📣 Adults with lived experience of #SelectiveMutism #SituationalMutism !!! If you experienced SM during childhood and received therapy for it (aged 3-12 years) in the UK, we would love to hear about your experiences to help us design an online programme. See flyer for info 👇🏼

Tickets for our CEN on sale #selectivemutism & #echps we have 3 parent speakers & ⁦⁦Libby Hill⁩! All ticket sales will be going ⁦SMIRA⁩ #mysltday #mystudentsltday RCSLTLearn Gino Hipolito Angela ⁦⁦Anita McKiernan⁩ eventbrite.co.uk/e/sen-and-sm-e…

Please RT this Great opportunity to contribute to research in the field of #SelectiveMutism via Gino Hipolito study. City Language & Communication Science RCSLTResearch Selective Mutism CEN Angela #mySLTday

Our latest pdcast is out. Dawn and I talk all things selective mutism. Listen on all the usual platforms or letstalksmalltalk.transistor.fm/episodes

Well worth a listen for anyone whose life has been touched by selective mutism:

Day 1 of tweeting RCSLT 💙 until there’s guidance/statement that says private SALTs reports DO NOT need verifying by a NHS SALT nor is a private report any less worthy than an NHS report.

Come along and join us for our next Selective Mutism CEN virtual event, on Friday 14th June 9.30-3.00, where will be discussing how to improve your SM service offer! Tickets available via: eventbrite.co.uk/e/selective-mu…

Claudia Webbe’s campaigning is a tour de force.

🚨 This week a number of MPs are leading debates on #SEND services. 📋Check out RCSLT 💙's briefing on what we think needs to happen on: 1⃣ #SENDInTheSpecialists 2⃣ Speech and language therapy 3⃣ Department for Education & Department of Health and Social Care working together ▶️ rcslt.org/wp-content/upl…

I was privileged to lead a Westminster debate today on SEND education in Beds and Herts. Thank you to everyone who shared your stories with me. I will carry your pain and the urgency of your testimony every day as I champion the changes we need locally and in Parliament.

In his parliamentary debate on #SEND provision, Richard Burgon MP called for the scrapping of Safety Valve ✅, the cancelling of LA high needs debt ✅ and for government to discourage the demonisation of "pushy parents" who are forced to fight for their children's support. We concur

This is nonsense. The standard new state pension will rise by £460 a year but only 27% of pensioners get that. The rest get the old basic state pension which 73% get will rise by £354 a year. It is misleading and plays into the wealthy pensioners trope.

Today is Battle of Britain Day when we remember The Few, who defended our nation and fought against tyranny. We must never forget the sacrifice they made for our freedom. #LestWeForget #BoB84 #battleofbritainday

Looking to take on students, one uni has let me down several times. So please reach out if you are looking for placements in the London/ Kent area

Look beyond the smile for the photo she wanted because it was a “special day” at school. Note the red puffy eyes, the anxiety behind the smile😞 she is 5💔no child should ever feel distress just to go to school or manage a change to routine😞 #anxiety #autism #NotFineInSchool

I’m looking to see how many people want Sir Keir Starmer David Lammy and Ed Miliband to RESIGN please like and repost and follow me if you want them to go

It's a shame this task group hasn't included representation for the 1M children with lifelong speech and language challenges. 📢You can't solve the problems in the SEND system without increasing support for children struggling to talk and understand words schoolsweek.co.uk/revealed-6-exp…

We look forward to hearing how this task group plan to engage with this group of children. We also hope to work with you on this in the future! Learn more about DLD and the issue➡️speechandlanguage.org.uk/help-for-famil…

We had a great day today at our CEN discussing all things #selectivemutism outcome measures and improving your service offer! Thanks Angela for an inspiring discussion! #mysltday #cpd RCSLT 💙 Anita McKiernan