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ISSN 1368-2105 WINTER http://wwwspeechmagcom Competency in head and neck When is good enough? Long-term care Training with SOAP Collaborating for Communication Clinics and schools Out of the frying pan... How I augment AAC My top resources Music in therapy Evidence And introducing ‘Winning Ways’ based practice: a climbing frame not a cage ONWARDS AND UPWARDS READEROFFERSREADEROFFERSREADEROFFERSREADEROFFERS WINTER 03 speechmag Peter & In need of inspiration? Doing a literature review? The Cat Looking to update your practice? No scary wolf for Peter this time, but still a story to capture the interest of young Or simply wanting to locate an article you school-aged children. Black Sheep Press is read recently? offering copies of this narrative re-tell Our cumulative index facility is there to help. assessment to THREE lucky Speech & Language Therapy in Practice readers - FREE! 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Tel/fax 01561 377415 e-mail: “While there is a wealth of literature on the effects of “The combined effect of a therapist considering the [email protected] surgery and radiotherapy on the swallowing process, individual child’s speech and language need, who is there is relatively little about speech and language the main focus of intervention and the reason for Design & Production: Fiona Reid therapy intervention and even less on the level of the proposed intervention should enable therapists Fiona Reid Design expertise or experience on which that intervention to decide where it is best carried out.” Straitbraes Farm should be based.” Alyson Portch argues that, instead of pulling out of St. Cyrus Lorna Gamberini explores the concept of ‘sufficient’ clinics and concentrating on schools, we should be Montrose competency when working with people with dysphagia grilling ourselves about what combination is right Website design and associated with head and neck cancer. for each individual. maintenance: Nick Bowles Webcraft UK Ltd Further reading & Reviews www.webcraft.co.uk Child language, articulation, voice, head injury, Down’s Syndrome, learning disabilities, working Huntington’s disease. with education, early intervention, Printing: Manor Creative COVER STORY social communication, life skills, 7 & 8, Edison Road The need for SOAP multi-professional working and Eastbourne “‘Swallowing......on a plate’ Evidence based practice: a word finding. East Sussex challenge for speech and BN23 6PT (O’Loughlin & Shanley, 1996) is an language therapists Australian dysphagia emails to the editor Editor: management (training) “The sound bite of the weekend goes Writing for people with dementia; Avril Nicoll RegMRCSLT programme designed for use in to Kath Williamson: ‘Evidence based raising awareness of DownsEd. practice should be a climbing frame Subscriptions and advertising: nursing homes so that, following and not a cage.’ I want to continue to Tel / fax 01561 377415 training, nursing home staff How I augment AAC climb.” would be able to provide basic “The many different types of ©Avril Nicoll 2003 Frances Harris dissects the assessment and management communication book meet different Contents of Speech & Language proceedings of CPLOL’s 5th European Therapy in Practice reflect the strategies for their patients.” Congress. needs. In an ideal environment, views of the individual authors When Linda Armstrong and people with communication and not necessarily the views of Alison Bain found out they were piloting the same difficulties can use not just one but as many as they the publisher. Publication of off-the-shelf package (SOAP), they were interested to find helpful.” (Sally Millar) advertisements is not an compare methods and results. Janet Scott on choosing a graphic symbol system, endorsement of the advertiser Sally Millar on communication books and Cheryl or product or service offered. Any contributions may also Collaborating for Communication Davies on AAC (alternative and augmentative appear on the magazine’s “Teaching assistants participated fully in the sessions by communication) service development. internet site. preparing materials, observing my demonstration of activities, then implementing the activities with the Back Cover My top resources children themselves, and taking notes on the children’s “Contrary to popular belief, even ‘musical’ people need abilities in the different tasks.” to practise. On my early morning walks I rehearse songs In the ‘Collaborating for Communication’ project, (internally, not usually out loud!) and make up or Karen Heins and colleagues found an efficient and adapt words, to the steady beat of my footsteps.” effective way of managing clients with speech and Wendy Prevezer brings her dual role of speech and language difficulties in mainstream schools. language therapist and musician to her work. Winning Ways series () From caterpillar to butterfly In future issues... “People come to coaching because they want to make SURE START changes in their lives. If people just want to wander STORYTELLING round the mulberry bush a few times, only to be DYSARTHRIA DYSPHAGIA reassured that their problem really does have no ADOLESCENTS solution, then I’m not the coach for them.” CHILD VOICE Life Coach Jo Middlemiss believes that every COLLABORATION Cover picture by Paul Reid (posed by challenge has a solution and that, ultimately, the only model). See p.20 STUDENT TRAINING person you can change is yourself.