Anne Longfield, the Children’s Commissioner for England, is today (Tuesday) publishing a new report “We need to talk: Access to speech and language therapy“, which shines a light on spending on speech and language therapy services (SLT) for children across the country to help identify where children who need support are falling through the gaps.
Health Education England (HEE) is running an allied health professionals (AHPs) online recruitment event for school-age students.
Starting at 10am on Wednesday 26 June, WOW Show Live will provide an opportunity for pupils to hear from AHPs about their careers, and offer information on the various pathways to a rewarding career in the NHS.
Learning disability and autism have been in the headlines this week, with report after report finding continued failings in the way people with learning disability and/or autism are cared for and supported. These reports raise serious questions about how people with complex needs are supported and engaged with and the focus, or the lack thereof, which we place on good communication.
A city-wide, multi-agency strategy in Stoke on Trent to tackle the high incidence of speech and language delay identified in children in the early years.
Given the profound impact of language impairment after stroke (aphasia), neuroplasticity research is garnering considerable attention as means for eventually improving aphasia treatments and how they are delivered. Functional and structural neuroimaging studies indicate that aphasia treatments can recruit both residual and new neural mechanisms to improve language function and that neuroimaging modalities may hold promise in predicting treatment outcome. In relatively small clinical trials, both non-invasive brain stimulation and behavioural manipulations targeting activation or suppression of specific cortices can improve aphasia treatment outcomes. Recent language interventions that employ principles consistent with inducing neuroplasticity also are showing improved performance for both trained and novel items and contexts. While knowledge is rapidly accumulating, larger trials emphasising how to select optimal paradigms for individualised aphasia treatment are needed. Finally, a model of how to incorporate the growing knowledge into clinical practice could help to focus future research.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
A scoping review was conducted to examine and evaluate empirical data on the communication profile of Angelman syndrome beyond the described dissociation between receptive language and speech. . To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
Open access. Healthcare professionals are recommended to use evidence-based practice (EBP) principles to update and improve clinical practice. Well-designed educational initiatives, together with practice and feedback opportunities can improve individuals’ EBP knowledge, skills and attitudes.
Aim: To identify from the literature the language or communication attributes of graphic symbol communication aids that currently influence AAC practice. You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please be clear which article you are requesting.
The Catering Team, Speech and Language Team and Dietetics Team at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) have worked together to create three new colour-coded, menus for patients with dysphagia, whch adopt the language and design of The International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative’s (IDDSI) framework. The IDDSI framework ensures that the same terms and textures are used for all diet and all fluids across the world.
Claire Saxby, Specialist Speech and Language Therapist at SaTH, which runs the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, said: “We are so proud of the work we have carried out on our new patient menus. We join a global initiative which means that for an individual with dysphagia, whichever care setting they travel to in the world, their dietary requirements will be understood and acted on.”
We now have four areas where you can access anything that would have been in CQ Live:
Clinical Guidance – where you’ll find guidance, learning, evidence and influencing information around a range of clinical topics
Delivering Quality Services - where you’ll find guidance around a range of topics to support SLTs to deliver quality services
Professional Accountability and Autonomy/HCPC – where you’ll find guidance to help SLTs meet the HCPC regulatory standards
Settings – where you’ll find guidance, learning, evidence and influencing information for SLTs working in different settings
Open access. Childhood language development is related to long term educational, employment, health and social outcomes. Previous research identifies a complex range of risk and protective factors which result in good and poor language outcomes for children, however children at risk are an underrepresented group in these studies. Our aim is to investigate the combinations of factors (paths) that result in good and poor language outcomes for a group of 5 year old children of mothers experiencing adversity.
Open access. Effective collaboration between speech and language therapists (SLTs) and teachers is essential in meeting the needs of children with developmental language disorders in school, but it is difficult to achieve. Currently, many children receive inadequate speech and language therapy services and/or support in school.
The aim of this study was to engage key stakeholders (SLTs, teachers, parents and children with DLD) in the co-design of their ideal speech and language therapy service and support in school in Ireland. The study was undertaken in order to inform the development of a conceptual model to guide collaborative practice when working with this population.
The anatomical and physiological characteristics such as neuromotor coordination impairments and craniofacial and structural abnormalities frequently interfere with the acquisition of effective oral‐motor skills which can in turn result in the development of potential feeding problems and swallowing dysfunction. The present study was undertaken with the aim of assessing the feeding and swallowing problems, if any, in children with Down syndrome in the age range of 2–7 years.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
We are pleased to announce that we have launched two learning journeys to support you with your Leadership and Influencing skills.
The learning journeys are set up so that you can dip into modules and complete them in whatever order you like. Each module is structured so that you can learn the basics from the main content, but also delve deeper into the subject via links to further information if you want to learn more.
A consultation has opened on the Institute for Apprenticeships website on the End Point Assessment plan for the SLT degree apprenticeship.
The consultation is open until 14th April 2019.
For details on how to respond, see our apprenticeship page.
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Communication with speech generating devices (SGDs) with children with severe physical, communicative and cognitive impairments, such as children with cerebral palsy (CP), can be difficult. Use of partner strategies facilitates the communication and instructional approaches such as feedback and role play facilitate communication partners’ learning in how to use partner strategies. You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please be clear which article you are requesting.