Small group language intervention: tips for successful generalisation
Language groups are an opportunity for children with language and communication needs to participate in activities focused on developing their language and communication skills. They...
Read moreHarmonizing potential: Enriching speech, language, and communication through the young voices choir and inclusion strategies for children with SLCN
How much do you know about Young Voices? The world's largest school choir group, performing year on year in venues all over the world, has...
Read moreThe mystery of the missing bench
When I picked up my 7-year-old daughter from school on Friday I asked about her day, expecting to hear about what she’d had for lunch....
Read moreInsufficient Discussion
The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist’s (RCSLT) submission to the Centre for Social Justice’s report Two Nations: The State of Poverty in the...
Read moreA personal experience of education after stroke
By Katherine Buckeridge (Specialist Speech and Language Therapist in Paediatric Neurology) and Jessica Cannons (Childhood Stroke Survivor) Childhood Stroke When you hear the word stroke, the image...
Read morePutting children at the heart: A call to action for a better tomorrow
In November 2023, a report titled ‘Children at the Table: A roadmap for putting children at the heart of the next Government’ was published by...
Read moreThinking about winking
The dictionary definition for ‘wink’ is 'to close and open one eye quickly, typically to indicate that something is a joke or a secret or...
Read more“People don’t get me”
It’s positive to see that speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) are becoming more talked about. Last year, schools assessed 230,000 pupils using Speech Link and...
Read moreWe are more than just an assessment
Did you know that the therapists at Speech & Language Link collectively have over 100 years of speech and language therapy experience, while our team...
Read moreHelping teens with Selective Mutism overcome their fear of speaking
Selective Mutism (SM) is an anxiety disorder and phobia: the fear of others hearing your voice. My son was diagnosed when he was four years...
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