Lorraine Bamblett
@bammo44.bsky.social
Lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy at Keele University. Specialist in Children’s Speech Sound Disorders #childspeechdis, #childapraxiaspeech and #devlangdis. Research interests in adults with DLD, CAS and diagnostic decision making.
Most school leaders say staff or pupils have suffered racism in their school in the past year, according to @ascl-uk.bsky.social research that also highlights the rise of sexism and misogyny #ASCL2026
‘Insidious return of prejudice’ fuelling racism in schools, leaders warn
Sexism and misogyny are also now ‘in plain sight’, says ASCL general secretary after research highlights school leaders’ concerns
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TUTORIAL 🔐💰 in @ashajournals.bsky.social Roepke, E., & Brosseau-Lapré, F. (2026). Atypical Phonological Errors: A Guide for SLPs. LSHSS, 1–20. 🆕 doi.org/10.1044/2025... 🧒 #childSPEECHdis 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES
Atypical Phonological Errors: A Guide for Speech-Language Pathologists
Purpose: The purpose of this tutorial was to describe why identifying error type is important to clinical practice and to help clinicians identif...
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Focused Auditory Stimulation and Speech Apraxia – Know Its Limits
Focused Auditory Stimulation (FAS), sometimes called auditory bombardment, involves repeatedly modelling target sounds while a child plays, with no expectation that the child will speak. It is widely ...
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Tens of thousands of children in England have spent more than a year waiting for NHS community care such as hearing services, speech and language therapy and disability support, the BBC has found. www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/...
Children's early development at risk with year-long NHS waits
A quarter of the 300,000 children waiting for community NHS care have spent more than a year waiting.
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Today is a key turning point in the @misltoessd.bsky.social study-publication of our Core Outcome Set. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Huge thanks @samburrslt.bsky.social @samharding.bsky.social @drjoannecleland.bsky.social @drhelenslt.bsky.social and all made this happen. Roll on phase 2!
Maximising the Impact of Speech and Language Therapy for Children With Speech Sound Disorder (The MISLToe‐SSD) Study: Developing a Core Outcome Set (COS) for Routine Data Collection From UK NHS Speech and Language Therapy Services
Background Children with speech sound disorder (SSD) are at risk of long-term adverse consequences if appropriate intervention is not provided in a timely way. Although there are interventions of pr...
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A huge thank you to the UK Expert Delphi Panel for your contribution to this work and our publication 💚 (you know who you are -too many to list in a few characters here 🤷🏼♀️)
Professor Helen Stringer@drhelenslt.bsky.social · 7mo agoVery happy to share a link to the latest @misltoessd.bsky.social publication with @samburrslt.bsky.social @drjoannecleland.bsky.social @samharding.bsky.social @yvonnewren.bsky.social The MISLToe_SSD Core Outcome Set (COS) for UK SLT Routine Data Collection onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Very happy to share a link to the latest @misltoessd.bsky.social publication with @samburrslt.bsky.social @drjoannecleland.bsky.social @samharding.bsky.social @yvonnewren.bsky.social The MISLToe_SSD Core Outcome Set (COS) for UK SLT Routine Data Collection onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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@nikkimcdonald.bsky.social shares her son's journey with speech and language therapy for his severe #SSD showing the value of evidence-based dosage to support Raising Awareness of Dosage in Speech Sound Disorder (RADiSSD). Find it here www.thespeechdoctorni.co.uk/radissd @csdrnetwork.bsky.social
RADiSSD — Speech Doctor
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💰🔐40% of EI SLPs believed CAS can't be diagnosed in under-3s; 52% wouldn’t tell caregivers. Of SLPs who DID diag/treat CAS in <3s, most used caregiver coaching & play. Highly structured, clinician-directed tx was relatively underused despite ➕evidence. pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.1... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES
Clinicians' Perspectives on Diagnosing and Treating Childhood Apraxia of Speech in Children Under 3 Years Old
Purpose: Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a pediatric speech sound disorder with genetic and neurological underpinnings, implying its presenc...
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A new paper linking #apraxia and #dcd onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
High prevalence of developmental coordination disorder risk in childhood apraxia of speech
Aim To explore motor impairments linked to developmental coordination disorder (DCD) in children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). Method This prospective cohort study included 105 children ...
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🔐💰In @ashajournals.bsky.social Margetson, K., & @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social (2025). Multilingual Speech Assessment: Using an #ImpSci Framework to Explore Acceptability of the Speech Assessment of Children's Home Language(s) (SACHL). doi.org/10.1044/2025... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #childSPEECHdis
Multilingual Speech Assessment: Using an Implementation Science Framework to Explore Acceptability of the Speech Assessment of Children's Home Language(s) (SACHL)
Purpose: The Speech Assessment of Children's Home Language(s) (SACHL) offers a new, evidence-based clinical protocol for speech-language patholog...
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I'm still at the stage where I get a thrill every time I see Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) mentioned casually in the media. #DevLangDis
Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · 8mo agoI wrote for @theobserveruk.bsky.social on the special needs problem highlighted by the budget and the big political battle over it coming next year. share.google/kTTENR1gX4Y4...
New IPA English Monophthong Consonants revision video recorded yesterday to help my MSci SLT students @keeleuniversity.bsky.social with their Jan phonetics exam. Hopefully, it may help other #SLTtobe students do the same. Diphthongs to follow soon #mySLTday youtu.be/44j-XgrOvWw
English Monophthong Transcription
YouTube video by Lorraine Bamblett Speech and Language Therapy
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@lypftresearch.bsky.social Delighted to be invited to present #SLTsinMH perspectives on SLCN and awareness of #DLD in adults in mental health settings @rcpsych.bsky.social conference today great to hear questions and comments from delegates @peterdjust.bsky.social @radld.bsky.social
💥 Breaking news! 📰 Check out RCSLT's response to the Budget issued with the rest of the #InvestInSLT home team. 📢 The need to invest in SLT, improve workforce planning, and the recruitment, retention, and CPD for SLTs remains as urgent as ever. www.rcslt.org/news/our-res...
Our response to the Budget | RCSLT
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CSGuL is inviting applications for the HARP PhD and Pre-Doctoral Training Programme for Health Professionals (September 2026 start). We are interested to hear from speech and language therapists. For further information about the fellowships: harpphd.org or potential supervisors: lnkd.in/eWvS8k_C
HARP PhD Programme – Wellcome PhD Health professionals
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🙌 15 mins of pure gold! 🙌 In this EXCELLENT 🆓 video from @coursebeetle.co.uk, @jititterington.bsky.social, @heleneslt.bsky.social & @katinkabaker.bsky.social from the Raising Awareness of Dosage in SSD " #RADiSS" group talk about dosage in #CHILDspeechDIS. vimeo.com/1133992280?s... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES
RADiSSD Dosage Informational Video - Nov 2025
This is "RADiSSD Dosage Informational Video - Nov 2025" by Course Beetle on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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We have a new website (work in progress!) www.childspeechdisorderresearchnetwork.org and a new logo! Let us know what you would like to see on our website.
UK & Ireland Child Speech Disorder Research Network
The Child Speech Disorder Research Network aims to:
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This paper is a real benchmark and will be of great interest to anyone who works with those with DLD. (Developmental Language Disorder) #DevLangDis
Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻@carolinebowen.bsky.social · 9mo agoJUST WHEN I THOUGHT TODAY COULDN'T GET ANY BETTER, 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES❗@karlamcgregor.bsky.social and co are 🔥on fire🔥 in @ashajournals.bsky.social in a 🆓🔓 article about #devlangdis and its spectral nature. This assertion will stay with me: "To diagnose is to categorize". pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10....
Proud lecturer moment… One of our first cohort of Speech and Language Therapy graduates from @wrexhamuni.bsky.social Catrin Khalili, talking about Welsh Language Aphasia Assessment. #NWSLE
Here is the research I presented to @WHO this week in Geneva on behalf of children from 20+ countries about health equity for children with disabilities. Children’s Voices Centre @ CharlesSturtUni. It was an honour www.csu.edu.au/research/chi...
Children’s health
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Sharynne McLeod@sharynnemcleod.bsky.social · 9mo agoIt was a privilege to attend the @WHO Disability Health Equity Network meeting in Geneva to read children’s recommendations to the World Health Organization about disability health equity based on research from the Children’s Voices Centre at Charles Sturt University in Australia @CharlesSturtUni
My newest video - this one summarising the English Consonants on the IPA. I also go through each Voice, Place, Manner label. Any suggestions for video content let me know. youtu.be/4ZrzB_RtHU8?...
IPA English Consonants and Voice Place Manner
YouTube video by Lorraine Bamblett Speech and Language Therapy
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🚨 Good news alert! 😊The RCSLT's delighted to see this report from Chris Whitty recognise speech, language, and communication needs, and the role of speech and language therapists in working with people in prison, on probation, and in the secure NHS estate. www.gov.uk/government/p...
The health of people in prison, on probation and in the secure NHS estate in England
The Chief Medical Officer for England identifies areas of good practice and areas of risk, and recommends actions to improve health outcomes for this population.
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"The current system is underfunded, overstretched and unprepared for the future." Sureena Brackenridge @sureenawne.bsky.social, MP, speaking at the #InvestInSLT speech and language therapy debate on 27 January 2025.
"The current system is underfunded, overstretched and unprepared for the future." Sureena Brackenridge MP speaking at the #InvestInSLT speech and language therapy debate on 27 January 2025.
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
Speech Apraxia International@speechapraxia.bsky.social · 9mo agoReST 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...
Mikey's MP @saqibbhattimp.bsky.social has written to @skinnock.bsky.social asking for an update on the action plan that was promised to the #InvestinSLT team for improving speech and language services @peterdjust.bsky.social @gillianrudd.bsky.social @bammo44.bsky.social @dharford79.bsky.social
A new video to share - Filmed a quick overview of common typical and atypical Phonological Processes today in prep for some teaching next week for the Keele University SLT students. Feel free to share! youtu.be/JlZ1uPPrC-A?si… via @YouTube #mySLTday
Phonological Processes - an Overview
YouTube video by Lorraine Bamblett Speech and Language Therapy
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