Dr Clare Smith
@clarrysmith.bsky.social
Consultant Speech and Language Therapist Hampshire & IOW Healthcare NHS. Interested in #PopulationHealth #Afairstart #DLD #EarlyYears #BigData #Paedsvoice #creativemethods Latent poet and musician.
Twenty years ago I would wake up every morning to the deafening sound of the dawn chorus. Now… in the same house I am lucky to hear just one or two birds. Please consider signing this petition for our government to have a living planet act.
www.wwf.org.uk/act/living-p...
www.wwf.org.uk/act/living-p...
Living Planet Act
Nature is our life support system, but right now it’s in trouble. We’re urgently calling for a new law at Westminster, the Living Planet Act.
www.wwf.org.uk
December 31, 2024 at 8:29 AM
Twenty years ago I would wake up every morning to the deafening sound of the dawn chorus. Now… in the same house I am lucky to hear just one or two birds. Please consider signing this petition for our government to have a living planet act.
www.wwf.org.uk/act/living-p...
www.wwf.org.uk/act/living-p...
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"A request made through ChatGPT, an AI-based virtual assistant, consumes 10 times the electricity of a Google Search"
This isn't a game. This is accelerated destruction via huge usage of power, water, resources etc. Stop using it - especially for messing about!!
www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
This isn't a game. This is accelerated destruction via huge usage of power, water, resources etc. Stop using it - especially for messing about!!
www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
AI has an environmental problem. Here’s what the world can do about that.
The sprawling data centres that house AI servers churn out toxic electronic waste and are voracious consumers of electricity, which in most places is still produced from fossil fuels.
www.unep.org
December 28, 2024 at 8:02 AM
"A request made through ChatGPT, an AI-based virtual assistant, consumes 10 times the electricity of a Google Search"
This isn't a game. This is accelerated destruction via huge usage of power, water, resources etc. Stop using it - especially for messing about!!
www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
This isn't a game. This is accelerated destruction via huge usage of power, water, resources etc. Stop using it - especially for messing about!!
www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
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For the next few days, we're going to be looking back at some of our highlights of the year...
... and meeting our new Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social has to be up there! (1/8) 🧵
... and meeting our new Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social has to be up there! (1/8) 🧵
December 26, 2024 at 11:46 AM
For the next few days, we're going to be looking back at some of our highlights of the year...
... and meeting our new Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social has to be up there! (1/8) 🧵
... and meeting our new Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social has to be up there! (1/8) 🧵
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Vaccines save lives. Keep repeating the message. It’s the truth.
Vaccines against COVID-19 saved over 20 million lives in the first year alone, according to a study in Lancet Infectious Diseases. Anti vaxxers conveniently ignore such stats.
November 23, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Vaccines save lives. Keep repeating the message. It’s the truth.
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Watch and learn. 👀 🧠
I’ve written often about how infants learn language not just with their ears, but with their eyes.
But I’ve rarely run across a better video example than this lovely moment shared to IG by seanandcaitlin.
(Thread 🧵)
I’ve written often about how infants learn language not just with their ears, but with their eyes.
But I’ve rarely run across a better video example than this lovely moment shared to IG by seanandcaitlin.
(Thread 🧵)
November 23, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Watch and learn. 👀 🧠
I’ve written often about how infants learn language not just with their ears, but with their eyes.
But I’ve rarely run across a better video example than this lovely moment shared to IG by seanandcaitlin.
(Thread 🧵)
I’ve written often about how infants learn language not just with their ears, but with their eyes.
But I’ve rarely run across a better video example than this lovely moment shared to IG by seanandcaitlin.
(Thread 🧵)
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🔓🔓WilmotA @me-boyo.bsky.social SieversR @suze-freogirl.bsky.social NorburyC (2024). Impact of #devlangdis on mental health AND well-being across the lifespan: a qualitative study including the perspectives of UK adults with DLD AND Australian SLTs. BMJ Open. doi.org/10.1136/bmjo... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES
Impact of developmental language disorders on mental health and well-being across the lifespan: a qualitative study including the perspectives of UK adults with DLD and Australian speech-language ther...
Objective This study aims to explore the educational, occupational and socioemotional experiences of people with developmental language disorder (DLD) across the lifespan to gain insight into risk and...
doi.org
November 22, 2024 at 5:19 AM
🔓🔓WilmotA @me-boyo.bsky.social SieversR @suze-freogirl.bsky.social NorburyC (2024). Impact of #devlangdis on mental health AND well-being across the lifespan: a qualitative study including the perspectives of UK adults with DLD AND Australian SLTs. BMJ Open. doi.org/10.1136/bmjo... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES
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There is a social narrative that the perinatal period is a time of increased connection and support - but in reality many new parents struggle with isolation and loneliness.
In our latest episode we talk to
Dr Kate Adlington about loneliness and mental health in the perinatal period.
In our latest episode we talk to
Dr Kate Adlington about loneliness and mental health in the perinatal period.
November 21, 2024 at 6:59 PM
There is a social narrative that the perinatal period is a time of increased connection and support - but in reality many new parents struggle with isolation and loneliness.
In our latest episode we talk to
Dr Kate Adlington about loneliness and mental health in the perinatal period.
In our latest episode we talk to
Dr Kate Adlington about loneliness and mental health in the perinatal period.
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Systematic review by @lucyrodgerssalt.bsky.social on co-occurring #DevLangDis and #SSD #CSSD.
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/8...
#bskyspeechies #SLPeeps
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/8...
#bskyspeechies #SLPeeps
Shared characteristics of intervention techniques for oral vocabulary and speech comprehensibility in preschool children with co-occurring features of developmental language disorder and speech sound ...
Objectives To descriptively compare and contrast intervention techniques for preschool children with features of developmental language disorder (outcome: oral vocabulary) and speech sound disorder (o...
bmjopen.bmj.com
November 21, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Systematic review by @lucyrodgerssalt.bsky.social on co-occurring #DevLangDis and #SSD #CSSD.
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/8...
#bskyspeechies #SLPeeps
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/8...
#bskyspeechies #SLPeeps
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There is a strong association between deprivation and #obesity in children.
For both reception and year 6 children in 2022/23, the prevalence of obesity in the most deprived areas was double the value in the least deprived areas.
Find out more: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/obe...
For both reception and year 6 children in 2022/23, the prevalence of obesity in the most deprived areas was double the value in the least deprived areas.
Find out more: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/obe...
November 19, 2024 at 3:00 PM
There is a strong association between deprivation and #obesity in children.
For both reception and year 6 children in 2022/23, the prevalence of obesity in the most deprived areas was double the value in the least deprived areas.
Find out more: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/obe...
For both reception and year 6 children in 2022/23, the prevalence of obesity in the most deprived areas was double the value in the least deprived areas.
Find out more: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/obe...
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Hi #bskyspeechies! Anyone collaborating with the arts in their clinical practice or student clinician training?
I’d love to connect and swap tips and ideas! tinyurl.com/LUinterACT Link to info on a project I work on for background on me. I *hope* to develop similar for adults/cog. #slps #inclusion
I’d love to connect and swap tips and ideas! tinyurl.com/LUinterACT Link to info on a project I work on for background on me. I *hope* to develop similar for adults/cog. #slps #inclusion
LU and Beaumont Community Players foster communication growth through theater
LU and Beaumont Community Players foster communication growth through theater
www.lamar.edu
November 18, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Hi #bskyspeechies! Anyone collaborating with the arts in their clinical practice or student clinician training?
I’d love to connect and swap tips and ideas! tinyurl.com/LUinterACT Link to info on a project I work on for background on me. I *hope* to develop similar for adults/cog. #slps #inclusion
I’d love to connect and swap tips and ideas! tinyurl.com/LUinterACT Link to info on a project I work on for background on me. I *hope* to develop similar for adults/cog. #slps #inclusion
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One for @sammacrory.bsky.social … you can “look after yourself” better when you have resources, access & agency not when you have little to none of these … #childpoverty isn’t a “lifestyle choice” worth a read www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
A Covenant For Health | The King's Fund
Led by Lord Geoffrey Filkin, a group of experts have been working to examine and make recommendations for improving the health of the nation.
www.kingsfund.org.uk
November 19, 2024 at 8:01 AM
One for @sammacrory.bsky.social … you can “look after yourself” better when you have resources, access & agency not when you have little to none of these … #childpoverty isn’t a “lifestyle choice” worth a read www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
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Excellent new article by Tina Novelli - for early phonics instruction, just drawing attention to the mouth movements facilitated learning. Check it out! doi.org/10.1007/s111...
Seeing the mouth: the importance of articulatory gestures during phonics training - Reading and Writing
Substantial evidence exists suggesting that access to articulatory gestures during instruction improves students’ phonological awareness skills, but researchers have yet to explore the role of articul...
doi.org
November 16, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Excellent new article by Tina Novelli - for early phonics instruction, just drawing attention to the mouth movements facilitated learning. Check it out! doi.org/10.1007/s111...
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Hearing today that more than one in three children are in poverty in the UK. Please read Danny Dorling's book, Seven Children, on inequality. I reviewed Seven Children for @theguardian.com and cannot recommend it highly enough. www.theguardian.com/books/2024/s...
Seven Children: Inequality and Britain’s Next Generation by Danny Dorling review – essential reading
Inspired by the documentary Seven Up! and based on real data, this important book exposes the extent of inequality in the UK and what it means for our poorest children
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Hearing today that more than one in three children are in poverty in the UK. Please read Danny Dorling's book, Seven Children, on inequality. I reviewed Seven Children for @theguardian.com and cannot recommend it highly enough. www.theguardian.com/books/2024/s...
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This is the cost of “small government”. Newly created intergenerational trauma. Thousands more children needing expensive care placements.
It’s now costing more than £4 billion a year to pick up the pieces from shattering health visiting, family support, early help, social services, CAMHS.
It’s now costing more than £4 billion a year to pick up the pieces from shattering health visiting, family support, early help, social services, CAMHS.
Some striking figures in here!
local government spending on looked after children has ballooned from £3.1 billion in 2009/10 to £7 billion in 2022/23...
over 1,500 children in placements each costing the equivalent of over £0.5 million every year
www.gov.uk/government/n...
local government spending on looked after children has ballooned from £3.1 billion in 2009/10 to £7 billion in 2022/23...
over 1,500 children in placements each costing the equivalent of over £0.5 million every year
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Biggest overhaul in a generation to children’s social care
New powers handed to Ofsted to crack down on exploitative children's care providers and transparency to be increased around their finances.
www.gov.uk
November 18, 2024 at 11:32 PM
This is the cost of “small government”. Newly created intergenerational trauma. Thousands more children needing expensive care placements.
It’s now costing more than £4 billion a year to pick up the pieces from shattering health visiting, family support, early help, social services, CAMHS.
It’s now costing more than £4 billion a year to pick up the pieces from shattering health visiting, family support, early help, social services, CAMHS.
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Noticing that SPEECH SOUND DISORDERS enthusiasts tend to put #ssd in their bios. ℹ️ #ssd largely a k-pop tag, short for
#StaySelcaDay. The tag #cssd (CHILDREN'S speech sound disorders) is relatively uncluttered. If we use it, it would soon be obvious that it's a 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES SLP/SLT tag/feed.
#StaySelcaDay. The tag #cssd (CHILDREN'S speech sound disorders) is relatively uncluttered. If we use it, it would soon be obvious that it's a 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES SLP/SLT tag/feed.
November 18, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Noticing that SPEECH SOUND DISORDERS enthusiasts tend to put #ssd in their bios. ℹ️ #ssd largely a k-pop tag, short for
#StaySelcaDay. The tag #cssd (CHILDREN'S speech sound disorders) is relatively uncluttered. If we use it, it would soon be obvious that it's a 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES SLP/SLT tag/feed.
#StaySelcaDay. The tag #cssd (CHILDREN'S speech sound disorders) is relatively uncluttered. If we use it, it would soon be obvious that it's a 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES SLP/SLT tag/feed.
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So here we go. This paper shares current consensus childhood #apraxia of speech research needs- I’m really proud to be the first author in a list of clinicians, emerging stars and leaders in #CAS
doi.org/10.1044/2024...
doi.org/10.1044/2024...
Research Priorities for Childhood Apraxia of Speech: A Long View
pubs.asha.org
November 19, 2024 at 1:43 AM
So here we go. This paper shares current consensus childhood #apraxia of speech research needs- I’m really proud to be the first author in a list of clinicians, emerging stars and leaders in #CAS
doi.org/10.1044/2024...
doi.org/10.1044/2024...
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The government is reviewing the curriculum and assessment system. Alongside @dcpcampaign.bsky.social we are urging parents and carers of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (#SEND) to ensure their children's needs are included by speaking up loud and clear: bit.ly/DCPCAR
Your Voice Matters: Shaping Education for ALL Children - Respond to the Curriculum & Assessment Review - Disabled Children's Partnership
bit.ly
November 18, 2024 at 8:24 PM
The government is reviewing the curriculum and assessment system. Alongside @dcpcampaign.bsky.social we are urging parents and carers of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (#SEND) to ensure their children's needs are included by speaking up loud and clear: bit.ly/DCPCAR
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Our latest research paper on the effectiveness of individualized & explicit intervention using the SHAPE CODING system for children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) is available here: pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...
#DevLangDis #bskySPEECHIES
#DevLangDis #bskySPEECHIES
The Effectiveness of Individualized Morphosyntactic Target Identification and Explicit Intervention Using the SHAPE CODING System for Children With Developmental Language Disorder and the Impact of Wi...
Purpose: We investigated the effectiveness of a highly individualized morphosyntactic
intervention using the SHAPE CODING™ system delivered at di...
pubs.asha.org
November 17, 2024 at 8:37 AM
Our latest research paper on the effectiveness of individualized & explicit intervention using the SHAPE CODING system for children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) is available here: pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...
#DevLangDis #bskySPEECHIES
#DevLangDis #bskySPEECHIES
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I'm looking to recruit a PhD student (Oct 2025 start) to work on a project looking at the range of cues that guide accurate sentence comprehension. Unfortunately the funding opportunity is just for students who would pay UK fees. If you know any suitable applicants please tell them to email me.
November 15, 2024 at 10:25 AM
I'm looking to recruit a PhD student (Oct 2025 start) to work on a project looking at the range of cues that guide accurate sentence comprehension. Unfortunately the funding opportunity is just for students who would pay UK fees. If you know any suitable applicants please tell them to email me.
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Sharing this alternative link to the Speech and Language Therapy starter pack. Let me know if you should be added! go.bsky.app/QKf7XWq
November 15, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Sharing this alternative link to the Speech and Language Therapy starter pack. Let me know if you should be added! go.bsky.app/QKf7XWq
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So lovely to start the week with so many new followers! Welcome all 🤗
Our (UK) children's sector #StarterPack is still a work in progress, so let us know if you'd like to be added: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Our (UK) children's sector #StarterPack is still a work in progress, so let us know if you'd like to be added: bsky.app/starter-pack...
November 18, 2024 at 9:55 AM
So lovely to start the week with so many new followers! Welcome all 🤗
Our (UK) children's sector #StarterPack is still a work in progress, so let us know if you'd like to be added: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Our (UK) children's sector #StarterPack is still a work in progress, so let us know if you'd like to be added: bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Thread for those new to BlueSky. First of all, welcome. It feels like a safer space, doesn’t it? But also perhaps a bit disorienting initially? Here’s some tips for getting your bearings.
November 13, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Thread for those new to BlueSky. First of all, welcome. It feels like a safer space, doesn’t it? But also perhaps a bit disorienting initially? Here’s some tips for getting your bearings.
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Calling UK Paediatric SLTs
Researchers at City are seeking to find out more about how UK paediatric SLTs select intervention goals and content.
If you would like to help, please complete our survey: bit.ly/3Z3DNWv
This will take about 40 minutes of your time.
Please share with others if you can.
Researchers at City are seeking to find out more about how UK paediatric SLTs select intervention goals and content.
If you would like to help, please complete our survey: bit.ly/3Z3DNWv
This will take about 40 minutes of your time.
Please share with others if you can.
From initial assessment to planning intervention for paediatric clients: what do UK SLTs need?
The study is aiming to find out which information allows speech and language therapists to select intervention goals. By overviewing speech and language therapists’ current practice in planning interv...
bit.ly
November 17, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Calling UK Paediatric SLTs
Researchers at City are seeking to find out more about how UK paediatric SLTs select intervention goals and content.
If you would like to help, please complete our survey: bit.ly/3Z3DNWv
This will take about 40 minutes of your time.
Please share with others if you can.
Researchers at City are seeking to find out more about how UK paediatric SLTs select intervention goals and content.
If you would like to help, please complete our survey: bit.ly/3Z3DNWv
This will take about 40 minutes of your time.
Please share with others if you can.
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We're hiring! We're looking for a Research Associate to join the Young Lives, Young Futures team. Check out the role here: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/099825-...
Research Associate
www.kcl.ac.uk
November 18, 2024 at 1:36 PM
We're hiring! We're looking for a Research Associate to join the Young Lives, Young Futures team. Check out the role here: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/099825-...
