CSDR Network

Pic of diagnostic protocol showing the diagnostic evaluation of articulation and phonology (DEAP) and subtypes of speech sound disorder

Are you leading research into active ingredients of interventions (approaches, targets, intensity) for children with speech and language needs? @cristinamckean and @paulinefrizelle are editing a special collection for @ijlcd. Please contact jill@thespeechdoctorni.co.uk if interested by 16th June.

New post for an SLT/SLP Research Associate/Assistant to work on an @edldproject.bsky.social project to validate a screening tool to identify #DevLangDis in adults! Please RT widely! @suze-freogirl.bsky.social @emilymayjackson.bsky.social @profnikkibotting.bsky.social www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...

@BSLTRU recently undertook a survey for the @RCSLT to evaluate their Professional Development Framework. We want to add some colour to the quantitative findings! Could you spare 30 mins or so to tell Sam how you have used it? Drop an email - samantha.harding@nbt.nhs.uk

Towards an Agreed Labelling System and Protocol for the Diagnosis of Speech Sound Disorder Subtypes in the United Kingdom Background There is no single classification system or diagnostic protocol for speech sound disorder (SSD). This makes it difficult to collect large-scale outcome data and determine which interventi...

🆓🔓 @drjoannecleland.bsky.social @samburrslt.bsky.social @samharding.bsky.social @drhelenslt.bsky.social & @yvonnewren.bsky.social 2025. Towards an Agreed Labelling System & Protocol for the Diagnosis of #ChildSpeechDis Subtypes in the UK IJLCD 60(3). doi.org/10.1111/1460... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #slpeeps

Quantitative results of SonoSpeech Cleft Pilot: a mixed-methods pilot randomised control trial of ultrasound visual biofeedback versus standard intervention for children with cleft palate ± cleft lip ... Background Despite its growing popularity, there is limited evidence of the effectiveness of ultrasound visual biofeedback speech therapy for children with cleft palate ± cleft lip (CP ± L). This stud...

A new article by @maria-cairney.bsky.social, @drjoannecleland.bsky.social and colleagues reporting promising results in a trial on using #ultrasound biofeedback #speechtherapy for children with #cleft palate ± lip.

#SLT #openaccess

tinyurl.com/3jnamh7e

Every month since June 1998 Speechwoman has selected a speech-language pathology / speech and language therapy related site of the month. Sometimes it is not so much a site, as a research article or a page, blog entry or resource within a site that is worthwhile celebrating here. If they wish, awardees may display the Speechwoman logo on their winning site, post, page or resource (scroll down for two versions of the logo). Warm congratulations to all Speechwoman's winners, including those whose hard work has "gone" from the Internet! 2025 Sites of the Month May Open Access Cleland, J., Burr, S., Harding, S., Stringer, H., & Wren, Y. (2025). Towards an Agreed Labelling System and Protocol for the Diagnosis of Speech Sound Disorder Subtypes in the United Kingdom. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 60(3), e70052. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.70052

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Speechwoman's pick for May, 2025. www.speech-language-therapy.com/index.php?op... Nicely done @drjoannecleland.bsky.social 💐
@samburrslt.bsky.social 💐
@samharding.bsky.social 💐
@drhelenslt.bsky.social 💐
@yvonnewren.bsky.social 💐
🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #ChildSpeechDis #slpeeps

Still time to apply!

New member sought for the UK and Ireland Child Speech Disorder Research Network (CSDRN) The CSDRNetwork seeks a research-active UK or Ireland-based Speech and Language Therapist. The network aims to raise and maintain the profile of developmental speech sound disorders (SSD) within the profession; promote implementation of evidence-based practice; and drive the research agenda. Volunteer (unpaid) members must be able to attend two meetings (mostly online) per year and contribute actively to the network. SLTs interested in applying should hold a PhD and show evidence of current research activity in an area of SSD. Please send a CV to S.Fricke@sheffield.ac.uk by Friday, 30th May 2025. Online interviews with up to three current CSDRNetwork members to be arranged in June. Informal enquiries to: Dr Silke Fricke (S.Fricke@sheffield.ac.uk).

Are you a research-active Speech and Language Therapist #SLT with a PhD, and interested in #SpeechSoundDisorders #SSD? The UK and Ireland Child Speech Disorder Research Network (@csdrnetwork.bsky.social) is looking for a new member. Apply by 30 May 2025. #SLPeeps #wespeechies #bskySPEECHIES

Towards an Agreed Labelling System and Protocol for the Diagnosis of Speech Sound Disorder Subtypes in the United Kingdom Background There is no single classification system or diagnostic protocol for speech sound disorder (SSD). This makes it difficult to collect large-scale outcome data and determine which interventi.....

Our @misltoessd.bsky.social paper describing our consensus-based diagnostic protocol for subtyping #ChildSpeechDis is out now doi.org/10.1111/1460... .

New member sought for the UK and Ireland Child Speech Disorder Research Network (CSDRN) The CSDRNetwork seeks a research-active UK or Ireland-based Speech and Language Therapist. The network aims to raise and maintain the profile of developmental speech sound disorders (SSD) within the profession; promote implementation of evidence-based practice; and drive the research agenda. Volunteer (unpaid) members must be able to attend two meetings (mostly online) per year and contribute actively to the network. SLTs interested in applying should hold a PhD and show evidence of current research activity in an area of SSD. Please send a CV to S.Fricke@sheffield.ac.uk by Friday, 30th May 2025. Online interviews with up to three current CSDRNetwork members to be arranged in June. Informal enquiries to: Dr Silke Fricke (S.Fricke@sheffield.ac.uk).

Are you a research-active Speech and Language Therapist #SLT with a PhD, and interested in #SpeechSoundDisorders #SSD? The UK and Ireland Child Speech Disorder Research Network (@csdrnetwork.bsky.social) is looking for a new member. Apply by 30 May 2025. #SLPeeps #wespeechies #bskySPEECHIES

Speech CEN North East Symposium at 20 | Course Beetle Join Speech CEN North East (SCENNE) for a special day of celebration. Take the opportunity to learn, network, feast and reflect on SSD.

Very excited to be joining a great line up of speakers at the North East Speech CEN's celebration event to mark 20 years as a thriving group on the 3rd November! Do join us! @csdrnetwork.bsky.social @coursebeetle.bsky.social Find out more about it here: coursebeetle.co.uk/courses/spee...

ICYMI, 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #devlangdis #childspeechdis #SLCN Parents aren’t too lazy to talk to their children, explains a #teacher: “They care so much about their children, but their priority is meeting their basic needs. They are working incredibly hard just to keep them clothed and fed and safe.”

Congratulations Dr@naomiLeafe for her PhD viva on parent-implemented, intensive, digitally-supported Rx for children with #SSD with @sueroulstone and @brendaoneill 💫 Well-deserved! @emmapagnamenta.bsky.social @laurencetaggart.bsky.social @mpdonnelly @csdrnetwork.bsky.social 😃

Please help out if you can 🙏🏻

Get your #ICPLA2025 abstracts in by *Friday*. Hoping for lots of papers about children's speech sound disorders #DevSpeechDis

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Happy New Year. Our resolution is to help build the community of child speech researchers and practitioners on Bluesky in 2025.

Learning to produce and transcribe cardinal vowels: speech and language therapy students’ perception of task difficulty Learning vowel transcription skills is crucial to function as a Speech and Language Therapist (SLT). However, vowel transcription is commonly regarded as particularly difficult and therefore often ...

🆓🔓"The importance of accurate vowel transcription is highlighted in the @csdrnetwork.bsky.social Good Practice Guidelines alluding to a tendency to focus on the transcription of Cs & neglect Vs whose transcription is considered more difficult" doi.org/10.1080/0269...
🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #ChildSpeechDis

Thank you @carolinebowen.bsky.social - lovely acknowledgement for the first paper out of @katherinepritchards PhD work 😁@emmapagnamenta.bsky.social @vesnastojanovik

Does Generalization Occur Following Speech Therapy? A Study in Children With a Cleft Palate Purpose: This study compared the occurrence of different types of generalization (within-class, across-class, and total generalization) following...

This study compared the occurrence of different types of generalization (within-class, across-class, and total generalization) following motor-phonetic speech therapy and linguistic-phonological speech therapy in children with a cleft palate ± cleft lip

#SLPeeps @sigperspectives.bsky.social

I guess it shows two things- how much more work we need to do to highlight the benefits of EBP interventions to parents and how parents will get desperate if they are not able to access #SLT services.

Another paper from the excellent crew at @mcri lead by @angela.morgan #apraxia #dysarthria #ssd www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We are pleased to announce that the abstract submission deadline for ICLPA 2025 has been extended to Friday, 10 January 2025.

Submissions can be made via:
app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/76778...

We’re looking forward to welcoming you in Patras!

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
#mySLTday #slpeeps #blueskyspeechies

And if your client has phonological impairment (delay or disorder) then this online tool is fantastic www.ulster.ac.uk/research/top...

Intervention for children with phonological impairment: Knowledge, practices and intervention intensity in the UK Background Across the world, research has shown that intervention for children with phonological impairment can be both effective and efficient. However, it has also raised concerns about the transl...

Do you mean for articulation disorder? Or for all SSDs? Depends on the subtype. This paper is about what #SLPeeps choose most often for phonological impairment onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... and here is a decision making tree for all subtypes www.nbt.nhs.uk/sites/defaul...

New paper from network member @drjoannecleland.bsky.social and colleagues about #ultrasound #biofeedback #bskySpeechies #cleft

@lynnwilliamsslp.bsky.social @s-redmonduofu.bsky.social @jprestonslp.bsky.social @nrg.bsky.social @habla-lab.bsky.social @speechbite.bsky.social @vjoffe.bsky.social @srvach.bsky.social @phonotactician.bsky.social @jititterington.bsky.social @csdrnetwork.bsky.social @joannatoronto.bsky.social ➕➕➕🙃😎

From @ashajournals.bsky.social' @sigperspectives.bsky.social 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

TRYING THIS HASHTAG: #ChildSPEECHDis #SSD

Great opportunity for funded PhD studentship in cleft and speech with us @cleftcollective.bsky.social and @cleft1823study.bsky.social
Please share widely!