That’s it 😁. Research internship project finished. Looking forward to sharing the outcomes with the SALT staff and planning a research capacity building strategy 🤩.RCSLTResearch .CNTW Research and Development .FionaJo .Professor Helen Stringer .CNTW AHP .North East SLT Research Network

Come, meet, listen, learn! 20 June conference: Our colleagues and advisors with a learning disability will present the new toolkit for end of life care planning. Lots of amazing speakers. Book now! Registration open 👉bit.ly/4aozRCs

.Emma Lever .FionaJo

Thanks to the .Newcastle SLS student that pointed me towards this video celebrating world Down syndrome day. Don’t let negative expectations become self fulfilling prophecies. m.youtube.com/watch?v=92ivga…

Thanks to the .⁦Newcastle SLS⁩ student that pointed me towards this video celebrating world Down syndrome day. Don’t let negative expectations become self fulfilling prophecies youtu.be/92ivgabfdPQ?si…

News. A third of learning disability support workers have left the sector for good due to poor pay and of those remaining many face financial hardship.
A new report from Mencap examines the impact of working in a system in crisis.

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Scientific publishers & healthcare #Researchers : Your readers rely on you. Our NHS England free critical appraisal programme is designed to help build your confidence in the critical appraisal process as you're evaluating research. e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/cri… #EvidenceBasedMedicine

Following on from our discussion about LeDaR today .⁦Newcastle SLS⁩. Please register for this event to learn more. Learning from lives and deaths - people with a learning disability and autistic people (LeDeR) | NHS England Events .⁦RCSLT 💙⁩ events.england.nhs.uk/events/learnin…

Today I felt honoured to return with.SLT_Hannah to .Newcastle SLS to deliver the introduction to working with people with a Learning Disability lecture to SLT students. Really enjoyed it. Hoping we may cause a few to consider working with this client group 😁
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It’s beyond shocking that this is still happening. Not even headline news. So many similar devastating stories over the years, its just horrific. No wonder people with learning disabilities called 2022 #leder the “spot the difference” report bit.ly/414waic

Well done Elizabeth Hepper 👏🏻

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The #LeDeR2022 report which investigates deaths of people with a #LearningDisability is published today.
The report finds people with a learning disability are still dying decades earlier than the general population and 42% of deaths were “avoidable”.
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kcl.ac.uk/research/leder

Excited to share, I am completing a research internship with .CNTW Research and Development. With FionaJo and .Professor Helen Stringer to investigate Barriers and Enablers to research activities for SLT staff within a specialist Mental Health Trust. 🤩 .CNTW AHP .Clinical Academics in SLT .RCSLTResearch

Engaging in evidence-based practice is part of the HCPC Standards of Proficiency for Speech and Language Therapists 📋 The new version came into effect on 1 September 2023. Check it out here 👇 hcpc-uk.org/standards/stan… #WorldEBHCDay

A really positive meeting today for our evidence review group, conducting a systematic review of the literature for makaton signing. Definitely learning by doing! . .The Makaton Charity .RCSLTResearch #evidencebasedpractice #researchcapacitybuilding .CNTW Research and Development

For the Papas, Gramps, Grandpas, Grandads 👴🏻