David Kinnane

DLD: A FREE Guide for Families – 4th edition out today! [download] | Banter Speech & Language Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) is common. But - compared with neurodevelopmental disorders like autism, ADHD, and learning disorders - DLD is still not well known. Back in 2020, we created a DL...

To support DLD Day 2025, we’ve updated our free DLD guide for families - 135 articles addressing FAQs #devlangdis #DLDday www.banterspeech.com.au/dld-a-free-g...

Figure 2 in the review: Levels of analysis from genes and brain systems to cognition and behaviour. The child both influences and is influenced by parents through genetically shaped interactions, and by the wider school and social environment. Figure design by Neil Usher. Figure from this review paper: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/w23yz_v1

🧩Learning to talk & read isn’t just about effort or teaching—it’s shaped by biology, experience & context

🧠Our new review links genetics, neuroscience, psychology & education to show why some children find language or reading easier.

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🖼️genes→brain→cognition→behaviour 🧵👇

Speech pathology regulation in Australia: progress, but more work to be done | Speechies in Business Back in the news: On 12 September 2025, Health Ministers released a communique, rekindling conversations about speech pathology regulation in Australia. Among other things, Health Ministers agreed to:...

The regulation of speech pathologists in Australia is back in the news. Here are my views: speechiesinbusiness.com/business-tip...

The first paper from Shengfu’s PhD! A scoping review on recast dosage for children with #DLD. With increased attention to how much we do of what we do, this is an important contribution @ashajournals.bsky.social

Speech Pathology Week 2025: “Impact through communication”. What this means to us in uncertain times | Banter Speech & Language In Australia, Speech Pathology Week starts today. It’s a good opportunity to explain who we help, who we are, our impact, big changes that will affect how we help and why we’re speech pathologists.

Happy Speech Pathology Week! www.banterspeech.com.au/speech-patho...

Breaking news: “Thriving Kids” – more than just a new name for Foundational Supports for children? “Thriving Kids”, announced by Minister Mark Butler on 20 August 2025, is the snappy new name for Foundational Supports for children. But is it more than that? We don’t have a lot of details right n…

Big news today for Australian children with developmental delay and disability, and their families (and allied health professionals): www.theproviderloft.com.au/breaking-new...

Children Draw Talking Around the World Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine how children from across the world draw themselves talking and to apply an interdisciplinary a...

200 children from 24 countries drew who they talk to, when and where they talk, what they talk about, & how they feel about talking. This new #OpenAccess study informs how children’s insights can be included in assessment and intervention.

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Narrative production in English speaking children aged 5–7 years with typical language development and developmental language disorder: Development of a reference data set We explored the development of expressive narrative using Peter and the Cat. We aimed to support clinicians to capture information about functional language use by providing a reference data set to...

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Narrative production in English speaking children aged 5–7 years with typical language development and developmental language disorder: Development of a reference data set
#DevLangDis @blacksheeppress.bsky.social @samueldcalder.bsky.social

‘NDIS Supports’ definition: who’s confused? On 30 July 2025, the Government published its report on the August 2024 ‘Consultation on Draft Lists of NDIS Supports’. The report is very late. The report and its timing may confuse some participa…

Almost a year on, the government has finally published its report on the transitional definition of ‘NDIS supports’ - just in time for it to be superseded by the end of their consultation on the permanent definition! www.theproviderloft.com.au/ndis-support...

In deep water: paediatric allied health NDIS providers should read the Grattan Report The Big Picture: On 29 June 2025, the influential Grattan Institute published a 108-page report with proposals to save the NDIS (link below). Many allied health providers were distracted by financi…

Even in these hectic times, the recent Grattan report on saving the #NDIS is well worth a read - especially for paediatric allied health professionals, including speech pathologists: www.theproviderloft.com.au/in-deep-wate...

Sector on edge: the NDIA knows it needs better processes to reduce NDIS reform anxiety and to rebuild trust with participants and providers “Implementation [of reforms] does not stop with how our service delivery staff put that in a plan. Providers also have to know the consequences, know what to do, know what participants will come to…

What needs to happen to reduce NDIS reform anxieties for participants and providers, and to rebuild trust: www.theproviderloft.com.au/sector-on-ed...

Allied health providers and pricing controls: independent providers that employ, train, and supervise staff are caught in the middle, and might not survive (and the NDIA knows it) Calm, measured, and constructive: my mantra as I sat down to read the Final Pricing Report: 2025 of the Independent Pricing Committee (IPC) (released on 11 June). I wanted to understand why things …

Challenging times for small and medium allied health clinics that employ, supervise & train staff: www.theproviderloft.com.au/allied-healt...

Amazing what you can find online. Dr Kathy Jakielski's evidence based assessment & treatment planning materials are avail free online - I use the word lists for #DTTC (without the pics)- great for early speech intervention in #phonology or #apraxia #cssd #childSPEECHDis #slpeep #bskyspeechies

Latest articles from International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Browse the latest articles and research from International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

#bskySPEECHIES can you help me convince Speech Pathology Australia to have a #bsky account for International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology? Can you repost my posts about accepted papers in early view? www.tandfonline.com/action/showA...
#supportscience #supportEBP

Divided we fall: provider vs. provider, and the unbundling of allied health provider NDIS therapy services The big picture: The 2024-2025 Annual Pricing Review, released by the NDIA on 11 June 2025, is full of bad news for allied health providers and the participants we serve. Most commentary so far has…

Grim times continue for allied health NDIS providers (and the participants we serve): www.theproviderloft.com.au/divided-we-f...

NDIS access denied: even without the reforms, things are getting tougher for NDIS applicants The big picture: A recent Administrative Review Tribunal (Tribunal) decision in Sydney suggests that it’s getting harder for applicants to meet the disability access criteria to become an NDIS part…

Even without reforms, NDIS access is getting harder for some applicants: www.theproviderloft.com.au/ndis-access-...

“Why Would Someone like Me with DLD Want to Sit in a Room and Talk? How Would that Make Me Feel Better?!” Developmental Language Disorder and the Language Demands of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy - Inte... This article addresses two crucial questions: what are the language demands of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), and how can CBT be more accessible to people with language difficulties? These quest...

Want to learn about language demands of CBT and how to make it more accessible to people with language difficulties? Check out this new paper, led by the amazing Lizz Hill with an inter-discipline team of psychs and speechies #LALYP #MentalHealth #DevLangDis #DLD (link.springer.com/article/10.1...)

Happy birthday to the @speechbite.bsky.social newsletter, which turned 17 this year! This month's newsletter includes lots of lovely papers about early language, and includes eight open access papers.

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A pleasure to talk with Dr Shaun Ziegenfusz of the DLD project about working with adults with DLD (developmental language disorder) last week for the DLD Project podcast last week. #developmentallanguagedisorder #DLD #DevLangDis #RADLD #inclusion #neurodiversity #RADLD #NAPLIC #AFASIC #DLDproject

SLP supervisors & managers: what to say and do when you feel out of your depth | Speechies in Business Many speech-language pathology (SLP) managers think that it’s their job to have all the answers. But that’s not what leadership is about.

Speech pathology supervisors & managers - what to say when you don’t have ‘the answer’ - speechiesinbusiness.com/blog/slp-sup...

John Hurley Flavell John H. Flavell is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Stanford University. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Flavell is a founder of social cognitive ...

John Flavell, a giant of developmental psychology, who introduced the study of metacognition, died peacefully at age 96. www.amacad.org/person/john-...

Small allied health NDIS providers: should we all be registered? It depends on what you mean by “registration”.  The debate:  Large disability providers continue to lobby for universal mandatory provider registration, arguing it will enhance participan…

The substantive debate about mandatory NDIS registration of small Australian allied health providers is yet to come, with implications for participant choice and control. www.theproviderloft.com.au/small-allied...

Election-mode engaged: allied health NDIS providers must keep an eye on federal health, education and disability policy priorities to support people with disability – and to anticipate service-deliver... Big Picture: Many allied health providers straddle and navigate three imperfect systems to support clients: health, education and disability. Ahead of the Federal Election, the Grattan Institute ha…

Federal election-mode engaged: education, health and disability policy priorities for Australian allied health NDIS providers www.theproviderloft.com.au/election-mod...

Allied health NDIS providers must face facts, and make painful – but necessary – changes to survive Drova has released its NDIS Provider Outlook report for 2025. The report looks at the sector as a whole. But it contains several sobering facts and helpful ideas for allied health NDIS providers lo…

Australian allied health NDIS providers have a lot to think about - & to do - to adapt & survive. www.theproviderloft.com.au/allied-healt...

AJLD early career researcher award winner 2024: developing teachers’ knowledge and confidence for supporting students with speech, language, and communication needs in flexible learning program classr... High school students attending Flexible Learning Programmes (FLPs) experience more speech, language, and communication needs (SLCN) than those in mainstream, which may impact their academic engagem...

More good news - #LALYP member Dr Emily Jackson has won the 2024 Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties 'Early Career Researcher Award'. Go EJ 🎉🎉🎉 (www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....)

Allied health professionals: We must be ready to prove how much therapy is the right amount for NDIS participants and Foundational Supports | Banter Speech & Language To quote the NDIS Minister: “How many speech pathology sessions are best for… a child with a speech delay?”* The big picture: In Australia, the Federal government is setting up a new panel of technica...

Reminder to self to keep an eye on the work of this new independent expert panel as other NDIS/Foundational Supports reforms start to take shape in the second half of 2025: www.banterspeech.com.au/allied-healt...

Thanks, Linda. I don’t love the term either. But functional capacity to communicate/socialise/learn is crucial for interacting with NDIS eligibility/funding rules (s24). Whatever we call it, we need all the help with can get from aphasia experts on measuring/tracking it better.

Leitão, S., St Clair, M., Botting, N., Gibson, J. L., & Jackson, E. (2025). “They don't realise how hard he has to try every day”: The rewards and challenges of parenting a child with developmental language disorder. IJLCD . dx.doi.org/10.1111/1460...

Thank you!

“They don't realise how hard he has to try every day”: The rewards and challenges of parenting a child with developmental language disorder Background An emerging body of literature explores the impact of living with developmental language disorder (DLD) on children, individuals and families. This work has identified a range of challeng...

Just out - Open Access #DevLangDis #DLD
Leitão, S., St Clair, M., Botting, N., Gibson, J. L., & Jackson, E. (2025). “They don't realise how hard he has to try every day”: The rewards and challenges of parenting a child with developmental language disorder. IJLCD . dx.doi.org/10.1111/1460...