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Daniela O’Neill
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Expert on how children’s social pragmatic communication grows & developer of the Language Use Inventory (LUI) to assess this in 2- & 3-year-olds #DevLangDis | Outreach on #PlayfulLearning #language & #literacy in urban spaces @UofWaterloo 🇨🇦 #bskySPEECHIES
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Daniela O’Neill @danielaoneill.bsky.social · Nov 20
If you’re an #SLP #SLT, researcher/professional in early language assessment <4yrs, you can always trial the standardized Language Use Inventory free (online since 2016 for #telepractice) More info: bit.ly/LUI_KID #earlyintervention #DevLangDis #pragmatics #languagedevelopment
Language Use Inventory (LUI) | Assessing Young Children's Pragmatic Language
The Language Use Inventory is a standardized parent-report questionnaire for assessing pragmatic language development in children 18 to 47 months of age.
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🚨New episode in video & audio!🚨
What happens when a mathematician becomes Education Minister? Nuno Crato led an education turnaround in Portugal. The result? Portugal went from near the bottom to outperforming Finland on PISA/TIMSS. How? Episode link below 👇
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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jumpmath.bsky.social
We're pleased to share this feature story on JUMP Math Founder, Dr. John Mighton just published in Victoria University's, Vic Report, which highlights his formative years at UofT, why he was drawn to pursue math, and his accomplishments in philosophy, playwriting and, later, in mathematics.
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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A 25-year study finds many with Childhood Apraxia of Speech continue to face speech and literacy challenges into adulthood, especially those with early motor difficulties (Lewis et al.2024). #SpeechApraxia #CAS #SLT
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Long-Term Outcomes Reveal Ongoing Challenges in Childhood Apraxia
This study explored how generalist speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in the US and Canada manage Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS), examining treatment approaches, delivery intensity, evidence-based...
speechapraxia.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Interactive —10,000 districts, 3 million kids: These schools are beating the odds in teaching kids to read @chadaldeman.bsky.social www.the74million.org/article/thes...
These Schools Are Beating the Odds in Teaching Kids to Read
New analysis compares literacy vs. poverty rates for 10,000 districts, 42,000 schools and 3 million kids. Is your school a Bright Spot?
www.the74million.org
November 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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The Power of Handwriting: Improved Reading, Thinking, Memory and Learning www.the74million.org/article/the-...
The Power of Handwriting: Improved Reading, Thinking, Memory and Learning
Educators' view: Far from being a relic of the past, writing by hand engages multiple senses at once and strengthens cognitive abilities.
www.the74million.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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We're proud to share that JUMP Math has again been recognized by Charity Intelligence Canada as a Top 10 Impact: Youth Charity in 2025.
For the 16th year in a row, JUMP Math has also earned a 5-star rating from Charity Intelligence as a Top 100 Charity.
November 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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🇨🇦 teen’s first full-length award-winning documentary, “Chronically,” captures these issues in medical & lived experiences of 5 teen girls with #chronicillness & rarer disgnoses. It’s screening virtually as part of the Awareness Film Festival in LA, Oct 27-Dec. 31
Read & hear more: CBC interview ⬇️
November 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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#citiesforchildren
jasonthorne.bsky.social Jason Thorne @jasonthorne.bsky.social · 10d
Bluesky is at 40 million and the urbanism community on here seems to keep growing. Here’s my updated Starter Pack of Canadian planners, architects, advocates and urbanists. Some well known faces … and some you should get to know! Give them a follow! go.bsky.app/AEYL7FZ
November 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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New research from University of Waterloo Psychology researchers (Elizabeth Nilsen, Charlotte Aitken, Kate Van Kessel) offers new insights into how adolescents and their parents' mentalizing and reflective functioning shape peer relationships. Check it out: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41129544/
The Role of Adolescent Mentalizing and Parental Reflective Functioning for Adolescents' Peer Relationships - PubMed
From a theoretical standpoint, findings suggest the important role of parental reflective functioning and youth mentalizing for models of social development. In terms of methodological implications, task and self-report of youth mentalizing were related but differentially predicted peer problems. Pr …
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October 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Built like Champions; Betrayed by Schools

From the Literacy Now podcast & YouTube / Parents for Reading Justice

Featuring literacy advocates & authors Ameer Baraka & Deon Butler

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#dyslexia #scienceofreading #structuredliteracy #righttoread #ElemEd #academicsky #edusky
Built like Champions; Betrayed by Schools
YouTube video by Parents For Reading Justice
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October 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Local teen’s first full-length documentary, “Chronically,” about 5 teens’ journeys with #chronicillness, debuts in virtual program at the Awareness Film Festival in LA, starting Oct 27.

#chronicillnessawareness #potsawarenessday
#indiefilm #film #filmmaking #seeitbeit #childhealth #pediatrics
Kitchener filmmaker tells stories of teens with chronic illnesses in new doc | CBC News
Taite Koehler of Kitchener, Ont., has made a documentary focusing on five teenagers, including herself, who live with chronic illness. She says she wanted to make the film because she feels like many ...
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October 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Want to get young students excited to tell, listen to, and act out stories? 💬🕺 Educator Tracy Mertens explains how to bring story-acting into your classroom!

#PreK #preschool #EarlyChildhoodEducation
Implementing Story-Acting With Young Learners
Boost engagement, build classroom community, and help students see themselves as storytellers through story-acting.
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October 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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See 🇨🇦@johnmighton,bsky.social founder of internationally recognized @jumpmath.bsky.social curriculum in interview with CTV News Halifax

#math #scienceofmath #elemed #K12 #prek

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Famous mathematician comes to Halifax for conference
YouTube video by CTV News
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October 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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3000 reads as of today on ResearchGate!

The Power of Board Games for Multidomain Learning in Young Children
www.museumofplay.org/journalofplay/

Thanks @thestrongmuseum.bsky.social for your open access American Journal of Play making research more accessible!

#play #boardgames #playislearning
October 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Today is #DLDday around the world to help bring awareness to Developmental Language Disorder which is still underrecognized and can impact 2 children in every classroom of 30 for whom understanding language and talking is more difficult. Learn more at RADLD.org radld.org?s=Classroom+...
DLD Education Strategies
Raising Awareness of Developmental Language Disorder
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October 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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📣 Today is Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) Awareness day.

To mark #DLDDAY Voice 21 & @naplic.bsky.social
hosted a webinar which explored what to look out for & shared practical strategies to support children with DLD in the classroom.
Watch it here 👇
oracyoctober.voice21.org/session-regi...
Oracy October: Session Registration [NAPLIC explains]
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October 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Sold a Story fans - we've got something new! www.youtube.com/shorts/a94It...
New Sold a Story discussion guides for Episodes 11-14
YouTube video by APM Reports
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October 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Thanks to those who have been boosting my Unofficial Guide To Bluesky. Much appreciated, since I've put a lot of work into this project.

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#BlueSkyTips
a. Welcome - Debbie Ridpath Ohi - Obsidian Publish
Welcome to Debbie's Unofficial Guide To Bluesky Greetings to those finding me via the "Where Is The Kid Lit Community Online?" article in Publishers Weekly, Vox post about Bluesky, Bluesky tips blog…
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October 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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naplic.bsky.social
Because language is so essential to learning, teachers have a unique role in identifying and supporting students with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD).
Around 2 children in every class of 30 have DLD.
So every teacher needs to know about DLD!
Resources:
www.naplic.org.uk/dld-resource...
October 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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naplic.bsky.social
DLD is a lifelong condition and it does make lots of things more challenging. BUT once a person's needs are identified and they are supported they can thrive.
This is why we need far more awareness of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)! www.naplic.org.uk/developmenta...
#DevLangDis #DLDday
October 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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It's been a busy week in the lab! We just packed up and delivered over 200 board games to Kitchener Public Library!

Check out our lab IG @talk2thrivelab to see some behind-the-scenes fun as featuring Lab Outreach Manager, Olivia, plays real-life Tetris packing up all these games into 21 boxes!
October 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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#babies #infants #languagedevelopment #earlyyears #parents
October 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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#Bskyedu #CdnEd #ElemEd
rastokke.bsky.social Anna Stokke @rastokke.bsky.social · Oct 10
🚨New episode is amazing! Paul Kirschner, @carlhendrick.substack.com & Jim Heal unmask some instructional illustrations, from discovery learning to innovation fads, engagement & more. It's a great preview of their new book! Link to episode ➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/0hIj...
October 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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If you’re new here, just as I did for 14 years on 🐦 site, I share openly available research & info on child development focusing on #language & #literacy, as well as #playfullearning & communication in urban spaces across the lifespan. #s help you search my feed for a topic. My UWaterloo 🇨🇦 lab ⬇️
Welcome to the Children’s Communication Lab | Children's Communication Lab | University of Waterloo
Since 1995, researchers at the Children's Communication Lab at UW have been exploring how children's language and thinking develops in the early years.
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October 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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#openaccess

Dialogic book reading intervention for children with DLD across different languages and cultural settings: An international feasibility study

#DevLangDis #DLDday Oct 17 #languagedevelopment #picturebooks #literacy #earlyintervention #preschoolers #bskyspeechies
Dialogic book reading intervention for children with DLD across different languages and cultural settings: An international feasibility study - Melanie Ferk-Dornstauder, Edith Kouba Hreich, Margarita ...
Intervention studies targeting developmental language disorder (DLD) have been conducted mainly with monolingual English-speaking children and bilingual childre...
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October 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM