Amelia Kennedy

School-based SLP

[Amelia Kennedy @_ameliark]

@brettmccracken @TGC Did you consider Civilized Creatures or Spencer Boliou? Praise to the Lord the Almighty from the Hymns & Beats EP would be my pick for this list!

[Amelia Kennedy @_ameliark]

@TELLlab Spotify is my fav app for all types of listening! Use the Your Episodes feature to have a stack of podcast eps ready to go.

[Amelia Kennedy @_ameliark]

@AmyHird5 I’m in a different country to you, but would be v interested to read something like this! Student MH is a hot topic in the high schools I work in, and helloooo I am relevant in this space (they just don’t realise it yet).

[Amelia Kennedy @_ameliark]

@speechieLO I never thought about it before now, but yeah, they are different things for me!

[Amelia Kennedy @_ameliark]

@talkinged19 @LizzHillSP @ChristineDArcy_ Amazing summary! Thanks Charlotte. It was great to 'meet' you briefly yesterday morning :)

[Amelia Kennedy @_ameliark]

It's #IDLDRC Day 3, the one I've been looking forward to! Adolescents and Youth Justice! I work in high schools so tell me all the latest research I need to know please and thankyou

[Amelia Kennedy @_ameliark]

Not convinced @readingeggs is the best way to teach my 5yo how to read, and now I find out it’s not a good way to teach Aussie animals either! I can’t believe they’re allowed to have @ABCaustralia branding! How do they get away with it?

[David Morkunas @DaveMorkunas]

I'm always suspicious whenever I hear that NAPLAN stresses students out. Where is that stress actually coming from? I know that a small amount of students get general text anxiety, but for entire classes of students to start freaking out there's something more insidious at play

[Amelia Kennedy @_ameliark]

@Readbyeyeandear @LouisaMoats Aren’t /k/ and /w/ sounds in their own rights, /kw/ consonant cluster? Lip position has little bearing on /k/ production but some coarticulation. Product of letter sounds approach, not speech to print. But if /kw/ always represented by ‘qu’ (is it?) prob no harm to it

[Amelia Kennedy @_ameliark]

So much interesting stuff happens when I’m on maternity leave! The FOMO is real (but also 2020 is a great year to be on leave I feel)

[Amelia Kennedy @_ameliark]

@speechieLO @shaunziegenfusz Think I’ve seen @TalkTroubleNZ produce something along this line. Or someone else working in the youth justice space. A visual outline, easy English: what you did, the rule/behaviour standard you broke, the consequence, next time you could do this instead, if it happens again X.

[Amelia Kennedy @_ameliark]

@BenjyRayMunson Preferred by who? I strongly prefer stuttering because teachers read fluency as reading fluency.

[Lisa Archibald @larchiba6]

@tiffanyphogan @CattsHugh @CrystleAlonzo Parents are looking for positive information in the midst of hearing about the diagnosis and realistic prognosis. Be ready to listen & respond to questions. Be clear & certain, provide information in writing & follow up meeting. Involve family in treatment plan.

[Amelia Kennedy @_ameliark]

@teachnbeach1 @ParkerPhonics I agree! Some are kind of maybe ok sometimes, and some are just what even. Fish and dolphin are the worst in my eyes. What do they actually mean???

[Amelia Kennedy @_ameliark]

@readingeggs Sure, I can do that. Thanks for replying 👍

[Amelia Kennedy @_ameliark]

Oh @readingeggs 🤦‍♀️ ‘box’ has 4 sounds, not 3. And ‘kw’ is not a sound.

[Amelia Kennedy @_ameliark]

@EminaMcLean Exactly same at my local supermarket in Brisbane today. 0 TP, and the only tissues that remained were aloe vera/eucalyptus/lavender scented. Pasta aisle also severely depleted. All other stock appeared normal. Bizarre.

[Amelia Kennedy @_ameliark]

@JMcKechnieSLP I feel you. This school is a MULTILIT school so you’d think they’d know better. But in fact they have actually integrated these silly animal strategies into the ‘LIT lessons’. I knew what I was getting into and I don’t work there anymore so what is my place to say anything now?

[Amelia Kennedy @_ameliark]

@EminaMcLean Vague memories, not from school, but dad taught 6yo me and 4.5yo bro at home with some program involving cassette tapes (maybe called You Can Read??). Only because we moved from Qld to NSW so we had 1 less year of full-time school than peers and he didn’t want us to fall behind.