Susan Rvachew

Professor, McGill University, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Blog:

[Kelly @broadwaybabyto]

When a disabled person experiences medical trauma or neglect, they’re told to “just lodge a complaint”

Folks don’t understand how broken the complaint process is, or how quickly you can be labelled “difficult” and have your care suffer.

My latest:

https://t.co/JP4JDCEcy0

[Dr. Kwame McKenzie @kwame_mckenzie]

When we set benefit levels for people with disabilities we need to bear in mind it costs more for them to thrive than people without disabilities. If we truly want to ensure people with disabilities thrive they need more support than we currently give them.

[Lisa Archibald @larchiba6]

More concerns about Gestalt Language Processing and the tension between 'neurodiversity-affirmative practices' and evidence-based practices. https://t.co/OnNWtNjDrw

[Nicholas Fabiano, MD @NTFabiano]

This is the Atlas of Cognitive Disorders.

[IALP @IALP_Global]

@KGadhok “Don’t use monolingual norms on multilingual children.
Clinicians should explore, document all languages of a child, incl frequency, amount, duration and types of conversations experienced with different communication partners.” #IALP100

[Susan Rvachew @ProfRvach]

@speechwoman @BronwynHemsley @PamelaSnow2 @jimtemu @deevybee Aaargh! gestalt language processing is outside of my area but someone needs to tackle it.

[Science Media Centre @SMCCanada]

Culling wolves alters the survivors and that could be 'bad news' for caribou, study finds https://t.co/xDIUIFnmSe

[Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea]

Snake oil salesmen never went away.

Now they're called "wellness coaches," "alternative/integrative/functional medicine practitioners," "energy medicine physicians," etc.

My latest in @PsychToday:

https://t.co/ejNVRy5W7u

[AJ Leonardi, MBBS, MPH, PhD @fitterhappierAJ]

I have a very important study to share with you

COVID-19 mortality rates were 16-18 times lower in Vaccinated kids

Higher mortality from COVID than other vaccinable diseases

People saying kids should be infected not vaccinated have blood on their hands

https://t.co/3ty8pSJSUw

[Susan Rvachew @ProfRvach]

@KevinWheldall @speechwoman Excellent messages in the linked paper: start explicit teaching of phonological skills early; remember implicit learning; don’t bully the teachers.

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

So, in 2005, after a vow of 100 summers of silence, Northern Cheyenne tribal historians revealed that it was a female warrior, Buffalo Calf Road Woman, who killed Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer (by clubbing him in the head) at the Battle of Little Bighorn. June 25, 1876.

[Catherine Eckel @eckelcc]

@Econ_4_Everyone I agree. But the referees are not in charge, the editors are in charge. I think we need stronger editors, who are willing to stand up to referees’ unreasonable or inappropriate demands. Of course it’s harder to do that because you really have to invest a lot in the paper yourself

[Susan Rvachew @ProfRvach]

@speechwoman @BronwynHemsley @PamelaSnow2 @jimtemu @deevybee Good idea @speechwoman I will be finished with my term as school director in two months and will go back to my blog. This is a good topic to tackle.

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

You know those early sounds your baby makes? They’re not as random as they might seem.

New research released this week analyzed 130 infants’ vocalizations (recorded over the course of their first 12 months) and found that babies’ early squeals, growls, and vowel sound patterns tend to occur in clusters - and often in isolation from social interaction.

The findings suggest that infants engage in deliberate vocal play, producing these clusters at will as a form of vocal practice. Further, this growing control over the sounds they make is a critical step toward the development of spoken language.

Check out this adorable little guy (shared to IG by genesiscostner) as he gets in some repetitive vocal practice - clustering a set of 4 similar vocalizations across 12 seconds.

Your baby isn’t just babbling. They’re practicing!

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

@RachelT61563811 https://t.co/Leq2UbvTEm

[Pam Jarvis @Dr_Pam_Jarvis]

This is a very worrying finding, which needs follow up, and if confirmed, urgent policy revision. #SummerBirthdays https://t.co/OqHcwjNOi6

[Jamie Metsala 🇨🇦 @JamieMetsala]

Congratulations to all Dyslexia Canada Excellence Award winners, including Cape Breton, Nova Scotia’s own @lclareduggan 👏 👏 and a Lifetime Achievement award to @LindaSiegel1 👏 👏 . https://t.co/5awBn3yzui

[Jamie Metsala 🇨🇦 @JamieMetsala]

Now @nseducation's turn to end Reading Recovery. Time for all young students in Nova Scotia to have access to effective early reading instruction & intervention. @BeckyDruhan recognized that learning to read is a human right -ending RR is an important part of getting us there.