@SLTAlice

Speech & Language Therapist interested in Youth Justice, Alternative Provisions and SEMH. She/her. Views my own.

 United Kingdom
Joined September 2016
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Funding to tackle the youth mental health crisis is great, but it must include support for 2 million children with speech and language challenges who otherwise wouldn't be able to access it.
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After the exceptional care received over the past 3 weeks in Warrington Neonatal Unit, Danny and I have decided to fundraise to renovate the family room, staff room and bedroom on the unit as a thank you to the incredible staff Please support us 🩷💙🩷 justgiving.com/page/triplets…

Thank you Warrington NICU 🩷💙🩷

Help Rebecca Oxtoby raise money to support Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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How can you help?
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Always here when you need us
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For many NHS staff, the recent racist violence in this country will leave them feeling afraid and unwelcome. To those colleagues, our message is simple: you are welcome and you are valuable members of our community. Reach out for support if you need it. england.nhs.uk/supporting-ou…
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ALT Blue background illustration, containing copy which reads; There is support available for NHS staff, please reach out for help.

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wanting to resist with and for you. That's what you can hold on to. We will offer more soon.
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young people and adults, of all different backgrounds, thinking about new ways (and learning from old ways) to keep our communities safe, to protect each other from all forms of harm, to resist racism. What we can promise, is that you have so many people that you don't even know
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ideologies, who we also worry for. But what we can say with certainty, is that in response to building racism and violence, resistance will grow stronger, and solidarity will run more deeply through our communities. There have always been and will always be people in community,
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is 'safe' for young people of colour, or for any young people more targeted by far right violence. It would be wrong to, and realistically, you know more than many that we could never say that with certainty. It is not even safe for those young people being brought into such
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Plain text: Young people. It feels scary. We feel it too. Racism is scary. It's okay to feel angry, sad or worried. It's okay to laugh, to minimise, or to not be phased. It's okay to step outside, and go boldly. It's okay to stay inside, and go softly. We can't say that MCR
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1. First up, permanent exclusions (PEX). There have been 2,881 more PEXs issued in 2022/23 than in 2021/22. To break it down, that's: - 443 more in primary - 2,396 more in secondary - 42 more in special schools
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Today, the DfE published its latest data on school exclusions and suspensions for the 2022/23 academic year. Here is a short thread outlining the key points of note 🧵
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Excellent podcast from my team in Tayside Camhs SLT. SLCN in MH and what we can do to help @NHSTayside @camhsahp @Glennetal @RCSLTLearn @rcsltscot @nic_ahp @LizzyAHP @NAITScotland @CHATayside @JoanneAHPCYPED open.spotify.com/episode/4cW…

An Exploration of Speech, Language and Communication Needs: Supporting Children & Young People.

CAMHS Conversations (NHS Tayside) · Episode

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Great day with @BCHC_SLT colleagues at the @Summit_LT conference today, delivering vocabulary workshops and networking with our partners in education 💪 @bhamcommunity @RCSLT
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Leadership , a document written by ⁦@JamesTCobbler⁩ and brilliantly he is now a Minister of HM government dept of justice. Grown ups doing grown up jobs , remember that ?
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Making a real difference in MH SLT =focus on a person, their priorities, more time to support in the peri-environment; physical, social, societal; Amplify, Advocate, Affirm. Why just work on the narrow lens of Speech & Lang? Languaging offers so much more to all! @RCSLTLearn
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My experience of my SALT appointment today with more detail. So SALT appointment today was genuinely such a good thing. I was so anxious about the appointment as I talked about yesterday. 1/ #AACuser #AAC #Communication
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You need to know your teams emotional status; only then can you strive to move upwards to a “happy” workplace It’s not something you can just jump to with a “teamwork event” - it takes time, nurturing & motivation Keep checking in on how people feel 🪜
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Thrilled to have delivered our first ever #NHS parent/carer information session on #SelectiveMutism 🎉 We unpicked observations, considered SM from a phobia perspective, acknowledged how child’s SM impacts on parents and packed in practical strategies for day-to-day struggles.
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