Suzanne
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Suzanne
@suzannekareeslt.bsky.social
Paediatric Speech & Language Therapist and University Teacher passionate about early childhood development, speech, language and literacy.
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@bristol-sltru.bsky.social are looking to hire a Senior Research Associate (Qualitative) to the @misltoessd.bsky.social study team. Its a Band 7 role for 18 months. If you are interested, have a look, and maybe drop us a line to have a chat!! www.nbt.nhs.uk/careers/curr...
Current Vacancies | North Bristol NHS Trust
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July 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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🥳 WOOT! 🆓🔓 in @ashajournals.bsky.social A Pathway to Research-Reliable Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing for Children With #ChildApraxiaSpeech: A Multiphase Process for Training Community Clinicians. 2025. AJSLP doi.org/10.1044/2025... #childspeechdis #apraxia 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #DTTC
A Pathway to Research-Reliable Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing for Children With Childhood Apraxia of Speech: A Multiphase Process for Training Community Clinicians
Purpose: Mounting research supports the use of motor-based intervention (e.g., Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing [DTTC]) for children with chil...
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July 22, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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The QS World University Rankings 2026 have just been released and we’ve placed 92nd within the World Top 100! Huge congratulations and thanks to everyone in the University of Sheffield community for this achievement; from staff and students to alumni, supporters and friends around the world!
June 19, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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🎉 Happy #LearningDisabilityWeek everyone!

😊 Check out RCSLT's clinical resources for more information on how speech and language therapists can support people with learning disabilities and their families and carers.

#SLPeeps #LearningDisability

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Clinical information on learning disabilities | RCSLT
Read about the role of speech and language therapists in providing additional interventions for individuals with learning disabilities.
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June 19, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Open access paper on 246 Swedish adolescents with #DevLangDis and their caregivers: Predictors of academic achievement and educational support for adolescents with developmental language disorder (DLD) #SLPeeps doi.org/10.1177/0265...
Predictors of academic achievement and educational support for adolescents with developmental language disorder (DLD) - Olof Sandgren, Birgitta Sahlén, Christina Samuelsson, Anna Ekström, 2025
Purpose Developmental language disorder (DLD) has known consequences on academic performance, and adaptations to teaching methods and material are often require...
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May 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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✅Speech and language intervention programmes
✅In-house specialist support
✅Improved teacher training
These are all crucial ways that schools can support 2M children with speech and language challenges!

🗣The Government MUST invest in schools now: speechandlanguage.org.uk/the-issue/ou...
May 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
As a lover of crime fiction, Agatha Christie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle et al, I’ve just discovered and am very much enjoying your Hawthorn series @anthonyhorowitz.com Thank you! 😊👍
May 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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My work here is done! All the 📙 #EBPRoadmap prime movers and shakers are on @bsky.app ✔️ @pamelasnow.bsky.social, ✔️@pipbrandon.bsky.social ✔️ @lovethatsmile.bsky.social and, of course ✔️ @jandrpress.bsky.social !

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April 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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🆓🔓🆕 theconversation.com/students-are...

Williams, K. E., Burr, T., L'Estrange, L., & Walsh, K. (2025). Early childhood educators' use of neuroscience: Knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy and professional learning. Trends in neurosci & edu, 38, 100247. doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...

🦋 #bskySPEECHIES
Students are neither left or right brained: how some early childhood educators get this ‘neuromyth’ and others wrong
Understanding how the brain functions is important for teachers. We surveyed more than 500 early childhood educators about their neuroscience knowledge.
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April 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Update on Identification and Treatment of Infants and Toddlers With Suspected Childhood Apraxia of Speech | pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.1...
'a specific focus on the development of speech in facilitating early communication skills' is supported #speechsounddisorders #speechdifficulties
Update on Identification and Treatment of Infants and Toddlers With Suspected Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Purpose: The purpose of this tutorial is to (a) provide an updated review of the literature pertaining to proposed early features of childhood ap...
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April 2, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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We are running our 'Word Aware training for trainers' course again in November. If you want to support schools to use our whole school approach for supporting vocabulary, then this is for you. 5 half days, on line. Details: thinkingtalking.co.uk/finding-a-wo... @lang4think.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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A really thoughtful and interactive session. Thanks to all who attended and looking forward to the next one 👍😄
February 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Further support for the association and risk between SSD and impacts in language and literacy
Are Speech Sound Difficulties Risk Factors for Difficulties in Language and Reading Skills? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis - PubMed
https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.27849828.
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April 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Meet Professor Leitão, a leading speech-language therapist and researcher at Curtin University. She co-leads international projects on language, literacy, and mental health, with a strong focus on DLD. Professor Leitão is also an active member of Engage-DLD.
#DevLangDis #DLD
March 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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We're very disappointed that the Chancellor didn’t address investing in speech, language and communication skills in the #SpringStatement.

These vital skills are crucial for youth employment and long-term economic growth.

Let's ensure they’re part of the Spending Review!
Chancellor must prioritise communication skills for 1.9 million children to secure long-term economic prosperity
speechandlanguage.org.uk
March 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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🔐💰In @ashajournals.bsky.social 🇳🇱🇦🇺 pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/... #ChildSpeechDis A Non-word imitation task may be the most language neutral approach to speech Ax in bilinguals. SLPs assessing English–Dutch bilingual chn should pay attention to voice onset time, fricatives, & vowels.

🦋 #bskySPEECHIES
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March 27, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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Today’s the day some of the #investinslt team meet with Stephen Kinnock to discuss more investment in SLT

I know that those who can’t make the meeting will be there in spirit. We would’nt be here without each and everyone of you. 💙

Here’s hoping for something good to come from this. 🤞
March 24, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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🚨 Today, The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists is proud to be joining 45+ other organisations in supporting the briefing for Mikey Akers' #InvestInSLT petition debate.

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📺You can watch the debate from 4:30pm on this link: youtube.com/live/PQgj8HS...
January 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Important work here from Katherine Pritchard, Vesna Stojanovik & network members @emmapagnamenta.bsky.social & @jititterington.bsky.social on the value of working with parents to support children with Speech Sound Disorders #BskySpeechies doi.org/10.1111/1460...
How speech and language therapists and parents work together in the therapeutic process for children with speech sound disorder: A scoping review
Background: Speech sound disorders (SSDs) are broadly defined as difficulty producing speech sounds in childhood. Reported prevalence of SSD varies from 2.3% to 24.6%, depending on how SSD is define...
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November 19, 2024 at 8:58 AM
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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
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I’m hosting a new books program on BBC Radio 4, starting this Sunday at 4pm, and also on BBC Sounds!

It’s called TAKE FOUR BOOKS, and here’s the trailer 👇📻🎧

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Take Four Books - Welcome to Take Four Books - BBC Sounds
James Crawford discusses an author's new book and its connections to three other works.
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November 24, 2024 at 9:00 AM