Words for Life

The National Literacy Trust recently launched their new campaign, ‘Words for Life’, which you can read more about here: http://www.wordsforlife.org.uk/ The National Literacy Trust is a national charity working to support those... Read more

Speech, Language, Toys

The American Speech-Hearing Association’s blog published an interesting piece last month on toys for children with Special Educational Needs (SEN), following a visit to the 2012 New York International Toy Fair. You can read Sherry... Read more

Geek Chic

The Guardian reported this week on the role that computers play in both helping and hindering children and adults with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). You can read the article in full... Read more

YOT Language

The Guardian reported this week on recent developments around supporting young offenders with communication difficulties. You can read their article: "Speech therapy: When sorry seems to be the hardest word" here:... Read more

Mind Reading

The BBC reported this week on a potentially life-changing piece of research recently published in the Journal of Neural Engineering. You can read The article directly here: http://iopscience.iop.org/1741-2552/8/3/036004. The research... Read more

Baby Scans for Autism

The BBC reported this week on a study that was recently published in ‘Current Biology’. Researchers at The Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck College, University of London have been developing a new test in an attempt... Read more

Chatterbox Challenge

The children’s communication charity ‘I CAN’ posted on their blog this week with an update on their 2012 ‘Chatterbox Challenge’. You can read more about the challenge on their website, here:... Read more

Bigmouth IPhone & IPad Apps

BIGMOUTH SOUNDS – kids speech sound app for iPhone iTouch and iPad  We are all getting to grips with the latest technology. It’s everywhere we look. It’s giving usamazing power in our pockets. Kids especially appear to take to... Read more

Txt Mum 4 Speech

This month the government-appointed Communication Champion – Jean Gross – stood down following a two year position raising awareness of speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) in children. She was also awarded a CBE this month... Read more

Hello Campaign

Hello! It’s been a whole year since the ‘Hello’ Campaign was launched by The Communication Trust in conjunction with a number of different charities and organisations. Its aim is "to make children’s communication development a... Read more