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UK Speech & Language Therapist interested in autism, #accessibleinformation & #inclusivecommunication. #Makaton tutor. Impressive repertoire of cheese jokes. Sheffield.

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Do we really listen to children and young people with communication needs?

Child Language Teaching and Therapy invites submissions of 5000- 8000 words for a forthcoming special issue on listening to children with communication differences.

Submit by 18th April 2025 to mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cltt

17.02.2025 16:08 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4
β€˜Like it’s making my heart run’: A strengths-based understanding of the play of autistic children - Christina O’Keeffe, Sinead McNally, 2025 Play is a central feature of childhood and a fundamental right of all children. Currently, our understanding of autistic play is based on a deficit perspective, most often framed in comparison to n...

β€˜Like it’s making my heart run’: A strengths-based understanding of the play of autistic children

journals.sagepub.com...

18.02.2025 14:00 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks @rachelbartonslt.bsky.social, I’m
going to look into this. I definitely have some AI catching up to do!

17.02.2025 10:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A purple background with the orange text "Journal of Child Language"

A purple background with the orange text "Journal of Child Language"

The Journal of Child #Language is seeking submissions for its upcoming special issue on 'Later language development'. Send in your submissions by 18 July 2025!
Learn more:
πŸ”— cup.org/42YQIeJ

#psycholinguistics @iasclchildlang.bsky.social

17.02.2025 04:36 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Speech and Language Therapists’ vocabulary and word learning intervention practices for children with Language Disorders

SLTs/SLPs working with children with Language Disorder - I'd love your input to my survey on vocabulary and word learning intervention for children aged 8-12. For participant info and survey: forms.gle/7o3A4RcesFf4...
Please share!
#DevLangDis #DLD #SLCN

28.01.2025 16:58 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5
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The Open University

I’m very pleased to report that my dissertation is now live on the open university website & accessible for free. I would love to know what others think & always happy to chat more.

oro.open.ac.uk/102586/

03.02.2025 15:11 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh I’m really excited to read this!!

03.02.2025 20:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Never imagined I’d be asking my child’s school to confirm that they practice lockdown procedures but this is literally so close to home (I’m Sheffield too) that should the unimaginable ever happen, I’d want my child to know what to do πŸ˜”

03.02.2025 18:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Late Talkers' Language, Metaphor, Theory of Mind, and Reading Skills at 9 Years of Age Purpose: Prior work has found that β€œlate talkers” (LTs) as a group continue to demonstrate lower language and reading outcomes compared to their ...

I'm so proud of my wounderful PhD student @camillacrawshaw.bsky.social! Recently, her work on Late Talkers language, metaphor, ToM, and reading skills at 9 year was published
pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

03.02.2025 16:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Looks like an excellent piece of work, thank you for sharing.

03.02.2025 18:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
How strong is the relationship between caregiver speech and language development? A meta-analysis | Journal of Child Language | Cambridge Core How strong is the relationship between caregiver speech and language development? A meta-analysis

How strong is the relationship between caregiver speech and language development? A meta-analysis (Coffey & Snedeker) - important attempt to try and estimate input-uptake relationships across studies

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

13.01.2025 20:29 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4

Nothing to see here guvnor

30.01.2025 08:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ§‘πŸΎβ€πŸ€β€πŸ§‘πŸ»Children & young people are often excluded from healthcare consultations that impact their health and wellbeing.

Our new project is working with healthcare services, community organisations and underserved youth to champion their voices in healthcare design.

πŸ”— arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/news-blogs/n...

29.01.2025 16:14 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Are you an #SLT #SLP academic or researcher #bskySPEECHIES #DevLangDis? If so, please fill out our survey which aims to find out the most commonly used textbooks to teach about childhood developmental language disorders. We are also interested to learn about taxonomies of language. Thanks in advance

28.01.2025 11:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Seeing Into the Future: Adults' Accuracy Predicting the Vocabulary of Early Symbolic Communicators Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication Purpose: Vocabulary access is important for individuals who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), especially for children in the ...

In this #AJSLP study, researchers found that parents, teachers, & SLPs predicted much of the vocabulary of early symbolic communicators who use #AAC. Implications & alternatives are discussed. on.asha.org/4jCGN4l

@sigperspectives.bsky.social @pennstateuniv.bsky.social

29.01.2025 16:36 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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To kick start our monthly feature on our Research Network we are focusing on Dr Joan Murphy, Co-founder of Talking Mats and still actively involved in research.
Follow this link to her latest paper.
www.talkingmats.com/research/pub...

29.01.2025 10:57 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Recruitment poster for the How I Communicate Project. We are seeking parents of minimally or non-speaking autistic young people to take part in an online focus group of 90 minutes. The poster contains a QR code - the QR code is also posted separately as part of this same message.

Recruitment poster for the How I Communicate Project. We are seeking parents of minimally or non-speaking autistic young people to take part in an online focus group of 90 minutes. The poster contains a QR code - the QR code is also posted separately as part of this same message.

QR code for the How I Communicate research project.

QR code for the How I Communicate research project.

πŸ“£ We seek participants for the How I Communicate research project:
✳️Parents of minimally/non-speaking young autistic people in the UK for
✳️An online focus group
This could be an chance to share views & experiences in a supportive, understanding & confidential space πŸ™‚
#autismresearch Info below πŸ‘‡

23.01.2025 11:42 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Moving stuff - a really informative video.

27.01.2025 18:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
E-petition debate relating to speech and language therapy  - Monday 27 January
E-petition debate relating to speech and language therapy - Monday 27 January YouTube video by UK Parliament

Watch the #InvestInSLT debate live here: youtu.be/PQgj8HSw9UQ

27.01.2025 17:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.

FAO all academics who teach child language interventions in both undergraduate and postgraduate SLT/SLP programmes. Please tell us what core book you use in your teaching of child language disorders. This work forms part of the TICLD programme of research. Survey: ucc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

21.01.2025 16:23 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

Brilliant, thanks Lois!

22.01.2025 12:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! I'll check it out :-)

22.01.2025 12:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hello Blue Sky peeps. Any top tips on using this? Same as the other one, but better and nicer?!?

21.01.2025 16:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0