Brenda Carty The National Maternity Hospital SLTs in Neonatal Care CEN So proud to work with Marie Slevin & an incredible team The National Maternity Hospital Language delay in preterm infants and HIE is a real problem and SLT services need to meet this need from the start & keep following IASLT TCD Postgrad SLT Jo Mcguckin (Egan) NICUPT Roberta McCarthy

Access to communication is a human right #AACAware #HearMeHearMyAAC #AACIreland

the importance of ruling passions on vocab selection for AAC - whilst a focus on core vocabulary is important, we must ensure that autistic CYP have access to the vocab to discuss their passions & interests - to communicate about what matters most to them sally darley SLT @sallyslt.bsky.social 💙 Helen Robinson (she/her)

On World Prematurity Day, a Carlow mother who gave birth to her twins at 29 weeks is raising awareness of the needs and rights of premature babies and their families #WorldPrematurityDay

‼️Important reading for all SLTs working with #dysphagia‼️ RCSLT 💙 Position paper on the use of thickened fluids! ‘Rather than being used as a blanket approach or go-to treatment thickened fluids are better considered as one of a number of dysphagia management tools’

This week is Feeding Tube Awareness week. If your baby is in a neonatal unit, they may need to be tube fed due to being born premature or sick. You can still be involved in their feeds and learn how to tube feed with the help of staff on the unit. buff.pulse.ly/sc3qycjhza

Infants & children can present with feeding and swallowing difficulties to healthcare settings. Speech and language therapists can assess and treat feeding &/or swallowing (Dysphagia) difficulties Imperial People 💙 #SwallowAwarenessDay2024

A fantastic conference with so much expertise, knowledge, and passion for supporting individuals with CVI. Vital that this information is shared and understood by healthcare professionals and educators. Thank you ChildVision ECLO - Eye Clinic Liaison Officers

Really important for schools to continue supporting the neurodevelopment of children born preterm

Another fantastic day presenting and collaborating with the staff in St Raphael’s Special School - working together to embed a Total Communication Approach to learning and participating in school. Access to #AAC is essential! Lámh Tobii Dynavox Ireland (Safe Care Technologies) Saint John of God Foundation

Staff and visitors in CHI Tallaght are celebrating World Down Syndrome Day today | rte.ie/b/1439038

Today, 25th March is National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day 💚 UCC Ireland are helping raise awareness and sharing their support by lighting the university up green for #cpawarenessday #GoGreen4CP #cpawarenessday #cpawareness Cerebral Palsy Foundation #GoGreen4CP infantcentre.ie/2024/03/22/tan…

An informative and inspiring day at the Irish Infant Mental Health Conference 👶🏼 🌟 Fantastic to see representation across disciplines and settings. Early relationships and responsive services matter! Many thanks to PSI Perinatal and Infant Mental Health SIG @IMHIreland for hosting such a wonderful event

📢#SLTs in 🇮🇪 tell us about your CDNT #intervention to help document SLT experiences surveymonkey.com/r/SBCQ9R7 Open to #slpeeps currently working or have worked in CDNT within last 12mths - all responses and reshares appreciated Ciara O'Toole @aoifelilyg1 @camisonup IASLT

What a fantastic afternoon this was! Thank you Julia Petty, CELIA HARDING & Lisa Whiting for inviting me to speak and to the other fantastic speakers Rebecca Chilvers 💙 & Kelly Phizacklea - I’ve taken a lot from your presentations! 🤩

#HSCPS see Fórsa trade union Linda Kelly survey below. Any position in the HSE that was unfilled on 31st December 2023 is now unlikely to be replaced, even if it was previously funded and approved.   The implications for services & ability to deliver services is significant.

We were delighted to share our Interdisciplinary Baby Pathway for infants with complex needs at the #HSCPWorkingInPartnership Conference today. North Kildare CDNT working together with our families, maternity, and acute services to support integrated care in the community 💫 👶🏼

September marks #NICUAwarenessMonth - our latest Voices blog shines a spotlight on the brilliant work of charity Ei SMART who are determined to improve the quality of early intervention support offered to families whose babies required neonatal care: buff.ly/aJxSlQH