So important-These issues are across the nations. If we don't invest in these basic skills for children the future looks pretty bleak

Brilliant day looking at outcome measures across paediatric Speech therapy in our MPFT Paediatric Speech and Language Therapists South team. Robust measures to ensure safe and effective practice

Reinforcing the message- talk to your baby!

Small but fabulous group of practitioners today on our #stokespeaksout communicating with Confidence course exploring the links between secure attachment and communication development MPFT Paediatric Speech and Language Therapists stokespeaks.org

Sweet dreams. 💤

Did you know that your baby’s brain remains hard at work, even as they sleep?

It’s during this time that your baby consolidates new learning and memories, reprocessing and categorizing all they have learned while awake and converting these recent experiences

No surprise here- Surestart revolutionised services and was built on community need

Great opportunity in Stoke-on-Trent to work as a band 5 Children's Occupational Therapist. Come join us! Kathryn Bellshaw
Lyse Edwards 💙🌻💛
apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/616…

Amazing humans

The final instalment of our work exploring #COVID19 & speech and language therapy has been published Emerald Insight🥳
This time, we looked at how even when we were 'back to normal', the initial response had long-lasting & severe effects on services. ⤵️
emerald.com/insight/1477-7…

Emotional intelligence begins early.

Babies experiences a wide range of emotions as they interact with others and navigate the world and its daily challenges.

And somewhere between 2 and 3 years of age, they begin categorizing and labeling these emotions.

Check out this

Shout out to National Grid for great service. Fast and helpful response to trees growing through power line in our garden. Thank you 😊

As a society we can all benefit from an understanding of neurodiversity including Developmental Language Disorder #DevLangDis #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek #NeurodiversityWeek #NCW #ThisIsND

If you're reading this during a quiet moment of #ComicRelief2024 , would you please take 2 minutes to sign our Government petition? Too many children & adults aren't able to access the speech & language therapy support they need. Help us call for change ❤️ petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6579…

In this episode, Health Visitors, Caroline and Leanne talk about bed sharing or co-sleeping with baby. They share evidence-based advice so that parents can make informed decisions about their choices.

Listen here: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mpft/…

Great to work for such a fantastic NHS trust, to be among such positivity in Children's services and for our team be recognised for their amazing work Midlands Partnership University NHS FT MPFT Paediatric Speech and Language Therapists Lyse Edwards 💙🌻💛 Paula Simpson Kathryn Bellshaw

Woohoo MPFT Paediatric Speech and Language Therapists Paula Simpson Kathryn Bellshaw

Wow we've won the team innovation award from MPFT children's services- soo so proud of our fabulous team MPFT Paediatric Speech and Language Therapists Paula Simpson

Well done to ‘E’, a member of our Children’s Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) service in Cannock and Stafford for this fantastic feedback 👏

This is really important - please sign!

Our March Message of the month is “Books are fun for everyone!...you can turn a page at any age.” 📚😃📚