Lorraine Bamblett

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Really useful thread here from @vanigupta.bsky.social about adolescent language. Worth a read. Vani is at #ialp2025, posting live, so give her a follow for more content about Developmental Language Disorder #DevLangDis

Definitely! That would be amazing 🤩

Senco’s, teachers and teaching assistants (it would be really enough for the TA qualification) across the key stages.

WAIT-UP SLT is a research project aiming to explore experiences of waiting within children's speech & language therapy services in England from the perspective of:
- Speech & language therapy teams
- Parents & caregivers
- Children & young people
Please share & follow for updates
linktr.ee/waitupslt

Children Draw Talking Around the World Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine how children from across the world draw themselves talking and to apply an interdisciplinary a...

Children Draw Talking: Look at what we can learn from this open access article about 200 children from 24 countries who drew themselves talking
@ashajournals.bsky.social @carolinebowen.bsky.social

pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

I created a Starter pack on SEND in England.

It's for professionals and families
go.bsky.app/RUAW7ML

If you'd like adding, give us a wave in the replies.

I meant 5 years old but definitely could have been interpreted as that 😂
We had them neutered / spayed as soon as we could - 2 is enough!

She definitely was - they are gorgeous 🥰

When she was 11, our daughter sat us down and told us to watch a full presentation she had made with PowerPoint slides on how she should have 2 rabbits. They are 5 now… 😂

Welcome to the SLT CJSS CEN.
Our mission is to promote excellence in clinical practice, foster research, and provide a supportive network for SLTs working in prisons, secure hospitals, youth justice, and other secure settings.
#SLT #CriminalJustice #SecureSettings #CommunicationRights #Justice

Just 329 students with an EHCP got to a high tariff provider last year David Kernohan addresses the low likelihood that someone with special needs support gets to university, in an analysis of the government's annual widening participation data release

Just 329 students with an #EHCP got into a high tariff “top university” last year, something this article’s author calls a “systemic failing” of the many, more academically-able young people with SEND
wonkhe.com/blogs/just-329-st...

Developing Speech, Language and Communication Skills in Education: What Works and Why This practical guide equips teachers and other educators across the age phases with the knowledge, skills and confidence required to fully meet the speech, language and communication (SLC) needs of ch...

Very excited that our collaborative book edited by @tachacslt.bsky.social, Hazel Richards and Aaron Emmett is almost ready for pre-order. 3 co-authored chapters full of practical ideas to help education staff to support children with a range of SLCN.
www.routledge.com/Developing-S...

Delighted this paper is finally published. First in a series of papers looking at morphological intervention focused on affixes for improving vocabulary in children with DLD #DevLangDis
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
First 50 clicks get free author copy here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/9VJBM...

Phonological Awareness Skills in Thai‐Speaking Children: A Scoping Review Background Phonological awareness is an important skill for literacy development. However, limited research has been conducted on tonal languages or non-alphabetic orthographies, including Thai. Und...

Congrats to @strath-psh.bsky.social PhD student Ketnipa Ratanakul on her first published paper #DevSpeechDis #PhonologicalAwareness #bskySPEECHIES doi.org/10.1111/1460...

Study addresses the challenge of identifying #DLD in bilingual children. This language assessment protocol successfully combines time efficiency w/ high accuracy to diagnose DLD; it's a useful, feasible protocol for SLPs. pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

@sigperspectives.bsky.social #SLPeeps

Here’s a link to the SLT starter pack (basically a starting list of who to follow)
Welcome to Bluesky Emma! 🥰

bsky.app/profile/kimt...

Hi everyone, I am new to Bluesky! I am a final year MSc speech and language therapy student at BCU! Keen to make connections with other SLT’s & students! #SLT #Speechandlanguagetherapy

The most clicked-on article from the June @speechbite.bsky.social newsletter was a systematic review investigating the effectiveness of #orofacialmyofunctionaltherapy for #speechsounddisorders in children. speechbite.com/article/73406/ It's open access! #SLPeeps #SLP2B #SLT #bskySPEECHIES

a little girl wearing a vest and tie is cheering with her fist in the air ALT: a little girl wearing a vest and tie is cheering with her fist in the air

We are thrilled to announce that Phase 2 of the MISLToe_SSD Study in England has been funded by the @nihr.bsky.social Research for Patient Benefit Programme 🤩

We can’t wait to start work with 5 amazing #NHS #SLT teams in September! #TeamWorkMakesTheDreamWork

A Brummie legend, heavy metal icon and the Prince of Darkness who put our city on the map. Rest in peace, Ozzy 💜

Older Children’s Speech Errors (5) I am continuing my series of blog posts about older children’s speech errors, focusing on long or complex words. Previously I indicated that there five possible areas of processing to consider when…

New blogpost in this series: Older Children’s Speech Errors (5) developmentalphonologicaldisorders.wordpress.com/2025/07/19/o...

Yay!!! Huge congratulations Aydan @inclusionista.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉

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It’s today! Really looking forward to this one! It’s not too late to sign up - please send an email across to: midlands.ssd.cen@gmail.com and we will send across payment details and the link. You will also get access to a recording if you sign up.

Strengths and Challenges of the Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Degree Apprenticeship Route: Initial Stakeholder Perspectives Background This article shares details of a pilot research project that explored stakeholder perceptions and experiences of the academic and work-based elements involved in one university's innovati...

Well done to my colleagues at BCU for this crucial study on apprentice and work mentors views on Degree Apprenticeships in SLT. @vjoffe.bsky.social @drjoannecleland.bsky.social @drhelenslt.bsky.social
@mybcu.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Mensik is still in so we still have an amazing teenager in the draw. I know he doesn’t have the following of Fonseca but I honestly believe he has more potential, and has a 1000 title already in the bag this season 🙌🏻
Already top 20!

Don’t forget to sign up to our online CEN meeting on 16th July. A recording will be available if you are unable to attend on the day.

#icpla, starting with Margaret Kehoe discussing classification of speech disorders in French speaking children. Suggests that if the classification systems are based on underlying deficits they should apply universally #childspeechdis #bskyspeechie

Emergency: we must act now to build mental health services that work for every chil

Children with speech & language challenges are facing #APerfectStorm. They're more likely to struggle with mental health issues & less likely to get support
It doesn’t have to be this way.
Read @SpeechAndLangUK's new report and find out what needs to change: speechandlanguage.org.uk/the-issue/ou...

📚 Based on the paper by Horsham et al. (2025)
🔗 Full summary now on the E-DLD website!
✨ www.engage-dld.com/post/does-a-...
Based on - doi.org/10.1111/1460...