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Welcome to my blog! My name is Paul Morris. I am a Speech and Language Pathologist with an emphasis on the language. This blog allows me to both indulge my obsession with language and creatively espouse my views on the significance of learning in language acquisition. A primary objective of mine is to provide concise descriptions of many aspects of language learning rather than detailed expositions – I seek to inform rather than impress. I’d also like to provide varied pointers to different places to delve for more in-depth information if so desired. Thanks for reading!
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Hi, Paul!
I discovered your blog about a week ago–actually, as a result of the link you posted to my site (thanks!).
I’ve added a link to your blog on my “Tips & Ideas” page (http://www.speech-language-development.com/toddler-language-development.html), as I believe my readers will find your engaging and accessible summaries of the research valuable.
I think you’ve got a good thing going here–keep up the good work!
Cheers,
Robert
Comment by Robert Kurtz — October 11, 2008 #
Thanks Robert! It’s great to hear from a fellow “language nerd.” I feel privileged to be included on your site. It is an extremely well done web site with a lot of great information.
Paul
Comment by ptnomads1971 — October 12, 2008 #
Hi, I found your blog via the Callier center library and will add you to my list of speech therapy links as there is so much good stuff here!
Many thanks
Stevie
Comment by Stevie Russell — February 20, 2009 #
Thank you very much! I greatly appreciate the kind words.
Paul
Comment by Paul — February 25, 2009 #
Hi Paul,
It looks like you’ve put together a good resource here, but I have some questions about your description of the Comprehensive Assessment of Spoken Language. You mention research suggesting that the CASL is not the most specific test and that the scores don’t always accurately identify the presence of a language disorder. I’ve never seen this research, and in fact have only known the CASL to be quite good at identifying language disorders, particularly when specific and relevant CASL tests are given. I’m curious to know where you found the research you mention.
Thanks!
Amber
Comment by Amber — May 4, 2009 #
Hi Amber, thanks for the comment – My own comment on the research stems from a presentation I attended at the ASHA conference last year given by Tammy Spaulding. She had published research she’d done, I believe in JSLHR, which was a critical review of how well various tests had done in diagnosing lang disorders. Somebody asked about the CASL, and she mentioned that it did very poorly. I used to like the CASL a lot – I’m primarily a diagnostician, so I literally test hundreds of kids a year – but I’ve been finding more and more that it doesn’t seem to “agree” with other tests I give. I still think if you’re doing very specific things with it, it serves a good purpose. I think it could be a great test if they fix some things in the next version. Let me know if you have some opposing research, and I’ll be more than happy to post it. Thanks! Paul
Comment by Paul — May 5, 2009 #
Hi Paul,
My name is David and like you I’m a Speech-Language Pathologist with an interest in language. I work full time in schools and am based down under in Australia. I would like to exchange reciprocal links with your site, as I find your site very interesting.
My site is focused on language disorder in school-aged children. I work on the site in my spare time.
The web address is http://www.speechlanguage-resources.com
Hope to hear back from you
Regards
David Newman
Comment by David Newman — October 8, 2009 #