Category Archives: Voluntary organisations
Family Action praise preventative Home Talk intervention for children at risk of language delay
Family Action have been in touch to let me know about some promising targeted work they are doing with late talking 2 year olds. The charity provides over 100 community based services to disadvantaged and socially isolated families across England. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, journals and articles, Community settings, Service delivery, Speech and language development, Speech and Language Therapy, Voluntary organisations
Tagged Babytalk, Child Language Teaching and Therapy, children's centres, England, ESCAL, Family Action, health visitors, Home Talk, language delay, Language for Life, late talking, Mansfield, multi-agency, Nottinghamshire, Play and Learning worker, Portsmouth, speech and language therapists, Stoke Speaks Out, targeted work
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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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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
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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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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Shine a light to recognise good practice in children’s communication and inspire others
I know from all the articles I receive that speech and language therapists put a great deal of thought, imagination and effort into providing the best possible service to clients in challenging circumstances, and that sharing their experience really inspires others. … Continue reading
Posted in CPD, Professional standards, Service delivery, Speech and Language Therapy, Voluntary organisations, Writing for publication
Tagged awards scheme, communication, hello, language, national year of communication, Pearson Assessment, Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists, shine a light, speech, speech and language therapists, team of the year, The Communication Trust, young person of the year
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4 bursary places at No Mind Left Behind conference to benefit cash-strapped speech and language therapy departments
You're hearing it here first! In recognition of the vital part that speech and language therapists play in the field of learning difficulties, Mindroom is offering the profession 4 free places at the forthcoming major international conference No Mind Left Behind. The … Continue reading
Posted in Autism, Conferences, CPD, Learning disability, Resources, Service delivery, Speech and language development, Speech and Language Therapy, Voluntary organisations
Tagged ADHD, autism, Carmela Miniscalco, early diagnosis, early onset, in-house training, learning difficulties, Mindroom, neurodevelopmental disorders, No Mind Left Behind, Sophie Dow, speech and language therapists, speech language pathologist, Sweden, training budgets, Virtual conference
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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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