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Dr Silke Fricke
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Senior Lecturer at The University of Sheffield. Speech and Language Therapist. Interested in speech/language/literacy development & difficulties, bilingualism, early intervention & evaluation. Views my own.
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Our Oxford colleagues in TICLD have produced this lovely blog on Developmental Language Disorder #DevLangDis in time for #DLDDay on this Friday 17th October. Have a read to learn more about DLD, and what we in TICLD are doing about it: www.education.ox.ac.uk/news/you-can...

#bskySPEECHIES
You can’t see DLD – but it is time the world did
www.education.ox.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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📣 Our fully-funded PhD studentship is open to UK and international applications!

If you are passionate about early child speech development, apply now 🤩 👇

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Fully-Funded PhD Studentship - Investigating speech outcomes in preterm-born children at Cardiff Metropolitan University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Fully-Funded PhD Studentship - Investigating speech outcomes in preterm-born children at Cardiff Metropolitan University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Professor Maggie Snowling will be presenting on Monday Oct 6th at 4pm at the SLCN specialist teacher network. All about DLD and literacy. Online. One not to be missed.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dldslcn-sp...

Free to members, which starts from £20 per year.
www.naplic.org.uk/membership/

#DevLangDis
October 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Big congratulations to our Best Conference Presentation and Poster winners: Yusshy Herliani, Teagan Riches, Ranaa Almasoudi! Our fourth winner, Alex Zosimidou, was unfortunately unable to join us for this photo! #PhD @sheffielduni.bsky.social
Photo showing three of our poster/presentation winners and Ray Wilkinson.
July 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Great day with fantastic talks and posters and interesting conversations at our 2025 PGR conference at the School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery @sheffielduni.bsky.social
Photo of opening slide of PGR conference
July 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Proud supervisor moment together with Annette Fox-Boyer - CONGRATULATIONS @wiebkefreese.bsky.social #ICPLA202
June 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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That’s a wrap for @icpla2025.bsky.social! Thank you for an amazing and thoroughly enjoyable conference! See you in Glasgow in 2027!
June 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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@rhonwenlewis.bsky.social now presenting on children's speech development in Welsh #SSD #ICPLA2025
June 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Research Assistant in Speech, Language and Communication Difficulties-Developing a Core Outcome Set for Developmental Language Disorder (DLD).
Specific purpose contract.
Closing Date: 3rd July 2025
See IASLT Job Opportunities
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#IASLT #IASLPeeps
June 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Are you an #SLT with a PhD? Are you research-active in #SpeechSoundDisorders #SSD? Would you like to join the UK and Ireland Child Speech Disorder Research Network
@csdrnetwork.bsky.social? 4 days left to submit your CV!
csdrnetwork.bsky.social CSDR Network @csdrnetwork.bsky.social · Apr 28
Are you a research-active Speech and Language Therapist #SLT with a PhD, and interested in #SpeechSoundDisorders #SSD? The UK and Ireland Child Speech Disorder Research Network (@csdrnetwork.bsky.social) is looking for a new member. Apply by 30 May 2025. #SLPeeps #wespeechies #bskySPEECHIES
New member sought for the UK and Ireland Child Speech Disorder Research Network (CSDRN) The CSDRNetwork seeks a research-active UK or Ireland-based Speech and Language Therapist. The network aims to raise and maintain the profile of developmental speech sound disorders (SSD) within the profession; promote implementation of evidence-based practice; and drive the research agenda. Volunteer (unpaid) members must be able to attend two meetings (mostly online) per year and contribute actively to the network. SLTs interested in applying should hold a PhD and show evidence of current research activity in an area of SSD. Please send a CV to S.Fricke@sheffield.ac.uk by Friday, 30th May 2025. Online interviews with up to three current CSDRNetwork members to be arranged in June. Informal enquiries to: Dr Silke Fricke (S.Fricke@sheffield.ac.uk).
May 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Are you a UK or Ireland-based #SLT with a PhD? Are you research-active in #SpeechSoundDisorders #SSD? Would you like to join the Child Speech Disorder Research Network @csdrnetwork.bsky.social? Submit your CV by 30 May 2025!
csdrnetwork.bsky.social CSDR Network @csdrnetwork.bsky.social · Apr 28
Are you a research-active Speech and Language Therapist #SLT with a PhD, and interested in #SpeechSoundDisorders #SSD? The UK and Ireland Child Speech Disorder Research Network (@csdrnetwork.bsky.social) is looking for a new member. Apply by 30 May 2025. #SLPeeps #wespeechies #bskySPEECHIES
New member sought for the UK and Ireland Child Speech Disorder Research Network (CSDRN) The CSDRNetwork seeks a research-active UK or Ireland-based Speech and Language Therapist. The network aims to raise and maintain the profile of developmental speech sound disorders (SSD) within the profession; promote implementation of evidence-based practice; and drive the research agenda. Volunteer (unpaid) members must be able to attend two meetings (mostly online) per year and contribute actively to the network. SLTs interested in applying should hold a PhD and show evidence of current research activity in an area of SSD. Please send a CV to S.Fricke@sheffield.ac.uk by Friday, 30th May 2025. Online interviews with up to three current CSDRNetwork members to be arranged in June. Informal enquiries to: Dr Silke Fricke (S.Fricke@sheffield.ac.uk).
April 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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coursebeetle.co.uk
Advanced Transcription Skills - 27th March 📆 with Dr Jill Titterington

An in-depth review of phonetic transcription skills:

✅ symbols from IPA - single sound, single word and connected speech levels
✅ narrow + broad transcription & the vowel system using the quadrilateral system

#CPD #SLT
Phonetic transcription skills
In-depth review of phonetic transcription skills. For SLTs who are confident in the basics or progressing from Transcription Refresher Course
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March 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Come and join my growing team! An exciting opportunity to help us to evaluate the ELIM-I. Please repost @drhelenslt.bsky.social @carolinebowen.bsky.social @naplic.bsky.social @yvonnewren.bsky.social @natmunro.bsky.social
education.ox.ac.uk Department of Education, University of Oxford @education.ox.ac.uk · Feb 27
🚨We’re Hiring: Research Assistant🚨

Join our research team working on national & international studies in Speech, Language & Communication Needs and SEND.

🔍 Interested? Find out more & apply here: bit.ly/43gBWAe

#Hiring #ResearchAssistant #SEND #SpeechLanguage #JobOpportunity
February 28, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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We have only one response each from Finland, Sweden, and Austria, can you help us reach more countries? We are looking for academics or researchers who teach on #bskySPEECHIES #SLT #SLP degree courses to fill out this survey on #DevLangDis: ucc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Please share widely!
ticld.bsky.social TICLD @ticld.bsky.social · Feb 4
As of today we only have two responses from non-English speaking countries. Please share the survey with your international colleagues so that we represent more than just the Anglophone countries.

Survey: ucc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

#DevLangDis #SLPeeps #bskySPEECHIES
February 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Reposted by Dr Silke Fricke
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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
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...
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November 27, 2024 at 4:43 PM
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@csdrnetwork.bsky.social are on Bluesky. Please follow us! We are passionate about #EBP for children with #SSD - developing, trialling and implementing best practice @emmapagnamenta.bsky.social @drhelenslt.bsky.social @frickesilke.bsky.social @carolinebowen.bsky.social @drjoannecleland.bsky.social
September 26, 2024 at 9:52 AM