.bsky.social · May 13

REPOSTED with new sign up mechanism: email [email protected] for the link.

May is Speech & Hearing Month - Join RADLD Canada for this 1-hr webinar with the authors of the 'Living Life with DLD' book series. Email [email protected] for more information or TO SIGN UP. @radld.bsky.social

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Lisa Archibald @larchiba.bsky.social · May 4

Enjoyed this paper by Choi-Tucci et al on recasting: pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...
Enhanced conversational recasting is what counts with (1) High variability - make 8 words on target into 24 by coming up with 2 synonyms for each & (2) get child's attention otherwise your recast doesn't count!

What Matters When Providing Conversational Recast Treatment? A Multilevel Modeling Analysis

Purpose: Conversational recasting treatment is generally effective. However, different versions of this treatment and different targets may yield...

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Lisa Archibald @larchiba.bsky.social · May 4

Carroll et al report a Delphi study aiming for a consensus in the definition of dyslexia, which includes 9 statements! Co-occurrence with #DevLangDis is described! acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Lisa Archibald @larchiba.bsky.social · May 4

I am beginning my review for updating my #WesternDLD2 course for Fall 2025. Boulton et al. report on caregiver-identified strengths in children undergoing an assessment. Their Child Autism and Neurodevelopment Strengths (CANS) checklist is open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻 @carolinebowen.bsky.social · Apr 25

🆓 🔓 Alyssa Kuiack and @larchiba.bsky.social #DevLangDis in #PlainEnglish #easyEnglish 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

Kuiack, A. & Archibald, L (2019) Developmental Language Disorder: The Childhood Condition We Need to Start Talking About. Frontiers for Young Minds. kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

Developmental Language Disorder: The Childhood Condition We Need to Start Talking About

Using language is a skill that allows us to share our ideas and feelings, to learn in school, and to understand the world around us. Unfortunately, using and understanding language is not easy for eve...

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