Had the most AMAZING session with a child who is non-verbal this morning modelling the use of communication boards Ace Centre 🤩 he absolutely loved it and was able to consistently point to “more”, “car” and “finished” throughout the session! 👏🏼 What a star! 🌟 I love my job! ❤️

Celebratory selfie! 🥳💜💚

Makaton for Christmas Jumper A handy sign ready for Christmas Jumper day! Also the signs for Reindeer🦌and Christmas Tree!🎄What is on your Christmas Jumper?! #Makaton #WeTalkMakaton #MakatonTutor

🎄🎅🏼🌟 we’re all feeling festive in the children’s therapies team! 🌟🎅🏼🎄@liam_watson_ Gareth Children & Young People's OT Service (LSCFT) @LSCFTAHPs

Makaton Sign of the Week - Cold 🥶 A very appropriate sign of the week from The Makaton Charity this week! It sure is cold ! #Makaton #WeTalkMakaton #MakatonTutor

My best friend and wonderful fiancé Felix is running/cycling a phenomenal 210km by 21st March for Down's Syndrome Association ⭐ If you are able to give, please do so to Felix's Just giving page here: justgiving.com/page/felix-mul…

Six new employees who have Down’s syndrome are now working in the Palace of Westminster as part of a pioneering programme to get people with the condition into work. Amy works as a catering assistant as part of the initiative and is keen to serve some top dogs in government!

January SLT photo dump 💜🗣️🤩 1. A beautiful picture, thank you card and chocs from the sweetest patient 🌈 2. The cutest stickers (that also smell of jelly beans!!) 🌟 3. Well being walks with my fave OT Gareth 💚 4. Swiftie notebooks to brighten up my to do lists 📝

Sweet, sweet, sweet boy 🥰Good job, mama.

Had a fantastic time at the Family Hub event this AM! ⭐️ It was great to share what the Speech and Language Therapy team can offer to children and families in Lancashire and hear from all the other services out there offering support! Even had time to make a lovely name badge 🌸

Get your brightest and boldest socks ready for @WorldDSday. We want to see your sock selfies! 👀 Use the hashtag #LotsOfSocks. #WorldDownSyndromeDay #EndTheStereotypes

Happy World Down Syndrome day! 💙💛💙💛 I couldn’t be prouder of this amazing young man! The best little brother in the world! We’ve got our odd socks on today to celebrate 🧦😁 World Down Syndrome Day Down's Syndrome Association

To celebrate World Autism Awareness Day we are sharing our new autism signs and symbols! Head to the Makaton Library where you'll find signs and symbols, vocabulary download and a video with information on how to use the new signs. #WorldAutismAwarenessDay

Had a great morning chatting to the @SLTatUoM first year students about the role of a paediatric Speech and Language Therapist! 🗣️💜 Always LOVE being back on campus at The University of Manchester thank you for having me Rachel Starkey 🤩✨⭐️

How lovely! 💙🫶🏼💛

Launching our new clinical care pathways at the SLT forum. Loving the enthusiasm! Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

I recently started my Makaton Tutor journey and had a signing assessment today!🤞🏼Makaton will always be very special to me because of the difference it has made to my own family and the families I support as an SLT! Very grateful to be part of the wonderful Makaton community ✨🫶🏼

So pleased to see these boards up in the playground at one of the special schools I go into! It was fabulous to see staff modelling the use of them with children at playtime! We focussed on ‘creating more opportunities to use visuals’ last year so they’ve nailed it with these! 🌟

This week I received an unbelievably kind and thoughtful gift from a family whose children have been on and off of my caseload for the last 5 years! Such a wonderful feeling ☺️

5 years! ✨5️⃣🩵 #nhs #speechandlanguagetherapy