It’s Allied Health Professionals Day today. The third largest clinical workforce of the NHS, spanning 14 professions, working across health, social care, education, academia, research, the criminal justice system as well as voluntary and private sectors. #AHPsDay#SLT
Are you or your colleagues neurodivergent (ND)? Did you know that 88% of ND SLT professionals polled considered leaving their job?
Find out how you can make your workplace a place to stay and thrive - not just survive!
Read the new RCSLT guidance here 👇
https://t.co/PGPDhJalpp
Our new guidance on Neurodivergence within the workforce is now available!
Drafted by SLTs with lived experience, it provides information and tools to directly support ND SLTs in the workforce and help colleagues create environments where they can thrive
https://t.co/FRIHzJlp9M
What a trooper Rob was. He fought a real battle with MND. Rob raised awareness & funds, despite his condition, for other people to benefit from. The impact he leaves will be long lasting. RIP Rob what a hero
Best known as the voice of the @premierleague, football commentator Martin Tyler was facing permanent damage to his voice following the discovery of a growth on his larynx.
Hear how staff at @stgeorgestrust helped save his voice, getting him fit to do what he does best.
Hello! Does anyone have any ideas/resources for explaining cognitive communication disorders to patients? I haven't seen any since starting my job and suddenly have had a few in a couple of weeks! #slttwitter#speechandlanguagetherapy#slt#cogcomm
Check out my latest @TeenVogue column on living in crip time, the experiences of being a new nonspeaking person, and the challenges I face using AAC to speak
https://t.co/EU87vCGiSv
Adele Goldberg starts Tuesdays New Horizons talk. She begins by asking "what do people do with language"? Our goal in using language is not to predict the next word. We are trying to understand the messages, given the forms we engage with.
@SLT_Francesca They are used interchangeably tbf (which in its self is an issue) but the more common terminology in the UK is dyspraxia. The issue with having developmental in a condition's title is people think it's something that can be improved/go away
People living with dementia often experience speech, language, communication, eating, drinking & swallowing difficulties so it's crucial they're able to access speech & language therapy to help reduce the impact of these difficulties #DementiaActionWeek
⭐️ Big News ⭐️
@pollydSLT and I have just finished the very final edits of our co-produced guidelines!!!!!
So proud of the many @NDSLTUK members who worked on this as co-authors, story-tellers, reviewers, commenters. We couldn’t have done this without your valued insights⭐️