Field Speech and Language Services

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Reading Road Trip - My New Podcast from IDA Ontario | This Mom Loves New podcast alert! I am admittedly a reading science nerd, and I also love podcast hosting…so I’ve brought those two things together for the new Reading Road Trip podcast from IDA Ontario! Every episode of this show (which is for educators, but may also be of interest to parents and those workin...

Definitions all teachers should know to inform their literacy programming in relationship to the new Language curriculum.

Learn how the human brain learns how to read! 📚🧠

The Brain Prize Presents: Stanislas Dehaene When we read, our brains transform the shapes of letters and characters on a page into the sounds of spoken language. But how does the brain do this? That’s ...

https://edsource.org/2022/a-movement-rises-to-change-the-teaching-of-reading/675989

A movement rises to change the teaching of reading Scientists, teachers, and parents battle over the best way to teach reading amid a literacy crisis.

An eye opening podcast created by education journalist Emily Hanford.

Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong There's an idea about how children learn to read that's held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based on this idea can make it harder for children to learn how to read. In this new podcast, host Emily H...

https://speakplaylove.com/12-childrens-songs-to-help-with-language-development/

Best Songs for Language Development - Plus a Free Printable Children's songs are great for working on language development through building vocabulary, repetition, memory, and creativity. Free song choice cards

https://edsource.org/2022/a-movement-rises-to-change-the-teaching-of-reading/675989?fbclid=IwAR2WlqCk16bLlCJqPq4-Yq0d-NHCMwZu6KcZQcbASApieJZry0ZdFNFviPY&fs=e&s=cl

A movement rises to change the teaching of reading Scientists, teachers, and parents battle over the best way to teach reading amid a literacy crisis.

https://www.languagemagazine.com/2022/08/12/brain-acts-the-same-whatever-the-language/?fbclid=IwAR0gn_QiSm1ImaKlvvjww2dbaXy_kjndROgQDiwB-anPMy4LY8fE19SlJsU&fs=e&s=cl

Brain Acts the Same Whatever the Language - Language Magazine Over decades, neuroscientists have created a well-defined map of the brain’s “language network,” or the regions of the brain that are specialized for processing language. Found primarily in the left hemisphere, this network includes regions within Broca’s area, as well as in other parts of t...

“Even the most science-steeped curriculum will not help if it is not implemented thoughtfully, with support from principals, literacy coaches, school-district officials, and the public purse.”

https://time.com/6205084/phonics-science-of-reading-teachers/

The Massive Effort to Change the Way Kids Are Taught to Read “A lot of times the teachers have no idea that they’re not teaching things that are beneficial to the kids”

In addition to sharing professional development about the “Science of Reading” with educators supporting our students in DDSB, I will be helping students in the Toronto area through my private S-LP practice using Structured Literacy instruction. I am also looking forward to the release of “The Truth About Reading” this Fall! Everyone concerned with educating our students to read needs to see this documentary trailer for a sneak peek of what is to come. https://thetruthaboutreading.com

https://youtu.be/XhaIu3JADJ0

The Truth About Reading (2022) Teaser Learn more and join the movement at: https://thetruthaboutreading.com/John Corcoran FoundationDNA Films

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Two Ways to Make an R

https://hurdspeech.blogspot.com/2013/12/two-ways-to-make-r.html?m=1

hurdspeech.blogspot.com The R sound is by far the trickiest for kids to learn and it is also the hardest to teach. Those of us who learned the R when we were lit...

Autism--It's Different in Girls

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/autism-it-s-different-in-girls/

scientificamerican.com New research suggests the disorder often looks different in females, many of whom are being misdiagnosed and missing out on the support they need

Behaviour as a form of communication: What's the issue?

“This is not about "excusing" problematic behaviour in the classroom, it is about trying to better understand and respond to it.”

https://pamelasnow.blogspot.com/2018/06/behaviour-as-form-of-communication.html?m=1

pamelasnow.blogspot.com Image source There's been quite a lot of discussion in the Twitterspehere, on and off in recent months about the notion that "(all...

Why 30 Million Words Are Critical to Your Child’s Future Success

http://www.readbrightly.com/why-30-million-words-are-critical-to-your-childs-future-success/?ref=6A66A124BB1E

readbrightly.com We talked to Professor Dana Suskind, MD, founder of the Thirty Million Words Initiative, to find out how something as simple as talking is linked to lifelong success.

https://pld-literacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Comp-Development.pdf

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Reading to kids for 15 minutes makes a difference in development

https://wtop.com/parenting/2018/03/reading-to-kids-for-15-minutes-makes-a-difference-in-development/

wtop.com A child’s first years of life are the most important when it comes to brain development, yet the majority of children in the U.S. miss out on an activity that plays a vital role in building reading and language skills.

MIT Brain Study: Back-And-Forth Talk Key To Developing Kids' Verbal Skills

http://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2018/02/14/mit-brain-study

wbur.org New MIT research finds that for children's brain development, parents don't just need to talk to their kids -- it's important to talk with them, in back-and-forth exchanges.

Fact or Fiction? The Top 10 Assumptions about Early Speech and Language Development

https://www.facebook.com/bree.rachel1/posts/10103798960604871

hanen.org By Lauren Lowry Hanen Certified Speech-Language Pathologist and Hanen Staff Member Do you ever wonder if boys really do talk later than girls? Or if it’s confusing to speak two languages to a child? And when grandma says using a pacifier is going to cause speech problems later, should you believe he...

Therapy Games Are Serious Business

http://www.speechscience.org/16-schoolbased-issues/2017/10/8/therapy-games-are-serious-business

speechscience.org Yes, we speech therapists play games with our kids. To the casual observer, playing a game during speech therapy looks a lot like, well, playing a game. The game itself is overt; the part that people see. The speech-language therapy piece is covert. We covertly observe and strategize to gi

Study says reading aloud to children, more than talking, builds literacy

https://edsource.org/2015/study-says-reading-aloud-to-children-more-than-talking-builds-literacy/82045

edsource.org Picture books are more likely than speech to include uncommon words.

Children who struggle with reading should be screened for hearing problems: study

http://glbn.ca/PqUfSO

globalnews.ca Children with reading difficulties could benefit from more regular hearing screenings, the study suggests.

Development and Learning Risks that may come from Child Ear Infections

Hearing plays a major role in speech and language development. A child that faces an extended period of time only able to hear loud noises is likely to suffer some delays in speech and language development as a result. Which also raises a concern about their performance in school later on.

http://ilslearningcorner.com/2015-08-development-and-learning-risks-that-may-come-from-child-ear-infections/

ilslearningcorner.com Development and Learning Risks from Chronic Ear Infections I think it’s safe to assume that if you have a kid, you’ve dealt with an ear infection at least once or twice. They’re by no means fun, but they are a relatively minor incident on the scale of ailments. Ten days of antibiotics and you’re goo...