Tips for setting up in independent practise
Both Helen and I started our careers in the NHS before moving to independent practise. It was after finishing my maternity leave, that I started to work independently as well. Although being in...
View ArticleTop tips for building rapport with children
When I was a newly qualified therapist, there was so much to think about whenever I assessed a child – which assessment to use, transcribing speech correctly, asking the right questions in the case...
View ArticleTop 10 useful tools for a speech therapist.
What tools do you really need when you are working as a speech and language therapist? We have written before about resources, games and assessment, but what are the other go-to things we use day in...
View Article5 places to find online training for speech therapists
I have been to some great training courses in person over the years that I have been a speech therapist. There is something really great about attending a course in person – you get totally immersed...
View ArticleUnexpected therapy successes
I didn’t think that would work! Sometimes children are in and out of therapy within a few weeks. However, other times, I can be seeing a child for a long time (years). They (naturally) tend to get a...
View ArticleNew games for older children
Helen and I love finding new games. It helps to keep the children motivated and it also means we don’t have to play pop up pirate 10 times a day! It can be tricky to find games for older children so I...
View ArticleYou know you’re a speech therapist when…. part 2
Last week Helen wrote about some of the funny things that can happen when you are a speech therapist. You can read that post here. Whilst we were discussing last week’s post we also thought about...
View ArticleWorking together with other therapists
In today’s blog post we’re welcoming a guest contributor, Gemma Moore. Gemma works for the NHS in Portsmouth and is a specialist in hearing impairment. Gemma and I have written this post together....
View ArticleGDPR – what to do as an independent SLT
This is a rather different post from usual today. People often ask us to post more about running an independent speech therapy practise. This post is about a very specific but very important thing...
View ArticleGuest post: Semantic feature analysis
Helen and I were thrilled when Sue O’Malley, Specialist Speech and Language Therapist offered to write a post about Semantic feature analysis. It isn’t something I have used ….yet, but it looks really...
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