#DevLangDis is a diagnosis based on a comprehensive cognitive-linguistic assessment, not brain scans or blood tests. dldandme.org/diagnosing-and… Oct 14 is #DLDday randi @dldandme CSD Avon Walk supports those with DLD

STEP 1: Visit @radldcam and stay in the loop with initiatives in your area! STEP 2: One of our staff experts on DLD, Dr. Jeanne Tighe, recommends reading this paper: pubs.asha.org/doi/pdf/10.104… STEP 3: Stay tuned for a very heavy #DevLangDis publication month at TISLP!! (in 2 weeks)

Today is Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) Day! DLD is one of the most common developmental disorders that affects approximately 1 in 14 children in kindergarten. To learn more, read #NIDCDinfo: bit.ly/3CY7mhf #DevLangDis #DLDDay

Supporting people with DLD begins with making sure they know they have DLD. Not sure how to start that conversation? Try the SPICES framework. 💜#DLDday #devlangdis doi.org/10.1044/2022_A…

This month we found some FANTASTIC content, friends! ☑️ Research that will really impact your practice for the better ☑️ Plus SIX new useful downloads ☑️ And links to free stuff from scientists! You know where to find it! theinformedslp.com/reviews ❤️ Enjoy ❤️

Need to keep building my purple and yellow wardrobe! This talk was so much fun. Can't wait to share it with the #SLPeeps and #DevLangDis communities when it drops!

How can I support my child with #DevLangDis? Get their attention, use simple language, keep instructions short, slow down, help them see it, check they've understood, let them choose, stop and listen, and enjoy time together. moorhouseschool.co.uk/_site/data/fil… RADLDcampaign DLDandMe for info

Check out this incredible printable handout for caregivers looking to help build their child's language in play. I can't wait to give this out! #SLPeeps #DevLangDis The Informed SLP

Twitter has been a boon to the international SLP community and it will be a tragic loss for us if it falls. If you tweet about #DevLangDis or #SLPeeps and you have a presence on another platform, please share it so we can keep the beautiful conversation going.

RADLD-USA has a webpage! Check it out for #devlangdis resources. You're gonna LOVE Dr. Jeanne Tighe 's book, posted there for free! radld.org/usa/

Say DLD.

Read the whole thread about the sham data from Reading Recovery. I could claim I teach kids to read by doing TikTok dances and my program will look awesome if I dump the data from the participants who don't progress.

My clinical take: SfV seems more powerful than PA. If a kiddo has poor PA but good SfV, the SfV compensates for the PA breakdowns. If they have decent PA but poor SfV, any imprecision they experience in decoding results in errors. We need more work on SfV. doi.org/10.1002/rrq.475

👫💬Children with #devlangdis as friends: Interviews with classroom peers, my 2nd PhD publication is out! Findings are unexpected & worth exploring at a scale in future studies on #inclusion #friendship Jenny Gibson School of Education, University of Exeter RADLDcampaign PEDAL Cam NAPLIC journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02…

Also the desire to see them be novelists from the time they pick up a pencil. We don’t spend the time and effort to establish basic spelling and simple sentence proficiency before we have them trying to write their life story. Guess who I blame for that one.

NEW VLOG | Dr Jeanne Tighe and Dr Mahchid Namazi’s SPICES framework provides a fantastic guide on how to disclose a diagnosis of #devlangdis. According to Dr Tighe, "Terms have power. Parents want to know a diagnostic term for their child's difficulties." youtu.be/SmgK7jvmYkQ

Reminds me of, “Reading is a psycholinguistic guessing game,” the most damaging idea in literacy education. Both notions do students a disservice by dismissing the value of foundational competences and explicit instruction.

"It is simply not true that there are hundreds of ways to learn to read. Every child is unique... but when it comes to reading, all have roughly the same brain that imposes the same constraints and the same learning sequence", -Stanislas Dehaene

FREE WEBINAR: I'll be doing a free webinar, open to the public, through UVA...topic is strategies for student success, the topic of my forthcoming book. Jan 4, 7 p.m. Eastern US time. Register here: engagement.virginia.edu/the-january-le… please retweet!