Author Archives: Avril Nicoll
Caroline Bowen brings her 2 day speech sound disorders workshop to the UK
I can’t believe it was as long ago as 2002 that Australian speech-language pathologist Caroline Bowen compiled her top ten child speech resources for Speech & Language Therapy in Practice. I have “known” Caroline virtually for many years, and enjoy her humourous … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, CPD, Phonetics / phonology, Professional standards, Resources, Service delivery, Speech and language development, Speech and Language Therapy
Tagged ACQ magazine, ASLTIP, Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice, Australian speech-language pathologist, Caroline Bowen, child speech resources, phonologicaltherapy listserv, speech sound disorders
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Fit’s it caa’d? Humour and the limitations of standardised phonology assessments
Living in the North East of Scotland and being a speech and language therapist surrounded by 'bumf' and jargon, I was tickled by this viral email of Doric office speak that came in today. As Kim Mears says in 'My top … Continue reading
Autumn 10 issue now out!
The Autumn 10 issue of Speech & Language Therapy in Practice was mailed on Friday. (My own copy hasn’t made it to Scotland yet, but I know some people got theirs as early as Saturday!) It includes: our new series … Continue reading
Posted in Aphasia, Books, journals and articles, Community settings, CPD, Ethics, Head & Neck, Professional standards, Resources, Service delivery, Speech and language development, Speech and Language Therapy
Tagged adolescents, aphasia, chewing in cerebral palsy, community arts venue, complementary therapy, critical appraisal, education staff, indirect interaction techniques, intergroup contact, scaffolding, silent bilingual children, TEP closure, The Communication Toolkit, tracheoesophageal puncture, working outside the NHS
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Cartoons, critical appraisal and raising money for Parkinson’s
With forecasts of bleak times ahead in the public sector, we could all do with a bit of cheering up. One man who can always home in on the funny side is cartoonist Fran Orford. Fran's work will feature in … Continue reading
Off We Go! with Signed Stories
ITV’s Signed Stories have signed up Avril Webster, author of the Off We Go! series. You can see ‘Going to Buy Clothes’ being signed here. Avril’s inspiration for the series came from her son Stephen’s love of books. Stephen has … Continue reading
Going for a coffee – aids, prototypes and service developments for people with aphasia
Back in 2001, Speech & Language Therapy in Practice featured an article ‘Imprints of the mind’ about a group of people with aphasia from Dundee who had participated in an exciting research project ‘Expression’. Christine Kingsley (then Farrell), who lectures in Design at … Continue reading
Posted in Aphasia, Community settings, Resources, Service delivery, Voluntary organisations, Web/Tech
Tagged aphasia, aphasia awareness campaign, community settings, design for social inclusion, Dundee Speakability, hand held tools, i-phone apps, individual story, research project, talking wallet, training
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‘ASHA needs to actively enforce its code of ethics’ petition
The Chair of the British Stammering Association is urging people to join him in petitioning ASHA to prevent misleading claims that stammering is curable. Leys Geddes has been at the forefront of a UK campaign to ensure that people understand there is … Continue reading
SpeechQuest takes speech and language therapy online
The internet is now an integral part of our everyday lives. We take it for granted that if we want answers we will get them online. But virtual speech and language therapy as a form of service delivery? Could that help … Continue reading
National Literacy Trust to survey young people’s attitudes to communication
The National Literacy Trust is looking for schools to participate in a survey to investigate young people’s attitudes towards speaking, listening and more general communication skills. The online survey will run from 14 June to 3 July 2010 and involve … Continue reading
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