My clever girl has learnt to sign Shotgun by george E Z R A in The Makaton Charity so proud of her. We're struggling a little with school work but were reassured by her fab school that her happiness is most important 😍 Kilbarchan Primary

A morning spent with Hamish Napier is always a happy one. When the sun is shining, it's #FastTuneFriday and you get to play this tune from his glorious album #TheRailway .....then it's just magic !! This is #TheHiker Stay safe ❤️ #COVIDCeilidh

Official use of ‘outwith’ #scottishenglish #Glasgow

Engage Renfrewshire this is a great way to encourage young children and their parents to read together. Heard this quote last night. “If you want to change the world give a child a book.”

Yes this! Also applies to contingent talk, parent interaction & prob other culturally embedded behaviours. Yes these help language learning but they are not the only way to support development. Children in cultures where these are not the norm learn to speak and read just fine.

On Wednesday 24 June we are hosting an hour of activities focused on Early Learning and Childcare! Join us on Twitter for our #BeingMeBlether on ‘Realising the Ambition: through outdoor play’ hosted by the We've moved. Find us at @ESTeamELC. at 10am. We are also delighted to welcome Maree Todd

I put my microphone in front of a 7 week old baby red squirrel.

Head Teachers and Heads of ELCCs - keep an eye on your emails for some resources from the RICE team to help your environments be communication friendly as we prepare for pupils to return!

Just found this FREE CPD training from The Comms Trust thecommunicationtrust.org.uk/projects/profe… with options for all educational stages inc secondary and FE all about speech/lang/comm (Sometimes I'm v late to the party 🥳)

We had our second support group for parents/carers of children who stammer this morning 😃 We will be holding our next session in August, if you would like to get information on this support group email us at [email protected] #Stammering #HearThePerson

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Following on from our mask / face covering advice here’s how to teach the sign for ‘mask’ to the kids The Makaton Charity

In this, our second infographic about functional communication, we look at the 'F-Word Framework', which is aligned with the #ICF. #communicationdisorders #slpeeps #SLP2B #DevLangDis #functionalcommunication

New study! High quality early years communication & play make a gd foundation for learning at age 5. 👇 By 7-9 yrs leading to stronger: -social play -oral language -letter-sound decoding 👇 Leading to better reading & writing outcomes aged 11 🥳 @UToseeb tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

If dose is high then poss session frequency can be reduced. Frequent, short sessions (2/3 × per week, approx 2 min) and less frequent, long sessions (1 × per week, approx 20 min) have yielded the best outcomes when composite language measures used pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/20…

Scotland’s speech and language therapists are warning of a looming crisis in children’s communication. news.stv.tv/scotland/speec…