Fiona O'Neill
Always learning at Cork Educate Together Secondary School
Book and Social Media Editor at Child Language Teaching and Therapy
Language and Communication Difference in Children and Young People #DisabilityMatters #DevLangDis #Neurodiversity
- Reposted by Fiona O'NeillAttend, in person or online, the 1st Global TALES Symposium: Advancing global knowledge in personal narratives to bridge the research-to-practice gap in speech-language pathology. It will take place Sept 11-12th in Edmonton, Canada. Registration is free, more here: sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/...
- Reposted by Fiona O'NeillSummer task for Speech and Language Therapist who want to build confidence with diagnosing DLD. Gather some colleagues and watch and discuss these FREE modules. #DevLangDis www.naplic.org.uk/diagnosing-d...
- Reposted by Fiona O'NeillIt's not just about improving skills. It's about building respectful, inclusive environments that meet emotional needs. Full article – link.springer.com/article/10.1... Read the summary - www.engage-dld.com/post/social-...
- Reposted by Fiona O'NeillDRUM ROLL please! Our 2026 conference will be on Saturday May 9th in Birmingham. . Join us for all things Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) and Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN). Mark the date in your diary now. Join NAPLIC and get a BIG discount on the conference fee too.
- Reposted by Fiona O'NeillThere are several organisations around the world who are doing great work for Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). Our first short out to 'DLD and me' that is based in the US. Check out this poster and their other great resources for families on their website dldandme.org #devlangdis
- Reposted by Fiona O'NeillWe've just added DLD activist, Damo @dysphasiapv.bsky.social to our starter pack. Find him and many other Developmental Language Disorder folks in our starter pack. #DevLangDis go.bsky.app/FMV4douat://did:plc:cajy5yryh45qkpybquhfjsvv/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lcvg2uoz3e2r
- Reposted by Fiona O'Neill💰🔐 In @ashajournals.bsky.social Both implicit (fast, effortless, unconscious) & explicit (slow, effortful, conscious) processes are relevant to language; & adults with #devlangdis may require additional processing time in cognitive and linguistic tasks. pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.1... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES
- Reposted by Fiona O'NeillLooking for Speech and Language Therapists working with children with learning disabilities to complete my dissertation survey! Survey Link: lnkd.in/dx7dbSJz Please share with other SLT’s if you can! Thank you :) #SLT #SpeechandLanguageTherapy #LearningDisabilities #Paediatrics #SLTstudent
- The features of social communication that are useful in the identification of #Autism do not necessarily require intervention - and similarly, individual needs are not always met by diagnostic pathways to help individuals understand themselves better @suereviews.bsky.social at #CLTTSummerLecture2025
- Sue Fletcher-Watson @suereviews.bsky.social sharing resources to share with young people on #Neurodiversity #Inclusion and #Education at the #CLTTSummerLecture2025 @cltt.bsky.social
- Sue Fletcher Watson's take home messages for practitioners and interested viewers - work with people, and consider values. We have much to learn! #CLTTSummerLecture2025
- The LEANS programme for primary school #Neurodiversity #Inclusion in #Education - Sue Fletcher Watson at the Annual @cltt.bsky.social Summer Lecture #CLTTSummer2025
- Read more about the #NEST project to support #Neurodiversity, #Inclusion and #Education in schools through peer groups. Sue Fletcher Watson at the Annual @cltt.bsky.social Summer Lecture #CLTTSummerLecture2025
- The #NEST approach - #Neurodiversity Alliance: young people wanted groups to be open to a broad cohort of neurodivergent young people, similar to LGBT groups. Sue Fletcher Watson - @cltt.bsky.social #CLTTSummerLecture2025
- What does the #Neurodiversity paradigm look like in research? Sue Fletcher Watson at the Annual @cltt.bsky.social Summer Lecture on #Neurodiversity #Inclusion #Education
- When a lay observer - some autistic, and some not - watches a video and is asked to detect who is autistic and who isn't, they may be looking more for indicators of disruption in the interaction rather than specific autistic behaviours. Sue Fletcher Watson at #CLTTSummer2025
- Autistic people weren't talking about distinctive features of autistic communication - people were talking about the values and purpose of communication: recognition, truth, permissiveness and flexibility, information sharing, clarity - #CLTTSummerLecture2025
- Autistic people may be less reliant on external markers of rapport such as back-channelling, gesture and eye contact. In autistic pairs, interactive rapport and social motor synchrony don't seem to be as important - Sue Fletcher Watson at the Annual CLTT @cltt.bsky.social Summer Lecture.
- People have a better interactive experience when they know who is autistic and who is not when sharing information in a chain. Rapport is more impacted than information-sharing across neurotypes #CLTTSummerLecture2025
- #CLTTSummerLecture2025 - Research across neurotypes shows that autistic communication is as effective as neurotypical communication when autistic people communicate with other autistic people. Recently replicated findings and new data. Sue Fletcher Watson talks #Neurodiversity #Inclusion #Education
- Reposted by Fiona O'NeillJust about to kick off the #CLTTsummerlecture2025 with Sue Fletcher-Watson on Neurodiversity, Communication and Inclusive Education. Great topic! I'll post a few key points in this 🧵
- Expect heterogeneity as the norm! This is critical for adopting a #Neurodiversity based approach in research and services, says Sue Fletcher Watson at the Annual @cltt.bsky.social Summer lecture. #Inclusion and #Education
- #Neurodiversity and #Disability - this isn't about simply telling people that they aren't disabled, they're different! A neurodiversity approach respects and accepts people as they are, not as society might want them to be - Sue Fletcher Watson @cltt.bsky.social Summer lecture 2025
- Sue Fletcher Watson talks about the misunderstandings that can arise when people talk about the #Neurodiversity paradigm at the Annual CLTT Summer Lecture #Inclusion #Education
- How can we explain #Neurodiversity to children and families? Trees offer a useful metaphor. Fit to environment matters, and there are group and individual. We don't want a monoculture! Sue Fletcher Watson talking #Neurodiversity #Inclusion and #Education at the @cltt.bsky.social Annual Lecture
- The strength of neurodiversity comes from our collective strength - the fact we don't all view and experience things in the same way is a strength of diversity in any group - Sue Fletcher at the Annual CLTT Summer Lecture @cltt.bsky.social
- Neurodiversity offers a paradigm shift from traditional core deficit theories - all humans vary in the way our brains work. We shouldn't be so shocked that we're different from eachother! - Sue Fletcher-Watson at the Annual CLTT Summer lecture #Neurodiversity #Inclusion #Education.
- Diagnoses are not as separable from eachother as we traditionally thought - there are tremendous overlaps across experiences and these are not as separable as we might imagine - Sue Fletcher Watson at the Annual CLTT Summer Lecture @cltt.bsky.social #Neurodiversity #Inclusion #Education
- Sue Fletcher-Watson says she is not a fan of "core deficit theories" - theories that take the diversity and complexity of individuals with a particular diagnosis and attempt to link these to supposed "core deficits" within a group - @cltt.bsky.social Annual Summer Lecture #Neurodiversity
- Sue Watson is getting ready to talk to us about Neurodiversity, Communication and Inclusive Education - the framework, what that offers us, particularly in relation to communication and how autistic people communicate for the CLTT Annual Summer Lecture @cltt.bsky.social
- Getting closer! Bookmark this and put it in your calendar!
- Prof Sue Fletcher-Watson joins us for our Summer Lecture. Please share with your networks, thank you. @vjoffe.bsky.social @speechy01.bsky.social @naplic.bsky.social @susanebbels.bsky.social @carolinebowen.bsky.social @speechandlanguk.bsky.social @ficontextual.bsky.social @suereviews.bsky.social
- Reposted by Fiona O'NeillJune 2nd is the next installment of the @cltt.bsky.social / NAPLIC journal club, facilitated by @vjoffe.bsky.social. FREE for members: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/journal-cl... Membership is £20 per year! www.naplic.org.uk/membership/
- Reposted by Fiona O'NeillProf Sue Fletcher-Watson joins us for our Summer Lecture. Please share with your networks, thank you. @vjoffe.bsky.social @speechy01.bsky.social @naplic.bsky.social @susanebbels.bsky.social @carolinebowen.bsky.social @speechandlanguk.bsky.social @ficontextual.bsky.social @suereviews.bsky.social
- Reposted by Fiona O'NeillZoom code details now available for the CLTT Summer Lecture. Click on the comment in the original post. @suereviews.bsky.social @vjoffe.bsky.social @naplic.bsky.social @ficontextual.bsky.social @speechandlanguk.bsky.social
- Prof Sue Fletcher-Watson joins us for our Summer Lecture. Please share with your networks, thank you. @vjoffe.bsky.social @speechy01.bsky.social @naplic.bsky.social @susanebbels.bsky.social @carolinebowen.bsky.social @speechandlanguk.bsky.social @ficontextual.bsky.social @suereviews.bsky.social
- Reposted by Fiona O'Neill“Save the date” for our Summer Lecture 2025! Ticket details to follow.
- Reposted by Fiona O'NeillWhen accessibility isn't prioritised, this can be the reality of being deaf at school 💔 m.youtube.com/watch?v=3D6K... #WaterlooRoad #Drama #DeafEducation #DeafCommunity #SignLanguage #Learning #BSL Details of support for the issues raised are available at: www.bbc.co.uk/actionline/
- Reposted by Fiona O'NeillIt’s important that SLTs working with children with DLD know about the personal and environmental elements that can help or hinder the child to communicate. Check out Singer et al, 2024 in CLTT, volume 40, issue 3.
- Children with DLD have difficulties with tasks that are dependent on language ability (e.g., academics). But they have strengths too (e.g., activities of daily living, gross motor) (McGregor et al., 2023). Let's capitalize on their strengths and provide support for their difficulties. #Devlangdis
- Reposted by Fiona O'NeillHow can pre-school teacher’s experiences of using play influence language development and literacy skills in the classroom? Roche et al, 2024 discuss in Child Language Teaching and Therapy; volume 40, issue 3. @vjoffe.bsky.social @ficontextual.bsky.social
- Reposted by Fiona O'NeillCollaboration with children, young people and families is needed for effective advocacy, and to develop awareness of #DevLangDis. dx.doi.org/10.1111/1460...
- Reposted by Fiona O'NeillToo right!🙌 Children with speech and language challenges are TWICE AS LIKELY to be unemployed as an adult. By supporting these children as early as possible, we'd not only reduce their need for mental health services and unemployment benefits, we're also giving them essential skills for life.🌈
- NEW - Providing sustained skill development starting from early childhood is key to meeting future workforce needs. For more from our latest #Skills2035 working paper, visit the following links 👇 🟣 More info: bit.ly/3D9xEjn 🟣 Key findings and reports: bit.ly/41q7kuY
- Reposted by Fiona O'NeillImportant new insights on how to make consent materials and procedures more accessible when conducting research with autistic people and people with intellectual disability #AutRes www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10....
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- Do we really listen to children and young people with communication needs? Child Language Teaching and Therapy invites submissions of 5000- 8000 words for a forthcoming special issue on listening to children with communication differences. Submit by 18th April 2025 to mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cltt
- Do we really listen to children and young people with communication needs? Child Language Teaching and Therapy invites submissions of 5000- 8000 words for a forthcoming special issue on listening to children with communication differences. Submit by 18th April 2025 to mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cltt
- Reposted by Fiona O'NeillWe're excited to share our latest blog by one of our lovely practitioners - Emma Lamond, on supporting children to feel confident in expressing themselves without fear of making a mistake: www.speechbubbles.org.uk/blog-posts/expert-in-your-own-experience
- Reposted by Fiona O'NeillWe are so delighted that we have a signed copy of The Monster Book of Feelings @amietaylor.bsky.social has written, which you can bid on at our online auction! Details on how you can bid coming soon. To find out more and join us on the night click here: www.speechbubbles.org.uk/support-us
- Reposted by Fiona O'NeillHere are some ways that mental health practitioners can support children (and adults!) with DLD to access the content of their sessions better. We'd love to know whether you've tried any of these and how they went! #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek
- Reposted by Fiona O'NeillBeautiful art is by Siouxsie, a young woman with #devlangdis - see more of her art with commentary by @me-boyo.bsky.social about the need for greater awareness of DLD and suitable design of accessible interventions here: www.openaccessgovernment.org/article/supp... #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek
- Reposted by Fiona O'Neill@bpsofficial.bsky.social would you share our video, made with clinicians and ppl with lived experience, about how mental health practitioners can make therapy more accessible for ppl with Developmental Language Disorder? Made for #childrensmentalhealthweek ! :) youtu.be/Ko6sFea3v0w?...
- Reposted by Fiona O'NeillDid you miss the RCSLT #IJLCDWinterLecture by @pfrizelleslt.bsky.social and @cristina-mckean.bsky.social? If so the slides are available below! #DevLangDis #bskySPEECHIES #ImpSci
- The slides from @pfrizelleslt.bsky.social and @cristina-mckean.bsky.social are now available to view on the RCSLT website: www.rcslt.org/wp-content/u... #DevLangDis #bskySPEECHIES #IJLCDWinterLecture
- Reposted by Fiona O'NeillDid you know that 20% of us will experience communication difficulties at some point in our lives? Or that over 25% of SEN pupils in England have Speech, Language & Communication needs as a primary type of need? At the NPHT we want to ensure that our Paralympic heritage is accessible & inclusive.
- Reposted by Fiona O'NeillThe Journal of Child #Language is seeking submissions for its upcoming special issue on 'Later language development'. Send in your submissions by 18 July 2025! Learn more: 🔗 cup.org/42YQIeJ #psycholinguistics @iasclchildlang.bsky.social
- Reposted by Fiona O'Neillempoweringchildren.gov.mt/vuci-toolkit/ New toolkit developed by a team of us at University College Cork in partnership with the Maltese Ministry of Social Policy & Children’s Rights, the Children’s Commissioner & (of course) a Child Advisory Group to capture the impacts of child participation.
- Reposted by Fiona O'NeillPlease don’t expound the benefits of child participation while you develop laws & policies without them. An infographic explaining what you should do when you haven’t involved children on the right. The left is for those wanting to do their best to get it right- Lansdown’s 3Cs plus the Lundy Model.
- @wordaware.bsky.social @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social @speechandlanguage.bsky.social @childrensrights.bsky.social @inclusionoz.bsky.social
- Do we really listen to children and young people with communication needs? Child Language Teaching and Therapy invites submissions of 5000- 8000 words for a forthcoming special issue on listening to children with communication differences. Submit by 18th April 2025 to mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cltt
- Do we really listen to children and young people with communication needs? Child Language Teaching and Therapy invites submissions of 5000- 8000 words for a forthcoming special issue on listening to children with communication differences. Submit by 18th April 2025 to mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cltt
- Do we really listen to children and young people with communication needs? Child Language Teaching and Therapy invites submissions of 5000- 8000 words for a forthcoming special issue on listening to children with communication differences. Submit by 18th April 2025 to mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cltt
- Many thanks to @janeemcallaghan.bsky.social for spotting an error in an earlier version of this post!
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- I really appreciate when authors of self-help books record audioversions of their work - so important for #accessibility for individuals with communication differences who are traditionally underserved in this area. Highly recommend this particular work!
- Check out the free preview of the audiobook format of ‘The Tree That Bends: How a Flexible Mind can help you thrive’. Read by myself, the book will help you to develop the psychological flexibility to break through without breaking you. #TheTreeThatBends #booksky www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNWW...
- New Year, New Socials! Looking forward to starting afresh on Bluesky and glad to see so many familiar faces posting here.
