Daniela O’Neill

Intergenerational classroom for caregivers generates greater empathy, better outcomes for seniors A unique partnership between Christie Gardens and the University of Toronto pairs undergraduate students in health studies with older adults for a semester-long exploration of gerontology and geriatri...

Intergenerational @utoronto.ca classroom for caregivers generates greater empathy, better outcomes for seniors

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#seniors #gerontology #highered #intergenerational #inclusive #socialconnection

This paper is a real benchmark and will be of great interest to anyone who works with those with DLD. (Developmental Language Disorder)
#DevLangDis

#Kitchener 🇨🇦 teen’s first feature-length documentary “Chronically” captures the medical & lived experiences of 5 teen girls with #chronicillness & rarer diagnoses. Help spread awareness by viewing it via the online LA Awareness Film Festival until Dec 31 ($13 CDN $10 USD) awarenessfestival.org

Financial Literacy Month is a great time to begin guiding children to become financially responsible and successful adults by teaching them how to understand and manage money.

Here are a few tips to get you started:

Combining visual literacy, analysis, and writing. Individual interpretations matter when backed up with visual and textual evidence. Comics = literacy.

What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.

It's *scientific publishing*.

We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.

Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...

Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇

A staggering statistic: "North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year." What are we doing?

YouTube video by HELLO Lab Presents HELLO Lab Presents | EP. 1 - Is 'Baby Talk' Bad?

Does 'Baby Talk' mess with language learning? Find out what the science says in the debut episode of "HELLO Lab Presents"

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🚨New episode in video & audio!🚨
What happens when a mathematician becomes Education Minister? Nuno Crato led an education turnaround in Portugal. The result? Portugal went from near the bottom to outperforming Finland on PISA/TIMSS. How? Episode link below 👇

We're pleased to share this feature story on JUMP Math Founder, Dr. John Mighton just published in Victoria University's, Vic Report, which highlights his formative years at UofT, why he was drawn to pursue math, and his accomplishments in philosophy, playwriting and, later, in mathematics.

Long-Term Outcomes Reveal Ongoing Challenges in Childhood Apraxia This study explored how generalist speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in the US and Canada manage Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS), examining treatment approaches, delivery intensity, evidence-based...

A 25-year study finds many with Childhood Apraxia of Speech continue to face speech and literacy challenges into adulthood, especially those with early motor difficulties (Lewis et al.2024). #SpeechApraxia #CAS #SLT
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These Schools Are Beating the Odds in Teaching Kids to Read New analysis compares literacy vs. poverty rates for 10,000 districts, 42,000 schools and 3 million kids. Is your school a Bright Spot?

Interactive —10,000 districts, 3 million kids: These schools are beating the odds in teaching kids to read @chadaldeman.bsky.social www.the74million.org/article/thes...

The Power of Handwriting: Improved Reading, Thinking, Memory and Learning Educators' view: Far from being a relic of the past, writing by hand engages multiple senses at once and strengthens cognitive abilities.

The Power of Handwriting: Improved Reading, Thinking, Memory and Learning www.the74million.org/article/the-...

We're proud to share that JUMP Math has again been recognized by Charity Intelligence Canada as a Top 10 Impact: Youth Charity in 2025.
For the 16th year in a row, JUMP Math has also earned a 5-star rating from Charity Intelligence as a Top 100 Charity.

🇨🇦 teen’s first full-length award-winning documentary, “Chronically,” captures these issues in medical & lived experiences of 5 teen girls with #chronicillness & rarer disgnoses. It’s screening virtually as part of the Awareness Film Festival in LA, Oct 27-Dec. 31
Read & hear more: CBC interview ⬇️

#citiesforchildren

The Role of Adolescent Mentalizing and Parental Reflective Functioning for Adolescents' Peer Relationships - PubMed From a theoretical standpoint, findings suggest the important role of parental reflective functioning and youth mentalizing for models of social development. In terms of methodological implications, task and self-report of youth mentalizing were related but differentially predicted peer problems. Pr …

New research from University of Waterloo Psychology researchers (Elizabeth Nilsen, Charlotte Aitken, Kate Van Kessel) offers new insights into how adolescents and their parents' mentalizing and reflective functioning shape peer relationships. Check it out: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41129544/

YouTube video by Parents For Reading Justice Built like Champions; Betrayed by Schools

Built like Champions; Betrayed by Schools

From the Literacy Now podcast & YouTube / Parents for Reading Justice

Featuring literacy advocates & authors Ameer Baraka & Deon Butler

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#dyslexia #scienceofreading #structuredliteracy #righttoread #ElemEd #academicsky #edusky

Kitchener filmmaker tells stories of teens with chronic illnesses in new doc | CBC News Taite Koehler of Kitchener, Ont., has made a documentary focusing on five teenagers, including herself, who live with chronic illness. She says she wanted to make the film because she feels like many ...

Local teen’s first full-length documentary, “Chronically,” about 5 teens’ journeys with #chronicillness, debuts in virtual program at the Awareness Film Festival in LA, starting Oct 27.

#chronicillnessawareness #potsawarenessday
#indiefilm #film #filmmaking #seeitbeit #childhealth #pediatrics

Implementing Story-Acting With Young Learners Boost engagement, build classroom community, and help students see themselves as storytellers through story-acting.

Want to get young students excited to tell, listen to, and act out stories? 💬🕺 Educator Tracy Mertens explains how to bring story-acting into your classroom!

#PreK #preschool #EarlyChildhoodEducation

YouTube video by CTV News Famous mathematician comes to Halifax for conference

See 🇨🇦@johnmighton,bsky.social founder of internationally recognized @jumpmath.bsky.social curriculum in interview with CTV News Halifax

#math #scienceofmath #elemed #K12 #prek

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Community outreach | Children's Communication Lab | University of Waterloo Talk2Thrive, the outreach arm of the lab, engages in creating greater playful learning opportunities for children in school and informal community settings.

See further openly available work my Children’s Communication Lab has been doing with boardgames in libraries, elementary schools, & many community organizations, along with resources we’ve created (eg simplified instructions), here:
uwaterloo.ca/childrens-co...

#boardgames #play #playislearning

3000 reads as of today on ResearchGate!

The Power of Board Games for Multidomain Learning in Young Children
www.museumofplay.org/journalofplay/

Thanks @thestrongmuseum.bsky.social for your open access American Journal of Play making research more accessible!

#play #boardgames #playislearning

DLD Education Strategies Raising Awareness of Developmental Language Disorder

Today is #DLDday around the world to help bring awareness to Developmental Language Disorder which is still underrecognized and can impact 2 children in every classroom of 30 for whom understanding language and talking is more difficult. Learn more at RADLD.org radld.org?s=Classroom+...

Oracy October: Session Registration [NAPLIC explains]

📣 Today is Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) Awareness day.

To mark #DLDDAY Voice 21 & @naplic.bsky.social
hosted a webinar which explored what to look out for & shared practical strategies to support children with DLD in the classroom.
Watch it here 👇
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YouTube video by APM Reports New Sold a Story discussion guides for Episodes 11-14

Sold a Story fans - we've got something new! www.youtube.com/shorts/a94It...

a. Welcome - Debbie Ridpath Ohi - Obsidian Publish Welcome to Debbie's Unofficial Guide To Bluesky Greetings to those finding me via the "Where Is The Kid Lit Community Online?" article in Publishers Weekly, Vox post about Bluesky, Bluesky tips blog…

Thanks to those who have been boosting my Unofficial Guide To Bluesky. Much appreciated, since I've put a lot of work into this project.

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#BlueSkyTips

Because language is so essential to learning, teachers have a unique role in identifying and supporting students with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD).
Around 2 children in every class of 30 have DLD.
So every teacher needs to know about DLD!
Resources:
www.naplic.org.uk/dld-resource...

DLD is a lifelong condition and it does make lots of things more challenging. BUT once a person's needs are identified and they are supported they can thrive.
This is why we need far more awareness of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)! www.naplic.org.uk/developmenta...
#DevLangDis #DLDday

It's been a busy week in the lab! We just packed up and delivered over 200 board games to Kitchener Public Library!

Check out our lab IG @talk2thrivelab to see some behind-the-scenes fun as featuring Lab Outreach Manager, Olivia, plays real-life Tetris packing up all these games into 21 boxes!