A reminder that it is so important to consider the psychosocial impact of communication impairments. Sometimes as clinicians, we perceive an impairment as ‘mild’, but in order to be person-centred we need to listen more carefully evidentlycochrane.net/living-with-dy…

Can't believe there has been 17 weeks of the 'Come Together' communication cafe! It's been great to be involved in this cafe from the beginning and meet everyone along the way. See you all in September! Sam Bowman Elisabeth Hibbard

Today is #RoaldDahlDay!📚 💡Interesting fact - The unique language in his famous book, The BFG, was inspired by the experience of his wife, Patricia Neal's #Aphasia - a communication condition that affects many stroke survivors. #RoaldDahlStoryday

A huge thank you 🙏 to Mike Wood for raising the issue of the postcode lottery of #SpeechAndLanguage funding. RCSLT 💙 RCSLTpolicy @Jochurchill4 Vicky Ford #SLTchat #SLT #YourVoice4Theirs #SaLT

👉Looking for a new opportunity this year? What better way than to apply for an SLT job. 🤩 We currently have a band 5 job opportunity on NHS jobs with sessions in early years and mainstream schools. The closing date is the 25th January - Best of luck! homerton.nhs.uk/current-vacanc…

Thread start... At 2.5 years old we noticed our son George had communication problems. There was nothing. The health visitor checked him over and confirmed she was also concerned about his speech development as no words were present - just nosies and animation...

Covid-19: The speech therapists helping patients find their voices - Great working with ⁦BBC News (UK)⁩ on this & big thanks to ⁦⁦@camillacdawson⁩ & Robert Crowther for sharing your stories. ⁦Kamini Gadhok MBE⁩ ⁦University Hospitals Birmingham⁩ ⁦Nick Hewer⁩ bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

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Online creative writing group for people with communication difficulties re-starting soon! A great place to explore creative thinking and build confidence with writing skills in a communication-friendly environment 🖊️☕️ Email sam@talkaboutspeechtherapy for more info.

Wednesday writes has really helped increase writing confidence and social connection. Let me know if you can think of anyone who would enjoy this. ⁦Elisabeth Hibbard⁩ ⁦Nichola Charalambou⁩

Former Leeds Rhinos player Rob Burrow is to read a CBeebies Bedtime Story using ground-breaking technology, the first time a bedtime story has been read this way. bbc.com/mediacentre/20…