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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 #
Hi Paul, I am a reporter and I’m curious: in light of the growing popularity of texting at home, do you know if anyone is studying language a la Hart-Risley in 1995 to see if word use in the home is diminishing? I would be grateful if you could reply to me off-list at my email. Many thanks, Julie
Comment by Julie Scelfo— February 11, 2010 #
Wow! What a very cool site David! I’m impressed!
Like you, I’m a language aficionado. (Although I’m not fluent at this stage as I’ve not kept up with my French, that was my undergrad major –forever ago, and I’m now trying to buff up my Spanish). I volunteer on AllExperts.com, answering parent questions in pediatric speech/language development. After 20+ years in pediatrics, I’ve veered into rehab,–neurogenic disorders was what lured me in grad school, and I maintain a private practice after-hours in both pediatrics and business communication.
I’m glad I went surfing this morning, and just wanted to congratulate you on developing such a wonderful site!
Sharon
Comment by Sharon Rosen Lopez— February 14, 2010 #
Hello,
I recently compiled a list of the Top 40 Special Education Blogs, and I
just wanted to let you know that you made the list! It
is published online at
http://www.onlinedegrees.org/top-40-special-education-blogs/
Thanks so much, and if you think your audience would find useful
information in the list or on the site, please feel free to share the
link. The blog is just starting up, so we always appreciate a linkback
as we’re trying to increase readership.
Thanks again, and have a great day!
Maria Magher
Comment by Maria— June 22, 2010 #
As an ex-teacher of special education students, I found language skills to be the most critical ones to be developed so the child could have academic success. Everything in school depends on adequate language, but it is an area that is completely ignored by the standards that now drive education.
Now that I’m no longer teaching, I’ve developed a website to help parents help their children succeed in school. I also would appreciate a link-back to my site: http://www.parentsteachkids.com where I also have a blog that addresses many different issues.
Comment by Jennifer Little— July 22, 2011 #
Hi, Dr. Morris.
Thank you for the wonderful content on your blog!
I am seeking special education teachers to respond to a very short survey related to picture-supported text. The purpose of this survey is to help my company determine whether there is a viable market for expanding our differentiated literacy program, Achieve3000, to include picture supports. (I have shared this link with dozens of special education teachers, but we only have 7 respondents so far and we need more input. I am hoping this note might be able to help elicit more feedback from your readers. I would appreciate it if you could take a couple of minutes to respond to it as well.)
Click here to take the short survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WRRGTCS
I would really appreciate your help with this! Thank you so much,
Jill
Jill Foley
Product Manager
ACHIEVE3000
http://www.Achieve3000.com
The Leader In Differentiated Instruction
Comment by Jill Foley— November 22, 2011 #