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Elaine Ashton @lainee-ashton.bsky.social · 7d

20 years ago today I started my 1st job as a Speech & Language Therapist! Here’s to 20 more!

Elaine Ashton @lainee-ashton.bsky.social · 16d

Hardest thing I’ve ever done! Running in 26 degrees was not fun, even though Harry Styles has made it look easy! It’s definitely my last marathon.

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Elaine Ashton @lainee-ashton.bsky.social · 16d

Berlin Marathon was tough but super proud of the amazing amount I’ve raised for NETA (North East Trust for Aphasia)!

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Elaine Ashton @lainee-ashton.bsky.social · 25d

Last long run done as next Sunday I’m running 26.2 miles around Berlin! I’m raising money for NETA (North East Trust for Aphasia) which supports adults with language & communication difficulties following a stroke/traumatic brain injury. Grateful for any donations.
www.justgiving.com/page/elaine-...

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Dr Lucy Hughes @lucyhughesslt.bsky.social · 28d

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

www.rcslt.org

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Elaine Ashton @lainee-ashton.bsky.social · Jul 3

Definitely!

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Elaine Ashton @lainee-ashton.bsky.social · Jul 3

A fantastic talk & grateful for Lisa’s research knowledge & support when I did my MClinRes many years ago!

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Elaine Ashton @lainee-ashton.bsky.social · Jun 25

Hooray! A great job bringing everyone together & finalising the top 10 research questions!

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Elaine Ashton @lainee-ashton.bsky.social · Jun 24

Looking forward to hearing about the DLD workshop & the final top 10 questions for DLD research.

Rachel Sievers @sieversslt.bsky.social · Jun 24

Excited to be supporting adults with DLD (developmental language disorder) to participate fully in the final workshop of 'DLD Questions' tomorrow at RCSLT in London, shaping future research priorities for DLD with people with lived experience and their families and speech and language therapists.

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Elaine Ashton @lainee-ashton.bsky.social · Jun 15

Joy Division & Peanuts, what’s not to like?!

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Elaine Ashton @lainee-ashton.bsky.social · May 21

Celebrating 80 years of the RCSLT today! 🎉

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Professor Cristina McKean @cristina-mckean.bsky.social · Apr 27

Delighted to see our LIVELY RCT published. Completing this during the pandemic was one of the hardest & most worthwhile experiences of my career The commitment of the RA team & educators was humbling.

And we found Building Early Sentences Therapy (BEST) works!
dx.doi.org/10.1111/1460...

A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Efficacy of Pre‐School Language Interventions—Building Early Sentences Therapy and an Adapted Derbyshire Language Scheme

Background Children's language abilities set the stage for their education, psychosocial development and life chances across the life course. Aims To compare the efficacy of two preschool language...

dx.doi.org

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Elaine Ashton @lainee-ashton.bsky.social · Apr 27

Hello Cristina! 👋 Great to see the paper published!

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Elaine Ashton @lainee-ashton.bsky.social · Apr 11

Happy national pet day! #blueskydogs #dogsofbluesky

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Elaine Ashton @lainee-ashton.bsky.social · Apr 11

Here is my spoiled thing!

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Elaine Ashton @lainee-ashton.bsky.social · Mar 26

The MIL named her Great Dane from the way he woofs = Ralph!

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Elaine Ashton @lainee-ashton.bsky.social · Mar 24

BBC Tiny Happy People would like your help to shape the development of future BBC Tiny Happy People content/resources. Click here if you work in a SLT team:
survey.rigourresearch.co.uk/wix/7/p94595...
Click here if you work in EYS education & childcare: survey.rigourresearch.co.uk/wix/7/p94595...

mins.you

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Elaine Ashton @lainee-ashton.bsky.social · Mar 18

Don’t think this comes up on my Italian Duolingo!

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Elaine Ashton @lainee-ashton.bsky.social · Feb 28

Have just heard back from my MP today, a month after I’d contacted her!

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Elaine Ashton @lainee-ashton.bsky.social · Feb 18

For the umpteenth time, Alan loves to apricate! 🐶☀️

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Katie Dooley Cawley @katiedooslt.bsky.social · Feb 14

Doing a service improvement project in your team? Are you an SLT working in the North East or collaborating with SLTs in the North East? We want to hear from you!

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Elaine Ashton @lainee-ashton.bsky.social · Jan 29

A great resource from RCSLT explaining the important role SLTs have in supporting children & adults with speech, language & communication needs.
youtu.be/xX-tW30CF-g?...
#bskyspeechie #slpeeps #devlangdis

What is speech and language therapy?

YouTube video by RCSLT Official

youtu.be

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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · Jan 25

📢 Have a few spare minutes today?

💻 Then contact your MP about Mikey Akers' #InvestInSLT petition debate on Monday.

📧 The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists has set-up a template email for you:
rcslt.org/policy-and-i...

Front page of a briefing for the #InvestInSLT debate on 27 January 2025.

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Dr Susan Ebbels @susanebbels.bsky.social · Jan 22

This was so quick and easy to do. Please do this too and pass on to your friends and colleagues #bskySPEECHIES #slpeeps

Pam Slater @pamslater26.bsky.social · Jan 16

The #investinslt debate is on Monday 27th January.

The RCSLT e-action, on their website, can be used to contact your MP to ask them to attend and take part in the debate.

See Invest in SLT debate section.

www.rcslt.org/policy-and-i...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jan 21

My brother is minimally verbal. He taught me that language is far more than mere words | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

The sound artist Ruby Colley, whose brother is non-speaking, has created a touching reminder that people can express themselves in other ways I have long thought that each family has its own unique dialect. A panoply of words, references and turns of…

www.theguardian.com

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