Katelyn Melvin
@katelynmelvin_
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Speech Pathologist and Researcher @UQHealth. Interested in innovative service delivery and engaging with families in early intervention for long-term change.
Brisbane, Queensland
Joined November 2016
The first paper from the main study of my PhD is now published in @IJLCD! We used video-reflexive ethnography to explore engagement with families & speech-language pathologists working together in Australian early Rx services. Here are some key points. 1/8 https://t.co/ndu51yai1j
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Families are important knowledge holders. This longitudinal study of 1,534 Indigenous Australian children demonstrated parent report of speech and language concern in early childhood is an early indicator of education outcomes at school @ASHAJournals
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to longitudinally investigate parent-reported children's speech and language in early childhood as an early in...
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Calling UK Paediatric SLTs Researchers at City are seeking to find out more about how UK paediatric SLTs select intervention goals and content. If you would like to help, please complete our survey: https://t.co/PnxjhchsGd Please share with others if you can #slpeeps #mysltday
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Calling UK Paediatric SLTs Researchers at City are seeking to find out more about how UK paediatric SLTs select intervention goals and content. If you would like to help, please complete our survey: https://t.co/PnxjhcgUQF Please share with others if you can #mysltday
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🚨Just Published with @monwaite & @nerinascarinci: An Observational Tool to Measure #Engagement in #Telepractice Early Intervention (#eTOT). The #eTOT includes engagement-building family-centred behaviours for telepractice interactions. 50 free copies ⬇️ https://t.co/RJ0YPS4hdz
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To develop and validate an evidence-based observational tool to measure engagement in telepractice early intervention (EI).The Engagement in Telepractice Observational Tool (eTOT) was developed bas...
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Calling #EarlyInterventionProfessionals and families of young children with #Communicationdifficulties living in Australia who have used #telepractice and returned to in-person services. Together, we can enhance telepractice delivery. DM or contact us at f.retamalwalter@uq.edu.au
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Our Multilingual Children's Speech website https://t.co/hTIIwtZi0x has LOTS of new content in 100+ languages including new treehouse posters https://t.co/1CbbYRoKc3 based on https://t.co/qLoQBx4ieD
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@CharlesSturtUni @ASHAJournals @ASHAweb @DrKateCrowe
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📢Calling on #SLPs and #SLTs worldwide to participate in a brief survey to help us understand what #SLPs & #SLTs want from digital evidence-based resources. Take our brief survey here https://t.co/UQCGMzEsTh
@LeanneTogher @EliseElbourn @RCSLTResearch
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Have a listen to some of our amazing students speaking up for DLD (Developmental Language Disorder). They talk about how important it is that everyone knows about DLD. They also demonstrate how hidden it can be. Please share widely #DLDDay #DevLangDis #CouldItBeLanguage
Our special 'Speak Up for DLD' Podcast is available now! Please listen and share! https://t.co/uXXdKRDEq8
#DLDday #devlangdis #speakupfordld @RADLDcam
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Today is #DLDday! The day we raise awareness of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). RADLD Chair, Stephen Parsons @WordAware urges everyone to get involved. Keep sharing, creating and interacting with #DLDay posts. Together we are 'speaking up for DLD'
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Looking forward to hosting the @RADLDcam Dorothy Bishop Lecture tomorrow, being delivered by Dr Aoife Gallagher 'Listening to children with Developmental Language Disorder.' Join us or order a recording via https://t.co/LBsFUmib8o
#DLDday #DevLangDis
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Lot's of fun to be had🌟- even when teaching explicitly and using knowledge-rich curriculum! Check out how here:
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Drawing together the worlds of classroom practice, school leadership and cognitive science, this is an essential how-to guide for initiating and maintaining a school improvement journey based on the...
A visit from @NathanielRSwain came with a lesson delivery & some performing arts. How lucky are the @tempyheightsps students! @rhyssy33 @Martin_Muffin @OchreEducation
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Honoured to have won the #3MT competition! Huge thanks to the organisers, judges, and fellow participants for an inspiring experience. Grateful for the opportunity to share my research about children with temporary feeding tubes #tubefeeding #children #UQhealth
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Check out this new resource from @SpeechPathAus to support private practices with their student placements! The project started following feedback from our QLD Branch members. We hope it will be an invaluable tool to support clinicians and practices.
In this week’s #SpeakUpPod, Queensland Branch Co-Chair, Shaun Ziegenfusz, speaks with Kate O’Leary, project officer for SPA’s new resource: Practice education in private practice. 🎧 Listen now: https://t.co/JNZlclYOys 🔖 Read the resource: https://t.co/1qh5x2AiQo
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I recently shared a study on @LinkedIn about setting goals as a way to overcome avoidance of boring tasks. What followed was a great discussion in the comments, about the tactics people found helpful for being #productive This inspired me to create this #infographic
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Important research linking excessive screen time to increased outbursts...which leads kids to self-soothe w/ more screen time. We need to heed these calls for kids' health, but also to understand that parents are overwhelmed and under-supported. https://t.co/8AW5eOiOOh
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This article is produced in partnership with The 74. Young children who spend more than 75 minutes on a tablet were more likely to show increased
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A paper about chronical sorrow of parents. For everyone who works with children with a chronical disability and their parents: a must-read https://t.co/3HAbxnpWoG
@Renagalway @samharding @katelynmelvin_ @MajaKelic @suelizstone @speechiellie @cristina_mckean
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The majority of parents with a disabled child experience chronic sorrow, characterized by recurrent feelings of grief and loss related to their child’s disability. There is a significant lack of re...
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So sad to hear that the Griffith Centre for Systems Innovation has lost its funding & will be closing. GCSI is a brilliant source of new thinking & practice on large scale system change. Some of the GCSI pieces that have impacted my practice recently: 1) The challenge-led
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How do we collaborate well with parents of children with Developmental Language Disorder #DLD? In the new @rcslt @ijlcd podcast we discuss with @Inge_Klatte one of the authors of a study & Astrid van Gessel, parent expert. https://t.co/kzNswytzc1
#slpeeps @RCSLTResearch
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Excited to share new research on the long-term impact of @TMWCenter interventions on preschool-aged children’s language skills through promoting parental knowledge and parent-child conversational turns. In short: Supporting families early pays dividends. https://t.co/tzjCwNyIlm
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📣Shape the future of #DevLangDis research in #Australia! People with #DLD and supporters (family, professionals) can rank priorities for Australian DLD research here: https://t.co/VvxFnjOnhV This online ranking task will take ~30 minutes. Curtin HREC approved HRE2023-0196
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