Tessa Weadman
@TessaWeadman
Speech pathologist | Lecturer & researcher @LaTrobe School of Ed and SOLAR lab | Interests: literacy, language & early childhood | #DevLangDis
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24-02-2014 10:21:30
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Excited to see our #DevLangDis screener paper trending! Xue Bao Tiffany Hogan
If you're currently making decisions about implementing language screening, this review might help you: pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/20…
Why do I always love listening to Jennifer Buckingham? B/c she is informed, measured, pragmatic & humble.
Great discussion on
✅nice to know Vs need to know
✅sp to print Vs print to sp
✅letter names Vs sounds
✅comp’n skills Vs strategies
And more🌻 podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/rea…
Charlotte Peverett (she/her) 💉💉🦠 💉💉🦠💉 does incredible work to ensure children with disabilities have a life of choice, and don't have potentially limiting and misguided decisions made on their behalf. We need the expertise of people like Charlotte leading the way!
The DLD diagnostics toolbox by Lisa Archibald is such a fantastic resource. If you assess children's language, you should read it.
It's so practical, recognises the nuances & complexities & discusses wording you can out in reports that recognises that.
uwo.ca/fhs/lwm/news/2…
Check out this accessible guide to avoid the myths, mutations and mistakes when implementing #retrievalpractice ! We need to aim for precision and strategic use of effective practices, and this short overview gives a strong push in that direction. buff.ly/4bkS6cF
Thanks Melissa & Lori Love Literacy podcast for another informative conversation - this time with Pam Kastner on some nuances around the relationship between reading & spelling. Skills in each support the other but they are not just two sides of the same coin. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/mel…
I really enjoyed this discussion b/w Anna Geiger & Devin Kearns on teaching strategies for reading polymorphemic words & the limited utility of syllable types. Let’s ⬇️ meta knowledge load & ⬆️ transferable skills that lift literacy 📚📝 podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/tri…
This looks like a very helpful paper for educators! Intensifying Reading Interventions by Making Instruction More Explicit - goo.gl/scholar/eLU9qZ #literacyinterventions #explicitinstruction #RtI
What’s the right amount of reading instruction?
In this Nomanis article, Distinguished Professor Emeritus Timothy Shanahan, Timothy Shanahan shares 7 key ideas about instructional time that every reading educator should know.
Access the article here 👇
nomanis.com.au/blog/shanahan
Benefit to teaching *phonological awareness ALONE*?
Paper by Melissa Stalega with me and others about whether there is a benefit to teaching PA alone...
Basically:
Teaching PA: better PA
Teaching PA WITH letters: better PA AND better word reading.
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
So happy to be featured in this Education Week Teacher article! I talk about encouraging teachers to strive for five in their conversations! Tricia Zucker Ray Coutu The FCRR
#openaccess
How language affects social cognition and emotional competence in typical and atypical development: A systematic review
#pragmatics #socialcognition #socialcommunication #autism #devlangdis #SLP #SLT #SLP eeps onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
Oral reading fluency (ORF), in many studies, has a 0.7 - 0.9 coefficient correlation with reading comprehension.
That’s one of the most mind blowing statistics I’ve come across in education. Thanks Jan Hasbrouck, Ph.D.
A great podcast for teachers & speech pathologists who want to improve their knowledge of sentence, paragraph & text-writing - & writing instruction, generally - with lots of practical tips. Thank you, Brendan Lee and 𝗗𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗶𝗻 learnwithlee.net/kft-nathaniels…
Reciprocal relationships among reading and vocabulary over time: a longitudinal study from grade 1 to 5, in Reading & Writing.
New paper from Linda J. Graham, Callula Killingly, Haley Tancredi and me. #OpenAccess . link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to hear Emily Hanford ( #SoldAStory )
in person in Australia in May-June 🇦🇺 🦘Perth, Melbourne,
Sydney.
With Dr Lorraine Hammond AM, Tanya Anne Serry PhD and me. Co-sponsored by La Trobe University and Science of Teaching & Learning Australia 📚 ✍️ 📈
features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/