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Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻
@carolinebowen.bsky.social
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Children's Speech Sound Disorders #ChildSpeechDis #DevLangDis Science, #Pseudoscience & #Misinformation in Health, Education, & Medical practice.
Thankful to live on Dharug Country 🖤💛❤️
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Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻 @carolinebowen.bsky.social · 25d
📙 #EBPRoadmap "Evidence-based support for children and young people with additional needs: The Roadmap" @carolinebowen.bsky.social @pamelasnow.bsky.social with @pipbrandon.bsky.social; foreword: @lovethatsmile.bsky.social; publisher @jandrpress.bsky.social Worldwide availability from January 2026.
Book cover and Table of Contents: "Evidence-based support for children and young people with additional needs: The Roadmap" by Caroline Bowen and Pamela Snow, with Philippa Brandon. Foreword by Heidi Gregory. Table of contents Acknowledgements ix Foreword xi Preface xii 1 Speaking to experts and learning the lingo 1 2 Research evidence 29 3 Making reasoned choices 51 4 Guilt and the quest for wűnderkinder 77 5 Parenting 109 6 Reading, writing and spelling 133 7 Language and speech 169 8 Voice, resonance and fluency 211 9 The developing brain: Executive functioning, working memory and self-regulation 253 10 Autism 281 11 The highs and lows of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) 319 12 Fitting in and getting on with others 359 13 Myth-busting, identifying misinformation and fact checking 383 Epilogue 419 Glossary 423 Index
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❗@conalmc.bsky.social is exploring Educational Psychologists’ evaluation of #GestaltLanguageProcessing and Neurodiversity-Affirmative Practice. ℹ️ edpsy.org.uk/blog/2026/pr... He seeks 🇬🇧 UK #edpsychs as survey participants. @edpsydan.bsky.social @drchrismooreep.bsky.social @drdanlake.bsky.social
Project: What counts as evidence? EPs' evaluation of Gestalt Language Processing and Neurodiversity-Affirmative Practice - edpsy.org.uk
Please consider taking part in a short study being carried out in part fulfilment of the Doctorate in Educational, Child and Adolescent Psychology (QUB) exploring Educational Psychologists’ Evaluation...
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February 12, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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🆕 Hemsley, B., Bryant, L., & Beals, K. (2026). Book Review: #GLP: Supporting Autistic and Neurodivergent Children with Natural Language Acquisition by Alison Battye. CLTT, doi.org/10.1177/0265... @bronwynhemsley.bsky.social @lucyebryant.bsky.social @katharinebeals.bsky.social 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES
Book Review: Gestalt Language Processing: Supporting Autistic and Neurodivergent Children with Natural Language Acquisition by Alison Battye - Bronwyn Hemsley, Lucy Bryant, Katharine Beals, 2026
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February 12, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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🆕 New kid on the 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES block: @ebcai.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/journals/teb... @tandfresearch.bsky.social
Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention
Publishes commentaries on communication assessment and intervention research for people with communication impairments, autism, and developmental disabilities.
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February 11, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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🆓 MiMo, from Nick Riches, a 🆕 browser-based language analysis app (mimolanguageanalysis.uk). Details and instructional videos are here: github.com/nickriches/M...

Nick says MiMo is "aimed at both speech and language therapists and students of language acquisition more broadly".

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MiMo Language Analysis
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February 11, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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Courtney Cazden 1925-2025 was prominent in early research in chn’s language development, classroom discourse, literacy, multilingualism & a #SesameStreet & #ElectricCompany advisor. www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/news/2... Fascinating article if you have moment 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES @ashajournals.bsky.social
HGSE Remembers Courtney Cazden
The longtime professor and language development expert died on December 25 at the age of 100
www.gse.harvard.edu
February 11, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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🆓🔓 Oliveira-Buckley, A., O'Sullivan, B., @cristina-mckean.bsky.social & @pfrizelleslt.bsky.social (2026). An AI Tutorial for SLTs: Translating Concepts from the AI Literature into Accessible Knowledge and Clinically Relevant Applications. IJLCD, 61(2),e70201. doi.org/10.1111/1460... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES
An AI Tutorial for Speech and Language Therapists: Translating Concepts From the AI Literature Into Accessible Knowledge and Clinically Relevant Applications
Background Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly discussed as a tool that can support speech and language therapy (SLT). However, clinical adoption of AI requires improved AI literacy among c.....
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February 10, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #apraxia
#prosody
February 9, 2026 at 9:08 AM
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“[ #NDIS ]families are some of the most resilient, proactive & committed people in our community, but they are already carrying an enormous load. Expecting them to deliver therapy on top of parenting risks burnout & places children’s outcomes in jeopardy.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... #auspol
‘Overwhelming sense of doom’: NDIS support cuts leave families in fear – and there are more to come
Many small changes since 2024 have ‘added up to one big cut’, advocates say, and the two biggest changes are due to roll out this year
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February 8, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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💰🔐 in @ashajournals.bsky.social Haley, K.L., Jacks, A., & Mailend, M.L. (2026). Diagnosing #Apraxia of Speech in Children and Adults When There Is No Gold Standard: A Scoping Review...AJSLP. doi.org/10.1044/2025...
🦋 #bskySPEECHIES Oh, $#*%! We don't need a new term, “speech apraxia syndromes”❗
Diagnosing Apraxia of Speech in Children and Adults When There Is No Gold Standard: A Scoping Review About the Diagnostic Process
Purpose: Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), stroke-induced apraxia of speech (AOS), and progressive apraxia of speech (PAOS) cannot be diagnosed ...
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February 8, 2026 at 8:15 AM
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🆓🔓Min, M. O., Lewis, B. A., Bearer, C. F., Minnes, S., Kim, S. K., & Singer, L. T. (2026). Fatty acid ethyl esters in meconium and language development at 10 and 12 years. Pediatric research, 10.1038/s41390-026-04795-x. doi.org/10.1038/s413...
❗VERY INTERESTING, 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES
Fatty acid ethyl esters in meconium and language development at 10 and 12 years - Pediatric Research
Pediatric Research - Fatty acid ethyl esters in meconium and language development at 10 and 12 years
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February 7, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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🆓🔓 Thorson, J.C., Babcock, R. T., Fisher, J.M., Ballard, K.J., & Robin, D.A. (2025). Declination and #Segmentation in Children with Childhood #Apraxia of Speech. Languages, 10(12), 296. doi.org/10.3390/lang... #prosody #intonation 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES
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February 7, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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February 6, 2026 at 1:14 AM
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🤩 Starring AGAIN on speechwoman's site of the month page, @ashajournals.bsky.social www.speech-language-therapy.com/index.php?op... Take a bow!
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356 Winners in 27 Years! Every month since June 1998 Speechwoman has selected a speech-language pathology / speech and language therapy related site of the month. Sometimes it is not so much a site, as a research article or a page, blog entry or resource within a site that is worthwhile celebrating here. If they wish, awardees may display the Speechwoman logo on their winning site, post, page or resource (scroll down for two versions of the logo). Warm congratulations to all Speechwoman's winners, including those whose hard work has "gone" from the Internet! 2026 Sites of the Month February FREE Access - two free articles Kokotek, L. E., Westby, C., & Washington, K. N. (2026). Forum: Addressing Childhood Trauma and Maltreatment Through the Lens of the ICF. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 57(1), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_LSHSS-24-00125 Kokotek, L. E., Westby, C., & Washington, K. N. (2026). Epilogue: Forum on Addressing Childhood Trauma and Maltreatment Through the Lens of the ICF. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 57(1), 118–122. https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_LSHSS-25-00200 January Open Access Namasivayam, A. K., Kent, R., Preston, J. L., Maassen, B. A. M., Hagedorn, C., Nip, I. S. B., McAllister, A., Wang, J., Hustad, K., Ménard, L., Bahar, N., Moore, J. G., Petrosov, J., & van Lieshout, P. (2025). Reevaluating the classification of pediatric speech sound disorders: a ground truthing perspective. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 19, 1700505. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1700505 | PDF
February 1, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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😳Trust this guy? In 2019 Angus Taylor Liberal MP Campbelltown announced in Facebook 1,000 more parking spaces at train stations in NSW. Many were pleased. BUT THEN, Taylor PRAISED HIMSELF from his own social media account: "Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus." www.bbc.com/news/world-a... #auspol
Australian MP gets caught praising himself on Facebook
Angus Taylor MP has been mocked on social media over a now-deleted self-congratulatory comment.
www.bbc.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:07 AM
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🔐💰 In @ashajournals.bsky.social Preschoolers, 4;0-to-5;11 with L1 English & #devlangdis who first began with an easy (i.e., already partially learned) grammatical target made stronger initial gains on their difficult target cf. those who began with a difficult target. pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10....
Learning to Learn: Initial Treatment of a Partially Acquired Grammatical Form Speeds Later Learning of Rarely Used Forms for Children With Developmental Language Disorder
Purpose: Preschool children with developmental language disorder (DLD) frequently omit or misuse multiple grammatical forms. We hypothesized that...
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January 28, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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🆓🔓 @maria-cairney.bsky.social, Kevill S, & @drjoannecleland.bsky.social 2026. PROTOCOL for a Systematic Review of Interventions Not Delivered by Speech and Language Therapists for Children With Speech Sound Disorders. IJLCD, 61(1). doi.org/10.1111/1460...
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Protocol for a Systematic Review of Interventions Not Delivered by Speech and Language Therapists for Children With Speech Sound Disorders
Background Children with speech sound disorders (SSDs) of unknown origin usually need high-intensity speech intervention delivered by a speech and language therapist (SLT) and there is a rich eviden...
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January 23, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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🔐💰 In @ashajournals.bsky.social Integrating Literacy Targets Into Speech Sound Therapy for Children With Speech Sound Disorders: A Case Study pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/... 🧒 #childSPEECHdis
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😳⁉️"phonological processes such as phoneme collapse decreased" ~ say WHAT?
Integrating Literacy Targets Into Speech Sound Therapy for Children With Speech Sound Disorders: A Case Study
Purpose: Due to an increased risk for developing reading and writing difficulties, research literature recommends integrating literacy targets in...
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January 23, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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#oneMitzvahforBondi 🕎 🕯️
cathywilcox.bsky.social The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 23d
For the victims.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Waterfront, beach, notionally Bondi. A woman with long grey hair in white dress, catching the breeze blowing offshore, leans towards the water to propel a small floating candle into the water, holding another in preparation, following a small flotilla of same, numbering 15 in total. A man in shorts and shirt stands by her side holding the empty tray.
January 22, 2026 at 12:31 AM
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Stand with Greenland!
Greenland is facing a bully. Let’s make this the biggest solidarity petition -- and stand up together against Trump's bullying.
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January 21, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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‼️SERIOUSNESS OF LATE TALKING HIGHLIGHTED
🔐💰in @ashajournals.bsky.social Mettler HM Figeuroa CR Leon K & Alt M. (2026). Beyond Toddlerhood: Rates of Impairment, Strengths, and Challenges in the Communication Outcomes of Former Late Talkers. JSLHR. doi.org/10.1044/2025...
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Beyond Toddlerhood: Rates of Impairment, Strengths, and Challenges in the Communication Outcomes of Former Late Talkers
Purpose: In this follow-up study, we examined outcomes of children previously identified as late talkers in toddlerhood. Our goals included deter...
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January 21, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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Nice to see these side-by-side on @jandrpress.bsky.social's Published Books page! www.jr-press.co.uk/published-bo... @pamelasnow.bsky.social 💐
@pipbrandon.bsky.social 💐 @lovethatsmile.bsky.social 💐
📗 #txchoices 🆕📙 #EBPRoadmap 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

🆓 GLOSSARY speech-language-therapy.com/images/roadm...
Front covers of Making Sense of Interventions for Children with Developmental Disorders" and "Evidence-based support for children and young people with additional needs"
January 21, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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🕎 THU 22 JANUARY 2026 Jewish faith leaders encourage Australians of any faith or background to do a good deed as part of the One *Mitzvah for Bondi campaign “in memory and honour of those who no longer can”. Rabbi Eli Feldman, Newtown synagogue.

*charitable act

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Lights, mitzvahs and a minute’s silence: how Australians will mark the national day of mourning for Bondi victims
Here’s what you need to know about Thursday’s day of mourning across Australia
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January 20, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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Hello diamond python (Morelia spilota spilota).
Morelia spilota spilota (diamond python) on wet decking in the Blue Mountains, NSW in January.
January 20, 2026 at 4:02 AM
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📙 #EBPRoadmap "Evidence-based support for children and young people with additional needs: The Roadmap" @carolinebowen.bsky.social @pamelasnow.bsky.social @pipbrandon.bsky.social ( @jandrpress.bsky.social ) available at #silvereye for 🇦🇺 AU $63.95 www.silvereye.com.au/evidence-bas...
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Evidence-based support for children and young people with additional needs: The Roadmap | Silvereye
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January 20, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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📙 #EBPRoadmap "Evidence-based support for children and young people with additional needs: The Roadmap" @carolinebowen.bsky.social @pamelasnow.bsky.social with @pipbrandon.bsky.social; foreword: @lovethatsmile.bsky.social; publisher @jandrpress.bsky.social Worldwide availability from January 2026.
Book cover and Table of Contents: "Evidence-based support for children and young people with additional needs: The Roadmap" by Caroline Bowen and Pamela Snow, with Philippa Brandon. Foreword by Heidi Gregory. Table of contents Acknowledgements ix Foreword xi Preface xii 1 Speaking to experts and learning the lingo 1 2 Research evidence 29 3 Making reasoned choices 51 4 Guilt and the quest for wűnderkinder 77 5 Parenting 109 6 Reading, writing and spelling 133 7 Language and speech 169 8 Voice, resonance and fluency 211 9 The developing brain: Executive functioning, working memory and self-regulation 253 10 Autism 281 11 The highs and lows of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) 319 12 Fitting in and getting on with others 359 13 Myth-busting, identifying misinformation and fact checking 383 Epilogue 419 Glossary 423 Index
January 19, 2026 at 9:30 PM