Create a National Strategy for Childhood Apraxia Of Speech (CAS) petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

New linguistics meme dropped

A great opportunity to join a great team on a great project

question for ultrasound users 🐦🐦 - has anyone successfully mounted a mirror at 45 degrees on the stabilization headset so that the front-facing camera gets a front and side view of the mouth? (paging @awrench.bsky.social @samkirkham.bsky.social and sorry to anyone I am forgetting)

This is just a lovely positive story for your weekend. Meet the three-year-olds helping anxious teens spend more time in school www.bbc.com/news/article...

Killing 'delve': We analysed 4,800+ student-authored reports across a decade to uncover how ChatGPT is shaping undergrad writing—style, sentiment, and quality. 📉📈 GenAI isn't just a tool. It's a co-author. 📝 #Preprint: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...

Please consider following Language and Society Scotland, a new network for scholars, practitioners, writers, activists and other stakeholders working on issues broadly related to the study of language and society in Scotland. On Bluesky: @langsocscot.bsky.social‬

Today:

Great child speech session at #ialp2025 with @samburrslt.bsky.social & @drjoannecleland.bsky.social on the @misltoessd.bsky.social project

Really useful thread here from @vanigupta.bsky.social about adolescent language. Worth a read. Vani is at #ialp2025, posting live, so give her a follow for more content about Developmental Language Disorder #DevLangDis

#ialp2025 The motor speech sub committee needs diverse clinicians and researchers to complete a survey on current practice across languages, counties, settings and disorders #dysarthria #apraxia forms.office.com/e/fbcNmet5tG

Hello Malta! #IALP2025 kicks off tomorrow and we can’t wait! Come along to the Child Speech Committee Session 15:45 on Tuesday for a fascinating panel on reaching consensus on #SSD description and assessment in #research and #practice 🤩 @drjoannecleland.bsky.social @samburrslt.bsky.social

Ever wondered, 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES about the relationship b/n individual Intelligibility in Context item scores & orthographic transcription intelligibility scores within age bands? pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10.... @ashajournals.bsky.social @tjmahr.com @katieh-wisc.bsky.social @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social

The irony, of course, is that the “phonetic way to say umami” is [umami].

👇🏻In academia this is very common. People feel flattered or obliged when they are asked to be part of a project, give a talk, write a chapter ... What is often not part of the thought process is their own wellbeing. Why do so many academics ignore that they are the most important person for themself?

Congrats to @strath-psh.bsky.social PhD student Ketnipa Ratanakul on her first published paper #DevSpeechDis #PhonologicalAwareness #bskySPEECHIES doi.org/10.1111/1460...

😊 Great that RCSLT's signed-up to this letter and huge congrats to our @voice21oracy.bsky.social colleagues on getting such an impressive #Oracy coalition together.

We are thrilled to announce that Phase 2 of the MISLToe_SSD Study in England has been funded by the @nihr.bsky.social Research for Patient Benefit Programme 🤩 We can’t wait to start work with 5 amazing #NHS #SLT teams in September! #TeamWorkMakesTheDreamWork

The nicest thing you can do if asked to review a paper to say yes (and do the review). But a very very close second is to say no as quickly as possible and to suggest another person or two who might say yes.

Or a speech pathologist or audiologist I’d be happy to chat

There is still time to apply to join the @misltoessd.bsky.social team as we take forward Phase 2 of the study 🤩 ⬇️

Come and join our MISLToe_SSD team! Great opportunity for post doc in SLT, linguistics or psychology. www.nbt.nhs.uk/careers/curr...

Come and join the @misltoessd.bsky.social team as a #SeniorResearchAssociate 🤩 www.nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Brist... Job vacancy: Senior Research Associate, North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol | trac.jobs @cshcr.bsky.social @bristol-sltru.bsky.social @bristolcach.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social

Thank you to the #ICPLA2025 team for a fantastic conference dinner. We are pleased to announced that #ICPLA2027 will be hosted by @strath-psh.bsky.social in Glasgow in June 2027. See you there!

Panel session #icpla2025 on outcome measures chaired by @drjoannecleland.bsky.social First up @frickesilke.bsky.social on #devlangdis outcome measures

Great outcomes panel chaired by @drjoannecleland.bsky.social today. Excellent session by Anniek van Doornik on participation and ICF. @icpla2025 Topically, there is an international webinar on ICF updates tomorrow www.paho.org/en/events/in...

Fantastic to see Lucy Gibson presenting her Masters work at @icpla2025.bsky.social 🤩#OneToWatch @drjoannecleland.bsky.social #SpeechDisorders @unistrathclyde.bsky.social

The Scottish Languages Bill (2025) haes gid throu an PASSED. Scots is noo an official leid ae Scotland, alangside an equal tae Gaelic an English. A muckle thanks tae ilka activist, supporter an spikker fa hiv focht sae hard. 🎉🥳🍾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The Scottish Languages Bill (2025) has PASSED. Scots is now an official language of Scotland, alongside and equal to Gaelic and English. A huge thanks to every activist, supporter and speaker who have fought so hard 🎉🥳🍾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

🇬🇧 UK 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #gestaltlanguageprocessing #naturallanguageacquisition #GLP #NLA #glp/nla #neuro-affirmativepractice #neuro-affirmativecare 10-minute ethics approved survey open to 🇬🇧 Speech and Language Therapist or Speech and Language Therapy Assistant in the UK.

Congratulations to the Speech and Language Therapy programme for reaching 3rd place in the Complete University Guide 2026 overall ranking and 2nd place in Research quality!!! 🎉 🥉 🥈 Wonderful recognition in the year its 90th anniversary!! 🎂 www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-table...

Thanks to the @informedslp for this critique of oral motor therapy www.theinformedslp.com/review/The-o...

We’re Hiring! Are you a Speech and Language Therapist/Pathologist interested in DLD? We are looking for an SLT/SLP Research Associate/Assistant to join ous aiming to validate the first screening tool for undiagnosed DLD in adults. Apply here: www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy... #DevLangDis

🆓🔓 doi.org/10.1111/1460... 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

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

🆓🔓 @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

I love the @misltoessd.bsky.social team! Even when you can't make a meeting, they make sure you are present :-) @samburrslt.bsky.social @yvonnewren.bsky.social @drhelenslt.bsky.social @drjoannecleland.bsky.social

@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]

A new use of the asterisk in the paper author list for credit assignment

We are undertaking a project to inform the World Health Organization about children’s perspectives of health & access to health care, particularly for children with disabilities. Please support children to upload their drawings to be shared in the Global Online Gallery #health #disability

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...

May 14th, Childhood Apraxia of Speech Awareness Day For characteristics of CAS see mikeyswishfoundation.org and wakelet.com/wake/WKqvbVd... A great explanation of CAS m.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pry...

Join #teamstrathpsych - the application portal is now live for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer post in Clinical Psychology strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/W/... #clinical #psychology #reserach

We are recruiting a Developmental Psychologist. Come join our great department.

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 [email protected] if interested by 16th June.

Join CLAPA in Manchester this summer for a day of talks, workshops and discussions – for adults born with a cleft lip and/or palate. 📆Saturday 14th June 📍 Friends’ Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, MANCHESTER, M2 5NS 🎟️ Find out more: buff.ly/Qk8ehW1

So pleased to see this important work on an assessment protocol for child #SpeechSoundDisorder published! @misltoessd.bsky.social well done team!

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

Delighted to see our LIVELY RCT published. Completing this during the pandemic was one of the hardest & most worthwhile experiences of my career The commitment of the RA team & educators was humbling. And we found Building Early Sentences Therapy (BEST) works! dx.doi.org/10.1111/1460...

If you are UK or Ireland based and this sounds like you then please do consider joining us.