In awe of this group of NHS Forth Valley SLTs. Deployed to intermediate care helping older people. Supporting in a way they NEVER expected but with a ‘can do’ attitude. Keeping communication at the core; conversations, notes and calls to families, seeking views🙏🙌👏🏼💙 Glenn Carter

Released date confirmed! Operation Sabre will be released on Wednesday 10th June. Here’s episode 2 of the ‘Maria and Glenn Show’. #book James P Deans Stephen Parsons @MaryColemanSLT SLT Louisa ⁦@NatLeadAHPCYP⁩ ⁦Louise Steel⁩ ⁦Andy Weir⁩ youtu.be/agtzNPNuVkY

The big release date is finally here. How exciting! Congratulations gcarterauthor Thought I could just use your electronic signature to sign my own copy 🤷‍♀️

Excellent piece by Sir Harry burns recognising long term effects of speech language and communication needs in children. scotsman.com/news/opinion/c… John Swinney Nicola Sturgeon Maureen McKenna @juliejsteel RCSLT Scotland Glenn Carter

Today is the launch of Scottish Government #DifferentMinds campaign which has been developed in partnership by Autistic Adult Support Fund Inspiring Scotland Please visit the website differentminds.scot and retweet! m.youtube.com/watch?v=6lp09w…

Look out for this new symbol in shops and businesses. It means staff have been trained in how to interact with people who have difficulties communicating. RCSLT 💙 is behind the initiative, and its president Nick Hewer of Countdown and Apprentice fame, spoke to 5 News about it.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a theme of Adoption Week Scotland 2020. Children’s Minister Maree Todd welcomes the launch of a new e-learning resource for practitioners which aims to raise awareness & understanding of FASD. bit.ly/3pKF0hJ

Exciting news! We have new playlists on the NHS Forth Valley Youtube Channel.🎬 First up are our language development pyramid videos. Check them out👇youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Next on our Youtube playlist are our strategies to support early language development - our Talking Toddlers series. 5 key ways we can support early language. We hope you like them 🙂youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Over on our Facebook page today for #WordWednesday, we have ideas for developing understanding and use of ‘who’ vocabulary. You can find it here: facebook.com/fvspeechandlan…

Patents and carers in Forth Valley might be interested in these sessions from the Carers Centre. They start this Wednesday with a session about the senses and how they can impact behaviour. Find out more 👇 #sltfv

A team is a group of people that works together with common purpose, not just a group of people assigned to work on the same project.

I’m excited this week to be getting back into schools with increased freedom and to be working with children, their families and schools again 😄 This, in the week when the worrying impact of lockdown on speech and language skills is being discussed. bbc.co.uk/news/education…

New video series starting today! Have a look to find out how the Children's SLT service in Forth Valley support children and young people, their families and the people who work with them. #sltfv #BalancedSystem

We are very pleased to share The new Children's Neurodevelopmental Pathway - Practice Framework for Scotland, to support teams developing local pathways for assessment and diagnosis which seek to get it right for children and families bit.ly/3xQJdEy Scot Gov Health

Here's the next video in our series about how the Children's SLT service in NHS Forth Valley is working. We're using the #BalancedSystem model, so today is all about the first strand: thinking about how we can support families #sltfv Better Communication CIC

Good luck at the awards tonight Michelle & Tomas @PHClinicGlasgow 💜 #bfaHSBCAwards2022 🥳 The BFA The Purple House Clinic

Listen to Glenn Carter & Kirsty speaking to Kaye Adams this morning on BBC Radio Scotland about the communication crisis in Scotland & what we can do about it. @rcslt Listen here from 1:41 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

That was an interesting day! Talking to BBC Radio Scotland & STV News about the challenges Scotland faces with a significant increase in the numbers of children with communication needs. Also sharing some important solutions. Kirsty Justine

Check out this excellent STV News piece featuring Glenn Carter and Justine. Talking to Brandon Cook about the impact of the pandemic on children’s spoken language. NHS Grampian RCSLT 💙 Scotland Hub youtu.be/K2NF_67TIeA