I just signed the petition calling on the government to end the Cleft Dental Crisis. Can you sign too? #CleftDentalCrisis you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
05.11.2025 20:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@stephvanee-slt.bsky.social
Lecturer in speech and language sciences at Newcastle University. Speech and Language Therapist interested in all research in the field of cleft lip and palate.
I just signed the petition calling on the government to end the Cleft Dental Crisis. Can you sign too? #CleftDentalCrisis you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
05.11.2025 20:13 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Early Career Researchers Group in Cleft scoping review of speech outcomes for people born with BCLP - presented at the International Cleft Congress, Kyoto. Literature lacking in large, robust outcome studies for this small but significant group. @newcastleuni.bsky.social
21.10.2025 04:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0And weβre off! 15th International Cleft Congress in Kyoto. Beautiful surroundings.
20.10.2025 04:29 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It's almost the end of #DLDday and so here's my thread about Developmental Language Disorder.
If you don't know about DLD then this is for you.
If you know about DLD please share so more people learn about this common but widely unknown condition.
You canβt see DLD - but itβs there.
2 in every class of 30 have DLD, a hidden condition that makes understanding and using language harder.
This #DLDAwarenessDay, letβs raise our voices for children with DLD.
Learn more about DLD: tinyurl.com/3rssjc8h
#YouCantSeeDLD #DLDawareness
Oo I hate running in anything above 13 degrees! Well done!
23.09.2025 18:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 01 in 14 people are affected with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)a very common but little known condition,
Save the date for the international DLD Day on 17th Oct
this years theme is You can't see DLD. Amelia a
young ambassador for Afasic will be doing her bit to
make people aware about DLD
Forgot you did this when u saw you! Well done! How was it?
23.09.2025 18:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0As speech and language specialists, we know the impact DLD can have when left undiagnosed.
A must-read from The Independent here: tinyurl.com/ym4rfjtn.
Read about Research Capacity in SLT/P a great study led by brilliant SLT @katiedooslt.bsky.social using behaviour change models (TDF & COM-B) to make sense of it!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
New article from my PhD findings. Children aged 5-8 with CLP had lower visual and auditory attention skills compared with norms and these skills were correlated with language outcomes. Available open access @drhelenslt.bsky.social @cristina-mckean.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
30.08.2025 14:32 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0And today we have Dr Jo Baker π. Thank you to @frickesilke.bsky.social and Vic Knowland for being rigorous and friendly examiners. Congratulations Dr Jo! @cristina-mckean.bsky.social @stephvanee-slt.bsky.social (my fellow supervisors)
09.07.2025 16:45 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Come and join our MISLToe_SSD team! Great opportunity for post doc in SLT, linguistics or psychology.
www.nbt.nhs.uk/careers/curr...
@nesltresearch.bsky.social @stephvanee-slt.bsky.social & Helen Wood tell us about an important research step: replicating an exiting study with an extended population. Speech and language disorder in children with CL+/-P is way more complex than we first imagined.
03.07.2025 13:39 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0@nesltresearch.bsky.social symposium 2025 The brilliant Anna Burhouse from Northumbria Healthcare NHS FT on QI stressing the importance of teams (not the online spaceπ) and people working together
03.07.2025 08:38 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0@nesltresearch.bsky.social Anna Burhouse telling us about closing the research-practice gap in the PreCePT project for premature neonates in SW England. Lots of behaviour change and implementation science going on.
03.07.2025 09:11 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0@nesltresearch.bsky.social Researching our practice with evaluation of new initiatives in speech & language therapy for children. Lots of mixed methods embedded in practice through QI, objective and rigorous. Using SLT students on placement from @nclslt to support projects. Excellent practice
03.07.2025 10:02 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0@nesltresearch.bsky.social Johanna Butler PhD study into practice. Presenting scoping review of literature for adult-child interactions (not parent-child) and ways of data gathering. Rigorously applied methodology
03.07.2025 10:10 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0The brilliant @drlisa-ahp.bsky.social keynote @nesltresearch.bsky.social talking to us about how we can involve Multidisciplinary Teams in our research. Dr Lisa is the embodiment of the MDT as a consultant AHP at Newcastle Hospitals NHS FT
03.07.2025 10:44 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0@bristol-sltru.bsky.social are looking to hire a Senior Research Associate (Qualitative) to the @misltoessd.bsky.social study team. Its a Band 7 role for 18 months. If you are interested, have a look, and maybe drop us a line to have a chat!! www.nbt.nhs.uk/careers/curr...
01.07.2025 12:51 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Great to see the link between language and mental health considered on the BBC - and amazing of Siouxsie to share her experiences www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We have video guides for mental health practitioners about language problems and mental health - see below!
π°In @ashajournals.bsky.social Abdelwahab Floccia Forbes Alsiddiqi Al-Shdifat @cristina-mckean.bsky.social Odeh Trebacz Khattab 2025 Adaptation & Standardization of Two Arabic Communicative Devel Inventories for Chn 8-30 & 30-48 Months in πͺπ¬EG π―π΄JO & π΅πΈPS. JSLHR doi.org/10.1044/2025... π¦ #bskySPEECHIES
20.06.2025 22:23 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0The most clicked-on article from the May
@speechbite.bsky.social
newsletter was an RCT comparing the effectiveness of 2 preschool language interventions (Building Early Sentences Therapy and an Adapted Derbyshire Language Scheme) bit.ly/3Tt4b8C It's open access! #SLPeeps #SLP2B #SLT #bskySPEECHIES
LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER! If you work in the North East of England come along to our hub meeting and research symposium to catch up on quality improvement and research activities in our region. You can view accepted abstracts here: lnkd.in/dGtvTXMK
And register using this form: lnkd.in/d3tCr-Ac
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Looking for Australian and New Zealand parents of children with a #CleftPalate to participate in interview research about their experiences of speech pathology. sydney.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
02.06.2025 07:29 β π 6 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0We would love you to share this advert far and wide - such an exciting project to be involved with - and a great team! @edldproject.bsky.social #DevLangDis
14.05.2025 02:50 β π 1 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0Registration for the North East SLT symposium closes on 22nd June. Sign up here for a full day of talks for just Β£5! forms.office.com/e/Px4BSiV3d1 @nesltresearch.bsky.social
07.05.2025 12:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Click here for full leaflet www.rcslt.org/wp-content/u...
04.05.2025 13:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Itβs Cleft Lip and Palate Awareness week. Cleft can affect how a child learns to speak. Early detection and the dedicated work of a MDT alongside family is needed to help children reach their potential. This leaflet was developed to help spread awareness.
04.05.2025 06:49 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1Great to be in Newcastle for the annual Craniofacial Society of Great Britain and Ireland Conference #cfsgbi2025π
A fantastic talk from @stephvanee-slt.bsky.social 'Exploring sleep and language outcomes in children with cleft lip/palate using Cleft Collective data'.
@yvonnewren.bsky.social