The SHAPE CODING system

Hope everyone finds the discussion useful and informative. Enjoy!

DLD journal club is on Feb 25th at 3.30.
Run in conjunction with @cltt.bsky.social @vjoffe.bsky.social & Judy Clegg.
Article by @samueldcalder.bsky.social @suze-freogirl.bsky.social & Mary Claessen on grammar and Shape Coding
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You can't see DLD... but you can see this incredible display from our amazing students at Moor House School & College who have been exploring this year's theme through a powerful art project.

@radld.bsky.social

#DevLangDis #YouCantSeeDLD #DLDawareness #DLDMatters

Communication Interventions with Deaf People Abstract. The fundamental importance of language and communication in the lives of deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) individuals is reflected in the contents

Book now out that includes a chapter written by Glynis Haines & @susanebbels.bsky.social
on using
the SHAPE CODING system to help deaf children develop their use and understanding of English grammar.
academic.oup.com/book/60455?l...

This exercise really highlighted that DLD interventions must be adapted for language-specific errors. I hope my attempted adaptations of @shapecoding.com for Portuguese are helpful for the 300 Brazilian SLTs who will attend Thursday's course & will help the children with DLD that they work with.

The SHAOE CODUNG system Part 2. 1st & 8th May 2025. 9am - 1pm GMT.

Our next Part 2 course is on 1st and 8th May. Suitable for those who are confident with the material in the Part 1 course and wish to extend their knowledge and skills. For more info see: www.moorhouseinstitute.com/the-shape-co...

See our new paper exploring Tasmanian #SLP perspectives on priorities for grammar intervention for children with #DevLangDis. 50 free ecopies: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PVVW2...

I'd be interested to hear how / whether others are using this. It is designed to help clinicians identify grammatical targets for children with language disorders and is freely downloadable.
#DevLangDis

Do let us know if you find any other bugs or have any suggested improvements.

Been using this target identification spreadsheet lots recently for an on-going project
shapecoding.com/resources/gr...

This revealed a few bugs in some of the cells. So, please download again if you want a (hopefully) bug-free version.

Fyi, comprehension cutoff also changed from 85% to 80%.

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Study investigating effects of intervention using the #ShapeCoding system with French children with DLD #DevLangDis

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DLD Card - Afasic A wallet/credit card sized, laminated card explaining to others what DLD is, and how they can help.

And final #DevLangDis post from me today is the 'I have DLD' card from Afasic. A card for people with Developmental Language Disorder to show so others understand their needs.
www.afasic.org.uk/product/dld-... VERY cheap!

Try out the SHAPE CODING system App with a two-week FREE TRIAL

shapecoding.com/app-info/buy...

#devlangdis #SLT #shapecoding

Thank you for the feedback. I'm so glad it has been helpful for you and your team

Poster summarising the paper. For written summary see abstract here:https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2024_LSHSS-23-00098

Poster summarising this paper:

The Effectiveness of Individualized Morphosyntactic Target Identification and Explicit Intervention Using the SHAPE CODING System for Children With Developmental Language Disorder and the Impact of Wi... Purpose: We investigated the effectiveness of a highly individualized morphosyntactic intervention using the SHAPE CODING™ system delivered at di...

Our latest research paper on the effectiveness of individualized & explicit intervention using the SHAPE CODING system for children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) is available here: pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

#DevLangDis #bskySPEECHIES

SHAPE CODING™ System – A Visual Way to Teach Spoken and Written Grammar It was designed primarily for school-aged children and young people with language disorders but has also been used with younger children, children with hearing impairment, children with Down syndrome and adults with acquired aphasia.

Head over to our website www.shapecoding.com for:
✅ Target identification spreadsheet with coded examples
✅ Description of intervention techniques
✅ Detailed intervention steps for individual targets
✅ Large shapes, display sheet & desk map
✅ Access to app
✅ Info re courses
✅ Links to research

Do join us for our Part 2 and/or Practical Applications courses to either explore more complex structures (Part 2), or how to use Part 1 coding in practical activities including in the classroom (Pratical Applications). Courses timed to suit those in the UK, or west of UK (eg US or Canada).