Disappointing illogical and short sighted. SEND provision in secondary schools is already lacking. Children don't suddenly stop needing support when they turn 11!

Opinion | What a Baby’s Laugh Actually Tells Us A kid’s first joke reveals a complex mind.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“Laughter and humor are fundamental to how babies learn about and participate in the world,” the developmental psychologist Gina Mireault writes.

#Autistic Speech & Language Therapists or #SLT #students needed to take part in a new project rating #narratives of autistic & non-autistic teenagers online. We’re looking at neurotype mismatch in lang assessment. Please click here:
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If you're not aware of the levels of punishment now flooding our secondary schools (since academisation), read this. It is scaring a generation of children. 472 kids have had to leave this school in three years - but it's not just this school.

www.itv.com/news/meridia...

Congratulations! So well deserved 👏

Today we awarded Professor @davidolusoga.bsky.social OBE an honorary degree for his outstanding work as a social historian.

As someone who grew up in Tyneside we asked David what he misses most about living here, as well as his words of advice for the graduating class of 2025.

#WeAreNCL #NCLGrad

Sounds like one for @drhelenslt.bsky.social!

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linkedin post screenshot: Ken Cheng - I want to connect with you, emotionally) Al will never be able to write like me. Why? Because | am now inserting random sentences into every post to throw off their language learning models. Any Al emulating me will radiator freak yellow horse spout nonsense. 1 wiite all my emails, That's Not My Baby and reports like this to protect my data waffle iron 40% off. 1 suggest all writers and artists do the same Strawberry mango Forklift. The robot nerds will never get the better of Ken Hey can | have whipped cream please? Cheng. We can tuna fish tango foxtrot defeat Al. We just have to talk like this. All. The. Time. Piss on carpet

unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy

The Knowledge: The links between language and mental health Speach and language are the forgotten part of mental health interventions - and the one part schools can control

💬 'Over the many years I’ve worked in mental health, I can’t remember a single discussion about the one factor schools can affect: language'

Open letter to the President of the Royal Society – time to stand up for your values If you wish to show your support for the letter below regarding apparent inaction by the Royal Society in the face of breaches of its code of conduct by Elon Musk FRS, please sign below. I invite anyo...

Thanks to the more than *1100* members of the scientific community who have signed the letter to insist that the Royal Society remains true to values that we all hold dear but that Musk FRS has ridden roughshod over.

Please keep signing & sharing.

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Some children starting school ‘unable to climb staircase’, finds England and Wales teacher survey ‘Covid baby’ explanation starting to feel like an excuse, say some teachers, as quarter of children begin reception in nappies

In our experience when #EarlyYears practitioners say there is a problem, there is a problem.
If this is a true reflection then, my goodness do we have a problem.

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

SYND 6 5 77 USA PRESIDENT CARTER VISITS NEWCASTLE YouTube video by AP Archive

RIP Jimmy Carter. Here he is in 1977, receiving the freedom of the City of Newcastle - complete with cheering crowds and a spirited attempt by Carter at "Howay the Lads".

"Mr President, Sir, you are a Georgian. You have now become a Geordie".
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I can't remember the last time I saw something so beautiful. Astonishing. Heart breaking. Politically affirming.

A beach at low tide with rock pools and seaweed

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Another excellent evaluation of the Sure Start programme, this time on its effects on youth offending. Once again it shows that investment in early years, preventative services improves life chances, reduces the costs of social failure and delivers major benefits.

I did a thing! And that thing was writing an 8-week course for the Open University on Open Research 😄

Written to be accessible to all levels and disciplines, and free for anyone to take.

www.open.edu/openlearncre...

Phonological awareness is hugely important for speech, vocabulary, reading and spelling. All children should have robust syllable and phoneme level skills before they start phonics learning. Free assessment, intervention, stimulus pictures here research.ncl.ac.uk/phonological...

Haven't been using it long, but it's very like Twitter (pre Musk), so it feels intuitive to use. If enough people start joining, we could create an SLT starter pack to make it easy to find and follow people. The only downside I have is that there doesn't appear to be a bookmark function?

Morning ✨
Would like to start a conversation...
If you could choose 3 development areas for education over the next 5 years, what would they be?
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Thanks Jo! Great to see some DLD researchers on here!

Thanks for putting this together! I desperately need an escape route from Twitter, and this is a great start!