Had fascinating, moving couple of afternoon/evenings introducing #LisnTell: #liveinclusivestorytelling face to face to #SpecialEducation Teachers & Movement/ #ArtTherapists frm India, Malaysia,Taiwan & Sri Lanka 🇮🇳🇲🇾🇹🇼🇱🇰Sharing tales, acknowledging different cultures, faiths, customs. #EurythmyIndia

At #FridaKahlo the Making of an Icon reception #TateModern. Holding my new book in wonder. This painting "The Frame" encouraged me as a #speechandlanguagetherapy student with severe #scoliosis and #spinalinjury. Wonderful to be invited to introduce, curate, edit this bk @artmyoldfriend.bsky.social

Surviving the pain that nearly incapacitated me as a #speechandlanguagetherapy student. Sat 5Sept7.30pm London: #music #poetry #storytelling #songs with magical Olivier nominated Melody Grove and alchemical Aly Macrae-nominated Musical Director 2025/The Stage magazine rsh.anth.org.uk/event/back-t...

Back to Back - Rudolf Steiner House

Music Poetry Storytelling with Louise Coigley Honouring the centenary of Frida Kahlo’s accident 17 September 1925 Storyteller, speech & language therapist and spinal injury survivor Louise weaves her ...

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Warmest Congratulations to @bronwynhemsley.bsky.social !

Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻@carolinebowen.bsky.social · 3w ago

Congratulations @bronwynhemsley.bsky.social www.asha.org/news/2026/as... <<ping>> @ashajournals.bsky.social @jillesenner.bsky.social @lucyebryant.bsky.social (📢@tim-kittel.bsky.social) @katharinebeals.bsky.social #AUGcomm 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

FAB party for my book #wingstofly on Creativity & Endurance in the words & pictures of #FridaKahlo. Thrilled Fanny Mozu-Simpson came: a ' #scoliosiswarrior sister', Senior Teaching Fellow in diagnostics & anatomy to medical students @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social. Her www: fusednotfragile.co.uk

#FridaKahlo 's letter to #GeorgiaOKeeffe is quoted in full in my new book: #WingstoFly on Creativity & Endurance: "...I would like to tell you everything that happened to me since the last time we met, but most of them are sad and you mustn't know sad things now...never forget your wonderful hands"

womensartbluesky.bsky.social@womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 4w ago

Georgia O'Keeffe, Red Poppy,1927 #womensart

Oh Thank you kindly @carolinebowen.bsky.social ! Such a surprise being commissioned for this. It took me to old archives & FK's last lover's nephew, whom I found in 🇫🇷. My personal connection to FK goes back to my 20s, living with scoliosis & the guy who brought her work to the UK. All in the intro❤️‍🔥

Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻@carolinebowen.bsky.social · last mo.

Not JUST a storyteller and earrings connoisseur! The wonderful @lisntell.bsky.social's new book "Wings To Fly" about Frida Kahlo is an inspirational collection of Kahlo's images and words on creativity and endurance...and it's available now from major stockists. linktr.ee/wingstoflyfr...

@womensartbluesky.bsky.social Still thrilled about me new book published yesterday. Frida Kahlo's quotes and pictures personal connection to her life & work. September Publishing says it's already stocked:UK; Scandinavia;Spain; Australia; New Zealand; Germany;France;Romania;Slovakia & S Africa❤️‍🔥

My book is out today!"Wings to Fly on Endurance and Creativity" in the words and pictures of #FridaKahlo - commissioned by September Publishing -compiled, edited, introduced by me. Stocked in the UK Scandinavia;France;Spain;Germany;Italy;Romania; Slovakia;;South Africa;Australia & New Zealand asap

Funny how a child of about six, who doesn't know you, screeching to a halt on his bike right near you, and smiling at you broadly from under his peaked cap can lift your whole day #justhappened

New book for word nerds everywhere. Anatoly Liberman reviews Unabridged by Stefan Fatsis blog.oup.com/2026/04/unab...

Now available internationally as an ebook for Kindle from Amazon!! @carolinebowen.bsky.social ‬@pamelasnow.bsky.social #bskySPEECHIES #teachers #families & #youngpeople #SLT www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=bowen+ev...

Wonderful time gathering plants for The Dusk Gardener, picked this morning by two seven year olds I help with on Fridays - a bit of biodynamic nutritious heaven - both the food and blossoms and being with them...

How was World Book Day? Any favourite costumes or books?! Here's a brilliant staircase & graffiti at the schl where I ran Lis'n Tell #liveinclusivestorytelling part1-2day training for the Children's Integrated Speech & Language Therapy Service for Hackney and the City which was a very vivacious day!

Excited about new start with #SaLTBkGrp this week Ch1 8-9.15pm GMT online-let me know if you'd like to join friendly, listening convo: www.routledge.com/Neurodiversi...

Neurodiversity-Affirming Practice for Speech and Language Therapists: Supporting Curiosity, Compassion and Conversation

Are you a speech and language therapist (SLT) working independently, within a speech and language therapy team, or in training? Do you, or might you work with autistic or other neurodivergent people? ...

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"Behavioral research has shown deeper semantic encoding of text frm paper than frm screen...findings provide evidence of differncs in brain responses to texts presented in print& digital media, includg deeper semantic encoding for print than digital texts."Pub: May 22, 2024 doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Middle-schoolers’ reading and lexical-semantic processing depth in response to digital and print media: An N400 study

We report the first use of ERP measures to identify text engagement differences when reading digitally or in print. Depth of semantic encoding is key for reading comprehension, and we predicted that d...

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WHO DOESN'T 😍LOVE😍 AN INTERESTING QUESTIONNAIRE? Mohammad Hossein Ghane PhD (given name: Ghane) researcher in applied #linguistics at Yazd University in 🇮🇷Iran seeks native English speakers for an online survey. (survey.porsline.ir/s/vUsWyK8P) www.researchgate.net/profile/Moha... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

Sentence Recognition and Interpretation Questionnaire

Create surveys with Porsline for free and make decisions with its real time interactive reports.

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SO interesting - now we need research (anybody know of any?) where we measure how iconic gesture supports intonation-which supports comprehensn and recall of story/vocab. I observe 100's times a yr running trainings how gestures linked to spkn concepts help the voice to convey meaning & experience.

Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻@carolinebowen.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🔐💰 in @ashajournals.bsky.social Davison, K. E., Strang, C., Gray-Bauer, H., Liu, T., & Zuk, J. (2025). Caregiver Oral #Reading #Prosody Is Associated With Preschoolers' Storybook Listening Comprehension. JSLHR, 1–13. doi.org/10.1044/2025... Makes a lot of sense, 🦋 #bskyspeechies

Touchd to be invitd to the Memorial Wednesday night for the wife of #SirMarkRylance: composer & playwright #ClaireVanKampen I've never wept so much at a performance. Exquisite portrayal of power of #music & #song thro CVK's wit & wisdom, MK's inner child, #MelodyGrove's grace & #IestynDavies voice!👏

Incredible response to Scoliosis Support & Research Film. So many messages from #scoliosis warriors feeling recognised & encouraged by the documentary. And one who didn't, whom we are rallying around ♥️🤞 Very pleased & amazed to have been involved www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqZI...

Living With Scoliosis | Documentary Short

YouTube video by Scoliosis Support & Research

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A sign of something not working or working that I get invited back again & again!? Lis'n Tell #liveinclusivestorytelling back at Blossom House Schl www.blossomhouseschool.co.uk 3rd time (intro day),then 4th time back to Athens, Greece, to train Speech Pathologists in the Spring 2026 (2 days: Part 1)

Excitedly preparing to train 50 Attention Autism Practitioners day after tmw #liveinclusivestorytelling #lisntell #InclusiveEducation #autismawareness Gathering my #storytelling tools....only sad to be going away from husband The Dusk Gardener, and lovely SaLT who stays with us Monday nights.

#SaLTBkGrp tonight:"Nothing about AAC users without AAC users: a call for meaningful inclusion in research, technology development, and professional training" Grant Blasko, Janice Light, David McNaughton, Bob Williams & Jordyn Zimmerman-Published online: 13 Jun 2025.

Some poignant and celebratory moments in the Q'nA at the launch of Living with Scoliosis photo courtesy of Amelie scoliosis.with.at c/o scoliosis research uk ssr.org.uk #scoliosis #scoliosisawareness #scoliosiswarrior

Amazing to be in this documentary short & to meet the other wonderful participants.c/o Scoliosis Research UK 🤍 I am the oldest, youngest is six.She was dressed like a sparkly angel & said " I wd tell someone [just diagnosed] I have scoliosis too, you're not alone".

Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻@carolinebowen.bsky.social · 9mo ago

What a 🌟STAR🌟 @lisntell.bsky.social is, 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES! Watch this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqZI... #scoliosis #bravery #chronicpain #spinalsurgery #couragetogether #wearyourcurve

Lovely to be called in as a kind of #storytelling ambulance - and great to be able to rearrange day so can be there to run #CPD for #Teachers #Authors #Storytellers #Therapists #liveinclusivestorytelling #lisntell #education #accessibility www.hastingsstoryfest.org.uk/2025-adults :

Feels extraordinary and very moving to be featured in this documentary. Looking forward to meeting the others at the launch on October 28th London #scoliosis #spinalsurgery #couragetogether #wearyourcurve youtu.be/p-0xewRfPNc?...

Living with Scoliosis | Documentary Trailer

YouTube video by Scoliosis Support & Research

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NEXT #SaLTBkGrp Thurs 6 NOV 25 8-9.15pm GMT Nothing about #AAC users without AAC users: a call for meaningful inclusion in research, technology development & professional training. Grant Blasko,Janice Light, David McNaughton,Bob Williams & Jordyn Zimmerman(2025)41:3, 184-194 doi.org/10.1080/0743...

Nothing about AAC users without AAC users: a call for meaningful inclusion in research, technology development, and professional training

Historically, priorities for research, technology development, and professional training in the field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) have been identified largely by nondisabled...

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#SaLTBkGrp yesterday eve loved the respect, warmth, listening betwn us conversing abt respect 4 stammerers experience.The equality betwn us:one in her sixties doing a PhD, one in her 20s entering 3rd yr of SaLT trng-me- retired from work with clients this wk & those still in full tilt employment💓📗

#SaLTBkGrp tonight - new autumn phase : "Understanding the Speaker’s Experience of Stuttering Can Improve Stuttering Therapy" Seth E. Tichenor, Caryn Herring, and J. Scott Yaruss Top Lang Disorders Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 57–75 © 2022 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.