Beth Davies

'Two Million Children Need Speech and Language Therapy', the headline breaks my heart 💔 The lived experience of children and adults who grow up without the right support is catastrophic with life long consequences. Thank you @thetimes for today's article. thetimes.co.uk/article/8268f7…

Shelbi Annison things I wish my teachers knew. #naplic23

Final call out to anyone returned/ing to practice in allied health in England after career break! Would love to interview you about your experience returning! Message me for further details. 😊 #iamreadytoreturn

Brilliant to be part of this with @BetterCommCIC 😀 @JacquiWoodcock @sallyanneosbor @NHSEngland @RCSLT @WalkerWorcester @SteveJamieson12 @sar_smith @SarahMorrisSLT @LizzieSpooner2 @SarahDuganHWHCT @dharford79 @SLTManager

Some of the Malvern crew spending a wonderful morning training with our Malvern Communication TAs, learning all about speech sounds 🗣 thank you @SPPSMalvernVale @SLT_Worcs #mySLTday #MakingADifference

@MegD121 @SPPSMalvernVale @SLT_Worcs Ahh amazing 🤩 #dreamteam

A snap from a talk I did about working with #secondary aged children in #AP #PRU #YouthJustice and how #SLCN is often a tiny piece of an often very sad and complex puzzle and the absolute need for #MDT working, #traumainformed practice and functional/holistic support from SALT.

To go with our tip of the week: 5 ways to encourage longer sentences 💬👧🏽🧑🏻💬 #SLCN #sltworcstip @sar_smith @MegD121 @JacquiWoodcock @vixthespeechie @fionatotney @Charlotte16SLT @HMcCone_SLT @dharford79 @LizzieSpooner2 Find out more: hacw.nhs.uk/childrensslt

Have you seen our infographic for newly qualified practitioners? If you're an NQP or you support one please do take a look. #slt2b #slpeeps #preceptorships #nqps #preceptee @NHS_HealthEdEng

“Faces are a baby’s best toy.” On Tuesday we launched #ShapingUs to raise awareness of the vital role our early years play in shaping the rest of our lives. 📸 with Dad, by Mum. [1/3]

To go with our tip of the week: getting the balance right #communication 💬🧒🏾👧🏼🧒🏻👧🏽💬 #SLCN #sltworcstip @sar_smith @MegD121 @JacquiWoodcock @vixthespeechie @fionatotney @Charlotte16SLT @HMcCone_SLT @dharford79 @LizzieSpooner2 Toddler Talk: hacw.nhs.uk/toddlertalk

To go with our tip of the week: no batteries required! #communication 💬🧒🏾👧🏼🧒🏻👧🏽💬 #SLCN #sltworcstip @sar_smith @MegD121 @JacquiWoodcock @vixthespeechie @fionatotney @Charlotte16SLT @HMcCone_SLT @dharford79 @LizzieSpooner2 Toddler Talk: hacw.nhs.uk/toddlertalk

The Princess of Wales has today launched a major new awareness raising campaign to increase public understanding of the crucial importance of the first five years of a child’s life. #ShapingUs follows over a decade of work by HRH on early childhood and lifelong mental health.

Another day, another doodle. Continuation on developmental norms. Here is my interpretation. ‘Fishing for sounds’ inspired by my sessions in clinic. Speech Norms taken from MCLeod and Crowe (2018). #speech #SLT #development #student #BCU #slt2be #research #developmentalnorms

NAPLIC #SLCN specialist teacher summit 'Universal Provision - What works in the classroom?' Plus Emma Jordan from @SLT_Worcs March 6th 4 to 5.30. FREE online. eventbrite.co.uk/e/naplic-dldsl…

Concept cat has been teaching the language class all about ‘through’ today 🐱 great to see them having fun with practical experiences and adding to their concept cat book for review @SLT_Worcs @WordAware 😻

📷: @languageboxtherapy Colourful semantics Tuesdays! 🧡💛💚⁣ ⁣ What a lovely afternoon in Nursery today working with some of their new staff, looking at how to use colourful semantics in targeted activities & then how to bring this into provision, s… instagr.am/p/CnkR-frMuP0/

@MegD121 @Heronswood_Sch @SLT_Worcs Looks like you had lots of fun👂🏼👀🤫🙋🏽‍♀️

Greg and I had a wonderful afternoon at @Heronswood_Sch delivering a parent workshop all about listening skills - more photos to come from school! Our 4 activity stations demonstrating the 4 rules went down a storm with parents and children 👏 @SLT_Worcs #slcn #balancedsystem

The 'house of reading' provides a useful reminder that spoken language is fundamental for reading. So often overlooked