Speech-Language Connections for Vermont, LLC

04/19/2025

From the “Oops I did it again” chronicles…. The Trump administration’s letter of demands to Harvard, which set off the confrontation between the White House and the university, was sent in error, several officials told The Times.
Literally, WTF.

01/04/2024

The Thursday, 1/25/24 journal club, regarding the forum Language and Literacy in Individuals with Intellectual Disability, is coming up quickly. Have you registered? This event is open to ALL ASHA members.

On January 25, 2024, SIG 1 will meet from 8-9:30pm ET to discuss articles from the 2022 forum, Language and Literacy in Individuals with Intellectual Disability. Articles included are:

Family and Caregiver Characteristics Contribute to Caregiver Change in Use of Strategies and Growth in Child Spoken Language in a Parent-Implemented Language Intervention in Fragile X Syndrome by Sarah Nelson Potter, Lauren Bullard, Amy Banasik, Robyn Tempero Feigles, Vivian Nguyen, Andrea McDuffie, Angela John Thurman, Randi Hagerman, and Leonard Abbeduto doi.org/10.1044/2022_PERSP-22-00016

Reimagining Assessment of Literacy Skills for Adolescents With Intellectual Disabilities: A Tutorial for an Individualized Approach by Nancy S. McIntyre, Carrie Loughran, and Jacqueline Towson doi.org/10.1044/2022_PERSP-22-00014

Narrative Interventions for Children Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication: A Call and Plan for Future Research by Corinne Neal and Nancy Brady doi.org/10.1044/2022_PERSP-22-00007

Home and School Literacy Experiences in Preschool-Age Children With Developmental Disabilities: Identifying Relationships Between Speech, Language, and Early Literacy Skills by Andrea Barton-Hulsey, Rose A. Sevcik, MaryAnn Romski and Sara C. Collins doi.org/10.1044/2022_PERSP-22-00026

Please contact Stacey Ellison Glasgow at [email protected] if you have questions or need accommodations.
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11/23/2023

Still trying to process everything that I Iearned, good, bad, and indifferent, at this year’s ASHA convention. Thoughts? Revelations? Concerns?

08/14/2023

Looking for a few good men - or women! 1099 position to help fill two contracts to fill for SLP services. Onsite e helpers (one has highly experienced SLPAs), all direct and indirect time paid, no case management - rate varies between 60 and 85 depending on experience, etc. Is this you?

03/09/2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/08/us/pandemic-schools-reading-crisis.html?referringSource=articleShare

The fallout from the pandemic is just being felt. “We’re in new territory,” educators say.

01/17/2022

There’s good and bad news here. A lot of the info in this article isn’t peer-reviewed yet but it’s still food for thought.

Child-development researchers are asking whether the pandemic is shaping brains and behaviour.

11/15/2021

http://www.shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/rip-to-advanced-phonemic-awareness?fbclid=IwAR3WWUZFs2fW2WuIdbDZdPGS1L1V4axOkFDiP_UBy7ZJcBZii-_yqMy_D3I .NJzJcumw.xNAIpg7h.dpbs

This blog entry reveals how reading educators have misunderstood the concept of advanced phonemic awareness. It explains the theory of advanced phonemic awareness and shows that it is not yet a research-based or science of reading idea because its effectiveness has not been tested.

10/28/2021

Uh-huh.

08/08/2021

The stuff that makes our language crazy….but I love it.

07/19/2021

I’m still not too worried about job security in our profession…

In a once unimagined accomplishment, electrodes implanted in the man’s brain transmit signals to a computer that displays his words.

07/13/2021

PLS-5 screener protocols, brand new, 50 for each year birth-age 2. They retail for $240. Price includes shipping in the US.