Kim Turner
@kimt-slt.bsky.social
Speech and Language Therapist and Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. Research and clinical interests - barriers to access to justice for those with speech, language and communication needs. #criminaljustice #mentalhealth #devlangdis
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Kim Turner
@kimt-slt.bsky.social
· Nov 22
The 1st Speech and Language Therapy starter pack is full🙌🏻 Still loads of SLT/SLPs joining so who is going to ut together the second?! go.bsky.app/QKf7XWq
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To support DLD Day 2025, we’ve updated our free DLD guide for families - 135 articles addressing FAQs #devlangdis #DLDday www.banterspeech.com.au/dld-a-free-g...
DLD: A FREE Guide for Families – 4th edition out today! [download] | Banter Speech & Language
Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) is common. But - compared with neurodevelopmental disorders like autism, ADHD, and learning disorders - DLD is still not well known. Back in 2020, we created a DL...
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October 17, 2025 at 9:53 AM
To support DLD Day 2025, we’ve updated our free DLD guide for families - 135 articles addressing FAQs #devlangdis #DLDday www.banterspeech.com.au/dld-a-free-g...
Today is #DLDDay Awareness of Developmental Language Disorder is rising but not well understood. Did you know that it carries on into adulthood? That it doesn't have to be in conjunction with any other condition? Affects 7% of the population? Find out more here: radld.org/about/dld/ #devlangdis
October 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Today is #DLDDay Awareness of Developmental Language Disorder is rising but not well understood. Did you know that it carries on into adulthood? That it doesn't have to be in conjunction with any other condition? Affects 7% of the population? Find out more here: radld.org/about/dld/ #devlangdis
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This Thursday (Oct 2nd) @hannahhobson.bsky.social is presenting @radld.bsky.social's @deevybee.bsky.social lecture on camouflaging in #DevLangDis. Don't miss it. Recording tickets also available. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2025-d...
#DLDday
#DLDday
The 2025 Dorothy Bishop Lecture with Dr Hannah Hobson
How we see (and don’t see) DLD: camouflaging and others’ perceptions of communication needs.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This Thursday (Oct 2nd) @hannahhobson.bsky.social is presenting @radld.bsky.social's @deevybee.bsky.social lecture on camouflaging in #DevLangDis. Don't miss it. Recording tickets also available. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2025-d...
#DLDday
#DLDday
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Please check out the Top 10 Research Priority Questions for #DevLangDis. Newly launched after extensive consultations involving people with DLD, families and professionals. www.rcslt.org/news/top-que...
Top questions for DLD research priorities revealed | RCSLT
www.rcslt.org
September 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Please check out the Top 10 Research Priority Questions for #DevLangDis. Newly launched after extensive consultations involving people with DLD, families and professionals. www.rcslt.org/news/top-que...
Day 2 at #VACJS25 starting with a tech 'mare for my presentation!! Lora Briski from Slovenia presented on the increase on non native speakers attending court and how they are supported - need for specialist interpreters and careful assessment of language skills
September 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Day 2 at #VACJS25 starting with a tech 'mare for my presentation!! Lora Briski from Slovenia presented on the increase on non native speakers attending court and how they are supported - need for specialist interpreters and careful assessment of language skills
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Onn October 2nd Dr Hannah Hobson from the University of York will be presenting this year's Dorothy Bishop lecture with the title 'How we see (and don’t see) DLD: camouflaging and others’ perceptions of communication needs.'
#DevLangDis
#DLDday
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#DevLangDis
#DLDday
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September 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Onn October 2nd Dr Hannah Hobson from the University of York will be presenting this year's Dorothy Bishop lecture with the title 'How we see (and don’t see) DLD: camouflaging and others’ perceptions of communication needs.'
#DevLangDis
#DLDday
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2025-d...
#DevLangDis
#DLDday
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2025-d...
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Happy Thursday E-DLD followers! Here is today's summarised study.
Summary: www.engage-dld.com/post/does-a-...
Original article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#devlangdis #languagedisorders #engagedld
Summary: www.engage-dld.com/post/does-a-...
Original article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#devlangdis #languagedisorders #engagedld
September 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Happy Thursday E-DLD followers! Here is today's summarised study.
Summary: www.engage-dld.com/post/does-a-...
Original article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#devlangdis #languagedisorders #engagedld
Summary: www.engage-dld.com/post/does-a-...
Original article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#devlangdis #languagedisorders #engagedld
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We will soon be publishing a new version of the fact sheet on developmental language disorder (DLD)! It is now being translated into 24 different languages. Now we have it in Brazilian Portuguese, Slovenian, Estonian, German, French, Indonesian, Latvian, Norwegian and Danish! Who's next? #devlangdis
September 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
We will soon be publishing a new version of the fact sheet on developmental language disorder (DLD)! It is now being translated into 24 different languages. Now we have it in Brazilian Portuguese, Slovenian, Estonian, German, French, Indonesian, Latvian, Norwegian and Danish! Who's next? #devlangdis
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How do we navigate questions of mental illness, ‘insanity’ and culpability in our justice system?
Bradley Hillier and Rhona Friedman discuss on the latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast.
🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/319ef0
#CriminalJustice #MentalHealth #TransformJusticePodcast
Bradley Hillier and Rhona Friedman discuss on the latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast.
🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/319ef0
#CriminalJustice #MentalHealth #TransformJusticePodcast
September 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
How do we navigate questions of mental illness, ‘insanity’ and culpability in our justice system?
Bradley Hillier and Rhona Friedman discuss on the latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast.
🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/319ef0
#CriminalJustice #MentalHealth #TransformJusticePodcast
Bradley Hillier and Rhona Friedman discuss on the latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast.
🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/319ef0
#CriminalJustice #MentalHealth #TransformJusticePodcast
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Hello Everyone,
Two free webinars for ElevenLabs voice banking/cloning both Wed 17th Sep (UK/US)
1: UK 11am / EST 6am / AEST 8pm
2: UK 4.30pm / EST 11:30am / AEST 01:30am
Ask questions, share best practices, hear on updates
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Use the drop-down pick list to select
Two free webinars for ElevenLabs voice banking/cloning both Wed 17th Sep (UK/US)
1: UK 11am / EST 6am / AEST 8pm
2: UK 4.30pm / EST 11:30am / AEST 01:30am
Ask questions, share best practices, hear on updates
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Voice Cloning Webinar 2a for Impact Users, Clinicians, and Nonprofit Partners | ElevenLabs
Join certified speech-language pathologists and ElevenLabs Impact team members Richard Cave and Gabi Leibowitz for our next Impact Program Webinar.Voice cloning is a powerful tool, and we know our ...
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September 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Hello Everyone,
Two free webinars for ElevenLabs voice banking/cloning both Wed 17th Sep (UK/US)
1: UK 11am / EST 6am / AEST 8pm
2: UK 4.30pm / EST 11:30am / AEST 01:30am
Ask questions, share best practices, hear on updates
app.livestorm.co/elevenlabs/v...
Use the drop-down pick list to select
Two free webinars for ElevenLabs voice banking/cloning both Wed 17th Sep (UK/US)
1: UK 11am / EST 6am / AEST 8pm
2: UK 4.30pm / EST 11:30am / AEST 01:30am
Ask questions, share best practices, hear on updates
app.livestorm.co/elevenlabs/v...
Use the drop-down pick list to select
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🆓🔓🦋 #bskySPEECHIES lack of diverse voices steering the profession, both locally & globally, raises concerns of inadvertently marginalising groups & perpetuating the same views & practices, thereby limiting the impact of SLP services & risking widening inequities. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Amplifying the voices of underrepresented speech-language pathologists: A scoping review using the transformative research paradigm
To investigate the characteristics of studies that included underrepresented speech-language pathologists (SLPs) as research participants.A scoping review was conducted using the principles of the ...
www.tandfonline.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
🆓🔓🦋 #bskySPEECHIES lack of diverse voices steering the profession, both locally & globally, raises concerns of inadvertently marginalising groups & perpetuating the same views & practices, thereby limiting the impact of SLP services & risking widening inequities. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
If you live in/near Chicago please go support the wonderful Eve 🙏🏻 #slpeeps #wespeechies
Documentary film by Eve Keepings de Jesus from Mountain Ash 🏴
Selective Mutism - Getting The Word Out
Tuesday October 7, 2025
Davis Theater
4614 North Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
#SelectiveMutism #selectivemutismawareness
Selective Mutism - Getting The Word Out
Tuesday October 7, 2025
Davis Theater
4614 North Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
#SelectiveMutism #selectivemutismawareness
August 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
If you live in/near Chicago please go support the wonderful Eve 🙏🏻 #slpeeps #wespeechies
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Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) is a difficulty with understanding & using words & sentences.
That might seem like a small issue to you, but to people with DLD this can be a huge barrier. The biggest barrier of all is NEXT TO NO ONE HAS HEARD OF DLD.
Help us change that!
#DLDday
#DevLangDis
That might seem like a small issue to you, but to people with DLD this can be a huge barrier. The biggest barrier of all is NEXT TO NO ONE HAS HEARD OF DLD.
Help us change that!
#DLDday
#DevLangDis
August 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) is a difficulty with understanding & using words & sentences.
That might seem like a small issue to you, but to people with DLD this can be a huge barrier. The biggest barrier of all is NEXT TO NO ONE HAS HEARD OF DLD.
Help us change that!
#DLDday
#DevLangDis
That might seem like a small issue to you, but to people with DLD this can be a huge barrier. The biggest barrier of all is NEXT TO NO ONE HAS HEARD OF DLD.
Help us change that!
#DLDday
#DevLangDis
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Do you want to present at our next event?
Message us or email us offendersig@gmail.com
It's a great CPD opportunity!
Message us or email us offendersig@gmail.com
It's a great CPD opportunity!
August 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Do you want to present at our next event?
Message us or email us offendersig@gmail.com
It's a great CPD opportunity!
Message us or email us offendersig@gmail.com
It's a great CPD opportunity!
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It's utterly mad.
These people are the opposite of terrorists.
THEY WANT PEACE.
The police know they're not terrorists.
The government knows they're not terrorists.
Yet, on the Home Secretary's orders, they're being arrested under the Terrorism Act.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
These people are the opposite of terrorists.
THEY WANT PEACE.
The police know they're not terrorists.
The government knows they're not terrorists.
Yet, on the Home Secretary's orders, they're being arrested under the Terrorism Act.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
More than 100 arrested across UK at protests related to Palestine Action
Police in London detain scores of people and confiscate placards under section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2025 at 5:27 AM
It's utterly mad.
These people are the opposite of terrorists.
THEY WANT PEACE.
The police know they're not terrorists.
The government knows they're not terrorists.
Yet, on the Home Secretary's orders, they're being arrested under the Terrorism Act.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
These people are the opposite of terrorists.
THEY WANT PEACE.
The police know they're not terrorists.
The government knows they're not terrorists.
Yet, on the Home Secretary's orders, they're being arrested under the Terrorism Act.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Huge congratulations to the newly annointed Dr @inclusionista.bsky.social 🥳 - such an important and insightful piece of work - Marginalised communities in children’s speech and language therapy: the experiences of primary carers living with social and economic disadvantage
July 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Huge congratulations to the newly annointed Dr @inclusionista.bsky.social 🥳 - such an important and insightful piece of work - Marginalised communities in children’s speech and language therapy: the experiences of primary carers living with social and economic disadvantage
Great day with lots of like-minded individuals thinking about how language can change to support children in contact with the youth justice system www.cost.eu/actions/CA22...
July 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Great day with lots of like-minded individuals thinking about how language can change to support children in contact with the youth justice system www.cost.eu/actions/CA22...
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Calling autism community members and justice professionals (with experience in Magistrates/Crown Court) to help co-design new, accessible resources for autistic people involved in criminal court systems in 🏴 & 🏴
Autism community: lnkd.in/ekxQ_wV5
Justice professionals: lnkd.in/ee8SXbmd
#AutRes
Autism community: lnkd.in/ekxQ_wV5
Justice professionals: lnkd.in/ee8SXbmd
#AutRes
June 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Calling autism community members and justice professionals (with experience in Magistrates/Crown Court) to help co-design new, accessible resources for autistic people involved in criminal court systems in 🏴 & 🏴
Autism community: lnkd.in/ekxQ_wV5
Justice professionals: lnkd.in/ee8SXbmd
#AutRes
Autism community: lnkd.in/ekxQ_wV5
Justice professionals: lnkd.in/ee8SXbmd
#AutRes
Happy to be at the @n8prp.bsky.social conference today focusing on Neurodiversity in the Criminal justice system
June 26, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Happy to be at the @n8prp.bsky.social conference today focusing on Neurodiversity in the Criminal justice system
Really good to see more research for #SLTsinMH! Perfect timing after discussion yesterday about assessment 👌🏻 @susanguthrieslt.bsky.social
Wallis, A. K., Westerveld, M. F., & McKenzie, M. L. (2025). Knowledge, attitude, and practice in communication assessment of speech-language pathologists working with adolescents with mental health concerns. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 1–15. doi.org/10.1080/1754...
Knowledge, attitude, and practice in communication assessment of speech-language pathologists working with adolescents with mental health concerns
The recovery model underlying mental health services emphasises the importance of the voice of the adolescent client in identifying needs, goals, and negotiating intervention. This study aimed to c...
doi.org
June 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Really good to see more research for #SLTsinMH! Perfect timing after discussion yesterday about assessment 👌🏻 @susanguthrieslt.bsky.social
Happy to be attending the Mental health symposium for Speech and Language Therapists @leedsbeckett.bsky.social organised by @susanguthrieslt.bsky.social. First up Rachel Sievers talking about the impact DLD has on adults regarding mental health and wellbeing #SLTsinMH
June 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Happy to be attending the Mental health symposium for Speech and Language Therapists @leedsbeckett.bsky.social organised by @susanguthrieslt.bsky.social. First up Rachel Sievers talking about the impact DLD has on adults regarding mental health and wellbeing #SLTsinMH
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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...
doi.org
May 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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...
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A pleasure to talk with Dr Shaun Ziegenfusz of the DLD project about working with adults with DLD (developmental language disorder) last week for the DLD Project podcast last week. #developmentallanguagedisorder #DLD #DevLangDis #RADLD #inclusion #neurodiversity #RADLD #NAPLIC #AFASIC #DLDproject
May 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
A pleasure to talk with Dr Shaun Ziegenfusz of the DLD project about working with adults with DLD (developmental language disorder) last week for the DLD Project podcast last week. #developmentallanguagedisorder #DLD #DevLangDis #RADLD #inclusion #neurodiversity #RADLD #NAPLIC #AFASIC #DLDproject
Good to be at @cjalliance.bsky.social and @manmetuni.bsky.social 's Criminal justice research symposium. Looking forward to some interesting discussions.
May 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Good to be at @cjalliance.bsky.social and @manmetuni.bsky.social 's Criminal justice research symposium. Looking forward to some interesting discussions.