Word of the day is 'rantum-scantum' (17th century): reckless, disorderly, and chaotic.

Our Hertfordshire SLTs celebrated DLD Day in style! Here are some of the activities thery got up to: - walking; - nail-painting ; - “rocking” purple and yellow - lighting up in Welwyn Garden City All for DLD Awareness! #DLDday #DevLangDis #GrowingwithDLD

Please help out my friend Elaine Ashton by completing this survey 👇🏼 Thank you!

It's #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek and so we want to give a big shout out to all of the DLDers. They need to work so hard every day because almost no one has heard of Developmental Language Disorder. #DevLangDis

Stephen Parsons - SLTs have a professional responsibility to diagnose DLD. No other professionals diagnose this. If we don’t, no-one else will! We need to diagnose to raise awareness and advocacy for DLD. NAPLIC Stephen Parsons #NAPLIC23 #DevLangDis

Today is #EnglishLanguageDay! 📖 🎉 Here’s a few of our favourite facts about the English language! Let us know yours

So proud to work with you, Katinka. Looking forward to seeing the positive impact this has on CYP in Herts!

A new vision for DLD: A world in which everyone knows about DLD! Can’t wait! #DevLangDis #DLDday

For pupils with developmental language disorder, teachers can introduce very simple adaptations to their classroom practice that make a big difference, explain experts Susan and Sue Marr tes.com/magazine/teach… tes.com/magazine/teach…

Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) is a long-term condition that affects #2in30 school children. It's hard to spot, and not very well-known. Check out our new myth-busting page to find out more about how to support those living with #DLD: speechandlanguage.org.uk/news/myth-bust…

The government has today confirmed, after a week of uncertainty, that they are scrapping the dedicated role of Minister for Disabled People. This announcement sends an appalling message to the 16 million disabled people in the UK. 🔗 inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

👶Supporting early language development 👶 We are delighted to launch our website & resources to support ELIM-I use in practice developed in partnership with iHV & Tiny Happy People. Please take a look at the 'super communicator' resources & guidance research.ncl.ac.uk/elim-i/elim-i/…

Just home after another inspiring and thought provoking NAPLIC conference! So many ideas, now to start implementing them! #NAPLIC24 #DevLangDis

So it was on (here’s the last 3 mins)- we need to #InvestInSLT across the lifespan. Mikey's Wish Foundation Gillian Rudd RCSLTpolicy Chris Kamara Georgia Wilson West Midlands Speech & Language Therapy SLT at BCU Once you’re watched please sign the petition… petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6579…

The course in evidence base for DLD contains some of the best CPD I’ve done! I’d highly recommend and refer to it every week! #DevLangDis

Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) is a problem with language, its content, form and use. Language is everywhere. DLD has a major impact on people affected by it. Let's speak up and advocate for people with DLD. RADLDcampaign #DLDday

Fabulous resource on #DevLangDis from ⁦The Informed SLP⁩ DLD Assessment: Start here theinformedslp.com/review/DLD-Ass…

The DLD team Herts CYPT recently provided whole service training on supporting grammar for children with DLD. Spreading the word about #DevLangDis in Herts #DLDday #DevLangDis @radldcam

Speech and Language Therapy spoke to children in a local Hertfordshire school to find out their thoughts about DLD and what those around them can do to help. Here is what they said: #DLDday #DevLangDis @radldcam @hctnhs RCSLT 💙

DLD awareness day in Herts! 💜💛💜💛 #DLDday