Human Chapters

It was an absolute honour to engage in a wonderful conversation with Marina about her Chapter, Moments to Mentoring. Marina generously shares the following points:

- The importance of being mentored when Marina was a student

- Different moments that have shaped her as the clinician she is today

- Her love for speech, language, and literacy

- What mentoring means to Marina now

Marina can be contacted on www.marinahennes.com and her mentoring services can be accessed on https://www.halaxy.com/book/appointment/marina-hennes-speech-pathology/location/679071

An enormous thanks to Marian for spending the time, effort, and energy in sharing this Chapter and to everyone that will engage with it. This conversation will be available on  ⁨@humanchapters⁩  YouTube, Podcast, and Facebook page. Please share it with anyone that may resonate.

It was a privilege to engage in a conversation with Karla about her Chapter, My Journey as a Researcher. Karla generously discusses the following points and much more:

- Her inspiration for entering the research pathway

- The insights and wisdom she has collected on this journey

- Her advocacy for people living with Developmental Language Disorder- How the current political climate has impacted her world

- A resource referenced included - https://www.dldandme.org/

An enormous thanks to Karla for spending the time, effort, and energy into this conversation and to everyone else that will engage with it. This conversation will be available on  ⁨@humanchapters⁩  YouTube, Podcast, and Facebook page. Please share it widely.

It was a deep honour and privilege to engage in a well-rounded conversation with Nidhi about her Chapter, Becoming the Educator that I Am. Nidhi generously shared the following points and more:

- Why education has always been an important part of her and her family's journey

- Key reflections about her family's history- Her background in Occupational Therapy, learning German, teaching German and her path towards Cognitive Science

- Her passion for teaching, learning languages, and learning about how humans learn

Resources from this conversation include:

1. How learning happens: Microlearning video series: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwTpQ2v1T7Wl-8dSowX-Ja7LH2wl34q1m&si=KMZDwhNKtDOdOI0S

2. Link to the Science of Learning newsletter: https://scienceoflearning.substack.com/

An enormous thanks to Nidhi for spending the time, energy, and effort into sharing her Chapter and to everyone else that will engage with it. This conversation will be available on  ⁨@humanchapters⁩  YouTube channel, Podcast, and Facebook page. Please share it with others.

It was an absolute privilege to engage in a conversation with Nate about his most recent Chapter, Sage Learning - for anyone that wants to accelerate their learning. Nate generously shares the following points:

- Why he has created this learning platform

- What it is composed of

- How it can be used in classrooms and/or intervention spaces

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Nate can be contacted on  ⁨@pedagogynongratajoseph3793⁩  on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. An enormous thanks to Nate for all the work he does and for sharing this Chapter and to everyone else that will engage with it. This conversation will be available on  ⁨@humanchapters⁩  YouTube, Podcast, and Facebook page.

It was a deep honour to engage in a wonderfully robust discussion with Faith and Judy about their Chapter, A No BS Conversation with Faith and Judy at The Literacy View. Faith and Judy generously discuss the following points and much more:

- How their paths crossed

- The journey their podcast, The Literacy View has taken them on

- The important shifts they have experienced in their practice as educators- The importance of understanding different perspectives when delving into research about education practices

Faith and Judy are the hosts of The Literacy View podcast. They also provide other services to assist educators in their shift and understanding towards Structured Literacy practices. They can be found on https://theliteracyview.com/

An enormous thanks to Faith and Judy for spending their time, efforts, and energy into this conversation. It will be available on  ⁨@humanchapters⁩  YouTube channel, Podcast, and Facebook page. Please share it with others.

It was a deep privilege to engage in a robust and hearty conversation with Paula about her Chapter, Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). Paula generously shares the following points and more:

- Paula's passions, interests, and profession

- The events leading up to investigating DLD

- What DLD is

- The impact of DLD in different settings and contexts - at home, school (primary and secondary), friendships, university, and in her workplace

Paula's journey can also be accessed on https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10473366/ - A First-Person Account of Developmental Language Disorder

Paula can be contacted via @starfire1408 (Instagram handle).

An enormous thanks to Paula for spending the time, effort, and energy in sharing her Chapter and to everyone else that will connect with it. It will be available on  ⁨@humanchapters⁩  YouTube, Podcast, and Facebook page. Please share it with others.

It was an incredible honour to engage in a hearty conversation with Leslie about her Chapter, A Writing Journey, Think SRSD (Self-Regulated Strategy Development). Leslie generously discussed the following points:

- Who she was influenced by

- What has shaped her work in education

- What Think SRSD is

- Its implementation in the classroom

Leslie's website is https://thinksrsd.com/ and she can be contacted via this website.

An enormous thanks to Leslie for spending the time, energy, and effort into sharing this Chapter and to everyone that will engage with it. Please share it with others that may connect with it.

This conversation will be available on  ⁨@humanchapters⁩  YouTube, Podcast, and Facebook page.

It was a deep honour and privilege to engage in a hearty conversation with Jeanne about her Chapter, An Education Journey. In the conversation, Jeanne discussed the following points and more:

- Her career in teaching across the different grade levels

- Her shift to structured literacy

- Important moments that stuck with her during these years

- Her shift to engaging in a consultancy role at https://pathwaystowardsliteracy.com/

An enormous thanks to Jeanne for the effort, time, and energy put towards this conversation and to everyone else that will engage with it. It will be available on  ⁨@humanchapters⁩  YouTube, Podcast, and Facebook page. Please share it with others.

It was an absolute honour to engage in a hearty conversation with Jinean and Camesha about their Chapter, Living Life with DLD (a picture book series). Jinean and Camesha generously share the following:

- Their roles in this Chapter (Speech Pathologist and teacher)

- An explanation of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)- How their paths crossed

- Their picture book series, Living Life with DLD and the importance of characters representing children with DLD

- Their business, Empower DLD Parenting

- And much more.......

Jinean and Camesha can be contacted on: 📸 Instagram: @empowereddldparenting www.instagram.com/empowered.dld.parenting/

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📘 Facebook Group: Empowered DLD Parenting https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1HbwQSc3P6/

📚 Our books: 👉 https://bit.ly/dldbooks-UK

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An enormous thanks to Jinean and Camesha for their time, energy, and effort in this conversation and to everyone else that will engage with it. This conversations will be available on  ⁨@humanchapters⁩  YouTube Channel, Podcast, and Facebook page. Please share it with others and subscribe to these platforms.

It was an honour to engage in a hearty conversation with Melissa about her Chapter, Where Media and Education Collides. Melissa generously shares the following:

- Her longstanding career in media and a pivot into Education.

- What drew her to understanding different elements of students' education journey

- from learning how to read to self regulation and beyond.- The beginning of her podcast, School Shorts - https://podcasts.apple.com/ae/podcast/school-shorts/id1798856395

- Why she wants parents to learn more about various elements of their children's journey.

Melissa can be found on:

https://www.youtube.com/ ⁨@schoolshortsnz⁩ 

Instagram -  ⁨@schoolshortsnz⁩ 

An enormous thanks to Melissa for taking the time, energy, and effort into sharing this Chapter and to everyone else that will engage with it. This conversation will be available on  ⁨@humanchapters⁩  YouTube channel, Podcast, and Facebook page.