Jenna

Paediatric Speech & Language Therapist. Interests include: Paediatric Dysphagia, Complex needs, Autism. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈

[Jenna @JennaW_SLT]

@LiamLambrini Shoe game strong as always 👌🏻

[🏥 Alder Hey 💙 @AlderHey]

We are so excited to announce that, with the support of @MediCinema and @AlderHeyCharity, we will be creating a state-of-the-art cinema inside our hospital! 🎦 The cinema will be free for our children & young people to enjoy during their stay 🏥 More info: https://t.co/qlWDkVW1S5

[francesca beard @SLT_Francesca]

The petition is at 3400 - theres 20k SALTs in the UK why aren’t we reaching everyone? 😌

https://t.co/yJbr1UqEyr

@RCSLTLearn @_ASLTIP could we send an email?

Colleagues we closely w/ with, can u help? @theRCOT @AEPsychologists @PDyslexia @thecsp @BDAdyslexia

[Ioanna Marathefti @IMarathefti]

If we want parents to implement #dysphagia #positioning advice we must be open to understand lifestyle &culture and incorporate the advice in that. Otherwise, euro-centric advice and inflexible advice will simply be irrelevant and unsurprisingly not followed #SLT #SLP #Ethiopian

[Jenna @JennaW_SLT]

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[Zoe Clark-Coates MBE @ClarkCoates]

9 years ago, I had a dream that every person who had lost a baby before 24 weeks gestation would be able to get an official government-issued certificate to formally acknowledge their loss, and today, those certificates are happening. Whatever the gestation, whether a parent has tragically lost their baby at one day into pregnancy or 23 weeks and six days, they can apply. Whether the loss happens at any point in the future or any point in the past, you can apply. No one will miss out; your loss, your pain, your grief are finally being recognised.

To avoid the application site from crashing, we are asking people to form an orderly queue, and if the English are good at anything, it’s queuing. So to start with, if those who have had a loss since September 2018 can apply first, and the government will then open it up to everyone else as soon as possible, this does mean some of us (including me) need to be patient a little longer.

To answer a few questions:
You don’t need medical proof of a loss. This is for everyone, whatever type of loss they may have experienced, whether it be a loss from miscarriage, ectopic, molar, TFMR or for another reason. This certificate is for anyone who has lost a baby before 24 weeks gestation, whether the loss was today or 90 years ago. Your loss needs to have taken place in England, and you need to currently live in England to apply.

We want to thank Dame Floella Benjamin @FloellaBenjamin for believing in us and our mission; your joining with us as a charity helped make this a reality. We would also like to thank all our ambassadors for joining their voices with ours to ensure we were heard. @SayingGoodbyeUK

6 years ago, Sam and I were asked to co-chair and author one of the world's first baby loss reviews for under 24 weeks gestation. We were tasked with looking into all clinical care and bereavement support, and part of that was also to bring in the new certification process. Last summer, we laid that report in Parliament, and the government accepted all 73 of its national recommendations. Today is a landmark day because one of those 73 is coming to pass - certificates are now here!

We hope you are as excited as us; please help us spread the word.

Here is the link:

https://t.co/kAgK9zMiJA

[RCSLTpolicy @RCSLTpolicy]

🚨 Today is the day!

💡 The @RCSLT & @uksltpride LGBTQIA+ guidance is being published.

🧵 Check back later for:

1⃣ Guidance
2⃣ Audit tool
3⃣ LGBTQIA+ affirming zones of practice

#LGBTHistory #LGBTQIAplus #SLTPride #LGBTplusHM #LGBTQIA

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[Jenna @JennaW_SLT]

🗣️🗯️ check out our Band 6 and Band 7 SALT roles being recruited to in Oldham, including some time in the complex needs team 🙌🏻 See below for info ☺️ @RCSLT #MySLTday #SaLT #NorthernCareAlliance

[Careers at Northern Care Alliance NHS FT @NCACareersNHS]

We have 2x exciting Speech & Language Therapist roles in our #Paediatric service @OldhamCO_NHS

This is an opportunity to work with experienced #therapists in the development of the #SLT service for preschool and mainstream school children.

More info below 👇

[Jenna @JennaW_SLT]

Interested in a Band 7 highly specialist paediatric complex needs SLT vacancy? Come and work with us in @NCAlliance_NHS Based in Oldham, Manchester #SLT #SALT #MySLTday
@RCSLT https://t.co/W4WTMwpi0Y

[Jenna @JennaW_SLT]

Does anyone happen to have any #dysphagia #SocialStories for things such as pacing, over-filling mouth, understanding where/how to sit when eating etc? to support their understanding about the importance of safe eating, listening to parents/school staff at meal times, etc. #SALT

[Jack Murley @jack_murley]

‘I have no problem with people being gay. I just wish they kept it to themselves and didn’t rub my face in it.’

Ever heard that?

If so, I have some questions 🤔

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[Emma Dawkins @emma_dawkinsSLT]

What a fantastic day interviewing for our new Band 5 post. Amazing candidates, great answers and so much passion for Speech and Language Therapy!! Decided to send the questions out 24 hours in advance of the interviews and I have to say I am a convert 😀 @Vickynhs

[Kerry Dathan @kerrydathan]

Introducing... Swallow's Kitchen! https://t.co/cCqkBeVB8I A site for sharing info sheets SLTs make with people with dysphagia to start closing the gap in culturally appropriate IDDSI example sheets. Template on the site. Pls email/tweet me if you want to start a sheet! 🌮🍥🍎🍜🍲

[NUS UK @nusuk]

FREE PHOTO ID FOR STUDENTS!

This year photo ID presents a new barrier for young people and students to get their voices heard.

So we've teamed up with @CitizenCard to offer FREE voter ID that can be used in next month's Local Elections.

Find out more 👇
https://t.co/rsLFctSxky

[Jenna @JennaW_SLT]

@ginni_bb I applied for the Manchester course around this time last year. They initially said the Nov 2022 course was full and I’d got a place in June 2023 but I ended up getting one of the Nov waiting list spots. So it’s still worth enquiring if Manchester is the most suitable for you.

[Jenna @JennaW_SLT]

@MISSBANNER_ Aww how lovely 🥰

[Louise Clark @louiseclark15]

@theRCOT @RCOT_NP I think about this often. We have such a big impact on family life, relationships and home with our rules and processes. Do any areas consider provision of double beds for those wanting to continue to sleep with their partner?

[Dr Sharon Adjei-Nicol @AcquireSLT]

Reflecting on the many times I have doubted my place in SLT, when doing a PhD, when moving into academia, when writing this book..because I never saw someone that looked like me doing those things. So, this photo is for any minoritised SLTs and students in that place of doubt.

[Jenna @JennaW_SLT]

@thebodycoach @NHSuk @NHSCharities This is great, thank you. It won’t accept my NHS email address though? I think it’s because it’s not https://t.co/sN18tEBMb3

[Jenna @JennaW_SLT]

@RussellHayward 😲 @nicola_akwoko would love this!

[A Grain of SaLT- Sarah Reilly @sazalder]

Love this! The 7 M’s of AAC assessment, Synder & Hemmeter, 2018 #slpeeps #wespeechies #aac #augcomm