Alison Leonard (@alisonlspeechie) 's Twitter Profile
Alison Leonard

@alisonlspeechie

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Sensory Beginnings (@sensorybegin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our fourth fairy is Smell Receptors in our nose pick up smell molecules in the air. They send signals to parts of our brain concerned with emotion, connections and memories, which is why certain smells can evoke strong reactions.

Our fourth fairy is Smell

Receptors in our nose pick up smell molecules in the air. They send signals to parts of our brain concerned with emotion, connections and memories, which is why certain smells can evoke strong reactions.
Sensory Beginnings (@sensorybegin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So relevant to neonatal care, maternal role of feeding is influenced by environment, culture, past experiences, trauma, health. Increased competence through participation, enhances identify. #rcotperinatal2023

David McCoy (@dcmccoy11) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Two weeks to go. Three papers with new data about why breastfeeding is a human rights issue, why formula marketing remains so under-regulated and how formula production and consumption is bad for the environment and for economic development go.unu.edu/m0XQV

Two weeks to go. Three papers with new data about why breastfeeding is a human rights issue, why formula marketing remains so under-regulated and how formula production and consumption is bad for the environment and for economic development go.unu.edu/m0XQV
Chris van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 (@doctorchrisvt) 's Twitter Profile Photo

At some point in all our lives we will be kept alive by a nurse. Morally and practically we should pay them properly. Yet my nursing colleagues have had a decade of real terms pay cuts - I support the #nursingstrike - it’s not about politics it’s about public health. Some say…

Rebecca Chilvers 💙 (@neonatalpsych) 's Twitter Profile Photo

6/6 Psychological Professions in neonatal care strive to see and work with the whole person, understanding every parent as a unique individual as they parent their baby in the most challenging circumstances #neonatalpsychology

Nottingham Centre for Newborn Care (@nuhneonatal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We are delighted that NHS England has approved the funding for this long-awaited expansion. It will enable the neonatal service to provide intensive care in a much improved environment with sufficient beds for babies that require intensive care from across the East Midlands

Annie Aloysius (@aloysiusannie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

PoP study designed to support a change intervention to developmentally supportive feeding in a Norwegian NICU one to watch over next few years #MAINN2023 SLTs in Neonatal Care CEN

PoP study designed to support a change intervention to developmentally supportive feeding in a Norwegian NICU  one to watch over next few years #MAINN2023 <a href="/NeoSLTCEN/">SLTs in Neonatal Care CEN</a>
Alison Leonard (@alisonlspeechie) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's always fantastic to have the evidence to back up what we know to be true! Early interaction and communication is crucial! Talking to babies may help shape brain structure, research finds theguardian.com/science/2023/m…

Sensory Beginnings (@sensorybegin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Bringing your hand to your mouth will help settle you for the rest of your life. Hands need to be free so they can soothe, explore and connect. #sensoryexploration #sensory #sensoryplay

Bringing your hand to your mouth will help settle you for the rest of your life.
Hands need to be free so they can soothe, explore and connect.

#sensoryexploration #sensory #sensoryplay
Nurturing Care (@nurturingcare) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What is responsive feeding? What does it have to do with #nurturingcare? How can we support caregivers to responsively feed their children? Check out this new thematic brief: nurturing-care.org/nurturing-resp… from World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, PMNCH, Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN) & USAID. #nutrition #ECD

What is responsive feeding? What does it have to do with #nurturingcare? How can we support caregivers to responsively feed their children? Check out this new thematic brief: nurturing-care.org/nurturing-resp… from <a href="/WHO/">World Health Organization (WHO)</a>, <a href="/UNICEF/">UNICEF</a>, <a href="/PMNCH/">PMNCH</a>, <a href="/ECDAction/">Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN)</a> &amp; <a href="/USAID/">USAID</a>. #nutrition #ECD
SLTs in Neonatal Care CEN (@neosltcen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Face to face time (when I show you I'm ready) is one of my favourite things. I love our chats and how interested you are in me. I am learning all the time with you. Essential communication development happens in opportune moments. You are so important to your baby's development

Face to face time (when I show you I'm ready) is one of my favourite things. I love our chats and how interested you are in me. I am learning all the time with you. Essential communication development happens in opportune moments. You are so important to your baby's development
Dr Mari Viviers (@viviers_mari) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The American Academy for Paediatrics now acknowledges the importance of speech and language therapist’s expertise in supporting feeding and swallowing difficulties on the NICU SLTs in Neonatal Care CEN