Helen McAllister

NHS Speech and Language Therapist passionate about DLD. #devlangdis

[Herts CYPT @Herts_CYPT]

The DLD team @Herts_CYPT recently provided whole service training on supporting grammar for children with DLD. Spreading the word about #DevLangDis in Herts

#DLDday #DevLangDis @radldcam

[Helen McAllister @hel_mca]

DLD awareness day in Herts!
💜💛💜💛 #DLDday

[Herts CYPT @Herts_CYPT]

Our SLTs have dressed in purple and yellow to raise awareness of DLD this DLD awareness day

#DLDday #DevLangDis @RADLDcam

[Herts CYPT @Herts_CYPT]

Speech and Language Therapy spoke to children in a local Hertfordshire school to find out their thoughts about DLD and what those around them can do to help. Here is what they said:

#DLDday #DevLangDis @radldcam @hctnhs @RCSLT

[RADLDcampaign @RADLDcam]

Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) is a problem with language, its content, form and use. Language is everywhere. DLD has a major impact on people affected by it. Let's speak up and advocate for people with DLD. @RADLDcam #DLDday

[Tiffany Hogan @tiffanyphogan]

Fabulous resource on #DevLangDis from ⁦@TheInformedSLP⁩ DLD Assessment: Start here https://t.co/K1zZHm6SUj

[Helen McAllister @hel_mca]

The course in evidence base for DLD contains some of the best CPD I’ve done! I’d highly recommend and refer to it every week! #DevLangDis

[Moor House Research & Training Institute @MHResTrain]

Dates for our live courses in 2024/25 are available now, with bookings for this month's Current Evidence Base course closing soon, so sign-up now to register your place.

https://t.co/FHO7u6Ikwo

#courses #devlangdis #shapecoding

[Helen McAllister @hel_mca]

@lainee_ashton @LIVELY_SLS Looking forward to seeing you there!

[Lorraine Bamblett @Bammo44]

So it was on (here’s the last 3 mins)- we need to #InvestInSLT across the lifespan.
@MikeysWish_VDA @GillianRudd @RCSLTpolicy @chris_kammy @leckiegeorgia @WMISLT2 @SLTatBCU
Once you’re watched please sign the petition…
https://t.co/lXHRz92AaC

[Helen McAllister @hel_mca]

Just home after another inspiring and thought provoking @NAPLIC conference! So many ideas, now to start implementing them! #NAPLIC24 #DevLangDis

[Professor Cristina McKean @cristina_mckean]

👶Supporting early language development 👶 We are delighted to launch our website & resources to support ELIM-I use in practice developed in partnership with @iHealthVisiting & @bbcthp. Please take a look at the 'super communicator' resources & guidance https://t.co/JpQHnf2lPG

[Scope @scope]

The government has today confirmed, after a week of uncertainty, that they are scrapping the dedicated role of Minister for Disabled People.

This announcement sends an appalling message to the 16 million disabled people in the UK.

🔗 https://t.co/BBetlegYnP

[Speech and Language UK @SpeechAndLangUK]

Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) is a long-term condition that affects #2in30 school children. It's hard to spot, and not very well-known.

Check out our new myth-busting page to find out more about how to support those living with #DLD:
https://t.co/qIhXkDK5bQ

[Tes magazine @tes]

For pupils with developmental language disorder, teachers can introduce very simple adaptations to their classroom practice that make a big difference, explain experts @SusanEbbels and Sue Marr
https://t.co/jZyCgObyoz
https://t.co/jZyCgObyoz

[Helen McAllister @hel_mca]

A new vision for DLD: A world in which everyone knows about DLD! Can’t wait! #DevLangDis #DLDday

[RCSLT 💙 @RCSLT]

We’ve joined forces with @Afasic, @NAPLIC, @SpeechandLangUK, alongside people with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) and their families to launch a vision for the future!

Find out more and get involved👇
https://t.co/DnSxXamNcV

#SLT #DLD #DevLangDis #DLDday

[Helen McAllister @hel_mca]

@lainee_ashton @SLSncl Wow! Is it that long? 20 years ago for both of us!!

[Helen McAllister @hel_mca]

So proud to work with you, Katinka. Looking forward to seeing the positive impact this has on CYP in Herts!

[Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust @HCTNHS]

The winner of the 2023 Alyson Portch Award goes to Katinka Baker nominated twice for Redesign of the service pathway for children and young people with a speech and sound disorder

#HCTLeadingLights

[Helen McAllister @hel_mca]

@Herts_CYPT So very well deserved after all your hard work Katinka!

[Something Rhymes with Purple Podcast @SomethingRhymes]

Today is #EnglishLanguageDay! 📖 🎉 Here’s a few of our favourite facts about the English language! Let us know yours

[Victoria Wadsworth @victoriawad]

Stephen Parsons - SLTs have a professional responsibility to diagnose DLD. No other professionals diagnose this. If we don’t, no-one else will! We need to diagnose to raise awareness and advocacy for DLD. @NAPLIC @WordAware #NAPLIC23 #DevLangDis

[NAPLIC @NAPLIC]

It's #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek and so we want to give a big shout out to all of the DLDers. They need to work so hard every day because almost no one has heard of Developmental Language Disorder. #DevLangDis