Kate Gray

My May botanical illustration & mental health w'shop’s now live. I teach you:
🌿how to break down plants into simple shapes & add shading
🧠how creative activity alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health

There’s 15% off atm with the code THANKYOU15:
workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...

The impact of acquired communication impairments on sexuality and intimacy: A scoping review Background Communication is critical to sexuality and sexual health. It is therefore reasonable to assume that acquired communication impairments would impact sexuality, but research is sparse. The .....

Our new open-access study highlights the impact of acquired communication disorders on sexuality & intimacy.
@nicholasbehn.bsky.social

We offer actionable recommendations for researchers and SLPs. Let's break the silence! #Sexuality #SLT #SLP #Aphasia #BrainInjury #stroke
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This is Frank. He is the perfect example of why golden retrievers don't make good guard dogs. But they make wonderful welcome committees. 13/10 (TT: accordingtobelieve)

Our first speaker @susieSLT gets us going with her ongoing work adapting conversation partner therapy for people with fluent aphasia! 👏

Excited to hear @susieslt.bsky.social plans about CPT for those working with people who have Wernicke's aphasia

Compassionate leadership helps to create psychologically safe working environments. Previous studies on doctors, nurses & midwives have shown that the wellbeing of health & care staff is affected by 8 key factors, organised into 3 core needs 👇 Read more: buff.ly/3D8b1fn

What is functional communication? How can we assess, measure, and improve it? | Banter Speech & Language The big picture: Functional communication is how someone actually uses language to communicate with others in the real world. It is often very different from how someone performs on a standardised lan...

We need to do more work on what we mean by “functional communication” - & how we measure and improve it: www.banterspeech.com.au/what-is-func...

Patient Stories of Meals on Mental Health Wards This is "Patient Stories of Meals on Mental Health Wards" by Nifty Fox Creative on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Mealtimes should be nourishing - both physiologically & emotionally.

But, hospital eating environments in mental health wards don't always create the best setting for healing.

Take a look at our animation with @susanguthrieslt.bsky.social exploring patient stories: vimeo.com/1041186684...

I can´t believe it´s been 5 years since this.

Five years and £7 million in donations later, the new Rare Dementia Support Centre will finally become a reality in autumn 2025

@uclbrainscience.bsky.social

Are you a #SLT in the UK working with people w #aphasia & family members/ others delivering communication partner training? Want to participate in an online discussion session in February or March 2025 about what comm strategies you address in rehab? Email m.cruice@city.ac.uk for details! 👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆

Would the public rather the government prioritise spending on access to care in the community, or hospitals? Polling by @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social and @healthfoundation.bsky.social said they'd rather community services. Read more public opinions of the plans for health & care. https://buff.ly/4kbdQNd

A Hard act to swallow: A Dysphagia Writing Contest.

Celebrate Swallowing Awareness Day 2025 and shed light on the experiences of those navigating dysphagia.

• Submit a poem or short story by 23rd February 2025.
• Keep your work under 500 words.
• Email entries to esht.saltinfo@nhs.net

Across countries and cultures: the assessment of aphasia in linguistically diverse clinical populations Published in Aphasiology (Ahead of Print, 2025)

I am very happy to announce the publication of our editorial for the special issue: Across countries and cultures: The #assessment of #aphasia in linguistically diverse clinical populations in #Aphasiology Free access! #SLPeeps #Linguistics🧵1/4 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Beautiful interview with @edwyncollins.bsky.social and Grace Maxwell about the magic of communication when music-ing.
#aphasia #BASConf25

The Aphasia Therapy Finder is a free online tool to help speech therapists find and access high quality resources and instructional videos for evidence-based aphasia therapies. If you haven’t already, please check it out and share widely.

This is fascinating! Mining road salt from an ancient ocean under the ocean boggles my mind 🤯

We’re looking for stroke staff nurses for our lovely stroke rehab ward in beautiful Norwich. Please can you repost if you see this?

#BSkyNurses

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Do any #BSkySpeechies fancy working in beautiful East Kent? We have some great jobs going. Find out more about our kind, supportive and skilled teams and find your work life balance. www.kentcht.nhs.uk/careers/curr...

Please help us to share this VERY exciting news "Extra £30m a year to boost research careers for healthcare professionals" 👍 I'm currently commissioned to develop an information resource for all AHPs - keep watching this space! @jowallinger.bsky.social @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social

I'm delighted to announce that the next international conference by the British Aphasiology Society will take place in Dundee, Scotland on 18-20 Aug 2025.
Bookmark the website to learn more details as they arrive!
blogs.city.ac.uk/bas2025/
See you there! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
#BASconf24
#BASconf2025
#BSkySpeechies