Tara Khan

UoM 🎓 Newly Qualified Speech And Language Therapist working in Paediatric Community 🧸

[Oxford Craniofacial Unit @OxfordCranio]

In honour of Children's Mental Health Week - we are sharing this stress relief giraffe. Developed by CAHMS, it has some useful ideas to help children if they are feeling stressed.

[D A I S Y • A Y L I F F E @daisyayliffe]

BREAKING: Having achieved nothing in many months of lockdown, today some good news. I have helped reunite a Syrian child with their mum in Britain. It is the single greatest achievement of my life.

[C C @cc1330]

@tarakhanSLT I've stopped calling it "admin" and now use "clinical ...." [ .... record keeping, .... planning, .... liasion, ... analysis, etc] and being super clear it is integral to the intervention if it is to be personalized and needs led - non-SLT peops are starting to get it!

[A Grain of SaLT- Sarah Reilly @sazalder]

@GeorgiaSLT @tarakhanSLT I think people see the ‘therapy’ element of our job as solely therapy sessions... not the interpretation of assessment results, setting targets, preparing materials, making resources, writing notes, reports, etc, etc!

[Dave Harford @dharford79]

Thread start...

At 2.5 years old we noticed our son George had communication problems. There was nothing. The health visitor checked him over and confirmed she was also concerned about his speech development as no words were present - just nosies and animation...

[Tara Khan @tarakhanSLT]

I feel like if there’s one thing I did not prepare myself enough for when starting my speech and language therapist role was the amount of admin involved 😭😂 #mySLTday

[The Speech Bubble @thespeechbubble]

Our Lockdown Play Challenges are great for children who thrive from learning through play.

[Engage with Developmental Language Disorder @Engage_DLD]

New research summary alert 🚨
This week we’re looking at markers to find DLD. This paper is by G. Conti-Ramsden, @botting_nikki and B. Faragher: .
Psycholinguistic markers for specific language impairment (SLI). Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, 42(6), 741-748.

[Tara Khan @tarakhanSLT]

@nishatmahzabin @UoMSLTSoc @RCSLT @ITStherapy Well done 👏🏻 x

[Tara Khan @tarakhanSLT]

@aleenaSLT Thank you aleena ☺️❤️

[Tara Khan @tarakhanSLT]

Completed my first face to face initial appointment independently today ☺️, I was so nervous prior to the session but it actually went okay 😭 case notes are done and a Parent Child interaction based therapy programme is in place ✅ #mySLTday

[Tara Khan @tarakhanSLT]

@SeanPert Many Congratulations Sean! 👏🏻

[Tara Khan @tarakhanSLT]

@profpleslie Thank you!! ☺️

[Paula Leslie @profpleslie]

Brava that Speechie 💐

[Tara Khan @tarakhanSLT]

@SpeechWithG Thank you!! ☺️☺️

[Tara Khan @tarakhanSLT]

@inspiretospeak Thank you! ☺️

[Tara Khan @tarakhanSLT]

@carly_hartshorn Thank you Carly! ☺️💕

[Rajni Davegun @rajni_slt]

Monday reflection:
Using language to move from the self-blame culture and emulate positivity- this is so important for #slt2b and #slt’s. Be kind to yourself 💖

Credits 📸: @crazyheadcomics on Instagram

[BHRUT_SLT @BHRUT_SLT]

💡NQP Top tip 2:
Joint sessions are key! Sponge knowledge from everyone around you, the whole SLT team, physio, OT, dieticians. Seek it out. Anyone and everyone!
#NQPtwittertakeover #SLT2B @RCSLT

[Language Disorder Australia @LangDisAu]

Children with Developmental Language Disorder require early and targeted intervention support to reduce the risks of poor social, education, emotional and mental health outcomes.