Nicola Read
@NicolaReadSLT
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Speech & Language Therapist & Head of Compliance, The Owl Therapy Centre
Virginia, USA
Joined July 2008
Calling all parents and carers... Is your child all set for their new adventure starting school in September? Our Communication Skills for School Readiness aims to help boost your child's readiness ahead of the new term starting. More Info 👇 https://t.co/InjixzEofD
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Want to join our award-winning #ASD #Autism team? We're on the hunt for ASD Practitioners in Hampshire. 📅 Minimum 2 years experience required 📝 Fixed-term and permanent contracts 📈 Opportunity to grow and develop your skills Got what it takes? https://t.co/IoV1NtIQJb 🦉
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When a child is struggling at school, often they are seen by professionals (like me!) who assess, write reports and make recommendations. As this process goes on, something strange happens. Here's what it is (with @_MissingTheMark) 1/
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Really great day supporting Adobe education - using tech and creativity in the classroom. It sparked lots of ideas about inclusivity too, especially language impaired and #Neurodiverse kids #AdobeEduCreative
https://t.co/idz4lknJCu
#CreativeCloudExpress via @AdobeCCExpress
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Learning from students always help us become better teachers and learners #adobeEDUcreative @adobe @weziRthindwa @RebeccaLouHare @mrsjones72812 @l_alston @benforta @TanyaAvrith @MsClaraGalan
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I got to do some learning on this trip too! Fantastic Vietnamese Art Therapist Thuy Nguyen gave us an introduction to her profession. Big lessons - *everyone can be creative* and the Expressive Therapies Continuum and how it ties into sensory and communication learning
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It's been a hard working week but I'm enjoying some R&R this weekend! Spa day tomorrow. Then I'm excited to switch places and learn from a Vietnamese Art Therapist on Monday.
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🆕💰@ASHAjournals: @BarryPrizant's #SCERTS is promising, with emerging evidence. ⬆️⬆️ methodologically rigorous studies are needed to progress its research base & draw firm conclusions re its effectiveness in treating children with #autism. https://t.co/RBqFu7IPfh 📗@TxChoices
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Purpose: This systematic review aimed to examine the effectiveness of the Social Communication, Emotional Regulation, and Transactional Support (...
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This week, one of the things we taught students included visual support and the developmental level of understanding visuals. #AdobeEduCreative
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Check out our first Instagram Live event - one of our Occupational Therapists talks Sensory Processing Disorder https://t.co/GN2dDEQzMq
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We have a new website! https://t.co/7xvvIpslse It has a lot going on under the hood, too, so we're very excited. But please RT or like to help google find us again!
theowl.org
The Owl Centre provides award-winning Autism and assessment services for Children, Young People and Adults in the UK.
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Our new website is live at last! Check it out if you're looking for children's therapies across the UK, including speech therapy occupational therapy & psychotherapy. We're also always looking for new team members - apply online! https://t.co/PZLKvyCQfz
theowl.org
The Owl Centre provides award-winning Autism and assessment services for Children, Young People and Adults in the UK.
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The Owl Centre is on the look out for excellent Speech & Language Therapists who can provide some sessions in Northamptonshire. Please click below if you'd be interested in learning more about private therapy with The Owl Therapy Centre: https://t.co/nwa48RDbIl
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Responses from #SLCN screen w/ prisoners & asking about school experience: ‘Sh**e’ ‘I was a bad bugger’ ‘Dead naughty’ ‘kicked off all the time’ ‘I was a nuisance’ ‘no good’ ‘there was something wrong with me’ ‘got into fights’ ‘skived’ #guesswhat #allhadSLCN #justiceforSLCN
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Sad to be at the end of a fantastic two weeks training in Nha Trang, Vietnam on behaviour and autism. The trainees worked so hard and care so much about the children; it's wonderful to to work with such passionate professionals. @TheOwlCentre @saigonchildren
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Brilliant news! We've just had our first referral where the employer has agreed to fund the therapy. If you're an adult with a #stammer and you can't get #NHS #speechtherapy where you live, get in touch to see if we can help. airedale.stammeringtherapy@nhs.net
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Huge thanks to @DamianGreen for his letter to @Fayemillner and for his tireless work in helping us to help children in Kent who are in need of an NHS Autism assessment.
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This year we were invited by @BBCLearning to form a Language Advisory Group alongside @RCSLTpolicy @ICANcharity & @Comm_nTrust to understand the rationale for early years language & literacy development and provide insights. Check out its progress here:
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Cerys Griffiths provides an update on the BBC's early years language and literacy initiative, which has the aim of halving the pre-school language gap.
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