Isabella

Speech and Language Therapist working in London 🗣️🗯️💬 Interests include #DevLangDis #secondary #stammering also food 🥙🍜🍝

[Airedale NHS Stammering Centre @AiredaleStammer]

Revisiting the stammering onion – a thread.
SLTs/SLPs – please do use these graphics if they’re useful, retaining the credit to Airedale NHS please.
There’s a #stammering and a #stuttering version. You'll need to click on the image to see the whole thing.
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[Mushy @MusharafAsghar]

Today is #StammerAwarenessDay, and I’m proud of my stammer! We should never apologise for the way we speak—our voices matter just as they are. We should own our stammer and show the world that fluency doesn’t define our worth. #ProudToStammer

[STAMMA @stammer]

Wow! What better way to kick off the #ISAD2024 commute than to catch this brilliant board - thank you @allontheboard - "we should be able to give you all the time you need, to complete what you want to say" is exactly what we'd love to hear from every org: https://t.co/ahVpRirzMu

[RADLDcampaign @RADLDcam]

Remember our DLD bubble? It nicely captures the many difficulties people with DLD have with language. Chantal and her students in Canada turned the DLD bubble image into a video! Thank you! What a creative way to speak up for DLD! DLD day is this friday! @RADLDcam #DLDday

[RADLDcampaign @RADLDcam]

Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) can impact students in the classroom. These simple actions can be helpful for students with DLD. Can you think of others? Let's take actions now! @RADLD #DLDday

[STAMMA @stammer]

Our Deputy CEO Kirsten Howells was on BBC Breakfast this morning, talking about the barriers people who stammer face when engaging with customer-facing organisations (think: cafes, banks, helplines), and how simple it is to enact small yet important changes to their processes. 🧵

[STAMMA @stammer]

The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
@RCSLT (aka some of our favourite people ever) are looking to update their guidance around stammering, and want to work with people who stammer and their families to develop this work.

Can you help? https://t.co/9pqfLyGHGn

[C4 Paralympics @C4Paralympics]

History in the making 🙌

@RoseAylingEllis is the first deaf presenter to work live on a Paralympic Games ❤️

#C4Paralympics | #ParalympicGames | #Paris2024

[No More Exclusions #Free 🇵🇸 @NExclusions]

7. With regards to SEN status.
- Children with SEN and an EHCP were 2.8x more likely to be PEX than children without SEN provision
- Children with SEN but without an ECHP were 5.2x more likely to be PEX than children without SEN provision

[No More Exclusions #Free 🇵🇸 @NExclusions]

1. First up, permanent exclusions (PEX). There have been 2,881 more PEXs issued in 2022/23 than in 2021/22. To break it down, that's:
- 443 more in primary
- 2,396 more in secondary
- 42 more in special schools

[Isabella @SLTIsabella]

@sineadslt @NAPLIC @RADLDcam I agree. Looking towards the stammering community, STAMMA is such a great resource offering parent support groups, support groups for adults, helpline, information about therapy, acceptance and self-advocacy. Would be great to see the DLD world have similar community support.

[KWAJO- Social Issues Campaigner @Kwajotweneboa]

Yesterday I found out that a single landlord owns hundreds of homes and shops in Brixton, including the majority of Brixton market.

Over the last 10 years many people have been driven out of Brixton including shop owners and market traders because of soaring rental costs.

It has massively destroyed the culture Brixton once had and the culture that I remember being surrounded by growing up.

[Peter Just @PeterDJust]

⏰️ We now need just 50 signatures an hour to get @MikeysWish_VDA 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ signatures on his #InvestInSLT petition before #Midnight.

➡️ Make it happen https://t.co/43EWE1exKu

[Isabella @SLTIsabella]

So close to reaching 10,000 signatures for increasing investment in SLT!! Only around 30 signatures needed!

[RCSLTpolicy @RCSLTpolicy]

❤️ 9⃣7⃣1⃣1⃣ @RCSLT thank yous to all you fabulous people!

🥳 Now let's turn today into one of celebration for @MikeysWish_VDA by getting his #InvestInSLT petition to 1⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣ .

⏰ Just over 7⃣ hours and 2⃣8⃣9⃣ people to do it!

▶️ https://t.co/O6F8pi3pne

[Isabella @SLTIsabella]

@SLT_Francesca I saw there was an article in the bulletin recently about independent therapists offering placements which might have some useful info!

[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

[STAMMA @stammer]

Hira, a speech & language therapist got in touch to say:

“Hi STAMMA. I‘ve been working with 8-year-old Sarah. She’s written and illustrated a lovely story about her stammer, which her parents and I felt was worth sharing.”

Read Sarah’s Stammer Story https://t.co/qcKDOdtyN7

[Isabella @SLTIsabella]

@TonyMillett1 Thank you!

[Isabella @SLTIsabella]

Delivered a workshop for teachers on understanding and supporting children who stammer this afternoon- 11 teachers & TAs turned up which is a record number! (Have previously had around 2 people turn up)

[Action for Stammering Children @ascstammering]

🔔 Join us on Tuesday!

We're having our first #stammering workshop for students in collaboration with the fab @UCLGivingVoice team. Next week, we look at confidence building.

If you #stammer or have an interest in stammering, come along!

Register here: https://t.co/ye9xR7kr6q