Great 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!

We need your help! We are looking for any professionals who work with adults with Developmental Language Disorder. Our networks relate to children, so please help get our survey about setting up a UK wide network to those who work with adults with #DevLangDis forms.gle/n2v5T7VK2mDH...

NeuroDevelopmental Annual Seminar **26th June 2025** @citystgeorgeslcs.bsky.social @citystgeorges.bsky.social Keynote speakers: *Dr Roisin Perry (UCL) *Prof @mimhanley.bsky.social (Durham) Abstract deadline extended to *April 11th!* #NDAS2025 #Psychology #Autism #DevLangDis #ADHD #Dyslexia

Dingley’s Promise work to ensure the voices of children under 5 with SEND and families are heard, and to push for policy change. If you have a child aged 0-5 with SEND please complete the short research survey below to ensure your voice is heard👇 dingley.org.uk/family-exper...

We are recruiting for two Advisory Editors at Autism! Deadline for expressions of interest is April 25th. For full details, please see the link journals.sagepub.com...

💬 'Over the many years I’ve worked in mental health, I can’t remember a single discussion about the one factor schools can affect: language'

I’m so excited to share the new paperback cover for Coming Of Age 🌟 I think it hints at how varied our adolescent experiences can be, and also – maybe this is stretching it a bit – how much adolescents can influence each other. Also SHAPES Out on 10 July 🤠 Info: tinyurl.com/zkur28wa

Know an Aussie child in Yr 6? Please help us understand how to support kids as they transition to high school! Kids get a gift voucher. Parents get a personalised report of their child's language/reading. Participation can be online or in-person. Express interest at tinyurl.com/2xwjsebc. #DevLangDis

Naplic conference is coming up soon! Book your place and join us for an inspiring day. Research, lived experience and great networking. www.naplic.org.uk/conferences/

This very accurately represents my current mental state of absolute denial that I am a week and a half before the start of my maternity leave with approx 8 million projects to tie up. At least I’ve prepared an egg hunt for toddlers for the weekend.

My MSc student Jess is looking for autistic and non-autistic people to take part in her study. If you have 20 mins spare and fancy taking part it would be hugely appreciated!

Very interesting thread on SEND

I'll be covering this morning's Education Select Committee session on solving the SEND crisis. MPs will be hearing from Annamarie Hassall, CEO of Nasen, and @mmulholland.bsky.social SEND & inclusion specialist at the ASCL, and a number of other witnesses. 🧵below:

We will be recruiting a #SLT #SLP as the main researcher on the project soon! Watch this space! #DevLangDis #Neurodiversity Please RT to spread the word!

Postdoc opening in 🇨🇦 with myself and @charlierioux.bsky.social to look at trajectories of substance use in pregnancy and child outcomes. for more info see: careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1577489...

The Neurodevelopmental Annual Seminar #NDAS2025 is being held @citystgeorgeslcs.bsky.social this year on 26th June! Call for abstracts below, please come and join us 🙏🏻🙏🏽🙏🏾🙏🏿 #psychology #BSkySpeechies #SLPeeps #BlueskySpeechies

Excited to be recruiting a Senior Peer Research Coordinator (qual) to support our new Wellcome-funded project on gender inequalities in youth mental health! Will be based at @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social & with me at @kingscsmh.bsky.social. Deadline 21st Mar, 9am. 👉 tinyurl.com/yc3vc327

Do you want to understand more about the history, medications and public awareness of #ADHD? Join our ADHD: Past, Present and Future panel discussion on Thursday 20 March from 17.30-18.30. #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek Register 👉 bit.ly/4hLVPU1

We receive regular rave feedback about 'Language for Behaviour and Emotions', but you can learn to use it even better on one of our courses. The next 2 day course starts on March 5th, also in May. @melaniespeechie.bsky.social @lang4think.bsky.social Details: thinkingtalking.co.uk/finding-a-wo...

Post-doc position available from Sept 2025 for 18 months on a @leverhulme.bsky.social project into children's perceptual decision-making using diffusion models. Closes 10th March. Pls share! edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid... #VisionScience #PsychSciSky

🌟 NEW PREPRINT: Adolescent self-diagnosis of mental disorders: An interview study of clinicians’ perspectives (N=16) Concerns over self-diagnosis are increasing, but research is limited. What do clinicians think about this phenomenon, and do they think it impacts therapy? tinyurl.com/4zkz7nyh /1

Too right!🙌 Children with speech and language challenges are TWICE AS LIKELY to be unemployed as an adult. By supporting these children as early as possible, we'd not only reduce their need for mental health services and unemployment benefits, we're also giving them essential skills for life.🌈

How can a neurodivergence taskforce not consider the 1 million children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) in the UK? #DevLangDis

I used my very best am-dram skills in this video because once again those with Developmental Language Disorder were forgotten. #TheForgottenMillion #DevLangDis

Thanks to many people for sharing this! Would be fab if a few more people could fill it in, should only take 10-15mins. Thank you! #DevLangDis #DLD #SLCN #wespeechies #slpeeps

Genuinely googled prenatal mania this week as I seem to be incapable of slowing down work in anticipation of maternity leave and instead seem to be flooring the gas pedal, Thelma and Louise style. Is this a nesting instinct gone haywire or some form of denial that I have less than 5 weeks left??

Do we really listen to children and young people with communication needs? Child Language Teaching and Therapy invites submissions of 5000- 8000 words for a forthcoming special issue on listening to children with communication differences. Submit by 18th April 2025 to mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cltt

Did you miss the RCSLT #IJLCDWinterLecture by @pfrizelleslt.bsky.social and @cristina-mckean.bsky.social? If so the slides are available below! #DevLangDis #bskySPEECHIES #ImpSci

Booking now open for FAIRS conference; 7-9th April, St Johns College, Oxford. www.sjcfairsmeeting.com (turn off VPN if it doesn't load!) Covering method for detecting academic fraud, scale of the problem, role of institutions/funders, unintended consequences, future directions.

@bpsofficial.bsky.social would you share our video, made with clinicians and ppl with lived experience, about how mental health practitioners can make therapy more accessible for ppl with Developmental Language Disorder? Made for #childrensmentalhealthweek ! :) youtu.be/Ko6sFea3v0w?...

Wow this has already been viewed over 600 times since it went up this week!! Thanks to everyone who has helped share it far and wide :) #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek

For #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek we’ve made a video for mental health practitioners about Developmental Language Disorder! #DevLangDis affects 7% of ppl, and is over represented in MH settings. We introduce DLD and have tips for making MH support more accessible. Please share! youtu.be/Ko6sFea3v0w?...

As of today we only have two responses from non-English speaking countries. Please share the survey with your international colleagues so that we represent more than just the Anglophone countries. Survey: ucc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #DevLangDis #SLPeeps #bskySPEECHIES

Later this week we'll be sharing a video we've made for mental health practitioners covering: What is DLD? How does DLD impact mental health? What are the signs of DLD in a mental health setting? How to adapt mental health sessions for people with DLD? Stay tuned! #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek

Here are some ways that mental health practitioners can support children (and adults!) with DLD to access the content of their sessions better. We'd love to know whether you've tried any of these and how they went! #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek

Its #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek! Myself and Sarah Griffiths have worked together with clinicians, young people with #devlangdis and families to help mental health practitioners to make sessions more accessible for children with Developmental Language Disorder. Here are signs of DLD in MH settings:

Equally glamorous: took part in a pregnancy MEG study at York’s Neuroimaging Centre. One for the baby book - baby’s first neuroimaging study!

Ready for a bad t-shirt themed party. Can’t decide if this is the best or worst t-shirt I have ever bought. Does fit very well over the pregnancy bump!!

#NAPLIC25 conference @amandafiner.bsky.social, co-author of ‘DLD and me.’ ‘Sharing children’s perspectives of their lives and experiences with DLD’ In Birmingham, March 29th. Face to face! Full details: naplic.org.uk/conferences Speaker bio: dldandme.co.uk/about-the-authors Join us!

SLTs/SLPs working with children with Language Disorder - I'd love your input to my survey on vocabulary and word learning intervention for children aged 8-12. For participant info and survey: forms.gle/7o3A4RcesFf4... Please share! #DevLangDis #DLD #SLCN

Dr Hannah Harvey from Birmingham City University. With families of children with DLD. ‘Exploring diagnostic procedures in the UK, including enabling and obstructive factors’ Birmingham, 29/3 #NAPLIC25 #DevLangDis naplic.org.uk/conferences Speaker bio: bcu.ac.uk/research/our-people/f-i/hannah-harvey

Are you a club/activity leader or coach? Our FREE new leaflets provide information on the signs of DLD, and supportive strategies you can use to support those with a language need access your club, activity or sport. www.moorhouseinstitute.com/dld-resources/ #devlangdis #SLCN

Caregivers of toddlers born in 2022! We need your help collecting new information on early language behaviour - please complete out survey below 🙏🏻 **Previously the survey closed for non-English folk, but now everyone can respond - please try again!** cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...