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Empty Space: giving children room to grow
Before You Teach the Alphabet: helping your child be ‘school ready’
The Importance of Accountability in my Work
How to Create a Sensory Story
Therapy Ideas Conference
Adult-Child Interaction: the power of waiting
A Communication Friendly Classroom
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I will always say yes to an invitation. Even if it

I will always say yes to an invitation. Even if it’s all the way to the Outer Hebrides. Good times with my dad and my brother 💛🌊 #outerhebrides #scotland #familytime #whatheatwave

Mindfulness… it started as my hack for jet lag a

Mindfulness… it started as my hack for jet lag and now I apply it to #speechtherapy 🪨 Another snippet from How To Help Non-Speaking Children. #earlyyears #neurodiversity

What if we start from a place of whole-hearted acc

What if we start from a place of whole-hearted acceptance of where someone is at right now? 💝 An excerpt from Ch. 3 - Build Relationships #HowToHelpNonSpeakingChildren #EarlyYears #SpeechAndLanguageTherapy

Words are like waves…. 🌊 Don’t just count

Words are like waves…. 🌊
Don’t just count the words. Be the ones having the most fun. Savour the details and spark joy together. #neurodiversity #speechandlanguagetherapy #earlyyears

It’s totally fine… 💩

It’s totally fine… 💩

Where are the spaces that you can use your privile

Where are the spaces that you can use your privilege to extend a welcome to others? Belonging is a reallll good feeling 🤗 and it’s easy to forget that not everyone feels that way in the places you do.

Much love to the Island lads for extending a surfy welcome to me over the years.
#womenwhosurf #honestthoughts #surfergirls #kookforlife #cornwall

It feels like such a privilege that CPD, supervisi

It feels like such a privilege that CPD, supervision and support is baked into our work. Here’s a few suggestions on how to make the most of your supervision sessions. There’s definitely more… What else would you add.

It’s a good day to climb a tree. Or study a leaf

It’s a good day to climb a tree. Or study a leaf. Or just stop and listen. #EarthDay #BeHereNow

Spring popped round! Are you noticing? #smallisall

Spring popped round! Are you noticing? #smallisall

Stories make the world go round! And everyone dese

Stories make the world go round! And everyone deserves to hear stories that light them up.

Thank you @thesensoryprojects.co.uk for sharing so many stories and great ideas at last week’s @asltip conference.

It was a reminder to pare those stories right back, be genuinely ambitious in finding something to capture the attention, and start with ‘1 and many’ before complex algebra….

#sensorystories #therapytalks #speechandlanguagetherapy

Tea cups are optional 😉 whatever movement is av

Tea cups are optional 😉 whatever movement is available to you is really helpful after those tricky sessions.
#SpeechTherapy #SLPeeps #MovementPractice #qigong

I miss having this guy on my passenger side. And a

I miss having this guy on my passenger side. And also feel a whole lot of love and gratitude for all the places we got to go and adventures we shared.
Life with Rolo didn’t pan out how I expected. It ended up being so much richer.
Rest in peace good dog. May there be endless streams and sticks over that rainbow bridge. #RoloTheRescueMutt #RescueDogsRock

icymi, here’s what we talked about… 👇🏼

icymi, here’s what we talked about… 👇🏼

- How to create a fun back-and-forth conversation with kids who aren’t talking.
- Why safety and minimalism are crucial starting points.
- Being a beginner to better understand our kids’ experiences.
- Celebrating each child, even (especially!) when they aren’t ticking all those #EYFS boxes.

I love doing these! #EarlyYears #KeynoteSpeaker #SpeechAndLanguage

“Look at me when I’m talking to you!!” 👀

“Look at me when I’m talking to you!!” 👀
(just kidding 😘)

#neurodiversity #eyecontact #socialskills #autism

Rolo thinks that posing for photos is a very silly

Rolo thinks that posing for photos is a very silly endeavour. But here we are 😝
Did you know this book is also available on Bookshop.org ??
So, if you’re not an @ma$on fan, you can still order a copy. Which means supporting your local bookshop (and me too!)
#dogswithbooks #earlyyears #bookstagram #neurodiversity

Have you heard this one? Does it work for you? Wit

Have you heard this one? Does it work for you?
With thanks to Dr Rachel Moseley for sharing her own experiences, and her bird analogy, with @seedtalks this week.
(I didn’t list in the video the many things that penguins can do, that sparrows struggle with, so we need to add that next time!)
#neurodiversity #autism #diversityandinclusion

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