Category Archives: CPD
Therapy ideas – a collaborative web resource
While editing an article today, I went to check something online. I didn't find what I was looking for, but I did come across a really interesting blog and ideas-sharing website run by speech and language therapist Rhiannan Walton. Rhiannan's blog very … Continue reading
Supporting people with aphasia to volunteer: useful publications
Do you encourage or support people with aphasia to volunteer? This topic was explored in the article 'Any volunteers?' in the Winter 10 issue of Speech & Language Therapy in Practice. Carole Cross of Connect has been in touch to alert readers to two … Continue reading
Posted in Aphasia, Books, journals and articles, Community settings, CPD, Resources, Service delivery, Speech and Language Therapy, Voluntary organisations
Tagged Any volunteers, aphasia, Carole Cross, communication difficulties, Connect, Dyscover, Gill Jackson, Gill Pearl, How to volunteer, Jane Terry, Personal Development Programme, Rebecca Allwood, Speakeasy, Speech & Language Therapy in Practice, Volunteering and aphasia, Wheelbase, Winter 10
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Contact a Family Directory lists information on 430 disabilities and health conditions
I still remember the first time I heard about autism, when a parent came to talk to our Guide Company over 30 years ago. As a new graduate, I read up on Neurofibromatosis, which affected one of my young clients. A few … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Books, journals and articles, CPD, Craniofacial, Deafness, Learning disability, Resources, Speech and language development, Voluntary organisations
Tagged 430 disabilities and health conditions, autism, CHARGE syndrome, Contact a Family, diagnosis, Directory, disabled children, Dravet Syndrome, Fragile X, Fragile X Society, Neurofibromatosis, speech and language therapists, UK support groups, Wolfram Syndrome
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Better Communication Research Programme needs input from practising therapists
What interventions do you offer children with speech, language and communication needs, and what outcomes are you looking for? The Better Communication Research Programme team is looking for speech and language therapists to respond to a survey about practice. The closing … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, CPD, Deafness, Phonetics / phonology, Professional standards, Service delivery, Speech and Language Therapy, Stammering
Tagged Bercow Review, Better Communication Research Programme, communication, database, effectiveness, efficiency, evidence, intervention, language, needs, outcomes, practice, speech, Sue Roulstone, survey, Systematic Review, Yvonne Wren
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Making a succinct case for speech and language therapy
Last week I heard Mike Inglis, the newly appointed Governor of Polmont Young Offenders Institution, make a succinct case for speech and language therapy. Mike was speaking at a Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists (RCSLT) study day on effectiveness … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, CPD, Service delivery, Speech and Language Therapy
Tagged access, alcohol dependency, anger management, communication, drug dependency, effectiveness, efficiency, employability, Eryl Evans, Governor, Kamini Gadhok, Mike Inglis, Paul Carding, Polmont, RCSLT, reduce re-offending, Richard Simpson, Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists, sex offending, speech and language therapy, telemedicine, training programmes, videoconferencing, Young Offenders
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Sharing good practice and giving voice to people with speech, language, communication and swallowing needs
Being honest, I wasn't too sure when I read the programme for the RCSLT Scotland day on 26th August that I would particularly enjoy it, other than as an all too rare opportunity to catch up with colleagues in person. How wrong could I … Continue reading
Posted in Books, journals and articles, Conferences, CPD, Service delivery, Speech and Language Therapy
Tagged Down Syndrome, drama, evidence, free article, Galina, Gerda Stevenson, Giving Voice, RCSLT, Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists, Scotland, storytelling, user involvement
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Free conversing with Sharynne McLeod article now available
Being a speech-language pathologist herself, internationally renowned educator, researcher and editor Sharynne McLeod knows how much our profession likes to talk. During a study day in Bristol in July (‘Speech Sound Disorders in Children – Seminar for SLTs’), Sharynne made … Continue reading
Posted in Books, journals and articles, Conferences, CPD, Overseas, Phonetics / phonology, Resources, Service delivery, Speech and language development, Speech and Language Therapy, Writing for publication
Tagged free article, polysyllabic words, Sharynne McLeod, speech language pathologist, speech sound disorders
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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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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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