Louise Coigley
@lisntell.bsky.social
MRCSLT, Founder Lis'n Tell:live inclusive storytelling. Founder: #SaLTBkGrp Co-Founder/ Chair of Storytelling in SaLT Clinical Excellence Network(CEN) Lived experience #scoliosis #spinalfusion #talipes www.lisntell.co.uk #bskyspeechies
SO interesting - now we need research (anybody know of any?) where we measure how iconic gesture supports intonation-which supports comprehensn and recall of story/vocab. I observe 100's times a yr running trainings how gestures linked to spkn concepts help the voice to convey meaning & experience.
🔐💰 in @ashajournals.bsky.social Davison, K. E., Strang, C., Gray-Bauer, H., Liu, T., & Zuk, J. (2025). Caregiver Oral #Reading #Prosody Is Associated With Preschoolers' Storybook Listening Comprehension. JSLHR, 1–13. doi.org/10.1044/2025... Makes a lot of sense, 🦋 #bskyspeechies
Caregiver Oral Reading Prosody Is Associated With Preschoolers' Storybook Listening Comprehension
Purpose: Shared reading is one of the most language-enriched contexts in children's
home environments. A salient, understudied characteristic of ...
doi.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
SO interesting - now we need research (anybody know of any?) where we measure how iconic gesture supports intonation-which supports comprehensn and recall of story/vocab. I observe 100's times a yr running trainings how gestures linked to spkn concepts help the voice to convey meaning & experience.
Touchd to be invitd to the Memorial Wednesday night for the wife of #SirMarkRylance: composer & playwright #ClaireVanKampen I've never wept so much at a performance. Exquisite portrayal of power of #music & #song thro CVK's wit & wisdom, MK's inner child, #MelodyGrove's grace & #IestynDavies voice!👏
November 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Touchd to be invitd to the Memorial Wednesday night for the wife of #SirMarkRylance: composer & playwright #ClaireVanKampen I've never wept so much at a performance. Exquisite portrayal of power of #music & #song thro CVK's wit & wisdom, MK's inner child, #MelodyGrove's grace & #IestynDavies voice!👏
Incredible response to Scoliosis Support & Research Film. So many messages from #scoliosis warriors feeling recognised & encouraged by the documentary. And one who didn't, whom we are rallying around ♥️🤞 Very pleased & amazed to have been involved www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqZI...
Living With Scoliosis | Documentary Short
YouTube video by Scoliosis Support & Research
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Incredible response to Scoliosis Support & Research Film. So many messages from #scoliosis warriors feeling recognised & encouraged by the documentary. And one who didn't, whom we are rallying around ♥️🤞 Very pleased & amazed to have been involved www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqZI...
A sign of something not working or working that I get invited back again & again!? Lis'n Tell #liveinclusivestorytelling back at Blossom House Schl www.blossomhouseschool.co.uk 3rd time (intro day),then 4th time back to Athens, Greece, to train Speech Pathologists in the Spring 2026 (2 days: Part 1)
Blossom House School - Home
www.blossomhouseschool.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A sign of something not working or working that I get invited back again & again!? Lis'n Tell #liveinclusivestorytelling back at Blossom House Schl www.blossomhouseschool.co.uk 3rd time (intro day),then 4th time back to Athens, Greece, to train Speech Pathologists in the Spring 2026 (2 days: Part 1)
Excitedly preparing to train 50 Attention Autism Practitioners day after tmw #liveinclusivestorytelling #lisntell #InclusiveEducation #autismawareness Gathering my #storytelling tools....only sad to be going away from husband The Dusk Gardener, and lovely SaLT who stays with us Monday nights.
November 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Excitedly preparing to train 50 Attention Autism Practitioners day after tmw #liveinclusivestorytelling #lisntell #InclusiveEducation #autismawareness Gathering my #storytelling tools....only sad to be going away from husband The Dusk Gardener, and lovely SaLT who stays with us Monday nights.
#SaLTBkGrp tonight:"Nothing about AAC users without AAC users: a call for meaningful inclusion in research, technology development, and professional training"
Grant Blasko, Janice Light, David McNaughton, Bob Williams & Jordyn Zimmerman-Published online: 13 Jun 2025.
Grant Blasko, Janice Light, David McNaughton, Bob Williams & Jordyn Zimmerman-Published online: 13 Jun 2025.
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
#SaLTBkGrp tonight:"Nothing about AAC users without AAC users: a call for meaningful inclusion in research, technology development, and professional training"
Grant Blasko, Janice Light, David McNaughton, Bob Williams & Jordyn Zimmerman-Published online: 13 Jun 2025.
Grant Blasko, Janice Light, David McNaughton, Bob Williams & Jordyn Zimmerman-Published online: 13 Jun 2025.
Some poignant and celebratory moments in the Q'nA at the launch of Living with Scoliosis photo courtesy of Amelie scoliosis.with.at c/o scoliosis research uk ssr.org.uk #scoliosis #scoliosisawareness #scoliosiswarrior
October 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Some poignant and celebratory moments in the Q'nA at the launch of Living with Scoliosis photo courtesy of Amelie scoliosis.with.at c/o scoliosis research uk ssr.org.uk #scoliosis #scoliosisawareness #scoliosiswarrior
Amazing to be in this documentary short & to meet the other wonderful participants.c/o Scoliosis Research UK 🤍 I am the oldest, youngest is six.She was dressed like a sparkly angel & said " I wd tell someone [just diagnosed] I have scoliosis too, you're not alone".
October 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Amazing to be in this documentary short & to meet the other wonderful participants.c/o Scoliosis Research UK 🤍 I am the oldest, youngest is six.She was dressed like a sparkly angel & said " I wd tell someone [just diagnosed] I have scoliosis too, you're not alone".
Lovely to be called in as a kind of #storytelling ambulance - and great to be able to rearrange day so can be there to run #CPD for #Teachers #Authors #Storytellers #Therapists #liveinclusivestorytelling #lisntell #education #accessibility www.hastingsstoryfest.org.uk/2025-adults :
October 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Lovely to be called in as a kind of #storytelling ambulance - and great to be able to rearrange day so can be there to run #CPD for #Teachers #Authors #Storytellers #Therapists #liveinclusivestorytelling #lisntell #education #accessibility www.hastingsstoryfest.org.uk/2025-adults :
Feels extraordinary and very moving to be featured in this documentary. Looking forward to meeting the others at the launch on October 28th London #scoliosis #spinalsurgery #couragetogether #wearyourcurve youtu.be/p-0xewRfPNc?...
Living with Scoliosis | Documentary Trailer
YouTube video by Scoliosis Support & Research
youtu.be
October 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Feels extraordinary and very moving to be featured in this documentary. Looking forward to meeting the others at the launch on October 28th London #scoliosis #spinalsurgery #couragetogether #wearyourcurve youtu.be/p-0xewRfPNc?...
NEXT #SaLTBkGrp Thurs 6 NOV 25 8-9.15pm GMT
Nothing about #AAC users without AAC users:
a call for meaningful inclusion in research, technology development & professional training.
Grant Blasko,Janice Light, David McNaughton,Bob Williams & Jordyn Zimmerman(2025)41:3, 184-194 doi.org/10.1080/0743...
Nothing about #AAC users without AAC users:
a call for meaningful inclusion in research, technology development & professional training.
Grant Blasko,Janice Light, David McNaughton,Bob Williams & Jordyn Zimmerman(2025)41:3, 184-194 doi.org/10.1080/0743...
Nothing about AAC users without AAC users: a call for meaningful inclusion in research, technology development, and professional training
Historically, priorities for research, technology development, and professional training in the field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) have been identified largely by nondisabled...
doi.org
October 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
NEXT #SaLTBkGrp Thurs 6 NOV 25 8-9.15pm GMT
Nothing about #AAC users without AAC users:
a call for meaningful inclusion in research, technology development & professional training.
Grant Blasko,Janice Light, David McNaughton,Bob Williams & Jordyn Zimmerman(2025)41:3, 184-194 doi.org/10.1080/0743...
Nothing about #AAC users without AAC users:
a call for meaningful inclusion in research, technology development & professional training.
Grant Blasko,Janice Light, David McNaughton,Bob Williams & Jordyn Zimmerman(2025)41:3, 184-194 doi.org/10.1080/0743...
#SaLTBkGrp yesterday eve loved the respect, warmth, listening betwn us conversing abt respect 4 stammerers experience.The equality betwn us:one in her sixties doing a PhD, one in her 20s entering 3rd yr of SaLT trng-me- retired from work with clients this wk & those still in full tilt employment💓📗
October 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
#SaLTBkGrp yesterday eve loved the respect, warmth, listening betwn us conversing abt respect 4 stammerers experience.The equality betwn us:one in her sixties doing a PhD, one in her 20s entering 3rd yr of SaLT trng-me- retired from work with clients this wk & those still in full tilt employment💓📗
#SaLTBkGrp tonight - new autumn phase :
"Understanding the Speaker’s Experience of Stuttering Can Improve Stuttering Therapy"
Seth E. Tichenor, Caryn Herring, and J. Scott Yaruss
Top Lang Disorders
Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 57–75
© 2022 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
"Understanding the Speaker’s Experience of Stuttering Can Improve Stuttering Therapy"
Seth E. Tichenor, Caryn Herring, and J. Scott Yaruss
Top Lang Disorders
Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 57–75
© 2022 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
October 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
#SaLTBkGrp tonight - new autumn phase :
"Understanding the Speaker’s Experience of Stuttering Can Improve Stuttering Therapy"
Seth E. Tichenor, Caryn Herring, and J. Scott Yaruss
Top Lang Disorders
Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 57–75
© 2022 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
"Understanding the Speaker’s Experience of Stuttering Can Improve Stuttering Therapy"
Seth E. Tichenor, Caryn Herring, and J. Scott Yaruss
Top Lang Disorders
Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 57–75
© 2022 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
friend to me to old Hastings this eve....
October 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
friend to me to old Hastings this eve....
A friend just told me she overheard a boy ask in a DIY shop a few weeks ago:"Do you have a de-humiliator?"🌞💦
September 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A friend just told me she overheard a boy ask in a DIY shop a few weeks ago:"Do you have a de-humiliator?"🌞💦
Tmw! Invited to run training day & do some storytelling at Ringwood Shelling School, where I lived & worked as a volunteer Carer/ #SaLT for 6 yrs with chn with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities& autism.They taught me how to be a Human B & SaLT. Now: ⬆️ EB oral #storytelling rhythm gesture.
August 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Tmw! Invited to run training day & do some storytelling at Ringwood Shelling School, where I lived & worked as a volunteer Carer/ #SaLT for 6 yrs with chn with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities& autism.They taught me how to be a Human B & SaLT. Now: ⬆️ EB oral #storytelling rhythm gesture.
Reposted by Louise Coigley
Hey! 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES a survey from #SLP2b @emmamcvean.bsky.social -- click the LinkedIn survey link twice. 🙏PLEASE BOOST> @lisntell.bsky.social @ficontextual.bsky.social @nesltresearch.bsky.social @apinchofsalts.bsky.social @gillianrudd.bsky.social
🌎🌍🌏DO YOU SEEK INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS, EMMA?
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Looking for Speech and Language Therapists working with children with learning disabilities to complete my dissertation survey!
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Please share with other SLT’s if you can!
Thank you :)
#SLT #SpeechandLanguageTherapy #LearningDisabilities #Paediatrics #SLTstudent
Survey Link: lnkd.in/dx7dbSJz
Please share with other SLT’s if you can!
Thank you :)
#SLT #SpeechandLanguageTherapy #LearningDisabilities #Paediatrics #SLTstudent
July 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Hey! 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES a survey from #SLP2b @emmamcvean.bsky.social -- click the LinkedIn survey link twice. 🙏PLEASE BOOST> @lisntell.bsky.social @ficontextual.bsky.social @nesltresearch.bsky.social @apinchofsalts.bsky.social @gillianrudd.bsky.social
🌎🌍🌏DO YOU SEEK INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS, EMMA?
🌎🌍🌏DO YOU SEEK INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS, EMMA?
Almost had to stop driving last night listening to this riveting radio-deep,tender, funny& so respectful towrds the individual subject & listener. "Oh the Humanity!" as an 11 yr old with cognitive difficulties exclaimd to me once 1/2 thro a spontaneous story he told of love, loss & reconciliation...
...Kaye Mortley, an Australian living in Paris; the Australian poet and radio-maker Robyn Ravlich, Edwin Brys from Belgium; a trio of BBC producers - Simon Elmes, Mark Burman and Sarah Taylor - and the legendary British feature-maker Piers Plowright who died in 2021. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, The Ballad of the Radio Feature
A close listen to the history and evolution of the radio documentary feature.
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July 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Almost had to stop driving last night listening to this riveting radio-deep,tender, funny& so respectful towrds the individual subject & listener. "Oh the Humanity!" as an 11 yr old with cognitive difficulties exclaimd to me once 1/2 thro a spontaneous story he told of love, loss & reconciliation...
Fine group of Speech Pathologists, 1 #OT and a manager #childrenscare who took part in #Lis'nTell: #liveinclusivestorytelling part 1 training, end of May this year. 🙏🏼🙏🏼 #Lis'nTell core practitioner #SaLT @sltbubble.bsky.social for accompanying me & to fabulous 🇲🇹 hospitality, commitment & experience 👏🏼
July 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Fine group of Speech Pathologists, 1 #OT and a manager #childrenscare who took part in #Lis'nTell: #liveinclusivestorytelling part 1 training, end of May this year. 🙏🏼🙏🏼 #Lis'nTell core practitioner #SaLT @sltbubble.bsky.social for accompanying me & to fabulous 🇲🇹 hospitality, commitment & experience 👏🏼
Great news! Congratulations to, from July 1st 2025, Distinguished Professor @pamelasnow.bsky.social one of the most compelling, clear and compassionate lecturers and writers I have encountered. pamelasnow.blogspot.com #literacy #education Thank you for your work 🏚️ 📖
July 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Great news! Congratulations to, from July 1st 2025, Distinguished Professor @pamelasnow.bsky.social one of the most compelling, clear and compassionate lecturers and writers I have encountered. pamelasnow.blogspot.com #literacy #education Thank you for your work 🏚️ 📖
Unexpected article abt the essence of Lis'n Tell:live inclusive storytelling by 🇲🇹 #SLP Veronica Montanaro (PhD student Leeds Uni) b4 our recent 🇲🇹 visit. Many thanks to VM🌞 for inviting me to run Part 1 again & to @sltbubble.bsky.social for accompanying brilliantly🌟 www.taascmalta.com/blog/span-cl...
June 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Unexpected article abt the essence of Lis'n Tell:live inclusive storytelling by 🇲🇹 #SLP Veronica Montanaro (PhD student Leeds Uni) b4 our recent 🇲🇹 visit. Many thanks to VM🌞 for inviting me to run Part 1 again & to @sltbubble.bsky.social for accompanying brilliantly🌟 www.taascmalta.com/blog/span-cl...
Reposted by Louise Coigley
DAY 1️⃣ #push-upCHALLENGE 3,214 push-ups in 23 days
www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/... Our 😅sweaty efforts are dedicated to: Students navigating school pressures, feelings of isolation or "difference", and social media anxiety. www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/... 💰YOU CAN DONATE!
www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/... Our 😅sweaty efforts are dedicated to: Students navigating school pressures, feelings of isolation or "difference", and social media anxiety. www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/... 💰YOU CAN DONATE!
June 4, 2025 at 2:17 AM
DAY 1️⃣ #push-upCHALLENGE 3,214 push-ups in 23 days
www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/... Our 😅sweaty efforts are dedicated to: Students navigating school pressures, feelings of isolation or "difference", and social media anxiety. www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/... 💰YOU CAN DONATE!
www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/... Our 😅sweaty efforts are dedicated to: Students navigating school pressures, feelings of isolation or "difference", and social media anxiety. www.thepushupchallenge.com.au/fundraisers/... 💰YOU CAN DONATE!
Training Attention Autism Advanced Practitioner Group this wk: participants frm South Africa, Australia, Ireland, Hong Kong. Finding tales frm each culture to practise storytelling eg: iconic gesture/memory & intonation; imagination/seeing what you're saying (or feeling if aphantasic);rhythm 'n role
June 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Training Attention Autism Advanced Practitioner Group this wk: participants frm South Africa, Australia, Ireland, Hong Kong. Finding tales frm each culture to practise storytelling eg: iconic gesture/memory & intonation; imagination/seeing what you're saying (or feeling if aphantasic);rhythm 'n role
Back from training #SLP team in Malta🇲🇹 with Lis'n Tell Core Practitioner #SLT Caroline Casula. Loved their expressiveness, engagement, insights. Moved by 'de-institutionalisation' in senior /child care homes & how they see Lis'n Tell part of that. Special Assistance at airports fantastic each way ♿
June 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Back from training #SLP team in Malta🇲🇹 with Lis'n Tell Core Practitioner #SLT Caroline Casula. Loved their expressiveness, engagement, insights. Moved by 'de-institutionalisation' in senior /child care homes & how they see Lis'n Tell part of that. Special Assistance at airports fantastic each way ♿
Next #SaLTBkGrp Thurs 3July 8pm BST is about rdcu.be/epDVP, plus paper by autistic adults abt their GLP related experience (I don't have link yet).
Also interesting re GLP history/ backgrnd to the Systematic Rev/ GLP NLA/ #languagedevelopment/ #SLP for #echolalia: thedldproject.com/gestalt-lang...
Also interesting re GLP history/ backgrnd to the Systematic Rev/ GLP NLA/ #languagedevelopment/ #SLP for #echolalia: thedldproject.com/gestalt-lang...
Systematic Review of Interventions Based on Gestalt Language Processing and Natural Language Acquisition (GLP/NLA): Clinical Implications of Absence of Evidence and Cautions for Clinicians and Parents
rdcu.be
June 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Next #SaLTBkGrp Thurs 3July 8pm BST is about rdcu.be/epDVP, plus paper by autistic adults abt their GLP related experience (I don't have link yet).
Also interesting re GLP history/ backgrnd to the Systematic Rev/ GLP NLA/ #languagedevelopment/ #SLP for #echolalia: thedldproject.com/gestalt-lang...
Also interesting re GLP history/ backgrnd to the Systematic Rev/ GLP NLA/ #languagedevelopment/ #SLP for #echolalia: thedldproject.com/gestalt-lang...