Originals
The following articles are freely available original articles - mainly conference reports - written for the speechmag site. We hope you find them useful.
New dimensions (Winter 11 online only, pp.E1-E4)
Speech and Language Therapy in Practice editor Avril Nicoll reports on the take home messages from the Child Language Seminar 2011, which was held on 13-14 June at Newcastle University.
On language, power and gobby-ness (Autumn 11 online only, pp.E1-E3)
Speech and Language Therapy in Practice editor Avril Nicoll looks back on a varied and thought-provoking British Aphasiology Society Research in Progress day in Glasgow (with a little help from a friend).
Well beyond the basics (Summer 11 online only, pp.E1-E3)
Speech & Language Therapy in Practice editor Avril Nicoll reflects on a challenging but invigorating two days spent immersed in speech sound disorder assessment, diagnosis and intervention with international expert Caroline Bowen.
Communicating ethics (Winter 10 online only, pp.E4-E6)
As healthcare professionals we need to juggle many guiding ethical principles. With the help of a hypothetical client with profound cognitive and physical disabilities, Jois Stansfield and Jane Handley explore how an ethical framework can help speech and language therapists and students negotiate a path to what feels like the 'right' outcome for a give situation at a given time.
Go forth and influence (Winter 10 online only, pp.E1-E3)
Speech & Language Therapy in Practice editor Avril Nicoll reports on the innovative practice showcased at the RCSLT (Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists) Scotland Study Day in Perth on 26th August 2010, where delegates were also urged to give voice to people with speech, language, communication and swallowing needs.
Conversing with the world (posted September 2010)
Australian researcher, educator and editor Sharynne McLeod visited Bristol in July 2010, where she led a seminar to update speech and language therapists on international developments in speech sound disorder assessment and practice. Avril Nicoll caught up with her afterwards to continue the discussion about making sense of the literature, writing for publication and making a difference across the globe.
Sandwell on show (posted February 2010)
Diana McQueen and Jane Oates reflect on their involvement as exhibitors rather than visitors at the Education Show 2009, and consider the implications for speech and language therapy departments looking for creative ways to engage with other professionals.
Taking the long view: Language seminar at Queen Margaret University (posted October 2009)
Speech & Language Therapy in Practice editor Avril Nicoll reports on what the latest research in Scotland into children with communication disorders, in particular specific language impairment, is telling practioners. This follows a forum at Queen Margaret University and Professor Bruce Tomblin's Tom Ingram Trust Lecture.
Stop.Think.Change. (posted June 2009)
Speech & Language Therapy in Practice editor Avril Nicoll attended the Nursing & Midwifery Council's 2008 Midwifery conference as a user representative - but found pause for thought as a speech and language therapist.
'Growing up with a Speech and Language Impairment' (posted December 2008)
Key messages from the Afasic Scotland 40th anniversary conference on 6 November 2008 include the need for more dynamic assessment, co-teaching and joint communication and behaviour intervention. Speech & Language Therapy in Practice editor Avril Nicoll reports.
'Living independently with aphasia' conference (posted September 2008)
Samantha Miles on the passion of the second multidisciplinary aphasia conference of the Speech and Language Therapy Aphasia Action Group, Portsmouth City Teaching Primary Care Trust, 12 May 2008.
ASLTiP conference 2008 (posted September 2008)
The annual conference of the Association of Speech & Language Therapists in Independent Practice in Northampton, 8 March 2008, covered a range of clinical, professional and business topics. Speech & Language Therapy in Practice editor Avril Nicoll reports.
I CAN conference (posted March 2008)
Speech & Language Therapy in Practice editor Avril Nicoll looks back on the I CAN conference 'Working together to get it right for every child: Transdisciplinary working for children and young people with a communication disability', Edinburgh, 21 September 2007.
27th IALP World Congress (posted December 2007)
Ann French, senior lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, finds much to interest and inspire at the 27th World Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Copenhagen, 6-9 August 2007.
British Aphasiology Society conference (posted December 2007)
Speech & Language Therapy in Practice editor Avril Nicoll picks up some key trends and messages from the British Aphasiology Society's Biennial International Conference, 10-12 September 2007.
Solutions in Education conference (posted December 2007)
To complement the feature on multi-professional working in the Winter 07 issue, Speech & Language Therapy in Practice editor Avril Nicoll reflects on the themes of BRIEF's 2007 Solutions in Education conference and the implications for speech and language therapists.
Mount Wilga High Level Language Test (posted June 2007)
Fiona Simpson, specialist speech and language therapist with County Durham and Darlington PCT, has produced this revised version of Mount Wilga High Level Language Test. This unpublished but popular resource was devised in 1986 by Christie, Clark and Mortensen at the Mount Wilga Rehabilitation Centre in Sydney, Australia. Over the years the references, introduction and instructions have become separated from the test form in many clinics. Fiona emphasises that this revised version is being made freely available on the understanding that it will only be passed on as a whole, and will not be re-edited.
Spanish Lessons (May 2005)
Speech-Language Pathologist and Audiologist Heather Graz reflects on how non-practising time in Chile has given her lessons in communication that couldn't be taught in a classroom.
Inspections and Talking Mats: a more powerful say (May 2004)
How can you help children with multiple disabilities express views on their care? When an inspector called, Angela Hunter and colleagues at a residential school rose to the challenge with the help of Talking Mats.
