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Just out - Open Access #DevLangDis #DLD Leitão, S., St Clair, M., Botting, N., Gibson, J. L., & Jackson, E. (2025). “They don't realise how hard he has to try every day”: The rewards and challenges of parenting a child with developmental language disorder. IJLCD . dx.doi.org/10.1111/1460...

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

If the neurodivergence taskforce wants to make schools better for neurodivergent children, why aren’t the 1 million children with Developmental Language Disorder part of the conversation?😣 This is totally unacceptable! Don't you agree, Department for Education? #TheForgottenMillion

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

Really pleased to have been part of the team who authored this new article: 'Applied Principles for Inclusive Practice in Neurodevelopmental Research: A Selection and Report of Illustrative Case Studies'. Huge thanks to @cjcrompton.bsky.social & @suereviews.bsky.social for bringing us all together!

submitted 13 days ago • 5 comments

Mealtimes should be nourishing - both physiologically & emotionally. But, hospital eating environments in mental health wards don't always create the best setting for healing. Take a look at our animation with @susanguthrieslt.bsky.social exploring patient stories: vimeo.com/1041186684...

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

So proud of my wonderful friend Eve Keepings who has completed her full length documentary on #selectivemutism -Getting the Word Out. See the trailer here - vimeo.com/1053520196

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Come and join our amazingly talented and welcoming @manmetuni.bsky.social #SLT programme team! manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

For #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek we’ve made a video for mental health practitioners about Developmental Language Disorder! #DevLangDis affects 7% of ppl, and is over represented in MH settings. We introduce DLD and have tips for making MH support more accessible. Please share! youtu.be/Ko6sFea3v0w?...

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

🚨 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. ▶️ rcslt.org/wp-content/u... 📺You can watch the debate from 4:30pm on this link: youtube.com/live/PQgj8HS...

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

The education select committee has an inquiry on 'Solving the SEND crisis.' The list of questions is long and the time is short (Jan 30th), but even a short response mentioning your concerns about #DevLangDis and #SLCN can make a difference. committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi...

submitted 54 days ago • 2 comments

New year, new job! Permanent band 6 SLT job in Stroke. Closing date 12 January! Come and work in Nottingham. Lots of opportunities for development, involvement in research, CPD, access to weekly FEES and VF, a large and supportive team plus much more. 👇

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

This article has been freed up for the next 2 weeks! Happy reading, everyone! A new year's gift from ASHA Journals. Thanks go to @carolinebowen.bsky.social! Please make sure you can get in, and let me know if you can't. It is freed up as of right now.

submitted 59 days ago • 2 comments

Always great to see new articles in the communication and criminal justice space....just wish @ashajournals.bsky.social were Open Access!! pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

Great piece from @insidehousing.bsky.social featuring the amazing work of Leigh Andrews at Change Communication. Language and communication is often overlooked in people with multiple experiences of #homelessness. #SLPeeps #BSkySpeechies www.insidehousing.co.uk/home/homeles...

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

Please join us on 18.12.24 at 16.30-17.30 GMT for our next @manmetuni.bsky.social #communication #disability #research #webinar to hear @abracabadger.bsky.social presenting "Data Visualization. What is it and how is it experienced by people with language disabilities?" Join on Teams: bit.ly/3ZdneGt

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

I've just created a starter pack for Developmental Language Disorder. I am sure there will be lots of people I've missed so if you spot omissions (including yourself) then please let me know. #DevLangDis go.bsky.app/FMV4dou

submitted 84 days ago • 6 comments

A person's ability to communicate is not dependent on the mastery of certain skills, but on our ability to listen. www.TheSensoryProjects.co.uk

submitted 109 days ago • 2 comments

'Meet DLD' is the title of this children's book by parent of child with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), and specialist teacher, Loren Crisp. A gentle way for families to talk about DLD with their child. Could your service start a loan library for families? www.waterstones.com/book/meet-dl...

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

Seems a fitting first post to share my pride and excitement at being included alongside Bernadette and @kimt-slt.bsky.social in #RCSLT Voices highlighting the importance of speech and language therapy in criminal justice settings. www.rcslt.org/slt-voices/w...

submitted 89 days ago • 1 comment

"Eighty-five percent of medical research goes to waste, partly because it is not appropriately communicated to stakeholders." Wow! We need to get better at sharing research with the general public. Guidance given below😊 #devlangdis

submitted 89 days ago • 2 comments

WE NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE!! We've lost 8000+ followers on Facebook as it was hacked! We need help sharing our Big Give Christmas Appeal posts etc over the next 7 days. We are hoping you can help us spread the word & ask people to donate, donations are then doubled. Thank you. www.afasic.org.uk

submitted 90 days ago • 5 comments

i have secured funding to run a summer school for secondary school teachers on language and social in/justice. it'll be over 3 days and involve teachers engaging with linguistic justice theory and applying this to practice. more details soon but feel free to express interest!💜

submitted 91 days ago • 4 comments

Hello BlueSky! We are NAPLIC, the UK charity for all professionals who work with children and young people with Developmental Language Disorder & other SLCN. Here to build a #DevLangDis community

submitted 92 days ago • 4 comments

On the 27th of January, parliament will debate increasing funding for Speech and language therapy for children who desperately need it. Well done to all those who have brought this another step closer ... #InvestInSLT. www.itv.com/news/central...

submitted 94 days ago • 2 comments

NEW ARTICLE. ‘Power in the Courtroom: Judicial Perspectives on Care-Experienced Girls & Women in Court’ just published – by me, Katie Hunter, @jostaines.bsky.social & Julie Shaw. This one was a very long time in the writing and so pleased to see it out. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

submitted 96 days ago • 3 comments

A little bit late but very happy to be at @manmetuni.bsky.social 's Co-Creation presentation from @bethmou.bsky.social and Janice Murray. Tension between the desire for an equal partnership and if/how all partners are paid

submitted 96 days ago • 1 comment

Brilliant to meet up at NAPLIC's DLD (Developmental Language Disorder) diagnostic network this afternoon. Reminded of this paper by @deevybee.bsky.social reflecting on the CATALISE process. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... Highly recommended to deepen understanding of #DevLangDis

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

Join the Criminal Justice and Secure Settings Clinical Excellence Network next Monday for our final webinar of the year. This event is for Speech and Language Therapists and students. Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cjss-cen-d...

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

Royal Society fellow Dorothy Bishop (@deevybee.bsky.social) resigns over Elon Musk membership. Bishop claims Musk has violated RS code of conduct, and is not prepared to treat him "collegially and with courtesy" as that code requires. Free to read. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...

submitted 98 days ago • 13 comments

@kimt-slt.bsky.social’s 1st #slp #slt starter pack is full. Chime in here if you aren’t in this one and want to be in the next. I’ll start part 2. #bskyspeechies #slpA #slpeeps #WEspeechies

submitted 100 days ago • 1 comment

Reading this book pre-course was one of the reasons I was sure I wanted to become a Speech and Language Therapist!

submitted 100 days ago • 4 comments

Thanks to the legend that is @afreeparticle.com He has put together a feed for all the #devlangdis people to follow 🙌🏻

submitted 101 days ago • 1 comment