Jacinta Echo

Speech & Language Therapist. Views my own.

[NHS @NHSuk]

If you see someone with any of the signs or symptoms of a stroke, remember to Act F.A.S.T.

F – Face (has their face fallen on one side?)
A – Arms (can they raise both arms and keep them there?)
S – Speech (is it slurred?)
T – Time to call 999

https://t.co/FrYud44amW

[NHS @NHSuk]

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[RCSLTpolicy @RCSLTpolicy]

🏳️‍🌈 On the eve of #LGBTplusHM we're delighted to be sharing once more the @RCSLT & @uksltpride working group's LGBTQIA+ affirming zones of practice.

💡 We're now finalising our guidance and audit tool - both coming soon, as is a #RCSLTPodcast!

#LGBTHistory #LGBTQIAplus #SLTPride

[Mind @MindCharity]

#TimeToTalk Day is all about having conversations.

But sometimes, speaking to people you know about your mental health can be too tough. And that's ok.

Here are some people you can talk to if you'd rather speak to someone you don't know 💙

[Jacinta Echo @JacintaEcho]

I’m getting ready for my rotation to adult voice conditions. If anyone knows of any free training programmes for voice-related disorders and/or ‘need to have’ books, any insight would be appreciated 😀

[the 'lived experience of stroke and aphasia' @ThrivePlayer]

This post was created by people with #aphasia. Our goal is to raise awareness of aphasia.

Please share!

Top tips for good communication

#communication #aphasia #awareness #raiseawareness #gesture #writing #eyecontact #drawing #aphasiaawareness #speech

[NHS @NHSuk]

Stopping smoking is one of the best things you will ever do for your health.

When you stop, you give your lungs the chance to repair and you’ll start to feel the benefits. It's never too late to quit.

#NewYearResolutionStopping smoking is one of the best things you will ever do for your health.

When you stop, you give your lungs the chance to repair and you’ll start to feel the benefits. It's never too late to quit.

#NewYearResolutionStopping smoking is one of the best things you will ever do for your health.

When you stop, you give your lungs the chance to repair and you’ll start to feel the benefits. It's never too late to quit.

#NewYearResolutionStopping smoking is one of the best things you will ever do for your health.

When you stop, you give your lungs the chance to repair and you’ll start to feel the benefits. It's never too late to quit.

#NewYearResolutionStopping smoking is one of the best things you will ever do for your health.

When you stop, you give your lungs the chance to repair and you’ll start to feel the benefits. It's never too late to quit.

#NewYearResolutionStopping smoking is one of the best things you will ever do for your health.

When you stop, you give your lungs the chance to repair and you’ll start to feel the benefits. It's never too late to quit.

#NewYearResolutions

[Jacinta Echo @JacintaEcho]

What a year it’s been! A summary:
⭐️graduated with distinction in my MSc SLT degree
⭐️ awarded a clinical practice distinction award
⭐️first job as a rotational adult SLT for @NELFTAdultSLT
⭐️ learning the ropes to be dysphagia competent

[Adult Speech Therapy @NELFTAdultSLT]

12/12
✨We got involved in supporting the wider workforce & profession:
✅AHP round table with health minister @willquince
✅co-author for @RCSLT #HNC #laryngectomy guidance

🍾So proud of everyone🥂 & excited about what 2024 will bring 🥳

[Adult Speech Therapy @NELFTAdultSLT]

Yay it’s #high5friday!
🙌Bhawna submitted first apprentice assignment
🙌Luiza’s #SLT2Bs completed therapy outcome measures
🙌auditory scanning book well-received by Jacinta’s pt & family
🙌6️⃣ new #QI facilitators
🙌working w/ local GP to improve care for #laryngectomy

[Hannah Seaton-Faulkner @HSeatonFaulkner]

Speech & Language therapy is so essential
A career that spans across birth to death
Celebrating & supporting every aspect of quality of life
Encompassing the joys of communication, eating, drinking & swallowing. What's not to love?
A career of continuous learning & fun 🥰 #WhySLT

[Jacinta Echo @JacintaEcho]

Just finished my first week in my first job as an SLT. All I can say is that the @NELFTAdultSLT team have been very welcoming and the induction process has been incredibly smooth thanks to @NELFTAgile @NELFT

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

Ways Brits finish a tea break:

1. “Anyway, better get back to it”
2. “No rest for the wicked”
3. “Right, I shall crack on”
4. “Back to the grind”
5. “Suppose I better do some work”
6. “Here we go again”
7. “This work won’t do itself”
8. “Onwards and upwards”

[Adult Speech Therapy @NELFTAdultSLT]

Yay it’s #high5friday!
🙌@JessHarvey987 & Nat did 1st #processmapping @nelftqis
🙌@JacintaEcho joined #TeamNELFT
🙌@LuizaDea_ planned CP training for @age_uk
🙌@LeoRMorgan & @RhiHaagSLT joined @FreyaSparksSLT’s SVR codesign gp
🙌@bhawnababb14443 & Sarah: our new #apprentices 👇👇

[Lea Alhilali, MD @teachplaygrub]

When you’re asked to localize the lesion in a patient with aphasia, do you suddenly feel speechless?

At a loss for words to categorize the type of aphasia?

Never fear—here is the decision tree for patients w/aphasia and the associated anatomic correlates

Three main questions:

1. Fluency? Nonfluency indicates damage to the FRONTAL language regions anterior to the fissure of Rolando

2. Comprehension? Impaired comprehension indicates damage to the TEMPOROPARIETAL language regions posterior to the fissure of Rolando

3. Repetition? Impaired repetition indicates damage within the core PERISYLVIAN language zone

The answers will lead you both to the type of aphasia and the location of the lesion.

Keep this figure with you for quick reference—so when you’re asked about a patient with aphasia, you'll have a lot to say!

[Mike Wyatt @MikeWySLT]

For any speech therapists out there with experience using Dynamic Temporal & Tactile Cueing I would love get your insights on using the approach in children with Down syndrome : https://t.co/7Xl4o4XQAa

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

Shoutout to anyone who panics and uses whatever words come into their head when attempting the phonetic alphabet, whether they’re helpful words or not. On the phone just now I said, “It’s P for, um, Philadelphia… and Q for… queue… as in, you know, a long queue?”

[Jacinta Echo @JacintaEcho]

Another little simple visual I made to help explain the swallowing process to patients. Feel free to download. #sltresources #slt #dysphagia #dysphagiaresource

[Jacinta Echo @JacintaEcho]

If anyone knows of any families that might be available to do this, it would be contributing to a great dissertation of a good friend of mine 😊#slt

[Jacinta Echo @JacintaEcho]

Hey all, here’s a little fun dysphagia fact sheet I made in preparation for an acute neurology adults placement. Feel free to save 😊 #slt #sltstudent #speechtherapy #dysphagia