West Midlands Speech & Language Therapy

How lovely is this card from a class at @ThePinesSpecial 💜🧡 Our team have been receiving little thank yous like this all week, and it's been so lovely to share with each other ⭐🤗

A bit of phonological awareness and production work recently with Ellen! These environmental sound discrimination PowerPoints from Twinkl are brilliant for keeping things fun✨ #mysltday #PhonologicalAwareness

🌞 We’re officially out of office for the 6-week holiday! A huge thank you to our amazing team, dedicated school staff, supportive families, and of course, our brilliant students for a fantastic year 🙌💬 We’ll be back on 1st September with more SLT & OT magic! ✨ #SchoolsOut

Lauren's been sharing her #cpd learning from recent TACPAC and Curiosity Approach training — great ideas for bringing sensory and child-led principles into our sessions 🌈💡 #TACPAC #CuriosityApproach #sltcpd

Kicking off our #CPD day looking over the DEAP assessment, updates to @RCSLT SSD guidance, and transcription practice ✏️🗣️ Huge thanks to Emma, Demi and Ellie for leading us through these practical refreshers! #sltcpd #mysltday

It’s never too late for a training! Last week, Iman and Sophia delivered LFBE training at Hodge Hill College — all set and ready to hit the ground running with intervention groups in September 💪🎓 #lfbe #mysltday

It’s never too late for a training! Last week, Iman and Sophia delivered LFBE training at Hodge Hill College — all set and ready to hit the ground running with intervention groups in September 💪🎓 #lfbe #mysltday

✨ Our therapist Lauren recently got creative with the Year 6 transition group at @Topcliffeschool — they had a go at drawing what their new school uniform might look like 👇 A fun way to get ready for the big move as we near the end of the school year 👔 #mysltday

Recently, Amy and Mark delivered training at a special school about identifying which children are appropriate for specialist support from the #SALT team ⭐ A great opportunity for staff to recognise how much they already know about supporting children with #SLCN 🤩👏

Each term we shine a light on staff who go the extra mile 🌟 Congrats to this term’s #SaLT and #OT winners—Shona and Charlotte! You’ve both won free resources for your setting @GW_Academy A big well done to all our nominees for your continued hard work and dedication! 💜#bravo

Our resource of the term is pens and pencils! Check out these ideas for using these simple tools to help establish categorisation skills in students with #slcn 🤩🙌

Our resource of the term is pens and pencils! Check out these ideas for using these simple tools to help establish categorisation skills in students with #slcn 🤩🙌

A new sensory wall has been created in @CottesbrookeJun - it’s already being used really well for mini regulation breaks 🤩 As part of DLP work this year, our OTs and SALTs have been supporting schools to develop more inclusive environments 🙌 #Inclusion #SENsupport #ot #sensory

Starting your first SLT job as an #NQP soon? Our NQP buddy Sophia shares her must-have toolkit items for every paeds SLT! ⭐ What would you add? Let us know what’s been essential in your first year. #NQPSLT #slt2be @RCSLT @SLTatBCU

Amy, our #AAC Clinical Lead has delivered a training session all about AAC and Aided Language Displays to a group of SENCOs and Early Years Teachers recently 🙌 A great practical session that sets staff up to get started using AAC straight away! #cpd #ald #totalcommunication

Brilliant display from KS2 students in one of our primary schools where Ellen works, created as part of their ‘Social Detective’ group 🕵️‍♀️🙌 They wanted to share the key skills and strategies they’ve learned—love to see the enthusiasm! 💜 #mysltday #SocialDetectives

Silly sentence making fun in last week's therapy sessions with Ellie—great for building ‘who, what, where’ vocabulary and building verbs. One child chose drawing as a reward and drew himself and Ellie—so sweet! 😍😆 #mysltday #slcn

Lovely feedback from one of our schools where Annabel provides weekly #SLT support! ⭐ We’re so proud of the impact all of our therapists have across the city! 💜 #SaLT #feedbackfriday #slcn

WMSLT Resource of the Term 🖊️ Pens and pencils aren’t just for writing! Check out these creative ways to build visual perception skills in your setting. #OT #VisualPerception #occupationaltherapy

Children with DLD may find learning new words tricky—but with the right support, they can build their vocabulary! 💬✨ Our WMSLT therapists use strategies that make word learning more accessible and effective. Here are a few ideas to try! ⬇️ #DLD #SaLT