Are you the parent or carer of a child born in 2023? Please fill in our #research questionnaire on #talking and #thinking! cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... It takes about 40mins and is anonymous but you can choose to be entered into a prize draw 😊 Please share! #SLPeeps

When asked by Stephen Colbert why he was wearing a mask in public, Tom Hanks said.. “I’ve had Covid enough in my life I don’t need to do that again. I’m wearing this for health reasons” More celebrities need to speak out like this.

Evidence-based support for children and young people with additional needs 📙 #EBPRoadmap by @carolinebowen.bsky.social & @pamelasnow.bsky.social with @pipbrandon.bsky.social Foreword @lovethatsmile.bsky.social Publisher @jandrpress.bsky.social www.jr-press.co.uk/product/evid... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES 🧵 ⬇️

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 👇🏼

Great to hear this study from @kellyslt.bsky.social & colleagues. Important to think about eating, drinking & swallowing through childhood & beyond @essd-dysphagia.bsky.social

Great to hear of new developments when at ESSD 2025 Swallowing CT 3D imaging of swallow. Bringing gaps in VFSS & FEES. Now with upright seating options! @essd-dysphagia.bsky.social

Great to have an overview of past aims, progress & the future of paediatric dysphagia practice. Encouraging progress but still much to do @essd-dysphagia.bsky.social

Great to be at ESSD 2025. Poster creases dropping out last night. Come see or today! @essd-dysphagia.bsky.social

Should your boss be paid 431 times more than you? There is a simple, evidence-based step to tackle extreme inequality and promote a fairer economy: a 10:1 pay ratio. Add your voice to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/it... @equalitytrust.bsky.social @highpaycentre.bsky.social

📣 **Exciting job opportunities** with the absolutely stellar human being @quiteneate.bsky.social. Tim is hiring 2 HCI postdocs, a SLT researcher & a PhD student to explore designing AI-enable AAC. This is gonna be a good one peeps! Check it out ⬇️ 👀

📣 #Vote now for the 2025 #ESSD Board of Directors! 📣 The results will be confirmed on 9 October at the 2025 ESSD General Assembly (GA) in Athens, Greece. 🔗https://lnkd.in/gBTZKZQz 📆Deadline: 2 Oct 2025 (Thurs) Candidate info: lnkd.in/gXqh46hF GA: lnkd.in/gU68wviB

The NCB is seeking young people identifying as Black and Global Majority aged 11-18—for those with SEND the age range is 11-24—to join its new Young Black and Global Majority NCB Advisory Group. Members will attend 4 in-person meetings a year in London: bit.ly/46lb7fs

This could change my practice. There are risks of overdiagnosis from breast screening but this looks like clear evidence of benefit.

Welcome @anitaslt.bsky.social I think you’ll like this starter pack #SLPeeps #BSkySpeechies #Dysphagia

The Government will be testing the emergency alert system this Sunday at 3pm. Compatible mobile phones and tablets will make a loud siren-like sound and vibrate. If you have a device hidden from an abuser, this alert could reveal it. You can opt out using the advice below. www.gov.uk/alerts/optin...

City St George's is conducting a survey of UK SLTs working with autistic people to find out whether and how they are adapting to be more neurodiversity affirming. This should take around 10 mins. #bskyspeechies #mySLTday Click here to take part: cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Very interesting 🆓🔓article in @sigperspectives.bsky.social about eating disorders and #dysphagia and SLPs'/SLTs' role pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

We are continuing to recruit people who have had therapy for swallowing problems (Dysphagia), to try out our digital platform for rehabilitation and provide us with feedback. @communityrrn.bsky.social 👉Get in touch TODAY 👍👍👍

We're looking for a talented and motivated Policy Fellow to join the team. You'll contribute to high-impact work on NHS policy and broader health system change, with a focus on primary and community care policy. Find out more and apply by 23.59 on 27 August ⬇️ https://bit.ly/45gHj36

‘There are so many paths to where you want to be. Your route might change, but your destination doesn’t have to.’ #ExamResults day can bring stress & anxiety – but you don’t have to be defined by the outcome. Access support from @YoungMindsUK: www.youngminds.org.uk/young-person...

Children Draw Talking: Look at what we can learn from this open access article about 200 children from 24 countries who drew themselves talking @ashajournals.bsky.social @carolinebowen.bsky.social pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

🆓🔓Marshall, J., Gosa, M. M., & Dodrill, P. (2025). A systematic review of clinical assessment tools that evaluate the feeding skills domain for paediatric #feeding disorder. IJSLP, 1–11. doi.org/10.1080/1754... #dysphagia 🦋 #bskyspeechies

City St George's is conducting a survey of SLTs working with autistic people to find out whether and how they are adapting to be more neurodiversity affirming. This should take around 10 mins. Click here to take part: cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #mysltday #slpeeps

A great talk by @ginnybraun.bsky.social on GenAI and qualitative analysis. Can GenAI do reflexive TA? The short answer is no - reflexive TA is a human practice. Should we use GenAI as qualitative researchers given all the harms of the tech? If you're remotely concerned with social justice ... no???

It’s a while since I looked at this starter pack. Are you working in #Dysphagia? Do you need to be added?

📣 Got exciting swallowing research? Don’t miss your chance to share it at #UKSRG26 🧠💬 Submit your abstract by 29th August 🗓️ 🔗 app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/78841... #Dysphagia #SwallowResearch #SLT #CallForAbstracts

Join us for our 92th webinar titled, "Respiratory-Swallow Coordination and Dysphagia: Foundational Overview of Mechanisms, Assessment, and Treatment", presented by James Curtis. 📆 20.08.2025 (Wed) at 6:30pm (CEST) 🔗 form.jotform.com/252045470739... #dysphagia #respiration #swallowing #coordination

It's #WorldBreastfeedingWeek and this year’s theme is 'Prioritise Breastfeeding: Create Sustainable Support Systems'. Our chair @aaloysius.bsky.social talks about the journey from tube to breastfeeding and the role of the #SLT on the #NeonatalUnit www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/blo...

“Unwin's marvellous, elegant, moving book is a major contribution to the history and understanding of this thing we call learning disability. It’s a powerful, multi-faceted, myth-busting account of the most marginalised and belittled group in modern society.” Simon Jarrett THOSE THEY CALLED IDIOTS

Join NDTi as our new Development Lead-Children & Young People. Be part of a team that’s changing systems, challenging exclusion & championing young voices. Sound like you or someone you know? Apply by 18 Aug. ndti.org.uk/about-us/ndt... #JobOpportunity #Inclusion #Hiring #Recruiting #DevelopmentLead

Education, Health and Care Plans aren't perfect, but families across the UK rely on them to get support for their children. @janeharrislondon.bsky.social and @dcpcampaign.bsky.social explain why SEND reform is desperately needed, and how it can be done right👇 metro.co.uk/2025/08/01/s...

Great study and brilliant nuanced summary of the findings.

Our latest paper reveals strategies to scale quality improvement and evidence-based practice. Using PReCePT as a case study, it explores how knowledge mobilisation affected whether maternity units followed guidelines to administer MgSO4 to mothers in pre-term labour. arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/research-rev...

📣 If you are a social care professional involved in the delivery of child protection conferences, we would like to hear from you! 📣 @researchip.bsky.social are undertaking a scoping study of arrangements for child protection conferences More here- ow.ly/feln50WwA7P

"Like many people excluded and devalued in society, disabled people have been speaking truths that most people do not want to hear. ... Life is not binary ... We can and should embrace vulnerability and interdependence and not see them as weaknesses." @sfdirewolf.bsky.social #DisabilityPrideMonth

“Perhaps children who are not immunised should be excluded from nursery. What all too often happens is that the child who cannot be immunised is excluded. Is that right?” V thoughtful letter from Great Ormond Street profs in response to my measles column. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

NEW POST: Let Me In: How students with disabilities at @treloars.bsky.social College are offering accessibility expertise to transform communities. This is the first of three articles, featuring winners of the @natspec.bsky.social Innovation awards www.specialneedsjungle.com/d...

The world is changing fast, with new threats — and new opportunities.      The UK Government faces a choice.      Will it retreat from the global stage — or step up to help solve the world’s most pressing shared problems? [1/3] 🧵

NAHT past president Simon Kidwell appeared on BBC Breakfast this morning to talk about the challenges faced by schools in deficit over school meal funding and the risk that nutritional standards could fall as a result.

Thread of my morning at N Thames ARC ECR summer showcase @nihrarcs.bsky.social #ARCECR

At the @nihrarcs.bsky.social N Thames ECR Summer showcase today. #NIHRECR Looks like a great programme.

Great opportunity here to be involved in #laryngectomy research at @citystgeorges.bsky.social If you are an #SLT or CNS working with voice prostheses have a look! 👀

Understanding the emotional impact of PPI is key to meaningful collaborations between PPI contributors, & researchers and support staff. Read this blog including suggested strategies by @lisawhittaker02.bsky.social & Anne Croudass published by @arc-southlondon.bsky.social: bit.ly/3GpvrlH #PPIE #PPI

We’ve opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social postdoctoral fellowships. We provide three years of funding for early career researchers in the humanities and social sciences to complete a significant piece of publishable research www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/post...

Important report from the NMAHPs Task and Finish group, commissioned by the Office for the Strategic Coordination of Health Research to address decline in clinical academic workforce. www.ukri.org/publications... Five key action areas identified Essential reading for UK clinical academics

🌟We are looking for children turning 4 years old to participate in our study 🚲🎉 If your child was born in England just after lockdowns ended (between July 19th and October 19th 2021) you could take part and get a free Amazon Fire Tablet! 🖱️Sign up here: cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Do you know a child turning four years old in the next few months? 👇🏼👇🏽👇🏾👇🏿

🎉 A heartfelt thank you to everyone who submitted abstracts for #ESSD2025! Your contributions shape the scientific programme and drive innovation in dysphagia research. Let’s keep advancing the field—together! 💡🌍 #Dysphagia #SwallowingDisorders #ESSD2025