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Dr Lucy Hughes @lucyhughesslt.bsky.social · 27d

Please check out the Top 10 Research Priority Questions for #DevLangDis. Newly launched after extensive consultations involving people with DLD, families and professionals. www.rcslt.org/news/top-que...

Top questions for DLD research priorities revealed | RCSLT

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Nichola Shelton @nichola-slp.bsky.social · Jul 27

New paper for #SLPeeps, which suggests that sentence repetition, nonword repetition, a parental questionnaire, and a task measuring semantic and morphosyntactic comprehension contribute the most to identifying DLD in bilingual children. #DevLangDis

ASHA Journals @ashajournals.bsky.social · Jul 25

Study addresses the challenge of identifying #DLD in bilingual children. This language assessment protocol successfully combines time efficiency w/ high accuracy to diagnose DLD; it's a useful, feasible protocol for SLPs. pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

@sigperspectives.bsky.social #SLPeeps

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Jodee Simpson (they/them) @jodeeslt.bsky.social · Jul 3

Just found out that I won joint first prize for my poster presentation at @leedsbeckett.bsky.social PsyCEN PGR conference 🎉

dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG....

(PDF) How do neurodivergent Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) construct their professional identity? A qualitative study using Baradian Diffractive Methodologies

PDF | Abstract: This study explores how neurodivergent speech and language therapists (SLTs) in the UK develop their professional identities alongside... | Find, read and cite all the research you nee...

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Izzy Chong SLT @isabellatyc.bsky.social · Jul 22

Had to share post from #DLDandMe! Ah, the importance of education. #BSkySpeechies #DevLangDis

www.dldandme.org/all-articles...

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Izzy Chong SLT @isabellatyc.bsky.social · Jul 21

Such an honour to meet Dr Angel Chan and Prof. Shula Chiat today! 3 hours of inspiring conversation (and me trying not to be too starstruck) 🤫

Grateful to Prof. Kamila Polišenská for giving me the chance to dive into Cantonese research so early in my career!

#BSkySpeechies #DLD #Bilingualism

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Izzy Chong SLT @isabellatyc.bsky.social · Jul 15

I just love this post from @adhdoers.bsky.social. They perfectly put #ADHD experiences into words.

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Izzy Chong SLT @isabellatyc.bsky.social · Jul 12

Proud to have presented our work on the Aphasia Quality Improvement Project yesterday at Barts 💬💜

We created therapy packs for rehab support workers to support people with aphasia!

Shnyia, it’s been a joy working with you. We smashed it ✨

#BSkySpeechies #AphasiaAwareness #QualityImprovement

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Izzy Chong SLT @isabellatyc.bsky.social · Jun 15

Thank you for sharing! <3

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Izzy Chong SLT @isabellatyc.bsky.social · Jun 15

A new round of recruitment has started because… I got funding!✨

Please share with anyone you know who might know Cantonese & English speaking children aged 5-12. Much appreciated! 💘

#BSkySpeechies #DevLangDis #Bilingualism @radld.bsky.social @naplic.bsky.social

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Izzy Chong SLT @isabellatyc.bsky.social · Jun 3

The discussion ventured into imagining the benefits on child development in a world where SLTs taught in nurseries.

Noticing their patterns on an individual level and being able to tailor the input - making the most of this period of 'golden age'. 🦋✨

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Izzy Chong SLT @isabellatyc.bsky.social · Jun 3

Joined @naplic.bsky.social's journal club yesterday hosted with @cltt.bsky.social 💭 A thought-provoking discussion on #DevLangDis intervention!

The speakers convinced me: nursery teaching should be done by SLTs. Observations, facilitation, elicitation. - thoughts? 🧐 #BSkySpeechies

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Izzy Chong SLT @isabellatyc.bsky.social · Jun 3

Our City SLT Soc got Academic Society of the Year 🎉 Well done team - it wasn't easy starting a society from the ground up! ✨ #BSkySpeechies

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Dr Abi Roper @abracabadger.com · May 14

Aphasia and Voice Technology.

Read more about the project here:
www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

#BSkySpeechies
#Aphasia
#A11y

Improving access to Amazon’s Alexa for people with aphasia | City St George's, University of London

Four videos share the experience of people with the language disability aphasia when interacting with Alexa voice technology

www.citystgeorges.ac.uk

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Nichola Shelton @nichola-slp.bsky.social · May 7

Open access paper on 246 Swedish adolescents with #DevLangDis and their caregivers: Predictors of academic achievement and educational support for adolescents with developmental language disorder (DLD) #SLPeeps doi.org/10.1177/0265...

Predictors of academic achievement and educational support for adolescents with developmental language disorder (DLD) - Olof Sandgren, Birgitta Sahlén, Christina Samuelsson, Anna Ekström, 2025

Purpose Developmental language disorder (DLD) has known consequences on academic performance, and adaptations to teaching methods and material are often require...

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Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻 @carolinebowen.bsky.social · May 6

🆓🔓🇸🇪study proposing a developmental stage approach on the study of children with #devlangdis. They suggest that grammatical structures emerge one after another and that identifying the stage of development could contribute to the diagnosis of DLD. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

A processability theory perspective on morphosyntax in school-age children with developmental language disorder

This study examines the production of morphosyntax in Swedish-speaking children diagnosed with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). Data from a Sentence Repetition Task was used to investigate if...

www.tandfonline.com

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Izzy Chong SLT @isabellatyc.bsky.social · Apr 16

Dysphagia Dining Experience with our City St George's SLT Soc 🍲✨ Tasted IDDSI Levels 4 (puréed) and 5 meals from Wiltshire Farm Foods!

...and accidentally turned this into a mini-lecture (sorry first-years!). Our Comms Officer Millie nailed the explanations though! ❤️ #RCSLT #SwallowingAwareness

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Izzy Chong SLT @isabellatyc.bsky.social · Apr 16

Love that! What's your current project~ ♡

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Izzy Chong SLT @isabellatyc.bsky.social · Apr 16

Too cute 🧶✨ What got me started:
I went from... *embroidery* -> *crochet*

it's me wanting to create something 'out of thin-air' (instead of embellishing things). Then... I... just wanna make everything! 🙈

What kept me going: just as singing = vocal stim, crocheting = ✋🏻 occupied & 🧠 concentrates 😂

A doll with a graduation cap (it's magnetic and it comes off!) and LSE graduation gown. A gift for a good friend.

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Izzy Chong SLT @isabellatyc.bsky.social · Mar 18

As a ND to-be SLT, I'm proud to be supporting Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2025! 🌟

Neurodiversity Celebration Week is a worldwide initiative that challenges stereotypes and misconceptions about neurological differences.

#NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek #NeurodiversityWeek #NCW #ThisIsND

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Izzy Chong SLT @isabellatyc.bsky.social · Mar 12

We had @abracabadger.com over today as a speaker! 📣 She gave @citystgeorges.bsky.social’s SLT society members & students from Human Computer Interaction Design some food for 💭 & a sneak peak of ongoing projects👀 Inspiring us on the countless ways we can collaborate & codesign #bskyspeechies #SLPeeps

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Izzy Chong SLT @isabellatyc.bsky.social · Mar 9

Thank you for sharing @carolinebowen.bsky.social !! Words can't express how grateful I am 🥹🥰

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Izzy Chong SLT @isabellatyc.bsky.social · Mar 4

Emily was amazing. Wish we had more time to hear from her though! She shared a lot of resources with us coz we bombarded her with questions hahah😆

Izzy Chong SLT @isabellatyc.bsky.social · Feb 27

Saw these visuals from Children's Therapies for ✨🐍 Lunar New Year 🐍✨ - amazing stuff! Never too late to celebrate.
twitter.com/SandwellSPOT...

More LNY 🐍✨ resources: www.widgit.com/resources/se...

Izzy Chong SLT @isabellatyc.bsky.social · Feb 25

In the process of avoiding #burnout, I became a chronic crocheter 🧶 Talk about work-life balance eh?😌💖 #crochet

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Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻 @carolinebowen.bsky.social · Feb 21

🎭 Stephen of @wordaware.bsky.social is very upset💔. Send cake🍰 and hugs, 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES, and, 🇬🇧 Department for Education, say sorry, and fix your funding model £ to include #TheForgottenMillion #neurodiverse children and young people with #DevLangDis #equity @radld.bsky.social @naplic.bsky.social

Word Aware @wordaware.bsky.social · Feb 20

I used my very best am-dram skills in this video because once again those with Developmental Language Disorder were forgotten. #TheForgottenMillion #DevLangDis

Speech and Language UK @speechandlanguk.bsky.social · Feb 20

If the neurodivergence taskforce wants to make schools better for neurodivergent children, why aren’t the 1 million children with Developmental Language Disorder part of the conversation?😣

This is totally unacceptable!

Don't you agree, Department for Education? #TheForgottenMillion

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