Really pleased to see this exploratory work published. We found correlations beteeen sleep and language in children with cleft lip and palate using parent reported data from the Cleft Collective Available open access here - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Good news! The @misltoessd.bsky.social team have published a Core Outcome Set for children with #SSD attending Speech and Language Therapy in the UK (and hopefully beyond).

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 🤷🏼‍♀️)

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/...

End the Cleft Dental Care Crisis – Guarantee NHS Dentistry for People Born with a Cleft Cleft is for life – and so are the complex dental issues that often come with it. Yet people born with a cleft lip and/or palate are disproportionately unable to access the dental care they need. In s...

I just signed the petition calling on the government to end the Cleft Dental Crisis. Can you sign too? #CleftDentalCrisis you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...

Early Career Researchers Group in Cleft scoping review of speech outcomes for people born with BCLP - presented at the International Cleft Congress, Kyoto. Literature lacking in large, robust outcome studies for this small but significant group. @newcastleuni.bsky.social

And we’re off! 15th International Cleft Congress in Kyoto. Beautiful surroundings.

It's almost the end of #DLDday and so here's my thread about Developmental Language Disorder.
If you don't know about DLD then this is for you.
If you know about DLD please share so more people learn about this common but widely unknown condition.

You can’t see DLD - but it’s there.
2 in every class of 30 have DLD, a hidden condition that makes understanding and using language harder.
This #DLDAwarenessDay, let’s raise our voices for children with DLD.
Learn more about DLD: tinyurl.com/3rssjc8h
#YouCantSeeDLD #DLDawareness

Oo I hate running in anything above 13 degrees! Well done!

1 in 14 people are affected with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)a very common but little known condition,
Save the date for the international DLD Day on 17th Oct
this years theme is You can't see DLD. Amelia a
young ambassador for Afasic will be doing her bit to
make people aware about DLD

Forgot you did this when u saw you! Well done! How was it?

What is DLD? The little-known disorder as common as autism and dyslexia Developmental language disorder is considered an invisible condition

As speech and language specialists, we know the impact DLD can have when left undiagnosed.
A must-read from The Independent here: tinyurl.com/ym4rfjtn.

Use of the Capability, Opportunity, Motivation‐Behaviour Model and Theoretical Domains Framework to Understand Barriers and Enablers of Research Capacity and Culture for Speech and Language Therapy Staff Background Research Capacity and Culture (RCC) is important for research engagement. Little is known of what speech and language therapy staff perceives to be the barriers or enablers to this at ind...

Read about Research Capacity in SLT/P a great study led by brilliant SLT @katiedooslt.bsky.social using behaviour change models (TDF & COM-B) to make sense of it!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New article from my PhD findings. Children aged 5-8 with CLP had lower visual and auditory attention skills compared with norms and these skills were correlated with language outcomes. Available open access @drhelenslt.bsky.social @cristina-mckean.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

And today we have Dr Jo Baker 😀. Thank you to @frickesilke.bsky.social and Vic Knowland for being rigorous and friendly examiners. Congratulations Dr Jo! @cristina-mckean.bsky.social @stephvanee-slt.bsky.social (my fellow supervisors)

Current Vacancies | North Bristol NHS Trust

Come and join our MISLToe_SSD team! Great opportunity for post doc in SLT, linguistics or psychology.
www.nbt.nhs.uk/careers/curr...

@nesltresearch.bsky.social @stephvanee-slt.bsky.social & Helen Wood tell us about an important research step: replicating an exiting study with an extended population. Speech and language disorder in children with CL+/-P is way more complex than we first imagined.

@nesltresearch.bsky.social symposium 2025 The brilliant Anna Burhouse from Northumbria Healthcare NHS FT on QI stressing the importance of teams (not the online space🙄) and people working together

@nesltresearch.bsky.social Anna Burhouse telling us about closing the research-practice gap in the PreCePT project for premature neonates in SW England. Lots of behaviour change and implementation science going on.

@nesltresearch.bsky.social Researching our practice with evaluation of new initiatives in speech & language therapy for children. Lots of mixed methods embedded in practice through QI, objective and rigorous. Using SLT students on placement from @nclslt to support projects. Excellent practice

@nesltresearch.bsky.social Johanna Butler PhD study into practice. Presenting scoping review of literature for adult-child interactions (not parent-child) and ways of data gathering. Rigorously applied methodology

The brilliant @drlisa-ahp.bsky.social keynote @nesltresearch.bsky.social talking to us about how we can involve Multidisciplinary Teams in our research. Dr Lisa is the embodiment of the MDT as a consultant AHP at Newcastle Hospitals NHS FT

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...

Children with speech issues risk poor mental health, charity says Speech and Language UK says some children can struggle to categorise and communicate how they feel.

Great to see the link between language and mental health considered on the BBC - and amazing of Siouxsie to share her experiences www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We have video guides for mental health practitioners about language problems and mental health - see below!

Adaptation and Standardization of Two Arabic Communicative Development Inventories for Children Aged 8–30 Months and 30–48 Months in Egypt, Jordan, and Palestine Purpose: Assessing early language skills through parental report is a cost-effective way to screen for language delays when resources are scarce....

💰In @ashajournals.bsky.social Abdelwahab Floccia Forbes Alsiddiqi Al-Shdifat @cristina-mckean.bsky.social Odeh Trebacz Khattab 2025 Adaptation & Standardization of Two Arabic Communicative Devel Inventories for Chn 8-30 & 30-48 Months in 🇪🇬EG 🇯🇴JO & 🇵🇸PS. JSLHR doi.org/10.1044/2025... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

The most clicked-on article from the May
@speechbite.bsky.social
newsletter was an RCT comparing the effectiveness of 2 preschool language interventions (Building Early Sentences Therapy and an Adapted Derbyshire Language Scheme) bit.ly/3Tt4b8C It's open access! #SLPeeps #SLP2B #SLT #bskySPEECHIES

LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER! If you work in the North East of England come along to our hub meeting and research symposium to catch up on quality improvement and research activities in our region. You can view accepted abstracts here: lnkd.in/dGtvTXMK
And register using this form: lnkd.in/d3tCr-Ac

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Looking for Australian and New Zealand parents of children with a #CleftPalate to participate in interview research about their experiences of speech pathology. sydney.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

We would love you to share this advert far and wide - such an exciting project to be involved with - and a great team! @edldproject.bsky.social #DevLangDis