Our recent conference was a huge success down largely to the efforts of our volunteer committee. And here are a few of them: @jandowns.bsky.social Carolyn Gelenter @laurasll.bsky.social & @seasaltbay.bsky.social. We now have committee members for all 4 UK nations.
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I 💜 this by @sunshinechrissa. Humour is such an important coping strategy and the young adults at NAPLIC confirmed this. ‘Meet DLD’ uses gentle humour to introduce a big idea with a light touch. #dld #devlangdis #radld #tdl #earlylanguage #speechies
The diagnostic conversation with families needs to be handled with care when diagnosing DLD. @1hannahharvey.bsky.social's research revealed some 'varied' family experiences.
Check out these slides. #DevLangDis #NAPLIC25
#NAPLIC25 exhibitors include @speechandlanguage.bsky.social with lots of lovely resources
ICYMI: Geoff Barton, chair of the Oracy Commission, said he was 'very reassured' oracy ‘will be woven’ into curriculum review final report
He told delegates at a conference he had conversations with review chair Professor Becky Francis, about its importance
How can we develop young people’s #oracy skills & what does best practice in #schools look like? This free 21-page SecEd guide dives into all that #teaching oracy entails. Lots of ideas, examples, lesson advice & case studies. Get your free pdf: buff.ly/DD8CL5j #teachers
Excited to be a part of this #NAPLIC25
📣🗣️💜 Symbol's Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, @AmandaFiner, is a speaking about the importance of listening to the voices of children and young people with #devlangdis tomorrow at the #NAPLIC25 conference 💜 📣🗣️
It is our conference on Saturday and we'll be live posting on BlueSky. It's our first time here (as opposed to the other place), so if you are interested in Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) #DevLangDis, #SLCN or #oracy, join in the conversation. We'll be using #NAPLIC25