This study highlights the importance of speech-language pathology intervention for individuals with #dementia & their care partners. Identifying strengths, compensating for needs, & training others can improve functional communication, safety, & social connection - at ALL stages #SLPeeps

Swallowing function changes as part of the normal aging process. In this article from Perspectives, authors looked at the effects of age and bolus location on timing measures in swallowing https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00116 @uhnresearch.ca @uoftmedicine.bsky.social

Best ever thread. Enjoy. Thanks for sharing Tom.

Best book you got for Christmas? #booksky

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Welcome to Research Tuesday! SLPs can help people with exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction using a holistic treatment approach. Learn more: https://at.asha.org/RI @sigperspectives.bsky.social @csdisseminate.bsky.social #SLPeeps

Are you a Speech and Language Therapist interested in doing a PhD? If so, please see our information on funded doctoral studentships at City St George’s for October 2026 entry! There are four exciting SLT related projects being advertised: www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/prospective-...

Happy St Andrew's Day!

Great wee straightforward myth-busting read from powerhouses in the field. Any of Palmer’s (esp BOLUS framework) and Leslie’s (esp ethics) work is well worth a read for any dysphagia clinician.

🚨 Today, Richard Quigley MP has a debate on protecting children from domestic abuse. 📋 The RCSLT's newly published briefing on domestic abuse and speech and language therapy highlights the links between domestic abuse and speech, language, and communication: www.rcslt.org/policy-and-i...

A fascinating listen to Jois Stansfield this morning at the RSCLT Conference talking about the history of speech and language therapy as a profession!

JUST WHEN I THOUGHT TODAY COULDN'T GET ANY BETTER, 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES❗@karlamcgregor.bsky.social and co are 🔥on fire🔥 in @ashajournals.bsky.social in a 🆓🔓 article about #devlangdis and its spectral nature. This assertion will stay with me: "To diagnose is to categorize". pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10....

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Jan's reaction to the new @thestrokeassoc.bsky.social #StillChristmas film that was on #channel4 Weds eve 💜 We loved it, made more special by Jan's appearance 😀 A perfect mix showing the devastation of #stroke but all the hope & strength too! You can watch at www.stroke.org.uk/stillchristmas 🎄✨️💜

'Baby Talk' boosts language development! Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2riD...

Hooray! It's #MichaelRosenDay! What a beautiful day! Head over to his website right now for a FREE event and loads of your other favourite poems, videos and resources michaelrosen.co.uk #funnyfood @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social @readforgood.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social

Excellent book. Highly recommend.

CALLING ALL SLT’s / SPECIALISING IN AUTISM!! I am looking for SLT’s who specialise in autism to film out a short survey for my research project. Here is the secure link. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/bcu/disser... #slt #bskyspeechies #salt

🎉 Happy November everyone! 😊 It's full of awareness events relevant to people with communication and/or swallowing needs. 📋 Check out our note on resources we have to support any awareness-raising you're doing. #SLTAwareness #SLPeeps #SLT #SLT2B www.rcslt.org/get-involved...

🚨 9 months since the #InvestInSLT petition was debated in Parliament, we are calling on the UK Government to: 1️⃣ Use the Budget to ensure sufficient resources for services 2️⃣ Bring forward its SLT Action Plan ➡️ Read our statement in full: www.rcslt.org/wp-content/u... #Budget25 #Budget2025 #SLT

Planning for All Together SLT Day 2026 Discussions around frailty pathways NES HSCW Framework meeting Making new resources/leaflets Triage and patients Ejob planning EDS/shared decision making teaching WMTY conversation project #mysltweek Happy Halloween everyone 👻👻👻👻

Excited to have my first ever co-written book chapter in here. On eating, drinking & swallowing difficulties. Great to write it with @dianejsellers.bsky.social @drmariviviersslt.bsky.social & Ailish Hope people find it useful 👇🏼

Find out more. www.healthcareimprovementscotland.scot/publications...

Looking for participants for my dissertation project. If you are an SLT who specialises in autism, or are a parent/ carer of a child or young person with autism, please message me! It would be much appreciated! Thank you! 😊 #slt #bskyspeechies #bskySPEECHIES #slpeeps #salt #slp

Today is the first ever 🟪International Aphasia Awareness🟪 day! Please share and tell someone new about aphasia!

#AHPsDay #AHPsDayScot Allied Health Professionals Day, a day dedicated to recognising the importance of AHPs. AHPs play a significant role in improving the quality of life for people living with dementia. For more information www.alzscot.org/ahpresources & www.cpcs.online

Happy #AHPday #SLTs

Getting local school pupils interested in Speech and Language Therapy…

It's Allied Health Professionals Day and we're delighted to share our refreshed AHP Hub🎉 This hub is designed to encourage best practice and tell success stories of AHPs who do incredible work every day to protect and improve the public's health. More 👉 www.rsph.org.uk/services-res... #AHPsDay

It is AHP day! a day to recognise and celebrate our amazingly diverse and impactful AHPs. SLT may be a small profession but we are fabulously creative and inspiring. Here is a little taster of how SLTs in Sheffield are embracing the 10 year plan and demonstrating their impact.

Really enjoyed our Acute Care at Home SLT CEN meeting today. We had presentations on, and discussed, Ultra Rapid response services and using Patient reported outcomes data. Am buzzing with ideas 💡 for our service

We're delighted to share our next event which takes place in November. NHS Highland adult acquired SLT team will discuss their journey Moving Beyond Thickener #dysphagia www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/moving-bey...

Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚 #amindofmyown

NEXT #SaLTBkGrp Thurs 6 NOV 25 8-9.15pm GMT Nothing about #AAC users without AAC users: a call for meaningful inclusion in research, technology development & professional training. Grant Blasko,Janice Light, David McNaughton,Bob Williams & Jordyn Zimmerman(2025)41:3, 184-194 doi.org/10.1080/0743...

October is AAC Awareness Month so I’m going to try to post about this at least a few times a week. Starting with the upcoming sales on apps. Lauren Enders Gonzalez always makes a great graphic for this event! #AugComm #SLPeeps #BskySpeechies #AACAwareness2025

Hello Everyone! I am a MSc student SLT looking to find the SLT community! #speechandlanguagetherapy #speechies #slt

Past Meal-Skipping Habits Associate With Physical #Frailty in Later Life: A Retrospective Cohort Study I need to have more regular #eating habits... #Health #Prevention #Care #Nutrition #Diet #Research #MedSky #Geriatrics www.jamda.com/article/S152...

You asked*. So here it is - my first novel, Baby's Breath, now on audiobook ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon reviews: "An insanely good book" "A terrific read" "A spectacularly satisfying thriller" "This book is extraordinary" "Simply superb" www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FSPCV49... * three people asked

A place to belong: a reflection for World Older People’s Day. #belonging #ageing #place #community #WorldOlderPersonsDay scottishcare.org/a-place-to-b...

Truly an amazing breakthrough for one of the cruelest diseases that afflicts humanity. Here’s hoping the results bear out and can be operationalized at scale. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy NI 80th Anniversary Co-design Award WINNER 🏆 Thank you for making it possible Dr Orla Duffy, Dr Katy Pedlow, and Prof George Kernohan. Giving people with Parkinson’s a voice and allowing them to be equal, valued contributors in our research 💖

🚨 Check out this update on the #InvestInSLT campaign and the non-update (😔) on the SLT Action Plan. #WaitUpSLT waitupslt.blogspot.com/2025/09/miss...

Please repost @mariegascoigne.bsky.social @lypftresearch.bsky.social @wordaware.bsky.social #naplic25 @lang4think.bsky.social #balancedsystem @susanguthrieslt.bsky.social @cri-uos.bsky.social @sarahhayward.bsky.social #studentvoice #educationhttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/738899

Would really appreciate your thoughts on supervision for SLTs gaining competence in the management of dysphagia post qualification in the UK. If you would be happy to share your thoughts please snap the QR below or use this link forms.office.com/e/ndzqgBFF4u