Talk & Tinker

12/02/2022

Who else struggles to spell the second month of the year? Just me?

It’s a tricky one!

11/01/2022

14/12/2021

The next Literacy Guarantee Conference is to be held on Friday 21st January 2022. Places are booking fast don't miss out.

Keynote speaker, Dr Bartek Rajkowski, Speech-Language Pathologist and Director, Adelaide Speech Pathology Services will explore with you all, 'Why teachers of English spelling need to be experts in the sounds of speech'.

Where: William Magarey Room, Adelaide Oval from 8.30 am - 3.30 pm
Cost: $50

There are also 6 break out sessions that target dyslexia and reading difficulties throughout the day. For more information and bookings go to https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/effective-classroom-practices-literacy-for-all-tickets-183203024177?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

12/12/2021

Mine is Parasaurolophus!

18/11/2021

It's food therapy time!!!

04/11/2021

According to Understood, approximately 5-15% of people have a specific learning disability (SpLD), including Dyslexia, Dyscalculia and Dysgraphia. For kids and adults who are Autistic and/or ADHDers, these rates are significantly higher.

For a much deeper dive, please see:

◾️ From Auspeld, a wealth of resources including this comprehensive guide, 'Understanding Learning Difficulties: A Guide For Parents' (uldforparents.com/). You can find SPELD support across individual states/territories here: auspeld.org.au/state-associations/

◾️ From Understood (resources for all ages), overviews on:
- Dyslexia (www.understood.org/articles/en/what-is-dyslexia)
- Dyscalculia (www.understood.org/articles/en/what-is-dyscalculia)
- Dysgraphia (www.understood.org/articles/en/understanding-dysgraphia)
- Dyspraxia (www.understood.org/articles/en/understanding-dyspraxia) - (formal diagnosis: Developmental Coordination Disorder www.understood.org/articles/en/understanding-developmental-coordination-disorder-dcd)

◾️ From our team, 'Autism & Co-occurring Conditions: Insights from Autistic Young Adults' (tinyurl.com/4jxr3sch)

Image credit: Understood

13/10/2021

Trying to increase a behaviour in a person? be specific :)

One of our favourite resources for motivating children! Give them specific praise...notice a behaviour...and give it a positive label! 🌈💙
Download all our resources from here https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/childrens-speech-and-language-resources

09/09/2021

Do you know the scope and sequence of your phonics programme?

It is really important to match the decodable books that children read to the phonics they have been learning. This is because they should be using their decoding to read the books and in order to do this, they need to have a recall of the sound/letter bonds (correspondences) they have already learned.

It is important that teachers know their programme well so that can teach with an overview of what has been taught and needs to be practiced, and where to go next. This will help them to use decodable books to the best effect.

What is the scope and sequence of our books? Click on this link to see the scope and sequence of our books, which follows the Sounds-Write programme. Note that our books can complement any phonics programme if they are matched to the scope and sequence of that programme. Here is the scope and sequence of our UK range of books.
https://www.phonicbooks.co.uk/advice-and-resources/advice-and-resources-for-teachers/phonic-progression-of-dandelion-books/

If you are using our books in the USA click here for a concise chart of the scope and sequence of our books.
https://www.phonicbooks.com/content/uploads/phonic-books-concise-scope-and-sequence.pdf

03/09/2021

22/08/2021

Today marks the start of Speech Pathology Week!

Across the week, I'll be promoting my awesome profession and the ways in which we work to ensure that ‘communication is everyone’s right’.

Today is the start of Speech Pathology Week (22-28 August). The week aims to promote the speech pathology profession and how speech pathologists work with the 1.2 million Australians who have communication disability to ensure that ‘communication is everyone’s right’.

speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/week

29/07/2021