The Speech Den

02/12/2025

Supporting Communication Through AAC…

Last week our very own SLT Laura delivered an incredible presentation to parents at Badgeworth Village Hall 🤩

She spoke all about AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication):

🗣️ What it is
💡 Why it’s helpful
🤝 How it supports connection, safety, and understanding
🌱 And how AAC fits beautifully with Gestalt Language Processing

The aim?

To empower families with knowledge and practical ideas - helping every child feel safe, understood and connected.

Thank you to everyone who came along - we love building spaces where neurodivergent communication is celebrated 🙌

30/11/2025

We are an award winning speech and language therapy team who offer tailor-made courses for parents and staff on a wide variety of speech, language and communication issues.

26/11/2025

🗣️ We’ve used these sound cards from for years - and they’re still a staple in our phonological sessions here at The Speech Den!

Why do we love them so much?

Because they’re:
💛 Easy to use - perfect for busy sessions with lots going on
💛 Engaging and practical - our little ones are always drawn to them
💛 Research-informed - giving us confidence in what we’re delivering
💛 Thoughtfully designed - clean, professional and child-friendly
💛 Systematic and impactful - ideal for targeting specific speech sound goals with clarity

We’re always on the lookout for therapy materials that support neurodiversity-affirming, meaningful work… and these tick every box ✅

Thank you for creating resources that make our sessions so much more fun, engaging and effective 🙌

22/11/2025

I had the absolute pleasure of attending a brilliant training session with Dr Jill Titterington via recently - and it was packed with so much valuable insight and practical knowledge.

The focus? Using conventional minimal pairs and multiple oppositions approaches with fidelity to support children with consistent phonological disorder or delay - and optimising outcomes through evidence-based intervention.

Dr Jill Titterington is a Consultant SLT, researcher, and passionate educator in the field of speech sound disorder. With over 20 years of clinical experience and 17 years in academia, her work is all about bridging the gap between evidence and practice - and it shines through in her teaching.

I came away feeling inspired, informed, and energised to apply this learning in real-world sessions.

If you work with children with speech sound disorders, I highly recommend this course! ❤️

18/11/2025

🎉 10,000 followers!!! 🎉

I’m completely overwhelmed (in the best way!). When I started The Speech Den, it was just a small independent Speech and Language Therapy centre tucked away in Gloucestershire… and now here we are, part of a growing global community of parents, carers, professionals, and passionate advocates - 10,000 strong!

For me, it’s never been about the numbers. It’s about connection ❤️

It’s about building a network of support, where we can share knowledge, ideas, stories and strategies - especially when it comes to supporting neurodivergent children and young people with speech, language and communication needs.

Whether you’ve followed us from the start, found us through the GLP conference, or joined recently - THANK YOU.

You are part of something really special here 🥰

Here’s to continuing to learn together, grow together, and support each other - near or far.

With love from all of us at The Speech Den ❤️

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17/11/2025

16/11/2025

⚡ Energy isn’t just about too much or not enough - it’s a language all of its own.

Whether your energy is sky-high, completely flat, or somewhere in between - there’s no “wrong” way to feel.

Understanding our energy helps us notice what we need: maybe it’s a run around the garden, a quiet moment with a favourite book, or just someone who really gets it.

Let’s keep exploring how energy awareness supports regulation, connection, and communication - for our children and ourselves ❤️

14/11/2025

✨ What a brilliant, thought-provoking day at Friday’s NDA CEN event on neurodivergent-affirming report writing ✨

We heard from four incredible SLT speakers - Beth Featherbe, Fatima Bint-Hanif, Sue Moon, and Ruth Jones - who generously shared their reflections on writing reports that truly honour and support neurodivergent children and young people.

From tensions between the ADOS, DSM and neurodiversity-affirming practice, to reflections on using the MIGDAS, each speaker brought real-world insights and practical food for thought.

This community continues to challenge, inspire and evolve - and if you’re a Speech and Language Therapist, we highly recommend joining the NDA CEN. Their events are consistently insightful, grounded, and affirming. 💬

✨ And exciting news for 2026: NDA CEN will be opening up beyond SLTs - so if you’re a professional working in ND-affirming spaces (or know someone who is), keep an eye out! 👀

Follow .cen to find out more!

Let’s keep learning, unlearning, and growing together ❤️

13/11/2025

Kindness isn’t just about being nice - it’s about really seeing someone, respecting their needs, and meeting them where they are ❤️

On this , we’re celebrating the quiet, powerful kind of kindness - the kind that honours every child, just as they are.

Let’s keep making space for that kind of care, always ❤️

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