Dr. Allyson Schaff (she/her/hers)

Graph of a continuum

And now for my 2nd favorite topic at #ashaconvention2025 #sotl #clinicaled

Starting #ashaconvention2025 off with one of my favorite topics with @gaablab

#loveislove

Happy Pride! #loveislove

Does traditional grading build lifelong learning? #highered #sotl #gradingforgrowth

I teach for free; they pay me to grade from Grading for Growth

Off to a good start with this book already #sotl #highered

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*Great Resource for ideas: "Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers"

Group of PowerPoint slides

For several years, I have shared a learning science slide with my classes every week. Next semester, I am incorporating explicit practice of each of the techniques based on the topic I am teaching to better adhere to the Gradual Release of Responsibility or the I do, We do, You do model.

Question for #slpeeps Can SLPs diagnose dyslexia? I’m comfortable diagnosing a literacy disorder but tend to feel that dyslexia should be a team approach.

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Pretty happy about this news! #uhcomd

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Go Coogs!

People from all different walks of life gathered today to practice their freedom of speech. #resistance can take many forms-today, I walked with my people and found strength in community.

This is what democracy looks like #handsoffhouston

Senator Cory Booker has now broken the record for the longest Senate Floor speech, previously held by Strom Thurmond (24 hours 18 minutes).

If you damage the businesses of the richest man in the world, his friend the President wants to put you in indentured servitude in another country.
If you trash the Capitol to overturn the election, its pardons and praise.

Next up on my reading list…
Is there a difference between andragogy and pedagogy? As I teach Language Development this semester, I see so many parallels between the cognitive processes of children and adults….so I’m a bit skeptical. Would love to know your thoughts…

Finished this one a bit ago-I really like how this book includes applications to explicitly connect neuroanatomy to speech-language pathology
#slp2b #speechies

2 people

Street food vendors

Bowl of ramen and sides

28 hours in, 17 hour flight done ✅, time for brekkie in Singapore

Speech sound disorders textbook with 2 children on cover

So much great information here...so many dog-eared pages. Looking forward to integrating the information into my next Speech Development and Disorders course next year.

Dog looking out the window beside a Christmas tree

Dog sleeping

Happy 2nd birthday to our Jojo!

Do you want to learn how to do a systematic review? Email me! We can design a workshop as a Thankyou for engaging so much in our systematic review these last few months. It’s not *everyone’s cup of tea - but will help you judge quality too!

I agree-that’s what we see as well. I wonder if the difference is competency-based education?

Wondering what the disconnect is?

My 1st role as a SLP CE was in Australia where I supervised 3rd yr undergrads who demonstrated strong clinical skills. Now I work in the US where the CSD curriculum is so broad in scope, it sometimes feels like the combined undergrad (4 yrs) and grad (2 yrs) is not enough time.

I listened to the episode as well and shared it with several of my US colleagues. My question after the episode was: Should we be training our SLP/SLT
students to do research like systematic reviews to help make a stronger clinic to academic connection?

Working my way through Alexander Hamilton…it’s a bit longer than the musical 😂

Thinking of creating a flowchart based on different types of #ssd subtypes to help students with assessment planning. Anyone know if something like this exists? #slp #speechies

I didn't need to wait as long as anticipated to start a FOURTH 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES STARTER PACK go.bsky.app/8pLJ8tV @adambuchwald.bsky.social

Just finished it-loved it! I haven’t been this wrapped up in a book in awhile!

Dog sploot

Jojo says Goodnight all