Going to share some previous post in case helpful for others who have not seen them before. I have lots of new post pending some edits with resources too! Watch this space!
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A Speech and Language Therapist's (SaLT) musings.
🆓🔓 Spencer,S, Bola,K, Reeves,L, Best,W, Stringer,H, & Pennington,L. (2026). Defining Communicative Participation for CYP. IJLCD. 61(3),e70266. doi.org/10.1111/1460... #ICF 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES "Communicative participation is a prized outcome for children and young people with #SLCN and their parents".
Defining Communicative Participation for Children and Young People: Views of Young People, Parents, and Speech and Language Therapists
Background Communicating effectively in everyday life is a key outcome for children with speech, language and communication difficulties. However, we lack a clear way to describe children's everyday...
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Cannot wait to tuck into this! Just arrived in the post @pamelasnow.bsky.social @carolinebowen.bsky.social So grateful to past me for preordering 😆 @jandrpress.bsky.social
Really disheartened to see misinformation spread regarding literacy today. I was informed that 'phonics doesn't work for learners who aren't a Gestault level 4 or above'. This is so harmful for our clients on so many levels 😪
Preordered!! (It's also on sale and free shipping in the UK!)
Evidence-based support for children and young people with additional needs 📙 #EBPRoadmap by @carolinebowen.bsky.social & @pamelasnow.bsky.social with @pipbrandon.bsky.social Foreword @lovethatsmile.bsky.social Publisher @jandrpress.bsky.social www.jr-press.co.uk/product/evid... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES 🧵 ⬇️
And here’s the free training for #ReST #apraxia #slpeep #speechie rest.sydney.edu.au
ReST Rapid Syllable Transition Training - ReST Rapid Syllable Transition Training
This site contains a self directed learning package for speech pathologists to learn how to deliver ReST treatment to children with Childhood Apraxia of
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And don't forget there is free training for both approaches for clinicians- no excuse not to be using evidenced based approaches for #CAS #DVD #SpeechApraxia
And don't forget there is free training for both approaches for clinicians- no excuse not to be using evidenced based approaches for #CAS #DVD #SpeechApraxia
ReST vs DTTC: Two powerful therapies for Childhood Apraxia of Speech ReST boosts syllable transitions & prosody DTTC builds accurate speech through cueing & repetition best! #SLP #SLT #Apraxia #SpeechTherapy speechapraxia.co.uk/about-sauk/f...
Long overdue but great to finally see the #RCSLT has spoken up against #facilitatedCommunication and the like. www.rcslt.org/members/deli...
Facilitated communication | RCSLT
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The Global TALES network are an international team that investigates methods for eliciting & analyzing children’s personal event narratives, aiming to develop approaches to support interventions. Read about how to join in the Child Language Bulletin: www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin
#NAPLIC25 with @1hannahharvey.bsky.social and families talking about their experience of receiving a diagnosis of DLD. Project was code signed, with payment for lived experience members #DevLangDis
A trend I often see is young people who have been exposed to English for 10+ years called 'EAL' and their difficulties are written off because English wasn't their first language. Bilingualism is a strength, and if someone has lang diff after 10 years- it's not because of the second language! #EAL
Marilyn Nippold and Erin Marr created a language arts program, named, 'Philosophy for Adolescents' + it's available entirely FREE from here: asha.figshare.com/articles/onl... #DLD #DevelopmentalLanguageDisorder #WeSpeechies
Philosophy for Adolescents (Nippold & Marr, 2022)
Purpose: In this clinical focus article, we discuss the nature of critical thinking, its importance for adolescents, and its interaction with later language development. We also introduce a language a...
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Just found out Paul Jennings (author) was a Speech Pathologist! How serendipitous as I am reading one of his short stories to a group of young people for world book day!
All of the handy websites, assessments, session/lessons plans and CPD I've used, I collate on this spreadsheet- feel free to check it out. Aimed mainly at educators and Speechies #MySLTDay #Wespeechies docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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It’s here 📗 the Systematic Review of #GestaltLanguageProcessing #NaturalLanguageAcquisition link.springer.com/article/10.1... @lucyebryant.bsky.social @carolinebowen.bsky.social @katharinebeals.bsky.social Look forward to your emails ABCD feedback! (Accurate, Balanced, Critical, Depersonalised)
Systematic Review of Interventions Based on Gestalt Language Processing and Natural Language Acquisition (GLP/NLA): Clinical Implications of Absence of Evidence and Cautions for Clinicians and Parents...
Purpose of the Review This systematic review aimed to determine whether interventions related to Gestalt Language Processing and Natural Language Acquisition (GLP/NLA) are effective for individuals wi...
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Calling UK Paediatric SLTs Researchers at City are seeking to find out more about how UK paediatric SLTs select intervention goals and content. If you would like to help, please complete our survey: bit.ly/3Z3DNWv Please share with others if you can #mySLTday
From initial assessment to planning intervention for paediatric clients: what do UK SLTs need?
The study is aiming to find out which information allows speech and language therapists to select intervention goals. By overviewing speech and language therapists’ current practice in planning interv...
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To support with differential diagnosis of Speech Sound Disorders #SSD specifically Inconsistent Speech Sound Disorder, I made a clinical assessment task which you can download for free here: www.a-pinch-of-salt.co.uk/Inconsistent... #Speechies #SpeechandLanguageTherapy #SpeechSoundDisorders
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We held a Speech Therapy Department Share & Learn day today - what an absolute joy to be surrounded by such talented, ambitious & thoughtful colleagues. Super important moment in coming together & celebrating each other's achievements 💙 Do you have department days too?
This is a really accessible listen too! You don't have to be a teacher to understand or be affected by the content
Sold a Story makes TIME Magazine’s Top Ten Podcast list 🥳 Congratulations to Emily Hanford who has done so much to highlight how so many children have been taught to read (but haven’t learnt) using ineffective methods. If you haven’t already, do find it and listen 🎧 time.com/6321143/best...
Happy to be trying something new by joining Bluesky. It feels like a long time since social media felt 'new'. You can follow along what I do here: www.a-pinch-of-salt.co.uk
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