Rachel Gwynn

Real-World Effectiveness of Early Language Intervention: Evidence From a Nationwide Rollout of the Nuffield Early Language Intervention in England Purpose: Oral language provides the foundation for learning and education, yet many children enter school with poor language skills, placing them...

New in #AJSLP: Scaling the Nuffield Early Language Intervention to over 10,000 UK schools. Using #ImplementationScience & regression discontinuity, the study shows NELI improved children’s language skills.

https://on.asha.org/4l7wYwF @gillmwest.bsky.social #OpenAccess

Evidence matters: processes for evidence-based decision-making in speech pathology Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a fundamental responsibility for speech pathologists in Australia, supporting ethical, culturally safe, and person-centred care. Speech pathology practice recognise...

🔐💰McGill, N., Claessen, M., & Atherton, M. (2025). Evidence matters: processes for evidence-based decision-making in speech pathology. Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology, 27(1), 131–140. doi.org/10.1080/2200...
🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

This photo says it all.

Russian missiles killed 4 people overnight in Kyiv - including, appallingly, 3 first responders as they tried to rescue civilian victims of earlier attacks.

Putin will not stop murdering Ukrainian civilians unless forced.

European leaders must act. 🇺🇦

Interested in dipping your toe in research as a SLT. Come to our hybrid event (or pop in after the London Paediatric Dysphagia CEN) #BSkySpeechies #SLPeeps #ClinicalAcademic www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Neurocutaneous syndromes: a multidisciplinary team approach Neurocutaneous syndromes are rare, genetically derived conditions which show characteristic dermatological and neurological features, the most common …

Teamwork to write about teamwork. ☺️

Neurocutaneous syndromes: a multidisciplinary team approach

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Methods of Diagnosing Speech Sound Disorders in Multilingual Children Purpose: Identification of speech sound disorder (SSD) in children who are multilingual is challenging for many speech-language pathologists (SLP...

🔐💰In @ashajournals.bsky.social Washington, Crowe, @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social, Margetson, Bazzocchi, Kokotek, van der Straten Waillet, Másdóttir, & Volhardt (2025). Methods of Diagnosing Speech Sound Disorders in Multilingual Children. LSHSS. doi.org/10.1044/2025...
#ChildSpeechDis 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

Are you ready for gene therapies?

In this podcast, Asthik Biswas, Spyros Batzios, and @drmankad explain why the new era of gene therapy treatments requires not just clinical but also imaging readiness.

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4yc9...

Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/user-1090061...

Hello fellow speechies. 👋
We’re running a webinar on Epilepsy and Speech, Language and Communication on 7th May. Please sign up if you’re interested and/or share with others who may be. ☺️

courses.gosh.org/event/epilep...

“They don't realise how hard he has to try every day”: The rewards and challenges of parenting a child with developmental language disorder Background An emerging body of literature explores the impact of living with developmental language disorder (DLD) on children, individuals and families. This work has identified a range of challeng...

Just out - Open Access #DevLangDis #DLD
Leitão, S., St Clair, M., Botting, N., Gibson, J. L., & Jackson, E. (2025). “They don't realise how hard he has to try every day”: The rewards and challenges of parenting a child with developmental language disorder. IJLCD . dx.doi.org/10.1111/1460...

Of the 70 Lysosomal Storage Disorders (LSDs), at least 30 present with central nervous system (CNS) neurodegeneration and overlapping aetiology. However, the underlying pathophysiology is not fully understood.

Read on here: doi.org/10.1002/jimd...

I used my very best am-dram skills in this video because once again those with Developmental Language Disorder were forgotten. #TheForgottenMillion #DevLangDis

Hahaa. Excellent skills.

😂😂😂 but doesn’t make it any less excellent.

The second new paper of the day and this is exploring language and communication issues in Batten Disease.

Speech, Language and Non-verbal Communication in CLN2 and CLN3 Batten Disease

Lottie Morison, et al

doi.org/10.1002/jimd...

I’m going to need to know how!! I have never succeeded.

Another paper from the excellent crew at @mcri lead by @angela.morgan #apraxia #dysarthria #ssd www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Systematic Review of Interventions Based on Gestalt Language Processing and Natural Language Acquisition (GLP/NLA): Clinical Implications of Absence of Evidence and Cautions for Clinicians and Parents... Purpose of the Review This systematic review aimed to determine whether interventions related to Gestalt Language Processing and Natural Language Acquisition (GLP/NLA) are effective for individuals wi...

It’s here 📗 the Systematic Review of #GestaltLanguageProcessing #NaturalLanguageAcquisition link.springer.com/article/10.1...

@lucyebryant.bsky.social @carolinebowen.bsky.social @katharinebeals.bsky.social

Look forward to your emails ABCD feedback! (Accurate, Balanced, Critical, Depersonalised)

Calling UK Paediatric SLTs
Researchers at City are seeking to find out more about how UK paediatric SLTs select intervention goals and content.
If you would like to help, please complete our survey: bit.ly/3Z3DNWv
Please share with others if you can

Inferring Word Class and Meaning From Spoken and Written Texts: A Comparison of Children With and Without Developmental Language Disorder Purpose: The aim of the study was to determine the ability of children with developmental language disorder (DLD) to infer word class and meaning...

We're the ASHA Journals, and you can find us on our publishing platform, ASHAWire. Links in the comments. It's our inaugural post here on Bluesky: We're SO HAPPY to be here!

Getting right down to business: Check out this study by Karla McGregor and colleagues in #JSLHR!

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🔓🔓WilmotA @me-boyo.bsky.social SieversR @suze-freogirl.bsky.social NorburyC (2024). Impact of #devlangdis on mental health AND well-being across the lifespan: a qualitative study including the perspectives of UK adults with DLD AND Australian SLTs. BMJ Open. doi.org/10.1136/bmjo... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

🥳 There is an AMAZING BUNCH of articles, topics and authors in this IMPORTANT issue of #IJLCD @journals2025.bsky.social Can you believe that 39 of the articles are 🆓🔓 and that it includes a special issue on #SSD terms e.g., onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #ChildSpeechDis #speechsounddisorder

I’m really enjoying the fact that I primarily follow Speech and Language Therapists on here. My newsfeed is an absolute DREAM! #BSkySpeechies #SLPeeps

Calling UK Paediatric SLTs
Researchers at City are seeking to find out more about how UK paediatric SLTs select intervention goals and content.
If you would like to help, please complete our survey: bit.ly/3Z3DNWv
This will take about 40 minutes of your time.
Please share with others if you can.

Thanks so much for doing this ❤️

Over 100 #bskyspeechies now in this Starter Pack! Speech and Language Therapists from across the globe, one professional body and the amazing @speechbite.bsky.social 🤗 go.bsky.app/QKf7XWq

😂😂 same

Haha. It took me a while to discover this too.
I still don’t really know what it actually is… 😬

Developmental Language Disorder has its own hashtag, #DevLangDis.
It hasn't been very busy on here yet, but start posting, searching and sharing so we can build our community and learn together. People with DLD, families and professionals together

Calling UK Paediatric SLTs
Researchers at City are seeking to find out more about how UK paediatric SLTs select intervention goals and content.
If you would like to help, please complete our survey: bit.ly/3Z3DNWv
This will take about 40 minutes of your time.
Please share with others if you can.