Aussie Speech Pathologist, Clinical Educator, Mum to 2 boys, lover of penguins, breast cancer survivor.
Sydney, Australia
Joined July 2011
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Lauren Osborne retweeted
Hello parents and carers of children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS),
Here is a rare opportunity to share *your* thoughts on speech pathology for your child (or children!)
📣 Complete the survey: sydney.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe…
📣 Please share widely! Thanks SLPs and families.
ALT Survey for parents or carers of children with childhood apraxia of speech. Link: https://sydney.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bpiey6dJyFIyKZU
Lauren Osborne retweeted
Following on from the @NAPLIC conference with @larchiba6. I have created a DLD outcomes poster for the outcomes we know so far.
I’ll can upload a PDF version if anyone would like one for their service✨
Special thanks to @DLDandMe and @botting_nikki for the info/articles. 👏🏽
Also, if you're trying to get the perfect attendance award, you're likely to attend school while contagious with various illnesses or head lice, and spread those to everyone else.
I'm immediately skeptical when I see "Dyspraxia", do they mean Childhood Apraxia of Speech? Developmental Coordination Disorder? Or something else? Did you get any response from SPA?
This!
It was October when I first recieved my #breastcancer diagnosis, and I found the month of "pink everywhere" really difficult.
Lauren Osborne retweeted
I’m excited to share the news! @NancyYoung_ and I co-edited a book about Nancy’s wonderful infographic. Numerous chapter authors provide evidence-based guidance to support ALL learners in reading and writing. Dr. Reid Lyon called it “a masterpiece”!
benchmarkeducation.com/y5736… – at Seattle, WA
Lauren Osborne retweeted
Ok @NDIS I'm going to reverse engineer your responses to families. You keep telling people that Developmental Language Disorder is NOT lifelong. I've provided 100s of references - can you provide 1 peer reviewed article to support the comments from your assessors?
#DevLangDis
Here's a fun Speech Pathology week memory from 2012.
That 2 year old is 13 now, he and his brother insist that odd socks are better than matching ones!
Communication is so valuable, whether it's about small things (socks!) or bigger ones.
#SPweek #SLPeeps #CommunicatingForLife
Lauren Osborne retweeted
What are your best sources for books that provide a gentle introduction to 'normal' texts (i.e. non-decodable) for older readers still at the early stages of reading proficiency?
(If you can't help, but are interested in the answers, please retweet.)
Lauren Osborne retweeted
I am loving working on this new, very young strand of books with Macmillan. Cat Nap, Bird Bath, Hippo Potty and Chick Pea are an absolute joy to draw, and I’ve just received the green light to start on the final illustration for Cat Nap, which will be the first in this series.
I don't tweet much anymore (is it still called that?), but wanted to let the people who encouraged and supported me through my cancer treatment know- yesterday I had clear scans, which means 4 years cancer free! 🥳 #breastcancer #cancersucks
Lauren Osborne retweeted
2 yrs ago today,
my daughter had open heart surgery.
She was 5.
As a paediatrician, I felt helpless
As a mum, I was terrified.
One thing happened that day, one thing the anaesthetic team did that I will never forget... 👇🧵
I see families who have a child with a disability, medical conditions, learning difficulties, additional needs, who choose private schooling because they think their child will be taken care of better there.
Same son loves maths and used to want to be a maths teacher.
Has now, at 13, changed his mind because of the pay and conditions.
It's fascinating to have a child who thinks about money, I certainly didn't think about money like that at his age!
My son, when he was around 11 years old: "it will be sad when I am old enough to move out of home. I won't see you and Dad very much, because I won't be able to afford to live near here".
Our non-fancy western Sydney suburb has a median house price above $1 mill.
Lauren Osborne retweeted
“Private institutions, by definition, do not serve the public good. This whopping misdirection of shared resources away from shared outcomes is corrosive to the nation’s longterm educational interest – as well as morally disgusting.” theguardian.com/commentisfre…
"It is a lie to say private schools take pressure off the public system. In fact, it is the opposite. Private schools take money out of public classrooms. They entrench inequality. They create and maintain privilege."
AUS EDUCATION: Class warfare | The Saturday Paper thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opin…
I'm not a teacher... but could you discuss this with his teacher, and maybe agree to him setting some goals, and receiving tickets focused on those goals, rather than on general classroom expectations?
Maybe tickets for trying something new, asking for help, being kind to others?
Re: the software billionaire, maybe we're meant to care in a Jane Austen-esque way, afterall, "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single many in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife".
