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Developmental Language Disorders

The goals of this course are (1) to provide sufficient knowledge and basic clinical skills to begin practice in the area of language and related disorders affecting school-age children, and (2) to develop clinical reasoning skills necessary to address the ambiguity characteristic of professional practice in this area. To look at the course syllabus, click here. 

Students complete a clinical project as part of this course. Some are in a format that makes it possible to share them here. Enjoy!

You can also visit the LWM lab YouTube channel.

YouTube Video Projects

• Bolton, J. (2017). A Checklist for Learning
• Dubb, S. (2017). Self-Regulation
• Johnson, A. (2017). Links to Literacy - Information Video (1/2) & Links to Literacy - Quick Tip Video (2/2)
• O'Connor, R. (2017). Introduction to Reading Comprehension (1/2) & Reading Comprehension Strategies in the Classroom (2/2)
• Lovero, C. (2017). Story Time: Making the Most of your Shared Reading Experience
• Vollebregt, M. (2017). Teaching Self Advocacy to Children with DLD

• Aulakh, P. (2016). Supporting Students with Working Memory Challenges
• Cross, A. (2016). Supporting Developmental Language Disorders in the Classroom
• Hollingsworth, K. (2016). Early Reading: How Children Learn to Decode (1/2) & Early Reading: When Decoding Breaks Down (2/2)
• Smyth, R. (2016). An Introduction to Social Competence and Language
• Verhaeghe, B. (2016). Choosing Vocabulary for the Classroom
• Martin, K., & Alexander, M. (2015). Morphological Awareness in the Classroom

PDF Projects

• Cushnie-Sparrow, D. (2017). Family-Centred Reporting: Writing Plain Language Reports
• Forsyth, K. (2017). Speech and Language Developmental Milestones
• Lepore, R. (2017). Selective Mutism: A resource guide for Speech-Language Pathologists, Psychologists, Teachers, and Parents
• MacNeill, C. (2017). Writing Simplified Reports
• Mercier, M. (2017). A Resource and Informational Toolkit for Speech-Language Pathologists Working with Bilingual Children
• Melick, N. (2017). The SLP’s Quick Guide to Dynamic Assessment for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Children
• Ykema, S. (2017). Increasing Reading Motivation in Young Struggling Readers: Tips for Teachers
• Zeh, N. (2017). Teaching Morphology to Improve Literacy: A Guide for Teachers

• Hall, C. (2016). A Resource Toolkit for Speech-Language Pathologists Working With Children from Indigenous Communities
• Leroux, K. (2016). Ontario Language Arts Curriculum- Grade 2 Linking Curriculum with Assessment & Intervention Strategies/Recommendations
• Smith, S. (2016). Expository Text in the Classroom: Evidence-based strategies to facilitate students’ understanding of informational texts

Websites

• Cougher, C. (2017). #WesternDLD2 Mindmaps
• Kudrati, F. (2017). Language of Math
• Thibert, C. (2017). Dear Parents
• Rice, A. (2017). Developmental Language Disorder: Why You Should Add DLD to Your Vocabulary
• Valenta, M. & Pereira, J. (2017). Education and Developmental Language Disorder

• Connolly, A. & Davis, A. (2016). The Collaborative Classroom
• Kwok, E. (2016). SLP in Orton-Gillingham classroom
• Sharma, J. (2016). The Speech Life: Exploring my role as a Speech-Language Pathologist

Twitter Chats

• Exploring Advocacy & Self Advocacy - #WesternDLD2 Twitter Chat (October, 2017)
• Exploring Reading Programs - #WesternDLD2 Twitter Chat (November, 2016)
• SLPs/SLTs Collaborating with Teachers - My @WeSpeechies RoCur week (April, 2016)