Helen Sutherland

1 day to go, & acutely aware that this time tomorrow I’ll be somewhere on the South Downs, probably in a state of fairly significant suffering, but hopefully still able to slightly enjoy the views and the experience!! See you on the other side… 😬 justgiving.com/page/helen-sut…

Great day w visit from @SteveJamieson12 to @valefederation. A chance to discuss how we work in special schools & key issues around dysphagia, AAC & integrating SLT into classes. Perfect motivation for final weeks of training b4 this fundraising madness! justgiving.com/page/helen-sut…

Friday is Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) Awareness Day On average 2 children per classroom have DLD. Most people I meet have heard of Autism, yet hardly anyone has heard of this. If you’re one of these people, I can recommend the article below: amp.theguardian.com/science/head-q…

Thank you @BlenheimTri & @LL_Sports_Club for a great day out at @BlenheimPalace. Loved seeing the duck & goose families joining us on the course of #BlenheimTri 🥰

We’re recruiting! If you are a Speech & Language Therapist passionate about supporting children & young people with complex needs in special schools, working as part of a great MDT alongside caring & committed education staff, we’d love to hear from you! rcsltjobs.com/job/1315/speec…

Local Election Day! Still a couple of hours to get out at vote 🗳 if you haven’t already… #MakeItCount

Marking #SwallowAware2023 by jointly presenting with colleagues from @BucksHealthcare to Special School Heads in Buckinghamshire about how we support special school pupils with #Dysphagia #mySLTday

@lisntell @mystudio5 @PiaSilverOwl Thank you 🙏 @lisntell Wonderful to see and hear you as well. What a special evening with #SALTBookGrp So much to think about - I’m still absorbing everything.

New #SENDABetterMessage campaign action 📣 As Vanessa describes, we have simplified the government’s consultation into 6 easy questions on reforming disabled children’s services. We’ll anonymise and share your views directly with the gov. Have your say: Bit.ly/6SimpleSENDQue…

Excited to be getting ready for #bananatriathlon next weekend but really need those wave times to sort out logistics - can you help please @HumanRaceEvents ???

Sometimes #mySLTday is about downtime with family & (literally!) running off steam - w my sisters @JennyStanning & @crawford_upton prepping to relay #grafman #triathlon tomorrow. Stretching our legs today, all favouring #brooks @brooksrunning for the pre-race #run

@saltbythesea I often use the phrase “multi-modal communicator”; and also like this as, to me, it ties with the ethos of #totalcommunication

@HSutherlandSLT Perhaps we could say ‘multimodal communicator’ instead. Acknowledging and highlighting #AAC as part of picture for many.

Hey UK Speechies. I’m hearing a preference for ‘non-speaking’ over ‘non-verbal’ coming from the States (rationale: avoids suggestion that child doesn’t have any language). Do you use either term? #AskingSpeechies

When you have 2 small children and a clinical job but you want to be #researchactive, sometimes that looks like early mornings spent w tea and SSI transcripts; hoping the little darlings choose to lie-in… 🤞 #mySLTday

Having so much fun at Storytelling CEN W @lisntell; altho wondering what my husband (on his corporate videocalls!) is making of my practising speaking + gestures by saying “extinguished” repeatedly!!! 😂

Easter PECS session today & pupil made this sentence. I do have a wind-up rabbit in the box, but she meant it as a specifier (I usually have bubbles w a plain top - pupil definitely wanted the rabbit bubbles!). Such a lovely moment ☺️ @PECS_UK #mySLTday #autismawareness

@bangerasai @JoWallinger @lisntell So lovely to see you again too @bangerasai And hello @JoWallinger 👋 Hope you enjoyed it too 😍

@lisntell thank you for a wonderful evening of conversation, connecting & re-connecting with #SaLTBookGrp 🌷@bangerasai @susanthomsonslt @dench_kate

@lisntell thank you for a wonderful evening of connection & conversation with #SaLTbookgrp 🌷

Socially distant CPD on telehealth with @LondonPDCEN. Feeling sunny ☀️ & ready for the morning!