Txting and Literacy

Anthea Rowan wrote in The Telegraph this week about the relationship between adolescents 'txting', and literacy skills. You can read her article in full here:... Read more

S/L & Youth Offending

The BBC reported recently on a study in Jersey that found over a third of young offenders had some form of communication difficulty. You can read the article here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-13747713 The article is... Read more

IPhone App Stops Stammer

At the beginning of the month, the Daily Mail reported on the story of Mark Wilson, from Somerset, and his success with an iPhone speech and language app. You can read the article here:... Read more

SEN Provision

Last week The Guardian held a Q&A session with Children's Minister Sarah Teather to address a number of concerns from Guardian readers around current Special Educational Needs (SEN) provision. You can read the article here:... Read more

Singing and Language

The Guardian reports this week on a new book from Sally Goddard Blythe, a consultant in neuro-developmental education and director of the Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology. The book is titled 'The Genius of Natural Childhood',... Read more

Facial Development Evolution

Facial Development Clue to Evolution? The BBC reported this week on the study of embryonic facial development providing clues to human evolution. Dr Mosley discusses how evidence from human bodies suggests that humans may have evolved... Read more

Taking Away A Voice

Edward Lawrence, for The Guardian, reports this week on some governmental irony: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepublic/2011/apr/27/nhs-reforms-speech-therapies Mr Lawrence, who writes The Guardian's 'Diary of a disability benefit... Read more

Um Er Ar?

A new piece of research suggests that parents who have a tendency to fumble and stumble over their words may actually be helping their children acquire language. The Independent reports on a study from the University of Rochester (USA).... Read more

Twin Talking

The latest video to do the rounds on YouTube and millions of computers around the world involves a very important building block in human communication – baby-talk! Sam and Ren McEntee were aged 17 months when their parents took a... Read more

Around The World -APD

Professor Dorothy Bishop wrote recently on her personal blog (http://deevybee.blogspot.com/) about one of her current research topics; auditory processing problems (APD) in children with language difficulties. As Professor of Developmental... Read more