Category Archives: Stammering
The communication and interaction skills of speech and language therapists applied more widely to healthcare
As speech and language therapists we are highly attuned to interaction. We recognise the link between communication competence and how people feel about themselves. Many of our interventions encourage ‘significant others’ to make changes to their communication. This gives our … Continue reading
Posted in Aphasia, Conferences, CPD, Service delivery, Speech and Language Therapy, Stammering
Tagged aphasia, communication competence, conversation analysis, dementia, dysarthria, healthcare, impairment, interaction, Interaction Focused Analysis and Intervention, intervention, language delay, multidisciplinary, Non-Directive Therapy, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, participation, pedagogic, power, Ray Wilkinson, relational, research, significant others, Solution Focused Brief Therapy, speech and language therapist, SPPARC, stammer, Talking Mats, transformative, University of Stirling, Video Interaction Guidance
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Spring has sprung at Speech & Language Therapy in Practice
Mailing of the bumper Spring 11 issue of Speech & Language Therapy in Practice is now complete and, as always, it is blooming with practical and inspiring articles. We have a new arrival, Whose goal is it anyway?, a series for 2011 … Continue reading
Posted in Aphasia, Books, journals and articles, Community settings, CPD, Dysphagia, Ethics, Learning disability, Resources, Speech and Language Therapy, Stammering
Tagged adults with learning disabilities, aphasia, Cathy Sparkes, choking, communicate, goal negotiation, Grow Words, Here's one I made earlier, Independence Through Communication, Journal Club, national adviser, NDP3, pragmatics, Sam Simpson, Speech & Language Therapy in Practice, Spring 11, stammering, systematic reviews, TOPICC, Whose goal is it anyway
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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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‘Hello’ to the National Year of Communication
Tsars, supremos, working parties, interdepartmental committees, royal commissions – it's easy for 'Yes, Prime Minister' (Gielgud Theatre, London) to be cynical. While the playwrights have a point, I had just come from a Communication Trust reception at the House of Commons which … Continue reading
Posted in AAC, Autism, Conferences, Speech and language development, Stammering, Voluntary organisations
Tagged Anita Kerwin-Nye, Asperger's syndrome, autism, coaltion, Communication Champion, dyslexia, hello, House of Commons, Jean Gross, Mike Kennard, national year of communication, Robert Buckland, Sarah Teather, Signalong, specific language impairment, Speech & Language Therapy in Practice, speech language and communication needs, The Communication Trust
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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
Listen to Stuttering Stan as he Takes a Stand
Artie Knapp tells me that his children's book 'Stuttering Stan Takes a Stand' is now available as a free audio book. The book was reviewed positively in the Winter 09 issue of Speech & Language Therapy in Practice by Sandra … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Books, journals and articles, Speech and Language Therapy, Stammering
Tagged autism, stammering, stuttering
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Leys new Chair of British Stammering Association
Newly elected chair of the British Stammering Association Leys Geddes - known to many as speakingout2 on YouTube - has put raising awareness at the top of the agenda for his three year tenure. Leys says, "It is difficult to raise awareness of a … Continue reading
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