🗣️🗣️ New Blog Post!

Ahead of #WorldEarthDay next week, we're sharing a blog post about our journey to #sustainability . 🌳💚🌲

➡️ Embracing Digital Documentation for a Greener Future

Read it here: wmspeechtherapy.co.uk/embracing-digi…

It's #StressAwarenessMonth

Our Mental Health First Aider Mark Mallen has been sharing tips with our team this month, which we want to share with you too.

Your wellbeing is important. Employers, friends, teachers, colleagues, and you should take it seriously.

#MHFA #stress

New Resource at the WMSLT office! 🤩

We want our Newly Qualified SLTs to be confidently prepared to deliver therapy, without the worry of making or purchasing resources! Our office is stocked with resources all therapists can use! ✨

#NewResource #slt #speechie #nqpslt #slt 2be

Our learners at a Specialist Provision College had a great practice run-through of the Talk for Work programme 🤩 led by our #SLTs Sam and Richella 🙌🏻

The learners are doing their final presentation next week to employers/ volunteer groups & staff! Good luck! Speech and Language UK

Had my PDR yesterday- I found it so useful to reflect on my practice and set goals for myself to continue developing as a therapist. It was great to be supported by my manager in looking at career development and how we can improve service delivery 🤩
West Midlands Speech & Language Therapy #LifelongLearning

Our staff love using these balloon blower tools! ⬇️ Looks like such a fun way to promote expressive language skills Amy #mysltday #slcn #speechie

#MeetTheTeam 🤩

Sian is currently completing her Master's #SLT degree at BCU HELS while working for us as a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant!

#SLT A SLT MSc Students @ BCU SLT at BCU #speechie #slcn #mastersdegree #attentionautism #intensiveinteraction

Today is #WorldVoiceDay 2024 🗣️

➡️ Many Speech and Language Therapists support children and adults with their vocal health and quality.

#WorldVoiceDay #SLT # SaLT #speechie #teachers #TAs #education

It's World Art Day 🎨 and our #SLT team at Queensbury School & Queensbury New Horizons have been seeing the use of Aided Language Displays to support #Art classes today 🤩

#WorldArtDay2024 #VanGogh #ALDs #AAC #ColourfulSemantics

A game that we bet sparked a lot of laughter! 😆👇🏻
Love all the ideas Sarah 🤩

#mysltday #speechie

#Makaton Mondays are back with two more phrases ⬇️

'It's time for breakfast' 🥞
'It's time for snack' 🥨

#Makaton #AAC #AAC aware #SEN #SLCN #totalcommunication #ApprenticeSLT

Read below 👇🏻

If you haven't accessed the RCSLT 💙 Mind Your Words training yet, we think you should add it to your CPD to-watch list!

Thanks Pam Slater for highlighting it 🙌🏻

#slcn #semh

Happy Vaisakhi to our followers who are celebrating! 🎉

Here is some key vocabulary you can model to children and young people today!

#slcn #languagedevelopment #Vaisakhi #celebration

👀 Keep your eyes on our page this term for activities, therapy ideas, tips for promoting #language , #communication , and #motor skills with a trusted FAVOURITE: Pop Up Priate 🏴‍☠️🗡️

#PopUpPirate #slt #speechtherapy #slt a

A controversial topic here 👀😆

⬇️ An #SLT therapy session from one of our Secondary schools. The y10 students used debating sentence starters to build expressive language, social communication, and confidence!

#mysltday #slcn #speechtherapy

Look at those faces!! Pure enjoyment 😁 thanks for sharing!
#mysltday

In March, our #OccupationalTherapy skill of the month was putting on a coat independently, with activities to help develop the skills needed!

Our #SLTA Sarah has been practicing different ways of putting on a coat with her family!

#otskill #sbot Sarah #selfcareskills

Eid Mubarak to our Muslim staff, colleagues, families and followers 🌙🎉

Here is some language you may model during this time with young people ⬇️

#Eid2024 #EidMubarak #EidAlFitr #LanguageDevelopment #slcn

Love it!! 🤩

Brilliant idea to give ideas for how this can be carried out at home too #ot #sbot #myotday

Did you know there are strong links between #SLCN and #SEMH ?

➡️ Communication differences often go unnoticed in children and young people, meaning that the correct support is not always put in place.