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Important work on dosage when teaching phonemic awareness with and without letters.

Our paper on verb learning in children with language disorder is out! 📚 Saskia Kohnen (she/her/hers) Vânia de Aguiar Kim Vos Neurolinguistics @ UG Discoveries highlight persistent learning problems in elementary school, but further research is needed🧐 Read the full paper here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

"My child is learning two languages: what do I need to know about bilingual development?" Just stumbled across this great post for parents/teachers/SLPs by David Kinnane Banter Speech banterspeech.com.au/my-child-is-le…

More clever work led by Signy Wegener

What is phonics and why is it used to teach reading? theconversation.com/what-is-phonic… Our piece in The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand with Rauno Parrila & Anne Castles - moved to @annecastles.bsky.social at Australian Centre for the Advancement of Literacy Australian Literacy Clinic

Tap into cutting-edge research and up-to-date instructional approaches lead by experts in phonics Professor Saskia Kohnen (she/her/hers), Professor Rauno Parrila, and Dr Valeria Rigabon. Learn more here: acu.edu.au/course/phonics…

The Black Dog Institute are investigating the effectiveness of a digital anxiety intervention, tailor-made for children with reading difficulties and anxiety. To participate or learn more visit: blackdoginstitute.org.au/research-studi…

Many children with reading difficulties also have anxiety. How can we decrease anxiety symptoms? Black Dog Institute are looking for children aged 7-12, with reading difficulties and anxiety to investigate this question. Click below for details. blackdoginstitute.org.au/research-studi…

My child’s literacy scores were low on NAPLAN – what now? educationdaily.au/general/my-chi… Great piece by our Director Saskia Kohnen (she/her/hers) and National Manager Erin Banales (she/her) via Education Daily

Check out this new paper from Andrea Salins & Anne Castles - moved to @annecastles.bsky.social for your morning reading today! ☕️📖💭

Have you wondered about why handwriting is still an important skill for kids to learn?🤔 To learn more about this from our director, Prof. Rauno Parrila, check out this recent article on benefits of letter writing for children’s literacy📝: kidsnews.com.au/spelling-bee/a…

What can you do if your child hates reading? Australian Centre for the Advancement of Literacy's Gen McArthur: theconversation.com/what-can-you-d… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand Literacy Clinic: Australian Literacy Clinic

“So… What can I do now?” 🤔💭👀 If this was one of your first questions after seeing this year’s NAPLAN scores, check out this new article written by our director, Prof. Rauno Parrila, and Saskia Kohnen (she/her/hers) & Erin Banales (she/her) from the Australian Literacy Clinic Clinic: educationdaily.au/general/my-chi…

Our very talented Signy Wegener has been awarded an ACR DECRA. We will learn so much about children's acquisition of words in the next three years. Can't wait ... and congratulations, Signy.

Looking forward to presenting Sharing Best Practice on Explicit Teaching of Foundational Literacy Skills - reviewing some of what we do and don't know. Come along!

Have you heard the news? ACU Education & Arts just scored over $11 million to support alternative pathways to the teaching profession! Congrats to the team, including Saskia Kohnen (she/her/hers) & Erin Banales (she/her) from Australian Literacy Clinic & Anne Castles - moved to @annecastles.bsky.social, who helped secure this competitive funding! 🧵1/2

Pack your bag & come to Ballarat in March 2025! Dr. Wesley Hoover and the Australian Centre for the Advancement of Literacy crew will be presenting, Prof. Anne Castles - moved to @annecastles.bsky.social Prof Rauno Parrila, Prof. Genevieve, McArthur, Prof. Saskia Kohnen (she/her/hers) Danielle Colenbrander ACU Education & Arts Only 200 seats, book now! trybooking.com/CUSMG

Just published meta-analysis (open access): Morphology instruction is effective for improving reading and spelling outcomes, and spelling effects can transfer to untrained words – but we still need to learn more about why it works and how best to teach it doi.org/10.1007/s10648…

New research from Danielle Colenbrander and Clinic Director Saskia Kohnen (she/her/hers) explores best ways to teach reading and spelling to young children educationdaily.au/teachers/new-r… via Education Daily

Only 10 sleeps away! Sydney folks, have you got your tickets yet?🤩 Registration closes Wednesday and you won’t want to miss this event with Saskia Kohnen (she/her/hers) & Erin Banales (she/her) from the Australian Literacy Clinic Clinic, our lovely colleagues from SPELD NSW, and a keynote from Wes Hoover🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟