Dr Silke Fricke

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We followed children’s language, socioemotional, and educational progress for three years following the initial COVID-19 lockdowns. Exciting to see the final report of this @nuffieldfoundation.org funded project published, which shows and discusses a picture of mixed findings: www.iciclesproject.com

QR Code for New Social Group for Young People with DLD in Sheffield

Our first get-together is planned for 3 - 4.30pm, Monday, 16th February 2026 at the University of Sheffield. If you’d like to join but this date doesn’t work, please get in contact anyway. To help us plan, please fill in the form using the QR code or this link forms.gle/QRmtbyXkVU3S....

New Social Group for Young People with DLD (Feb 2026) Please join us for our first social group for young people with a diagnosis of Developmental Language Disorder. The event is aimed at secondary school aged children and young people. Our first group...

Do you have a son or daughter aged 11-17 with Developmental Language Disorder? Would you/they like to meet other young people/parents/carers in the same boat? We are setting up a Sheffield-based group for secondary school-age young people with a primary diagnosis of DLD forms.gle/QRmtbyXkVU3S...

Help us to shape the future of our postgraduate studies for professionals supporting children with SLCN by completing our short survey: forms.gle/zt9rmjpE21Xt...

DOSAGE is the hot topic in intervention for children with Speech Sound Disorder. Here is a video explaining why it's so important to consider

You can’t see DLD – but it is time the world did

Our Oxford colleagues in TICLD have produced this lovely blog on Developmental Language Disorder #DevLangDis in time for #DLDDay on this Friday 17th October. Have a read to learn more about DLD, and what we in TICLD are doing about it: www.education.ox.ac.uk/news/you-can...

#bskySPEECHIES

Fully-Funded PhD Studentship - Investigating speech outcomes in preterm-born children at Cardiff Metropolitan University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Fully-Funded PhD Studentship - Investigating speech outcomes in preterm-born children at Cardiff Metropolitan University, listed on FindAPhD.com

📣 Our fully-funded PhD studentship is open to UK and international applications!

If you are passionate about early child speech development, apply now 🤩 👇

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Professor Maggie Snowling will be presenting on Monday Oct 6th at 4pm at the SLCN specialist teacher network. All about DLD and literacy. Online. One not to be missed.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dldslcn-sp...

Free to members, which starts from £20 per year.
www.naplic.org.uk/membership/

#DevLangDis

Big congratulations to our Best Conference Presentation and Poster winners: Yusshy Herliani, Teagan Riches, Ranaa Almasoudi! Our fourth winner, Alex Zosimidou, was unfortunately unable to join us for this photo! #PhD @sheffielduni.bsky.social

Photo of opening slide of PGR conference

Great day with fantastic talks and posters and interesting conversations at our 2025 PGR conference at the School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery @sheffielduni.bsky.social

Proud supervisor moment together with Annette Fox-Boyer - CONGRATULATIONS @wiebkefreese.bsky.social #ICPLA202

That’s a wrap for @icpla2025.bsky.social! Thank you for an amazing and thoroughly enjoyable conference! See you in Glasgow in 2027!

@rhonwenlewis.bsky.social now presenting on children's speech development in Welsh #SSD #ICPLA2025

Research Assistant in Speech, Language and Communication Difficulties-Developing a Core Outcome Set for Developmental Language Disorder (DLD).
Specific purpose contract.
Closing Date: 3rd July 2025
See IASLT Job Opportunities
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#IASLT #IASLPeeps

Are you an #SLT with a PhD? Are you research-active in #SpeechSoundDisorders #SSD? Would you like to join the UK and Ireland Child Speech Disorder Research Network
@csdrnetwork.bsky.social? 4 days left to submit your CV!

Are you a UK or Ireland-based #SLT with a PhD? Are you research-active in #SpeechSoundDisorders #SSD? Would you like to join the Child Speech Disorder Research Network @csdrnetwork.bsky.social? Submit your CV by 30 May 2025!

Phonetic transcription skills In-depth review of phonetic transcription skills. For SLTs who are confident in the basics or progressing from Transcription Refresher Course

Advanced Transcription Skills - 27th March 📆 with Dr Jill Titterington

An in-depth review of phonetic transcription skills:

✅ symbols from IPA - single sound, single word and connected speech levels
✅ narrow + broad transcription & the vowel system using the quadrilateral system


#CPD #SLT

Come and join my growing team! An exciting opportunity to help us to evaluate the ELIM-I. Please repost @drhelenslt.bsky.social @carolinebowen.bsky.social @naplic.bsky.social @yvonnewren.bsky.social @natmunro.bsky.social

We have only one response each from Finland, Sweden, and Austria, can you help us reach more countries? We are looking for academics or researchers who teach on #bskySPEECHIES #SLT #SLP degree courses to fill out this survey on #DevLangDis: ucc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Calling UK Paediatric SLTs
Researchers at City are seeking to find out more about how UK paediatric SLTs select intervention goals and content.
If you would like to help, please complete our survey: bit.ly/3Z3DNWv
Please share with others if you can

@csdrnetwork.bsky.social are on Bluesky. Please follow us! We are passionate about #EBP for children with #SSD - developing, trialling and implementing best practice @emmapagnamenta.bsky.social @drhelenslt.bsky.social @frickesilke.bsky.social @carolinebowen.bsky.social @drjoannecleland.bsky.social