January courses Whether you’re looking to learn something new or update your existing knowledge and skills, we’ve got you covered 💪 There’s a fabulous range of courses running this January! Check them out ➡️ coursebeetle.co.uk/courses #training #cpd #BlueSkySpeechies

I’ve just listened to these excellent interviews with Louisa Reeves. Such important messages for us to share with educators across the whole age range (get sharing folks!)

This month's highlight: the launch of our Pre-phonics Boost in Parliament! 🙌 Massive thanks to @jessasatomp.bsky.social for hostingt, as well as Ministers @helenhayes.bsky.social, @davidbainesmp.bsky.social, @rupahuq.bsky.social and Sarah Russell for attending. Learn more: https://bit.ly/47q9dtn

This is an excellent resource for schools and I’m proud to have supported it with the NAPA and NIPA at the heart of Pre-Phonics Boost

The highest paid MP in the country has suggested that the minimum wage may be “too high” for younger workers 🤷

Chapter on Speech Sound Disorders by network members @drjoannecleland.bsky.social and @drhelenslt.bsky.social . Great intro for #SLP students

Erika Spanger from UCS explains how climate change is fueling Hurricane Melissa and what it means for people in its path.

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A barrister who was flogging tax avoidance schemes is now suing @danneidle.bsky.social for a defamation payout of over £8m. But we’re not backing down. We’re applying to get this SLAPP struck out: https://goodlaw.social/woom

A reminder that you can donate to Wikipedia to keep human-sourced knowledge accessible.

Paracetamol (Tylenol) is one of the most effective and safe painkillers ever discovered. Keep within the recommended dose. Take it in pregnancy if you need to. It has been shown in MANY studies not to cause autism. 🧪

'We are super trustworthy' (two stories, same day).

Really enjoyed this today - some fantastic discussions! @yvonnewren.bsky.social @drhelenslt.bsky.social @drjoannecleland.bsky.social @samharding.bsky.social

Educators and professionals 👋 Join us at Meath School’s professional visit day to see communication-first classrooms in action and hear from specialist staff on practical tools that help the 1 in 5 children with speech and language challenges. Register: https://bit.ly/3Wjw84c

#DLDday is coming, so I’m starting a thread over a few days. DLD (Developmental Language Disorder) is all about spoken language. Words and sentences are tricky for people with DLD. And people don’t grow out of it. #DevLangDis @radld.bsky.social

This is very good from @zackpolanski.bsky.social. It's exactly what I hoped *and expected* to hear from a Labour government but sadly didn't. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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

October is an exciting month - it includes Dyslexia Awareness week (#DAW25), ADHD Awareness Month, and DLD Awareness Day - and I thought it was a great time to raise awareness of #neurodiversity - and talk about a new project thats close to my heart..

@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 - [email protected]

Very proud to see brilliant SLT Researcher @samburrslt.bsky.social mentioned not once but twice in this list of awards. Congratulation Sam!

Good news- more #SSD research happening in the UK. This project will look at the feasibility of collecting a core outcomes set from children with speech sound disorders in Wales.

@nionwomen.bsky.social Could you promote this consultation about keeping Hampstead Heath ponds trans inclusive? The ponds are nice and god knows trans people don't need any more joy removing from their lives. Terfs are all over this. hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is/en-GB/propos...

If you want to email Keir Starmer telling him, politely, what you think of his plan for digital ID cards we've made it super easy for you: goodlawproject.org/campaign/kei...

Fantastic news! @yvonnewren.bsky.social @drhelenslt.bsky.social @drjoannecleland.bsky.social @samharding.bsky.social

@csdrnetwork.bsky.social @speechandlanguk.bsky.social @afasic.bsky.social @naplic.bsky.social @vjoffe.bsky.social @drhelenslt.bsky.social @drjoannecleland.bsky.social @jititterington.bsky.social Would be great if you could sign & share this petition 🙏 Anyone in the UK can sign the petition.

We must understand how minority views influence majority participation in online discourse. The authors study Republican supporters of childhood vaccines (the majority) and how they react when exposed to an online environment dominated by anti-vax Republicans (the minority) #Misinformation

Can epidemiology models explain how rumours spread? This analysis, using the Great Fear as a case study, provides a quantitative answer to "the unresolved debate between the role of emotions and rationality in explaining its diffusion." #BehaviouralScience

Blog post: About me #WaitUpSLT waitupslt.blogspot.com/2025/07/abou...

New blog post: Children's speech & language therapy waiting lists continue to grow. According to @england.nhs.uk data, 70,698 children & young people were waiting for SLT support in June 2025 - up 3.69% from May 2025. 26,485 (37%) were waiting over 18 weeks. waitupslt.blogspot.com/2025/08/chil...

The #WaitUPSLT blog has now been viewed over 500 times! Thank you for your continued interest and engagement. 🙏🌟 #Research #ResearchOpportunity waitupslt.blogspot.com?m=1

Opportunity to join research advisory groups! WAIT-UP SLT is seeking expressions of interest from: 👥 parents and caregivers: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/bcu/waitup... 👥 individuals working within speech and language therapy services: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/bcu/waitup... Please share 🙏

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/...

We are delighted to have @drhelenslt.bsky.social join us this morning to discuss the importance of agreed terminology in speech sound disorders. Thank you Helen and thank you all for joining us! #iaslt #iasltcpd

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....

"43 per cent of doctors surveyed said they had researched career opportunities in other countries, and 15 per cent had taken “hard steps” towards working outside the UK – such as applying for roles overseas or contacting recruiters": save the NHS, pay Doctors properly. share.google/0b9GQ20fSb7b...

"Gaza is 25 miles long and 12 miles deep.. onto that area has been dropped around 100,000 tonnes of explosive, thats more than was used in Dresden, Hamburg & London in WW2, over a much larger area" Emma Murphy was on a recent air drop flight over Gaza & describes what she saw

If you’ve been inspired by the England success tonight then why not come to a free event next Saturday in Hebden Bridge where we’re celebrating a prominent & successful women’s football team that was founded almost 80 years ago. Details: hebdenbridgepicturehouse.co.uk/movies/free-...

The people asserting that the climate crisis isn’t real don’t make a penny off it, of course.

TalkTV spreads hate and transphobia as if there was no consequences. Let's prove them wrong. Join over 10,000 people - send your complaint to Ofcom 👇 action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-t...

Good Law Project were at Trans Pride Brighton today. We showed up because supporting the trans community has never felt so necessary and important. @goodlawproject.bsky.social @goodlawproject.org

We have 5 days left to push Ofcom to act. Join us, it only takes 2 minutes👇 goodlaw.social/66f6a3

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📺 NEW 📺 TalkTV keeps broadcasting anti-trans views with nobody in the studio to push back. It’s up to us to stop them. Write to Ofcom here: goodlaw.social/66f6a3

And today we have Dr Jo Baker 😀. 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)

🆓🔓 @lucyrodgerssalt.bsky.social @profnikkibotting.bsky.social @drhelenslt.bsky.social... @rosherman.bsky.social 2025 Co-design to consensus: Identifying the core elements of a novel intervention for pre-school chn with #childspeechdis + #devlangdis doi.org/10.1371/jour... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #slpeeps

Wonderful evening at @stephenunwin.bsky.social ’ book launch. @johnharris1969.bsky.social was marvellous and I could have listened to both men for a few more hours. Do grab a copy of their books - available in all good book shops.

We must end the genocide in Gaza & Israel's apartheid against Palestinians. Activists came together at our National Conference to discuss how Amnesty's campaigns must evolve to effectively hold our govt accountable for its role in the ongoing genocide & its lack of action to end Israeli apartheid.

Absolute madness for the police to be arresting protestors including an 83 year old reverend. Labour has made a big mistake and this will seriously backfire on them. The police aren't even investigating many actual crimes and we're regularly told the prisons are full.