Tim Kittel
@tim-kittel.bsky.social
Speech Pathologist and University Lecturer at Flinders University, in South Australia. The ridiculous amount of converse trainers and references that I make to 80s and 90s music leads me to suspect that this middle aged era of mine is not going to go well.
Ok. I’ve done this 52 times now and it doesn’t get any easier.
Why is OCTOber the tenth month?
I feel that my generation let the world down on climate change and ignoring an opportunity to sort out the months of the year to give them some semantic dignity.
Why is OCTOber the tenth month?
I feel that my generation let the world down on climate change and ignoring an opportunity to sort out the months of the year to give them some semantic dignity.
October 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Ok. I’ve done this 52 times now and it doesn’t get any easier.
Why is OCTOber the tenth month?
I feel that my generation let the world down on climate change and ignoring an opportunity to sort out the months of the year to give them some semantic dignity.
Why is OCTOber the tenth month?
I feel that my generation let the world down on climate change and ignoring an opportunity to sort out the months of the year to give them some semantic dignity.
At what point did we suddenly get bombarded with requests to review products we buy online? I’ve just been sent a third reminder to “review” a polo shirt I bought a month ago.
So tempted to write “After six days it sprung to life and ate several cats in the neighbourhood”.
So tempted to write “After six days it sprung to life and ate several cats in the neighbourhood”.
September 25, 2025 at 4:09 AM
At what point did we suddenly get bombarded with requests to review products we buy online? I’ve just been sent a third reminder to “review” a polo shirt I bought a month ago.
So tempted to write “After six days it sprung to life and ate several cats in the neighbourhood”.
So tempted to write “After six days it sprung to life and ate several cats in the neighbourhood”.
They say as you get older, the more fixed in your mindset you become.
But this morning I woke up and realised that “What do I have to do?” is an even better Kylie song than “Better the Devil you know”.
Admittedly both are REALLY bad pieces of mental health advice.
But this morning I woke up and realised that “What do I have to do?” is an even better Kylie song than “Better the Devil you know”.
Admittedly both are REALLY bad pieces of mental health advice.
September 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
They say as you get older, the more fixed in your mindset you become.
But this morning I woke up and realised that “What do I have to do?” is an even better Kylie song than “Better the Devil you know”.
Admittedly both are REALLY bad pieces of mental health advice.
But this morning I woke up and realised that “What do I have to do?” is an even better Kylie song than “Better the Devil you know”.
Admittedly both are REALLY bad pieces of mental health advice.
I’m watching the 2025 Alien series. Call me old school, but I do feel that if we could just call Sigourney Weaver in, she could dust all of this off by around the 53 minute mark.
August 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I’m watching the 2025 Alien series. Call me old school, but I do feel that if we could just call Sigourney Weaver in, she could dust all of this off by around the 53 minute mark.
While I generally love anything Italian, the inventor of the Venetian blinds is my arch nemesis. I have never lowered Venetian blinds in less than 15 minutes, and by the end I resemble Animal from the Muppets.
August 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
While I generally love anything Italian, the inventor of the Venetian blinds is my arch nemesis. I have never lowered Venetian blinds in less than 15 minutes, and by the end I resemble Animal from the Muppets.
I have a genuine mistrust of anyone who would choose to write with a ballpoint pen over a felt tip pen.
July 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I have a genuine mistrust of anyone who would choose to write with a ballpoint pen over a felt tip pen.
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Eurgh, there was a "do I need to use the mic?" guy.
Everyone said it was fine, but I took too long to process the question (bc that's harder for me without the mic) so didn't have a chance to object before he launched into the talk.
Seriously folks, just always use the mic.
#Metascience2025
Everyone said it was fine, but I took too long to process the question (bc that's harder for me without the mic) so didn't have a chance to object before he launched into the talk.
Seriously folks, just always use the mic.
#Metascience2025
July 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Eurgh, there was a "do I need to use the mic?" guy.
Everyone said it was fine, but I took too long to process the question (bc that's harder for me without the mic) so didn't have a chance to object before he launched into the talk.
Seriously folks, just always use the mic.
#Metascience2025
Everyone said it was fine, but I took too long to process the question (bc that's harder for me without the mic) so didn't have a chance to object before he launched into the talk.
Seriously folks, just always use the mic.
#Metascience2025
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Always great to see work focused on adolescents. This paper looks at SLPs’ approach to communication assessment of adolescents who have mental health concerns. #SLPeeps
Wallis, A. K., Westerveld, M. F., & McKenzie, M. L. (2025). Knowledge, attitude, and practice in communication assessment of speech-language pathologists working with adolescents with mental health concerns. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 1–15. doi.org/10.1080/1754...
Knowledge, attitude, and practice in communication assessment of speech-language pathologists working with adolescents with mental health concerns
The recovery model underlying mental health services emphasises the importance of the voice of the adolescent client in identifying needs, goals, and negotiating intervention. This study aimed to c...
doi.org
June 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Always great to see work focused on adolescents. This paper looks at SLPs’ approach to communication assessment of adolescents who have mental health concerns. #SLPeeps
Despite talking to my students about clinician led and standardised assessments, the terminology of “formal” and “informal” assessments comes back into their submissions. It’s interwoven into both speech pathology and teaching discourse. Is it as prevalent in other professions?
May 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Despite talking to my students about clinician led and standardised assessments, the terminology of “formal” and “informal” assessments comes back into their submissions. It’s interwoven into both speech pathology and teaching discourse. Is it as prevalent in other professions?
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Delighted that from March 2026 children with #ssd (including #CAS) #stuttering or #cleft will get an extended Australian Medicare benefit - an additional (?) 20 sessions and 8 assessment sessions. Not enough by a long shot but an excellent start. Well done Speech Pathology Australia!
March 30, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Delighted that from March 2026 children with #ssd (including #CAS) #stuttering or #cleft will get an extended Australian Medicare benefit - an additional (?) 20 sessions and 8 assessment sessions. Not enough by a long shot but an excellent start. Well done Speech Pathology Australia!
It’s almost been forty years now and Koo Dé Tah’s “Too Young for Promises” is still stuck in my head.
Oh the irony.
Oh the irony.
March 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
It’s almost been forty years now and Koo Dé Tah’s “Too Young for Promises” is still stuck in my head.
Oh the irony.
Oh the irony.
Every university cohort should have cake on entry. Happy 50th cohort of speech pathology @flindersuniversity.bsky.social !
February 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Every university cohort should have cake on entry. Happy 50th cohort of speech pathology @flindersuniversity.bsky.social !
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Hello 👋
Welcome to the official Flinders University account.
Follow along for the latest news, research and updates about Flinders University!
🗞️ news.flinders.edu.au
Welcome to the official Flinders University account.
Follow along for the latest news, research and updates about Flinders University!
🗞️ news.flinders.edu.au
February 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Hello 👋
Welcome to the official Flinders University account.
Follow along for the latest news, research and updates about Flinders University!
🗞️ news.flinders.edu.au
Welcome to the official Flinders University account.
Follow along for the latest news, research and updates about Flinders University!
🗞️ news.flinders.edu.au
When the US leaves the World Health Organization, I hope that they immediately rebrand as the “World Health Organisation”. Having the z-spelling up on WHO hand washing guidelines drove me crazy during the pandemic. The world may end, but it will leave with a more aesthetic spelling.
February 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
When the US leaves the World Health Organization, I hope that they immediately rebrand as the “World Health Organisation”. Having the z-spelling up on WHO hand washing guidelines drove me crazy during the pandemic. The world may end, but it will leave with a more aesthetic spelling.
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My gripe, if I have one, is 'uni didn't teach us X' which should be (a) I don't remember learning this and (b) I learnt how to acquire this area of practice
February 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
My gripe, if I have one, is 'uni didn't teach us X' which should be (a) I don't remember learning this and (b) I learnt how to acquire this area of practice
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Yes and knowing our own scope of practice is both narrower and wider than when we graduated is key to ethical practice
February 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Yes and knowing our own scope of practice is both narrower and wider than when we graduated is key to ethical practice
It has only just occurred to me that during the pandemic I could have used the word “sequestered” much more than I did.
February 1, 2025 at 3:23 AM
It has only just occurred to me that during the pandemic I could have used the word “sequestered” much more than I did.
I know it’s a very small problem, but I really needed a purple drawing pin and I have just spent the past half hour throwing things out of my desk drawers in the hunt for one, with all the fury of Daenerys Targaryen searching for her lost dragons.
January 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I know it’s a very small problem, but I really needed a purple drawing pin and I have just spent the past half hour throwing things out of my desk drawers in the hunt for one, with all the fury of Daenerys Targaryen searching for her lost dragons.
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Without firm clear announcements on policy we can't speculate - but the message is getting clearer. A rare and often severe speech-sound disorder that invariably impacts multiple domains of a child's development will not be funded by NDIS.
January 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Without firm clear announcements on policy we can't speculate - but the message is getting clearer. A rare and often severe speech-sound disorder that invariably impacts multiple domains of a child's development will not be funded by NDIS.
Does anyone else think that perhaps the reason why Midsomer has a lot of odd murders happening is due to evil Joyce Barnaby? It would explain all these very eclectic interests she suddenly develops and drops the next episode. I mean, she was bell ringing, war reenacting, gravestone etching…
January 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Does anyone else think that perhaps the reason why Midsomer has a lot of odd murders happening is due to evil Joyce Barnaby? It would explain all these very eclectic interests she suddenly develops and drops the next episode. I mean, she was bell ringing, war reenacting, gravestone etching…
This article kicks off 2025 with an absolute bang. This is quite the page turner, with significant clinical implications for speech pathologists working with preschool children with speech sound disorder. Make sure you future proof with recommendations to check on PA and language ability over time.
When young children have problems pronouncing words accurately, should we be worried? Our new meta-analysis open access in @ashajournals.bsky.social focuses on that pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...
Are Speech Sound Difficulties Risk Factors for Difficulties in Language and Reading Skills? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Background: Children with speech sound difficulties often require educational psychology
services, yet systematic reviews examining the associati...
pubs.asha.org
January 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This article kicks off 2025 with an absolute bang. This is quite the page turner, with significant clinical implications for speech pathologists working with preschool children with speech sound disorder. Make sure you future proof with recommendations to check on PA and language ability over time.
And we’ve reached the point of Christmas where we’ve eaten but no one has left yet and we are all wondering if we’re actually characters in a Pinter play …
December 25, 2024 at 4:17 AM
And we’ve reached the point of Christmas where we’ve eaten but no one has left yet and we are all wondering if we’re actually characters in a Pinter play …
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I couldn’t agree with you more.
You could do this, perhaps because your practice was not tied to a deep belief system and emotional investment such as “love” and “joy”.
Nowadays the simpler messaging carries more weight than the detail.
But our therapy is complex, not simplistic.
You could do this, perhaps because your practice was not tied to a deep belief system and emotional investment such as “love” and “joy”.
Nowadays the simpler messaging carries more weight than the detail.
But our therapy is complex, not simplistic.
December 20, 2024 at 12:05 AM
I couldn’t agree with you more.
You could do this, perhaps because your practice was not tied to a deep belief system and emotional investment such as “love” and “joy”.
Nowadays the simpler messaging carries more weight than the detail.
But our therapy is complex, not simplistic.
You could do this, perhaps because your practice was not tied to a deep belief system and emotional investment such as “love” and “joy”.
Nowadays the simpler messaging carries more weight than the detail.
But our therapy is complex, not simplistic.
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It can be hard to find the time to read a systematic review research paper, so why not listen instead. Our podcast on a systematic review of #GestaltLanguageProcessing #NLA out now, and full paper coming soon
We’ve had pleasing indirect feedback on this podcast for explaining the steps of a systematic review - it might help clinicians in other topics do it themselves.
If more clinicians knew how/why, we may see stronger implementation of research-backed therapy.
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s...
If more clinicians knew how/why, we may see stronger implementation of research-backed therapy.
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/s...
Implications of a systematic review into GLP S6E44
Podcast Episode · Speak Up · 28/11/2024 · 43m
podcasts.apple.com
December 9, 2024 at 9:39 AM
It can be hard to find the time to read a systematic review research paper, so why not listen instead. Our podcast on a systematic review of #GestaltLanguageProcessing #NLA out now, and full paper coming soon
Welcome to BlueSky @acsjournal.bsky.social !
December 4, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Welcome to BlueSky @acsjournal.bsky.social !