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Stephen Parsons. Speech and Language Therapist, trainer and author. Chair of RADLD. Co-Chair of SLCA. Vocabulary, spoken language, oracy, Developmental Language Disorder #DevLangDis. #BskySpeechies thinkingtalking.co.uk
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· Sep 29
#DLDday is coming, so I’m starting a thread over a few days.
DLD (Developmental Language Disorder) is all about spoken language. Words and sentences are tricky for people with DLD. And people don’t grow out of it.
#DevLangDis @radld.bsky.social
DLD (Developmental Language Disorder) is all about spoken language. Words and sentences are tricky for people with DLD. And people don’t grow out of it.
#DevLangDis @radld.bsky.social
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Christmas is a time of joy, but also can be one of great stress & a challenge to mental health.
We hope everyone remembers that even on the darkest days you are not alone & help is out there.
The Norfolk Clubhouse support model is described as 'enlightened'... please read & share.
We hope everyone remembers that even on the darkest days you are not alone & help is out there.
The Norfolk Clubhouse support model is described as 'enlightened'... please read & share.
Mental health: the revolutionary power of the Clubhouse model
Mental health services have come a long way since asylums. But have today’s mental hospitals changed enough? Or, is there a new approach?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Christmas is a time of joy, but also can be one of great stress & a challenge to mental health.
We hope everyone remembers that even on the darkest days you are not alone & help is out there.
The Norfolk Clubhouse support model is described as 'enlightened'... please read & share.
We hope everyone remembers that even on the darkest days you are not alone & help is out there.
The Norfolk Clubhouse support model is described as 'enlightened'... please read & share.
How are the leftovers doing?
December 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
How are the leftovers doing?
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Sending strength to those who still have another couple of teaching days before the holidays 💪
December 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Sending strength to those who still have another couple of teaching days before the holidays 💪
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The Christmas comeback we need this year
In Korean, if someone is being foolish you could ask them 니 머리는 장식이냐? It means “Is your head a decoration?”
December 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The Christmas comeback we need this year
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It's bad - really bad: "At the end of 2024, 4.5m children – 31% of all UK children – were in relative poverty, living in households earning less than 60% of the UK’s median income. And 18% of all children were growing up in food-insecure households, without consistent access to nutritious food."
Child poverty: how bad is it in the UK?
Four and a half million children are growing up without basic necessities in the UK.
theconversation.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
It's bad - really bad: "At the end of 2024, 4.5m children – 31% of all UK children – were in relative poverty, living in households earning less than 60% of the UK’s median income. And 18% of all children were growing up in food-insecure households, without consistent access to nutritious food."
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If only arsenal supporters knew they were actually speaking Arabic.
December 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM
If only arsenal supporters knew they were actually speaking Arabic.
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Happy Tuesday E-DLD followers! Today's research study aimed to investigate the association between language and offending behaviour.
Article summary: www.engage-dld.com/post/languag...
Original article: doi.org/10.1111/1460...
#DevLangDis #DLD #offending #JusticeSystem
Article summary: www.engage-dld.com/post/languag...
Original article: doi.org/10.1111/1460...
#DevLangDis #DLD #offending #JusticeSystem
December 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Happy Tuesday E-DLD followers! Today's research study aimed to investigate the association between language and offending behaviour.
Article summary: www.engage-dld.com/post/languag...
Original article: doi.org/10.1111/1460...
#DevLangDis #DLD #offending #JusticeSystem
Article summary: www.engage-dld.com/post/languag...
Original article: doi.org/10.1111/1460...
#DevLangDis #DLD #offending #JusticeSystem
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I was on the #RCSLT podcast to discuss our #IJLCD paper where we identified 6 questions we can ask parents of 2-3-year-olds that have >70% sensitivity and specificity for predicting language outcome 8 years later when the child is 11-12yo #DLD #DevLangDis 1/3
www.buzzsprout.com/1211822/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/1211822/epis...
IJLCD - Six questions, eight years later: identifying early predictors of language development - RCSLT - Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
In this podcast we chat with Loretta Gasparini about the research she led on finding a robust predictor tool for persistent language disorders. The aim of this research is to identify young chil...
www.buzzsprout.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I was on the #RCSLT podcast to discuss our #IJLCD paper where we identified 6 questions we can ask parents of 2-3-year-olds that have >70% sensitivity and specificity for predicting language outcome 8 years later when the child is 11-12yo #DLD #DevLangDis 1/3
www.buzzsprout.com/1211822/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/1211822/epis...
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E-DLD's Christmas countdown - Day 3!
Today’s fact is that some conditions co-occur with DLD. For example, DLD commonly occurs with ADHD, dyslexia and reading comprehension difficulties.
See where we get our facts: radld.org/about/dld/dl...
#DevLangDis #DLD #Day3 #CountdownToChristmas
Today’s fact is that some conditions co-occur with DLD. For example, DLD commonly occurs with ADHD, dyslexia and reading comprehension difficulties.
See where we get our facts: radld.org/about/dld/dl...
#DevLangDis #DLD #Day3 #CountdownToChristmas
December 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
E-DLD's Christmas countdown - Day 3!
Today’s fact is that some conditions co-occur with DLD. For example, DLD commonly occurs with ADHD, dyslexia and reading comprehension difficulties.
See where we get our facts: radld.org/about/dld/dl...
#DevLangDis #DLD #Day3 #CountdownToChristmas
Today’s fact is that some conditions co-occur with DLD. For example, DLD commonly occurs with ADHD, dyslexia and reading comprehension difficulties.
See where we get our facts: radld.org/about/dld/dl...
#DevLangDis #DLD #Day3 #CountdownToChristmas
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Time for a little activism to improve the lives of children and young people with #SLCN!
@speechandlanguk.bsky.social and the Disabled Children's Partnership have written a brilliant report.
Read it here and then share it with Rachel Reeves.
speechandlanguage.org.uk/the-issue/fi...
@speechandlanguk.bsky.social and the Disabled Children's Partnership have written a brilliant report.
Read it here and then share it with Rachel Reeves.
speechandlanguage.org.uk/the-issue/fi...
Fight for ordinary
How to spend less and get better outcomes for children with speech and language challenges
speechandlanguage.org.uk
December 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Time for a little activism to improve the lives of children and young people with #SLCN!
@speechandlanguk.bsky.social and the Disabled Children's Partnership have written a brilliant report.
Read it here and then share it with Rachel Reeves.
speechandlanguage.org.uk/the-issue/fi...
@speechandlanguk.bsky.social and the Disabled Children's Partnership have written a brilliant report.
Read it here and then share it with Rachel Reeves.
speechandlanguage.org.uk/the-issue/fi...
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'Christmas Shopping, Regent's Street' (from 'The Colour of London', 1907) by Yoshio Markino
December 17, 2025 at 8:49 AM
'Christmas Shopping, Regent's Street' (from 'The Colour of London', 1907) by Yoshio Markino
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We welcome the announcement of an increase in the Early Years Pupil Premium. This funding makes a real difference to closing the attainment gap before it grows.
Our guide can help early years settings decide how to use this money to create the biggest impact: tinyurl.com/msu9c8hz
#EduSky
Our guide can help early years settings decide how to use this money to create the biggest impact: tinyurl.com/msu9c8hz
#EduSky
December 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
We welcome the announcement of an increase in the Early Years Pupil Premium. This funding makes a real difference to closing the attainment gap before it grows.
Our guide can help early years settings decide how to use this money to create the biggest impact: tinyurl.com/msu9c8hz
#EduSky
Our guide can help early years settings decide how to use this money to create the biggest impact: tinyurl.com/msu9c8hz
#EduSky
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Woman in a cafê: A mocha please.
Me: A mocha! Excellent. I forgot those existed.
Woman: If you can’t add chocolate this time of year, when can you?
Me: A mocha! Excellent. I forgot those existed.
Woman: If you can’t add chocolate this time of year, when can you?
December 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Woman in a cafê: A mocha please.
Me: A mocha! Excellent. I forgot those existed.
Woman: If you can’t add chocolate this time of year, when can you?
Me: A mocha! Excellent. I forgot those existed.
Woman: If you can’t add chocolate this time of year, when can you?
Time for a little activism to improve the lives of children and young people with #SLCN!
@speechandlanguk.bsky.social and the Disabled Children's Partnership have written a brilliant report.
Read it here and then share it with Rachel Reeves.
speechandlanguage.org.uk/the-issue/fi...
@speechandlanguk.bsky.social and the Disabled Children's Partnership have written a brilliant report.
Read it here and then share it with Rachel Reeves.
speechandlanguage.org.uk/the-issue/fi...
Fight for ordinary
How to spend less and get better outcomes for children with speech and language challenges
speechandlanguage.org.uk
December 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Time for a little activism to improve the lives of children and young people with #SLCN!
@speechandlanguk.bsky.social and the Disabled Children's Partnership have written a brilliant report.
Read it here and then share it with Rachel Reeves.
speechandlanguage.org.uk/the-issue/fi...
@speechandlanguk.bsky.social and the Disabled Children's Partnership have written a brilliant report.
Read it here and then share it with Rachel Reeves.
speechandlanguage.org.uk/the-issue/fi...
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Recommended thread. This is a beautiful piece of work which helps us to understand the separate components which make up language understanding.
New preprint on prosody in the brain!
tinyurl.com/2ndswjwu
HeeSoKim NiharikaJhingan SaraSwords @hopekean.bsky.social @coltoncasto.bsky.social JenniferCole @evfedorenko.bsky.social
Prosody areas are distinct from pitch, speech, and multiple-demand areas, and partly overlap with lang+social areas→🧵
tinyurl.com/2ndswjwu
HeeSoKim NiharikaJhingan SaraSwords @hopekean.bsky.social @coltoncasto.bsky.social JenniferCole @evfedorenko.bsky.social
Prosody areas are distinct from pitch, speech, and multiple-demand areas, and partly overlap with lang+social areas→🧵
A distinct set of brain areas process prosody--the melody of speech
Human speech carries information beyond the words themselves: pitch, loudness, duration, and pauses--jointly referred to as 'prosody'--emphasize critical words, help group words into phrases, and conv...
tinyurl.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Recommended thread. This is a beautiful piece of work which helps us to understand the separate components which make up language understanding.
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Grey seals colonies are an incredible sight – but pups can be injured or abandoned when people get too close.
Amaya (11) explains how everyone can help Norfolk’s colony thrive. ⤵️
eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...
Amaya (11) explains how everyone can help Norfolk’s colony thrive. ⤵️
eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...
Young Norfolk activist fights to protect grey seal pups
Eleven-year-old wildlife activist Amaya Edwards urges beachgoers to protect Norfolk’s grey seal pups by keeping safe distances
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Grey seals colonies are an incredible sight – but pups can be injured or abandoned when people get too close.
Amaya (11) explains how everyone can help Norfolk’s colony thrive. ⤵️
eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...
Amaya (11) explains how everyone can help Norfolk’s colony thrive. ⤵️
eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...
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Christmas Words of Wonder
December 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Christmas Words of Wonder
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We're glad we have an Education Secretary that recognises this. Thank you, @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social!🌟
Children with speech and language challenges form the biggest group of children with SEND. Prioritising support for them will help you fix the SEND system. Here's how: https://bit.ly/4aL44PC
Children with speech and language challenges form the biggest group of children with SEND. Prioritising support for them will help you fix the SEND system. Here's how: https://bit.ly/4aL44PC
December 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We're glad we have an Education Secretary that recognises this. Thank you, @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social!🌟
Children with speech and language challenges form the biggest group of children with SEND. Prioritising support for them will help you fix the SEND system. Here's how: https://bit.ly/4aL44PC
Children with speech and language challenges form the biggest group of children with SEND. Prioritising support for them will help you fix the SEND system. Here's how: https://bit.ly/4aL44PC
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Hello E-DLD followers! Today's research study aimed to investigate whether parental emotional regulation is related to the emotional regulation of their children.
Article summary: www.engage-dld.com/post/does-pa...
Original article: doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
#DevLangDis #DLD #EmotionalRegulation
Article summary: www.engage-dld.com/post/does-pa...
Original article: doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
#DevLangDis #DLD #EmotionalRegulation
December 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Hello E-DLD followers! Today's research study aimed to investigate whether parental emotional regulation is related to the emotional regulation of their children.
Article summary: www.engage-dld.com/post/does-pa...
Original article: doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
#DevLangDis #DLD #EmotionalRegulation
Article summary: www.engage-dld.com/post/does-pa...
Original article: doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
#DevLangDis #DLD #EmotionalRegulation
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Last week the government indicated that creating more specialist places in mainstream can bring down SEND spending but sector leaders and heads have warned that this won't deliver significant savings in the short term and needs more than just capital funding. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Don't overestimate resource base savings, heads warn Labour
Leaders question education secretary's suggestion that creating more specialist places in mainstream schools will address SEND cost pressures outlined in Budget
www.tes.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Last week the government indicated that creating more specialist places in mainstream can bring down SEND spending but sector leaders and heads have warned that this won't deliver significant savings in the short term and needs more than just capital funding. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
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Something that always strikes me about these reports is that parents withdraw their children when inflexible systems are put in place and they can't cope. So in the end it becomes a way of removing learners with higher levels of needs, whatever the original intention.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Pupils withdrawn from Mossbourne Federation schools in Essex - BBC News
Louise Butcher is one of many parents who say a federation's two schools are too strict with pupils.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Something that always strikes me about these reports is that parents withdraw their children when inflexible systems are put in place and they can't cope. So in the end it becomes a way of removing learners with higher levels of needs, whatever the original intention.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Oh my goodness, it gets earlier every year.
The Word of the Year thread starts here with the
2025 German Youth WotY: das crazy
uk.news.yahoo.com/das-crazy-vo...
The Word of the Year thread starts here with the
2025 German Youth WotY: das crazy
uk.news.yahoo.com/das-crazy-vo...
'Das crazy' has been voted German Youth Word of the Year 2025
Every year, Germany’s youth select their annual "Youth Word of the Year", which is voted for by youngsters around the country.View on euronews
uk.news.yahoo.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Oh my goodness, it gets earlier every year.
The Word of the Year thread starts here with the
2025 German Youth WotY: das crazy
uk.news.yahoo.com/das-crazy-vo...
The Word of the Year thread starts here with the
2025 German Youth WotY: das crazy
uk.news.yahoo.com/das-crazy-vo...
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Mum walking past me (over her shoulder): Come on!
Little boy: I can’t use my legs to go faster.
His mum: Why not?
Little boy: Because they don’t want me to.
Little boy: I can’t use my legs to go faster.
His mum: Why not?
Little boy: Because they don’t want me to.
December 11, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Mum walking past me (over her shoulder): Come on!
Little boy: I can’t use my legs to go faster.
His mum: Why not?
Little boy: Because they don’t want me to.
Little boy: I can’t use my legs to go faster.
His mum: Why not?
Little boy: Because they don’t want me to.