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We are thrilled to have the Children and Young People’s Commissioner for Scotland Nicola Killean as one of our judges at the national final of the #voicebox2024 competition! Check out Nicola’s hilarious joke! 😆 Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland RCSLT 💙 Alison Johnstone

A big moment 🙌

Great to hear the Cabinet Secretary Neil Gray MSP talk about the importance of early intervention and prevention. AHPs and Speech and Language Therapists are perfectly positioned to deliver on this. #NHSScot2024 RCSLT 💙

Plan 24-30, Scotland’s route map to #KeepThePromise to care experienced children, families and adults, is now live at plan2430.scot. Thank you to everyone who has and will continue to be involved in developing and carrying forward Plan 24-30. #Plan2430 Fiona Duncan

Last week we told you about the free training you can access from Communication Access UK to help you support people with communication difficulties. Here's a video clip to show you what it could mean if there was better awareness of communication needs. youtu.be/kD5_p_YZ1PY

A new dawn for children's rights As the sun rises over Scotland, Together 🧡 is flying the UN & Scotland flags from the summit of Ben Nevis to celebrate children's rights becoming law through the #UNCRCScotland Act. Happy UNCRC Commencement Day to children across Scotland🎈

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is integral to the promise and implementation of these rights is central to the changes set out by Plan 24-30. Learn more about what that means here: plan2430.scot/scaffolding/ri… #Plan2430

'A worrying rise in language delay' - a great article by SLT Sophie Hutton in Nursery Management '84% of health visitors reported an increase in children with speech, language and communication delay compared with the previous year, according to a 2023 report' nmt-magazine.co.uk/feature/tackle…

For children starting school, there is lots to think about: new routines, new people to meet and lots of new vocabulary. Today, we’re thinking about the different adults in primary school with an activity to help you talk about these with your child. #sltfv #BackToSchool

We're getting our schoolbags packed for tomorrow and realised it might be handy to have some Makaton signs in there! Have a look at our video to see some signs which might be helpful when speaking to your child about school. fb.watch/tWWtqZOyp3/ #sltfv #BackToSchool

🆕 Young people who are care & justice experienced can now get a special support package How to refer a young person 👇 CYCJ Scotland bit.ly/3yhajKn We worked with care experienced young people to put together a page of helpful resources 👇 young.scot/campaigns/supp…

How was the first week back at school? Now that your child has had a few days to settle in, we're sharing symbols to support conversations about where they have been each day. You could find out what their favourite was - and anything that felt less fun. #sltfv #ChattyTuesday

A message from Fraser McKinlay, Chief Executive of The Promise Scotland⬇️

One of the first things many young people learn at school is that learning means being still. At primary school it’s about sitting on your bottom and not fiddling with your pencil. Walking not running, and putting your hand up before you speak. Staying in your chair, even when

A message from The Promise Scotland’s Chief Executive Fraser McKinlay following the news that, from today, no children in Scotland will be in young offenders institutions ⬇️

Today is #AHPsDay 2024, a chance to #celebrate the great work done by all of our SLTs along with all of our colleagues in the other AHP Professions. #AHPsDayScot #AHPScot #AHPsDay NESnmahp

#CEW24 is a time to celebrate the care experienced community and their voices. This year's theme is belonging & connection, something we all need & deserve. The Promise Scotland sends love & solidarity to those in and around the care experienced community this week & every week.

We are looking for Health Visitors to tell us their views on the impact of ACEs on children's speech and language development. Please RT if you can RCSLT Scotland @casl QMU_SLTSociety app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/qmu/survey-2

Happy New Year! We're starting 2025 with a bit of a spring clean of our online appearance - we hope you like it. Lets start with a wee reminder of where to find us. Look out for info all year to give you lots of ideas about supporting speech, language & communication #sltfv