News - Soundswell Speech

Soundswell Team Training Day

With an early ‘Christmassy feel’ the team recently enjoyed our Autumn Continuing Professional...

A new role with Soundswell

We are delighted to welcome Denise (already a long-standing team member) into a new role as an...

Sarah Buckley 1976 – 2024

Speech & language therapist, clinical tutor, business woman, chair of the Association for...

Soundswell are proud to sponsor the Harborne Players Football Club

Every year Soundswell aims to ‘give back’ in some shape or form. In some years there have been...

Harborne Youth football team’s first tournament!

In our first match we lost 3-0 and the other team got a penalty. In our second match we lost 2-1...

Schools see the value of receiving Wellcomm Refresher training

A number of the original Wellcomm (EY) research team of therapists are part of the Soundswell team. They know the Kit inside out and recognise that staff will benefit from understanding the reasons behind how the kit is used.

Cyber security – how safe is personal data in the hands of your speech and language therapy provider ?

Cyber security is a high priority for Soundswell and this year we have gained our cyber essentials certification

RCSLT CHIEF EXEC VISITS COMPLEX NEEDS HUB

Soundswell were thrilled to show Steve Jamieson (RCSLT CEO) the difference good collaborative working makes to children with complex SLCN needs at St Cuthbert’s Catholic Primary School

Parent Coffee Morning at Handsworth Girls School

“It was lovely to see the volume of families and their engagement. Parents really enjoyed and appreciated the session today”

Building an Independent Speech and Language Therapy Practice- a guide

This book is
essential reading for speech and language therapists (and
others) considering going down the independent route.

Mainstream or Special School?

For many of us, there’s very little difference these days

Working independently – is it time to dip your toe in the water?

Working with Soundswell means that you have all the freedoms of working for yourself but none of the worry of sourcing the work

Two million children need speech and language therapy

The unprecedented jump in demand for NHS services has been blamed on the pandemic, but also on the increasing use of tablets and television for entertainment.

The struggle to get help from speech and language therapy

There are many people (both children and adults) who cannot get the help they feel they need. There are various reasons for this – the most obvious one is that demand outstrips capacity – there just aren’t enough therapists. For public sector services, the only solution to this is to establish rigid ‘care pathways’ -i.e. to introduce exclusion criteria, which clearly identify who will be seen and who will not.

Unmet need: what, as a profession, can we do?

I work with children and adults, as both an independent practitioner and a member of my local NHS...

Soundswell’s first school in Sandwell

We are thrilled to now be working in Pennyhill primary school West Bromwich.

Phonological Awareness demystified

If children in your setting are struggling with phonics, are weak phonological awareness skills are holding them back?

Verbal Dyspraxia – raising awareness

In a rare and valuable opportunity Speech and language therapist Kate Powell is invited to...

Covid – the long reach

Thankfully for many of us Covid is a distant memory – something which seems somehow a very long...

Language acquisition for chocolate lovers !

You’re going to love this chocolate analogy which helps us to understand the six stages in Natural Language Acquisition

Data Protection & Privacy information

The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) came into force in May 2018.

Welcome to part III of Soundswell’s twin blog

Just to recap: the purpose of the twin blog is not only to get to know these joyous little boys...

Soundswell’s approach to working with high school and college students

We have seen increased demand for speech and language therapy support for post KS2 pupils as the impact of limited or no access in primary school really begins to bite

Introducing open-cup drinking to your baby

Drinking from an open cup has multiple benefits for speech, dentition and more!

Part 2 of Soundswell’s twin blog

This is the second part of the story of Finley & Joshua as told by Mum and Dad – Laura and James.

How do we know we are making a difference?

Soundswell CPD day : Measuring Impact

Welcome to Soundswell’s twin blog

This is the first part of the story of Finley & Joshua as told by Mum and Dad – Laura and James.

The (Soundwell) Specials

… are not only a 1970s local band (from Coventry) but also a highly skilled and dynamic group of therapists working with Soundswell. Special school work has, in the past been seen by some as the Cinderella of speech and language therapy, but no longer…