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Current Vacancies | North Bristol NHS Trust

@bristol-sltru.bsky.social are looking to hire a Senior Research Associate (Qualitative) to the @misltoessd.bsky.social study team. Its a Band 7 role for 18 months. If you are interested, have a look, and maybe drop us a line to have a chat!! www.nbt.nhs.uk/careers/curr...

A Pathway to Research-Reliable Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing for Children With Childhood Apraxia of Speech: A Multiphase Process for Training Community Clinicians Purpose: Mounting research supports the use of motor-based intervention (e.g., Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing [DTTC]) for children with chil...

🥳 WOOT! 🆓🔓 in @ashajournals.bsky.social A Pathway to Research-Reliable Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing for Children With #ChildApraxiaSpeech: A Multiphase Process for Training Community Clinicians. 2025. AJSLP doi.org/10.1044/2025... #childspeechdis #apraxia 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #DTTC

A graphic of an outline of a shield filled with photographs of students, teachers, academics and other members of the University of Sheffield community. The QS logo is prominently displayed near the bottom of the shield. Underneath is written ‘The University of Sheffield Top 100 QS World University Rankings 2026’

The QS World University Rankings 2026 have just been released and we’ve placed 92nd within the World Top 100! Huge congratulations and thanks to everyone in the University of Sheffield community for this achievement; from staff and students to alumni, supporters and friends around the world!

Clinical information on learning disabilities | RCSLT Read about the role of speech and language therapists in providing additional interventions for individuals with learning disabilities.

🎉 Happy #LearningDisabilityWeek everyone!

😊 Check out RCSLT's clinical resources for more information on how speech and language therapists can support people with learning disabilities and their families and carers.

#SLPeeps #LearningDisability

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Equipping Speech-Language Clinicians for the Critical Appraisal of an Artificial Intelligence–Driven, Evidence-Based Future Purpose: Artificial intelligence (AI) is more capable and accessible than ever before. But what does this mean for clinical practice? How can spe...

🆓🔓 In @ashajournals.bsky.social @nrg.bsky.social & @jprestonslp.bsky.social 2025. Equipping Speech-Language Clinicians for the Critical Appraisal of an #ArtificialIntelligence-Driven, Evidence-Based Future. LSHSS 1–27. doi.org/10.1044/2025...
🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #slpeeps

SLT Stories: Inspiring the next generation of speech and language therapists Podcast · Jan Baerselman, Talking Outcomes Speech and Language Consultancy · Discover how collaboration and innovation can transform our speech and language therapy practice through inspiring stories,...

Newly qualified or just want to hear more about #speechandlanguagetherapy check out this great podcast SLT Stories open.spotify.com/show/6rpSPD3...

Predictors of academic achievement and educational support for adolescents with developmental language disorder (DLD) - Olof Sandgren, Birgitta Sahlén, Christina Samuelsson, Anna Ekström, 2025 Purpose Developmental language disorder (DLD) has known consequences on academic performance, and adaptations to teaching methods and material are often require...

Open access paper on 246 Swedish adolescents with #DevLangDis and their caregivers: Predictors of academic achievement and educational support for adolescents with developmental language disorder (DLD) #SLPeeps doi.org/10.1177/0265...

✅Speech and language intervention programmes
✅In-house specialist support
✅Improved teacher training
These are all crucial ways that schools can support 2M children with speech and language challenges!

🗣The Government MUST invest in schools now: speechandlanguage.org.uk/the-issue/ou...

As a lover of crime fiction, Agatha Christie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle et al, I’ve just discovered and am very much enjoying your Hawthorn series @anthonyhorowitz.com Thank you! 😊👍

Cover of the book Evidence-based support for children and young people with additional needs: The Roadmap by Caroline Bowen and Pamela Snow with Philippa Brandon, foreword by Heidi Gregory. The background is a soft orange colour. The title text is bold and black, with 'The Roadmap' in blue. Below the title, there is an illustration of a busy park scene with trees, children, and adults walking along winding paths. A yellow school bus, parked under trees, is visible in the top left of the illustration.

My work here is done! All the 📙 #EBPRoadmap prime movers and shakers are on @bsky.app ✔️ @pamelasnow.bsky.social, ✔️@pipbrandon.bsky.social ✔️ @lovethatsmile.bsky.social and, of course ✔️ @jandrpress.bsky.social !

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Students are neither left or right brained: how some early childhood educators get this ‘neuromyth’ and others wrong Understanding how the brain functions is important for teachers. We surveyed more than 500 early childhood educators about their neuroscience knowledge.

🆓🔓🆕 theconversation.com/students-are...

Williams, K. E., Burr, T., L'Estrange, L., & Walsh, K. (2025). Early childhood educators' use of neuroscience: Knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy and professional learning. Trends in neurosci & edu, 38, 100247. doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...

🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

How to read a paper involving artificial intelligence (AI) This paper guides readers through the critical appraisal of a paper that includes the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in clinical settings for healthcare delivery. A brief introduction to the diff...

Our new paper!! Led by @drpauldijkstra.bsky.social with @jessrmorley.bsky.social and awesome medical student Yosra Mekki. #digitalhealth #medsky #episky

How to Read a Paper Involving AI.

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Update on Identification and Treatment of Infants and Toddlers With Suspected Childhood Apraxia of Speech Purpose: The purpose of this tutorial is to (a) provide an updated review of the literature pertaining to proposed early features of childhood ap...

Update on Identification and Treatment of Infants and Toddlers With Suspected Childhood Apraxia of Speech | pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.1...
'a specific focus on the development of speech in facilitating early communication skills' is supported #speechsounddisorders #speechdifficulties

We are running our 'Word Aware training for trainers' course again in November. If you want to support schools to use our whole school approach for supporting vocabulary, then this is for you. 5 half days, on line. Details: thinkingtalking.co.uk/finding-a-wo... @lang4think.bsky.social

A really thoughtful and interactive session. Thanks to all who attended and looking forward to the next one 👍😄

Are Speech Sound Difficulties Risk Factors for Difficulties in Language and Reading Skills? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis - PubMed https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.27849828.

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Further support for the association and risk between SSD and impacts in language and literacy

Meet Professor Leitão, a leading speech-language therapist and researcher at Curtin University. She co-leads international projects on language, literacy, and mental health, with a strong focus on DLD. Professor Leitão is also an active member of Engage-DLD.
#DevLangDis #DLD

Chancellor must prioritise communication skills for 1.9 million children to secure long-term economic prosperity

We're very disappointed that the Chancellor didn’t address investing in speech, language and communication skills in the #SpringStatement.

These vital skills are crucial for youth employment and long-term economic growth.

Let's ensure they’re part of the Spending Review!

🔐💰In @ashajournals.bsky.social 🇳🇱🇦🇺 pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/... #ChildSpeechDis A Non-word imitation task may be the most language neutral approach to speech Ax in bilinguals. SLPs assessing English–Dutch bilingual chn should pay attention to voice onset time, fricatives, & vowels.

🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

Today’s the day some of the #investinslt team meet with Stephen Kinnock to discuss more investment in SLT

I know that those who can’t make the meeting will be there in spirit. We would’nt be here without each and everyone of you. 💙

Here’s hoping for something good to come from this. 🤞

The logos of 48 organisations supporting the briefing for the debate on Mikey Akers’ #InvestInSLT petition.

🚨 Today, The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists is proud to be joining 45+ other organisations in supporting the briefing for Mikey Akers' #InvestInSLT petition debate.

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📺You can watch the debate from 4:30pm on this link: youtube.com/live/PQgj8HS...

How speech and language therapists and parents work together in the therapeutic process for children with speech sound disorder: A scoping review Background: Speech sound disorders (SSDs) are broadly defined as difficulty producing speech sounds in childhood. Reported prevalence of SSD varies from 2.3% to 24.6%, depending on how SSD is define...

Important work here from Katherine Pritchard, Vesna Stojanovik & network members @emmapagnamenta.bsky.social & @jititterington.bsky.social on the value of working with parents to support children with Speech Sound Disorders #BskySpeechies doi.org/10.1111/1460...

A systematic scoping review of the literacy skills of children with childhood apraxia of speech: Recommendations for best practice and further research Little is known about the literacy skills of children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) or effective methods for teaching them to read. This systematic scoping review aimed to synthesise what ...

Scoping review- what do we know about the #literacy of kids with childhood #apraxia of speech? TL:DR - not much! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@csdrnetwork.bsky.social are on Bluesky. Please follow us! We are passionate about #EBP for children with #SSD - developing, trialling and implementing best practice @emmapagnamenta.bsky.social @drhelenslt.bsky.social @frickesilke.bsky.social @carolinebowen.bsky.social @drjoannecleland.bsky.social

Take Four Books - Welcome to Take Four Books - BBC Sounds James Crawford discusses an author's new book and its connections to three other works.

I’m hosting a new books program on BBC Radio 4, starting this Sunday at 4pm, and also on BBC Sounds!

It’s called TAKE FOUR BOOKS, and here’s the trailer 👇📻🎧

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