Child Language Teaching and Therapy

21/02/2024

‘Absolutely fantastic - I can’t tell you how good it was!’ Read the second part of our guest blog from Julia Po***ck, SLT with the REACH team in Perth about how our new resource can help to open up sensitive with children and young people about

https://www.talkingmats.com/lets-talk-about-sex-opening-up-conversations-with-talking-mats-part-2/

21/02/2024

Calling all UK families of children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) who have accessed parent support groups! Speech and Language Therapy student, Daisy Spiby-bree wants your help. Details below. To get involved or to ask further questions please email Daisy on [email protected].

18/02/2024

Ahead of a general election, Action for Children, Barnardo’s, The Children’s Society, the National Children’s Bureau and NSPCC, have joined together.

18/02/2024

Key Insights for Early Educators from Associate Professor Lindsay Dennis and Colleagues at Florida State University

Read the research here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02656590241228429

18/02/2024

Watch out for our upcoming on research by Dr. Lindsay Dennis and colleagues on the use of and for in !

07/02/2024

🌟 Important Insights on Team Collaboration in AAC Services 🌟

In the world of special education, the importance of teamwork is well recognised, especially when it comes to providing augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) services for students. This recent study shines a light on the crucial role of Special Education Teachers (SETs) working in special education settings in Ireland during a period of significant change in services.

This study highlights the value professionals place on team collaboration, even when they feel it can be inconsistent or non-existent in current practice.

Facilitators to collaboration identified included:
Putting the child's needs at the forefront
Shared goals
Clear understanding of each team member's role
Sharing knowledge and resources freely
Building strong, effective working relationships

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Team collaboration is an essential component of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) services that directly impacts outcomes for students in special...

07/02/2024

registration of interest is now open on the website:

https://www.naplic.org.uk/conference
Get in early for early bird rates!!!

07/02/2024

Child Language Teaching and Therapy is on Facebook!

Child Language Teaching and Therapy is an international peer reviewed journal which aims to be the leading inter-disciplinary journal in the field of intervention for and management of children’s speech, language and communication needs.

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