Category Archives: Service delivery
Communication Champion’s final report shows communication is everyone’s business
Despite her two year term as Communication Champion officially ending in December, Jean Gross was up with the lark this morning for a 5 minute slot on the Daybreak sofa to talk about ‘testing’ of 2 years olds. Having read … Continue reading
Posted in AAC, Service delivery, Speech and language development, Speech and Language Therapy, Voluntary organisations
Tagged AAC, children, communication, Communication Champion, Daybreak, early identification, Jean Gross, joint commissioning, language development, measure impact, parents, public health, skill mix, social media, talk, team work, texting, voluntary sector, workforce capacity
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Animation Therapy videos to improve narrative in older children with language impairment
Readers of Speech & Language Therapy in Practice will be interested to see these short videos accompanying an article about Animation Therapy in the Winter 11 issue. Animation Therapy is a hybrid of skill based and naturalistic activities aimed at … Continue reading
In Giving Voice we are proud to be speech and language therapists
I have watched with admiration as the Giving Voice campaign has spread the message across the UK that speech and language therapy transforms lives. Having been active in both Speak Weeks (circa 1987 and 1990) and the rather oddly named … Continue reading
Posted in AAC, Aphasia, Autism, Conferences, Dysphagia, Resources, Service delivery, Speech and Language Therapy
Tagged aphasia, autism, dysphagia, Giving Voice, Jennie Marshall, Julie Carr, Lightwriter, Matrix Evidence, Pam Enderby, RCSLT, Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists, Sophie Jankel, Speak Week, SpeakWatch, specific language impairment, speech and language therapy
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Aphasia charity needs online votes to Speakeasy
It is sad that, in spite of top level commitment to user involvement and community engagement, funding cuts mean charities including Speakeasy are having to seek income through routes such as the NatWest CommunityForce, where entrants are in competition for public online votes … Continue reading
Penultimate issue of Speech & Language Therapy in Practice now out
The Autumn 11 issue of Speech & Language Therapy in Practice has been mailed today, so subscribers can expect it through their door very soon! Cover star Dan sustained a severe head injury in 2007, and Lindsay King describes how … Continue reading
Posted in AAC, Aphasia, Autism, Books, journals and articles, Community settings, CPD, Dysphagia, Ethics, Learning disability, Resources, Service delivery, Speech and Language Therapy
Tagged Alison Roberts, autism, Autumn 11, Cathy Sparkes, Diana James, goal negotiation, graphic symbols, Grow Words, Here's one I made earlier, Jennifer Reid, Journal Club, Karen Leadbitter, Laura Flynn, Lindsay King, Louise Greenstock, Lynsey Paterson, Melodic Intonation Therapy, Model of Change, Nicola Grove, NRDLS, observational studies, Paget Gorman Signed Speech, Plural Publishing, Prochaska and DiClemente, Sam Simpson, Speech and Language Therapy in Practice, Speechmark, Zannah Pemberton
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Voice banking to preserve the freedom of speech
More on voice banking, a subject I posted on a year ago when Laurence Brewer was interviewed for Radio 4’s Word of Mouth. This time there was a Scottish flavour to another Radio 4 programme ‘Giving the Critic Back His Voice’, … Continue reading
Posted in AAC, Ethics, Head & Neck, Motor Neurone Disease (MND), Parkinson's disease, Phonetics / phonology, Resources, Service delivery, Speech and Language Therapy, Voice, Voluntary organisations
Tagged CALL Scotland, CereProc, Joanna Courtney, Karen Yuill, Laurence Brewer, Mike Arnott, ModelTalker, motor neurone disease, Roger Ebert, speech and language therapist, speech synethesis, text to speech, voice banking, Worster-Drought Syndrome
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Article on speech sound disorders course posted as Caroline Bowen receives special award
By happy coincidence, I completed a new article reflecting on two days immersed in speech sound disorders with international expert Caroline Bowen just as Caroline was awarded life membership of Speech Pathology Australia at its National Conference in Darwin. She … Continue reading
Posted in Books, journals and articles, Conferences, CPD, Phonetics / phonology, Professional standards, Resources, Service delivery, Speech and language development, Speech and Language Therapy
Tagged ASLTIP, basics and beyond, Caroline Bowen, Darwin, Durham, life membership, Ros Neilson, Speech Pathology Australia, speech sound disorders, therapy targets, York
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Identifying and supporting ‘Other ways of speaking’ to ensure everyone can have a voice
Gesure, signing, symbols, boards and books, adapted computers and Voice Output Communication Aids - in the words of the Hello campaign, 'Other Ways of Speaking' that ensure everyone can have a voice. My final year project 23 years ago was … Continue reading
Posted in AAC, Aphasia, Autism, Learning disability, Resources, Service delivery, Speech and Language Therapy, Voluntary organisations, Web/Tech
Tagged 1Voice, AAC, ACE Centre, ACE Centre North, Anna Reeves, aphasia, communication, Communication Matters, computers, contribution to society, disability, DynaVox, dysarthria, Euan Robertson, gesture, hello, InterAACt, language impairment, MyChoicePad, other ways of speaking, Scope, Signalong, signing, symbols, voice output communication aids, Zoe Peden
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Communicating with young people about mental health and wellbeing
This afternoon I went to a twilight seminar for a range of professionals. We heard about the findings of a critical review of the literature on children and young people’s views on the factors that influence their mental health. … Continue reading
Posted in AAC, Autism, Books, journals and articles, CPD, Service delivery, Speech and Language Therapy
Tagged Asperger's syndrome, children and young people's views, control over choices, critical review, factors influencing mental health, social relationships, speech language and communication, supported conversation, Talking Mats, the need to feel normal, transitions, wellbeing
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