Have you heard of the medical term #Dysphagia? It’s when people have difficulties eating, drinking & swallowing food & liquids. Today, help us to mark Swallowing Awareness Day by sharing this post using #SwallowAware2024 & #NHWeek. Find out more: bit.ly/3wBHHu7@NHWeek

Today is world #downsyndromeawareness day! Look through our post to learn more about #downsyndrome , how an SLT might support, and how you can support the lots of socks campaign 🧦 #SLT

We still have one more film to bring you for #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek, but in the meantime we thought you'd love to revisit a wonderful short film, 'Autism and Me', produced by our @ALDatOxleas team. You can watch the full film here: vimeo.com/oxleasnhs/auti…

Happy World #AutismAcceptanceWeek! 🎉 Let’s share, connect and engage to help increase autism acceptance and awareness. Tell us in the comments below how you’ll be celebrating and marking the week 👇🏽

We’re showing our support for World #AutismAcceptanceWeek tonight by illuminating vibrant purple 💜, organised in collaboration with @naslambeth , a local branch of the National Autistic Society National Autistic Society #WAAW

#AutismAcceptanceWeek  #WAAW24 #SpectrumColourWalk National Autistic Society

Our next Tea & Talk will be on Wednesday 8th May. bexleyvoice.org.uk/tea--talk.html

Songs & Nursery rhymes are a great way to develop children’s speech, language and communication skills such as using signs and gestures, following directions, learning new vocabulary and sharing attention! #BexleyBrightIdeas #BexleySLT #SLCN #NurseryRhymes

WE ARE RECRUITING! A great Therapy Assistant opportunity working at Shenstone Secondary School & across the wider SLT Team. To find out more and to apply please visit: tinyurl.com/54ertz8 Shenstone School Oxleas NHS #BexleyBrightIdeas #SLTjobs #NHSJobs

Silence in a conversation may feel empty, but it's not! In fact, there's so much happening while you wait for your child to take a turn, and these silent pauses are important for supporting your child's communication. hanen.org/WAIT

Check out these ideas for supporting children’s development of key word level understanding. Typically for preschool children, we expect a child to be developing towards following a key word per their age in years! #BexleyBrightIdeas #BexleySLT #SLCN #SLT #SLP #SpeechAndLanguage

Did you know that bubbles can be used in different ways to support development across a range of areas including: 🫧 Shared/Joint Attention 🫧 Social Communication 🫧 Turn Taking 🫧 Functional Language 🫧 Vocabulary development #BexleyBrightideas #BexleySLT #SLCN #SLT

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