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Course Beetle is a specialist speech, language, and communication training provider. We deliver exceptional training for SLTs, SLTAs, SLPs, and other professionals.
📆 September courses We are now taking bookings for some of our Sept courses: 1️⃣ DLD 2️⃣ SEMH fundamentals 3️⃣ Phonological Awareness 4️⃣ AAC 5️⃣ SEMH assessment 6️⃣Multiple Oppositions Book now or reserve your place while you sort employer funding 🙌 #CPD #SLT #SLTA #SpeechTherapy
Looking to train your team? We offer: • Closed group courses • Block bookings with discounts • Mix & match packages Our training is flexible and tailored to your service’s needs. Browse courses & get in touch - we're here to help! #SLT #CPD #SpeechAndLanguageTherapy #SLTTraining
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We understand that every organisation has its own specific training needs. Find out how Course Beetle can help meet your training needs.
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🆕 Amplifying Voices: Improving Communication in Children with Motor Speech Disorders This short, self-study taster course gives you a big-picture introduction to how an intensive voice approach like LSVT LOUD® is being used with children who have motor speech disorders. #BlueskySpeechies
Taster Course: LSVT LOUD® for KIDS | Course Beetle
This 90-minute self-study taster course provides a practical overview of using LSVT LOUD to improve voice and speech clarity in children.
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Summer school 🏖️ Now might be the perfect opportunity to catch some rays 🌞and get in some CPD 📚! Check out our self-study courses you can access anytime, anywhere! Enjoy 😎 #CPD #SelfStudy #SLT #SLP
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Course Beetle delivers speech, language, and communication training for Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) and allied professionals.
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👋 Hello to everyone from @nhs-elft.bsky.social taking part in today’s final session of ‘Fundamentals of working with children and young people who have SEMH and SLCN’ with @melaniespeechie.bsky.social Looks like it’s going to be a warm one 🥵 Stay cool and hydrated! Enjoy your training ☺️
NEW: Developing Vocabulary and Supporting Word Finding Join Dr Wendy Rinaldi for a practical 1/2-day session to explore the link between semantics and pragmatics in the Early Years and Key Stage 1. Only 8 places available. Book early to avoid disappointment
Developing Vocabulary and Supporting Word Finding | Course Beetle
A unique opportunity to join a small tutorial-type group to receive a research summary on Developing Vocabulary and Supporting Word Finding.
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📚 New resource spotlight! “Working with Deaf Children and Young People” by Sarah Beazley & Judy Halden provides practical strategies & checklists to support communication for deaf children & young people. 🔗 Find out more:
Working with Deaf Children and Young People | Course Beetle
This book highlights the wide impact of deafness on many aspects of communication for deaf children and young people, and those around them.
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⌛Last few spaces remaining! Have you thought about what gestures are really telling us? Mary Gavin explores gesture types, functions & intentionality in non-speaking autistic children. 📅 16th July 2026, 9.30 am – 4.00 pm Book your place now 👇 #autism
Gestures: What’s the point? Using gestures with non-speaking autistic children in the early years | Course Beetle
This course explains the role gestures play in developing a child's understanding and expressive language.
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New course: Introduction to Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) This practical course demystifies this area of practice. See the potential of using AAC approaches effectively in your practice while staying grounded in evidence-based practice. #AAC #SLT #Communication
Introduction to AAC | Course Beetle
This course provides Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) with a practical introduction to Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).
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📆 July courses We have a small number of places left on these courses: 1️⃣ Attachment & Trauma 2️⃣ Complexity Approach 3️⃣ BEST 4️⃣ Gestures These are the last open courses before the summer break, so if you need to get your CPD in, now’s the time!
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Course Beetle delivers speech, language, and communication training for Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) and allied professionals.
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👋 What's a gesture really telling us? Our course "Gestures: What's the point?" with Mary Gavin explores gesture types, functions & intentionality in non-speaking autistic children. 📅 16th July 2026, 9.30 am – 4.00 pm Book your place now 👇
Gestures: What’s the point? Using gestures with non-speaking autistic children in the early years | Course Beetle
This course explains the role gestures play in developing a child's understanding and expressive language.
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Today is the deadline for registration for this years research workshop 🚨🚨 it is happening over a half day at Newcastle University. 🎉🎉 follow this link to sign up: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
🗣️ SLTs working with phonological disorder — this one’s for you! Our Complexity Approach course with Dr Jill Titterington explores evidence-based target selection for children with moderate-to-severe SSD. 📅 8th & 9th July 2026, 9.30 am – 1.30 pm 👇 1/2
📢 Last few places — DLD course with Carly Hartshorn, 30th June! A practical, evidence-based day covering differential diagnosis, assessment, treatment approaches and the lived experience of children & young people with DLD. 👇 1/2
🆓 Free webinar — 30th September, 10–11 am! Join Tara Gretton for a free intro to Solution-Focused Practice. Find out what SFP is, what the full course covers, and pick up a tool to try straight away. SLTs, Social Workers, Education Professionals and more — all welcome! Register free 👇
FREE webinar SFP | Course Beetle
Join us for this free webinar to find out about the SFP approach and how to use it in your practice as a Speech and Language Therapist.
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🚨 Last few places left — CAS course with Dr Pam Williams, 25th June! This specialist one-day course covers assessment, differential diagnosis & evidence-based intervention for Childhood Apraxia of Speech - linked to the RCSLT (2024) Position Paper. 👇 1/2
SLTs working with adults with communication differences — this one’s for you. Our ACT course with Maeve Lappin (SLT & Board-Certified Behaviour Analyst) covers Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in a uniquely experiential, ‘inside out’ way. See the thread for more details. Book your place 👇
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ACT: Acceptance & Commitment Therapy promotes psychological flexibility. Training for SLTs working with adults with communication differences.
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Dysarthria For SLTs working with patients of all ages with acquired or developmental dysarthria. Module 1 focuses on features and assessment - designed to increase your confidence. Module 2 concentrates on treatment: knowing what to do and when to do it, including urgent treatment. #cpd #SLT
Dysarthria – Refresher Modules | Course Beetle
This course is for Speech and Language Therapists working with patients of all ages with acquired or developmental dysarthria.
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📆 June courses We’ve got some great courses coming up in June. 😀 From Core Vocabulary to Selective Mutism and DLD to CAS and lots more ➕➕➕ Whether you’re looking to learn something new or update your existing skills, we’ve got you covered 👍 ⚠️ Don’t miss out on training before the summer break!
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Course Beetle delivers speech, language, and communication training for Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) and allied professionals.
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Self-study training courses 💻 We know it’s not always easy to access live training, especially when juggling a heavy caseload. That’s why we have a growing range of self-study courses to help you keep up your #CPD What will you learn? #BlueskySpeechies
Course Listings | Course Beetle
Course Beetle delivers speech, language, and communication training for Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) and allied professionals.
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New open access paper for the reading pile: Defining Communicative Participation for Children and Young People: Views of Young People, Parents, and Speech and Language Therapists doi.org/10.1111/1460... #DevLangDis #SLPeeps
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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Talking Mats Foundation Training Learn how to use the innovative & award-winning Talking Mats approach to support people with communication difficulties. Next course starts: 10th of June 📆 Book your place here 👉 coursebeetle.co.uk/talking-mats #AAC #Communication
Selective Mutism affects about 1 in 140 young children. With early intervention, the prognosis for recovery is good. Join expert Maggie Johnson to review the nature and causes of selective mutism and learn about evidence-based intervention strategies. Next course starts on 3rd June 📆
Selective Mutism Masterclass | Course Beetle
This training is for people working with children and young people who have Selective Mutism. Delivered live online.
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FREE WEBINAR: Gestures with Mary Gavin Learn about gestures in the early years and compare gesture development in neurotypical and autistic nonspeaking children. Get an overview of what to expect during the full course. #freebie #webinar #slt
FREE webinar: Gestures | Course Beetle
Join us for this free webinar to find out about gestures and their use in the development of language and communication skills.
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The Core Vocabulary Therapy Approach is the most effective intervention for children with Inconsistent Phonological Disorder. Learn about differential diagnosis & differentiating this presentation from other types of speech disorder. Next course: 3rd June 2026 with Dr Jan Broomfield #cpd #slt
Core Vocabulary | Course Beetle
Strong evidence shows that the Core Vocabulary Approach is the most effective intervention approach for these children.
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Is there a child in your class who guesses instead of asking? Who copies others, goes quiet, or seems to have switched off from learning altogether? It often isn't about ability. Discover how to use Active Listening for Active Learning materials to build confidence and support them into learning.
Active Listening for Active Learning Short Course | Course Beetle
This course has been specifically designed to complement the recently launched Active Listening for Active Learning digital resource.
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We know that many young people with SEMH also have SLCN, which often goes unrecognised, so finding ways to identify and characterise any SLCN is important. Discover how to assess language and communication skills and get accurate results 👉 coursebeetle.co.uk/courses/asse... Training - 14th May 📆
Assess language of children with SEMH and SLCN | Course Beetle
Assess language and communication skills of young people with SEMH have SLCN to get accurate results in a comfortable and empowering way.
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NDP3® Modules 1-4: 11th May 📆 The NDP3® approach provides a multi-layered, multi-target treatment approach. Join Dr Pam Williams to examine evidence-based information on Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS), learn the NDP3 assessment procedure, and practice using it. Find out more 👇 #SLT #CPD
NDP3 - Nuffield Dyspraxia Programme | Course Beetle
The NDP3 treatment approach is one of two interventions with the strongest evidence for use with children with childhood apraxia of speech.
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We have brilliant courses coming up with Dr Jill Titterington: 📝 Advanced phonetic transcription skills 🧒 Analysis of child speech 🗣️ Multiple oppositions and conventional minimal pairs 🎯 The Complexity Approach Find out more 👇
Dr Dr Jill Titterington | Course Beetle Presenter
Dr Jill Titterington has over 20 years of clinical experience. She delivers training on several subjects for Course Beetle.
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Finding it difficult to attend live training? We can help! We have a growing range of self-study courses to meet your #cpd needs. Whether you want to brush up on existing skills or learn something new, we’ve got you covered 🙌 coursebeetle.co.uk/courses/?del... #BlueSkySpeechies #slt #training
