Tag Archives: RCSLT

In Giving Voice we are proud to be speech and language therapists

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Avril Nicoll

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 | 4 Comments

Major conferences in 2011 and how to get there

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Avril Nicoll

With training budgets severely constrained, it is likely UK speech and language therapists will have to use some ingenuity to access funds for major conferences in 2011. If you're not quite ready to have a car boot sale or go … Continue reading →

Posted in Autism, Conferences, CPD, Learning disability, Phonetics / phonology, Speech and language development, Stammering | Tagged 9th Oxford Dysfluency conference, ADHD, autism, bilingual, British Stammering Association, Caroline Bowen, Child Language Seminar, communication, Elizabeth Pena, James Law, Jean Gross, Jeremy Turk, Julie Dockrell, language, literacy, Lorna Wing, Maggie Snowling, major conferences, minor grants, NAPLIC, neurodevelopmental disorders, Newcastle, No Mind Left Behind, Norbert Lieckfeldt, RCSLT, Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists, Sam Goldstein, Sheena Reilly, Simon Baron-Cohen, speech sound disorders, Sue Rioulstone, training budgets | Leave a comment

Making a succinct case for speech and language therapy

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Avril Nicoll

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 | Leave a comment

Sharing good practice and giving voice to people with speech, language, communication and swallowing needs

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Avril Nicoll

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 | Leave a comment