Articles by tag: Speech and Language Therapist

Issue 30, Page 14: Ask a therapist

Q: I’m feeling judged by a family who say they know more than me about speech and language. What should I do? A: We have all...

Issue 30, Page 7: Speech & Language Link – a valuable resource

When I became SENCo in 2004, speech and language therapists (SaLT) were still able to attend School Action Plus reviews and meet with schools three...

Issue 27, Page 4: Meet the therapist

Meet Yin, specialist speech and language therapist Tell us a little bit about yourself. Hiya! I am Yin Collighan and I am a specialist speech and language...

Issue 26, Page 4-5: Ask A Therapist – Support attention in the classroom

QUESTION: How can I support attention in the classroom? ANSWER: “How can we support attention in the classroom?” Why can you spend hours putting together a lesson, meticulously...

Issue 26, Page 20: One SaLT practitioner to another – using Language Link

Meet Les Elvin, speech and language practitioner at Cudworth Churchfield Primary school in Barnsley, South Yorkshire and find out about how Infant Language Link works...

Issue 25, Page 16-17: Ask a Therapist: Profound speech difficulties

QUESTION: Where do we start with a child with profound speech difficulties? ANSWER: It’s daunting when a pupil has such severe speech sound difficulties that you...

Issue 24, Page 18-19: Ask a Therapist: Supporting the communication needs of refugee children

QUESTION: “How can our school best support the communication needs of our new refugee children?” ANSWER: Starting a new school is a daunting process for most...

Issue 23, Page 18-19: Ask a Therapist: Intervention tips

QUESTION: “My speech and language intervention isn’t going as well as I expected. What should I try?” ANSWER: With the best of intentions, we often can’t...

Issue 22, Page 3: Ask a Therapist: What are ‘soft skills’ really?

QUESTION: What are ‘soft skills’ really? ANSWER: Soft skills have been an increasing concern in schools since at least 2019. However, since the pandemic began to...

Issue 21, Page 6-7: The triangle is the strongest shape

Do you remember when speech and language therapists used to come into schools, take a child out for therapy and then take them back to...