Up & Away Speech Therapy Services

12/01/2023

Save the date! Thursday 26th January at 3pm 🙂

You're invited to a special event from The BBC Stammering Support Network, featuring Premier League footballer Luke Ayling.

12/01/2023

At 6pm tonight (Thursday) BBC Tiny Happy People and Speech and Language UK are hosting a Facebook live Q&A with speech and language therapists 😊
You will be able to ask the panel any questions you have about speech and language as well as get their expert advice 🤩

Tune into a very special live event across Tiny Happy People's social channels as McFly drummer Harry Judd presents a speech and language Q and A on January 12th 2023.

29/11/2022

Speech and Language Academy have a range of posters to download on their website, including this one - apps for speech sound development, all designed by qualified Speech and Language Therapists! Check it out here: www.speechandlanguageacademy.co.uk/advice

26/11/2022

Great ideas for boosting early language development from BBC Tiny Happy People 🤩

24/11/2022

Speech and Language UK have free 'Progress Trackers' on their website for different ages. A quick and easy way to find out whether your child might benefit from some extra support or advice 🙂

https://speechandlanguage.org.uk/talking-point/childs-progress-checker/

07/11/2022

Interesting article on the BBC today.

“The number of five and six year olds who need speech and language support at school has risen by 10% in England over the past year, BBC analysis shows.”

Pupils needing language support rises by 10% in post-pandemic school starters, BBC analysis finds.

24/07/2022

Stuck for play ideas this summer? Check out these activity suggestions! Lots of opportunities for language and communication development 🙂

Summer is here ☀️⁣ Our site is jam-packed full of cheap and easy activities to keep little kids entertained when you need it 🙌

03/05/2022

We often work on phonological awareness in our sessions to support speech, language and literacy skills 🙂

Your child usually develops phonological awareness around the age of 4 or 5 years old 🙌

It’s a really important skill for them to have when they start to learn the basics of reading at school 😊⁣

04/04/2022

So many helpful strategies here for parents and staff

🌈⭐✨ You asked and we listened ✨⭐🌈

We had a few requests for a handout on strategies to support children/young people with Selective (also known as Situational) Mutism.

Here are our top tips and some really important strategies for parents and educators to know about.

Let us know if this is helpful and if there are any other areas of SLCN you would like support with.

This is free to download on the advice section of our website (https://www.speechandlanguageacademy.co.uk/advice.)

03/04/2022

We have a free download available to support Ramadan and Eid celebrations. Head over to The Makaton Library and go to Free Resources. If you are not already signed up you can create a free account via http://ow.ly/Jl5B50HsUWA

In collaboration with Kerry Cawley, Tracy Clark, Julie Hawkins, and Fabio Cawley.

Hand Made Communications Makaton Training

03/04/2022

🌈 Autism Acceptance Week
29 March - 4 April 2022 🧠

At the Speech Den 💡 we are absolutely passionate about using Neuro divergent affirming language in all aspects of our work.

We are 💯 committed to a strengths based approach 💪
We are 💯 passionate about spreading the word 🗯

This week we delivered our final session to 20 teachers as part of the Gloucester Schools Partnership training 🎉

We loved the enthusiasm and questions we received from the participants ❤️

In our small way we started to change people’s understanding of autistic children and the need for us all to create a positive language for all our pupils.

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02/04/2022

There are some brilliant doodles here!