Dr Shaun Ziegenfusz

My thesis, The Educational Needs and Supports of School-Aged Students with Developmental Language Disorder in Australia, is now published on Griffith University's research repository.

Access it here: research-repository.griffith.edu.au/items/c14244...

#DevLangDis

Teamwork across professions and agencies is crucial for supporting children with DLD (Developmental Language Disorder). Teachers, Speech and Language Therapists, families are crucial during the school phase. #DLDday #DevLangDis @radld.bsky.social @shaunziegenfusz.bsky.social

Submissions for #SPAConf2026 close 9 Oct 2025!
Join us on Yugambeh Country | Gold Coast and share your work with the speech pathology community.

Reviewer EOIs also close 9 Oct — great way to contribute + connect 🌿

🔗 Submit: bit.ly/SPA2026Submit

🔗 Reviewers: bit.ly/SPA2026Review

It is challenging to determine developmental language disorder (DLD) in children while they are in the process of learning two languages leading to misdiagnosis. This session will review narrative development in bilingual children and present a protocol for dynamic assessment of narratives.

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Dr Elizabeth Peña. Developmental Language Disorder in bilingual students. | Speech Identifying Developmental Language Disorder in students who have English as an additional language

My colleagues at Speech Pathology in Schools are hosting a webinar on DLD in Bilingual Students with Prof. Elizabeth Peña

www.speech.edu.au/event-detail...

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Every young person deserves a fair go. Queensland kids with DLD are being left behind by current policies. We urge Premier David Crisafulli and Laura Gerber MP to follow the evidence and make change #DevLangDis

thedldproject.com/open-letter-...

Expanding the evidence base for the oral narrative inferential comprehension programme: a pilot within a speech-language pathology coaching model A school in Perth sought to evaluate the Oral Narrative Inferential Comprehension (ONIC) programme (Dawes, 2017) as a small group inferential comprehension intervention. This clinical research aime...

New publication!
@suze-freogirl.bsky.social and I explored how education assistants can deliver the ONIC program with SLPs to Year 1 students with DLD.
This led to a great example of collaborative practice in a primary school.
🔓 Free access here:
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/2200... #DevLangDis

✨ Explore Different Approaches to Language Assessment ✨
Are you a clinician wanting to deepen your knowledge of assessment tools & approaches? Join me for Tutorial 3 of the Practical Skills Series, “Different Approaches to Assessing Language”
Register: thedldproject.com/course/pract...
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We are very please to announce the 2025 Dorothy Bishop lecture will be delivered by Dr Hannah Hobson with the title 'how we see (and don't see) DLD: camouflaging and others' perceptions of communication needs.'

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2025-d...

#DLDday #DevLangDis

@radld.bsky.social are relatively new on BlueSky. Please give them a follow and join the growing community raising awareness of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). Learn about DLD, connect and make a difference. #DevLangDis #DLDday

✨ Turn Assessment into Meaningful Therapy ✨
Are you a clinician wanting to bridge the gap between assessment results & therapy goals? Join me for Tutorial 2 of the Practical Skills Series “How to Connect Assessment to Therapy Goals & Interventions”
🔗 thedldproject.com/course/pract...
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I think most people are surprised to learn RADLD is run by 6 passionate volunteers who meet at weird hours once a month. #DevLangDis

Your thoughtful reviews help shape a quality program and make a real impact.

Interested?
Express your interest in reviewing via the SPA website (linked below), or reach out with any questions to the SPA Conference & Events Team.

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⚫ Review Period: 16 – 30 October 2025
⚫ Time Commitment: Around 1 to 1.5 hours (10–15 minutes per submission)
⚫ Process: Double-blind peer review using a structured rubric—reviewers and submitters stay anonymous, and each submission receives reviewing by at least two reviewers

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SPA Conference | Call for Reviewers

www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/Public/CPD-e...

Reviewers play a vital role in shaping the conference program and ensuring its quality. Here’s what to know:

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Big shout out to @shaunziegenfusz.bsky.social in Marlene's presentation #ialp2025

I had a quick look on PROSPERO and I couldn’t see anything registered. I’d like to hear more too!

Practical Skills Series: Tutorial 1 - Disclosing a Diagnosis to Families - The DLD Project This tutorial empowers speech pathologists to confidently disclose a diagnosis of DLD to families using evidence-based strategies

Supporting Our Cause:
💜 Your participation also funds The DLD Project Foundation.

👉 Register now:
thedldproject.com/course/pract...

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Why Attend?
🟣 Build confidence in delivering diagnoses with empathy & clarity
🔴 Learn the 6-step SPICES model for sensitive disclosure
🟡 Support families to understand, cope & trust from the start
🟢 Skills apply beyond DLD to many communication diagnoses

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Event Details:
📅 When | Wednesday, 10 September 2025, 7:00–8:30 pm AEST (Online)
🎥 Access | Live session + 12 months of recording access
💵 Pricing| Early bird – $39 | Regular – $49
🎟 Or bundle Tutorials 1–3 for $100

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✨ Elevate Your Diagnostic Conversations with Families ✨

Are you a clinician keen to improve how you communicate a diagnosis with families? Join me for Tutorial 1 of the Practical Skills Series, “Disclosing a Diagnosis to Families.”
👉 Register now:
thedldproject.com/course/pract...
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Kids with ‘developmental delay’ will be diverted from the #NDIS. But what is a #developmentaldelay?

See our (with @suze-freogirl.bsky.social) recent piece in #TheConversation for an overview of this term, and which children are affected by funding changes.

Read here: lnkd.in/ggh2Qpr4

📢📢 PhD Scholarship Opportunity 📢📢
“Language and literacy difficulties and youth mental health”

Are you passionate about supporting the mental health children with language and literacy difficulties?

📌 More info & how to apply: research.curtin.edu.au/higher-degre... (search Boyes)

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@suze-freogirl.bsky.social

Thankfully our local council has an app for the bin day - super helpful 🗑️

We moved to a different part of town after nearly 20 years and the bin day is another day of the week. It completely throws me!

A large screen displays an aerial view of the Gold Coast skyline with the words “YUGAMBEH GOLD COAST” overlaid in bold white text.

The next Speech Pathology Australia Conference will be on the beautiful Gold Coast from 25-27 June 2026 ☀️

Sorry they have been few and far between.

I’m missing your company and commentary at this conference

There’s very little social media engagement at the conference. A bit on Instagram

Woohoo! I just missed taking a pic as the slide changed. Glad you got a pic