Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Do you have a way with words and enjoy writing? We are looking for a new Publications Officer to join the RCSLT team. To find out more, including how to apply, visit https://www.rcslt.org/about/jobs/2017

2017 RCSLT vacancies

Read our new factsheet on how speech and language therapists support autistic adults and children via https://www.rcslt.org/speech_and_language_therapy/docs/factsheets/autism

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Want a bit of a giggle? Then read this year's school competition winning joke from Sam Harrison of East Renfrewshire via http://www.givingvoiceuk.org/voice-box/

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Members - We are looking for members to help develop a new set of web pages on delegating appropriately. To find out about paid and voluntary opportunities visit https://www.rcslt.org/cq_live/delegate_appropriately/online_guidance

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Members - Thinking of what your next move will be? We need your help to develop new CQ Live webpages about managing risk and we have paid and voluntary opportunities available. For more info visit https://www.rcslt.org/cq_live/manage_risk/online_guidance

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Members - We need your help to develop new CQ Live webpages on safeguarding guidance and reporting concerns. We have paid and voluntary opportunities available. For more info visit https://www.rcslt.org/cq_live/report_concerns/online_guidance

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450+ members have joined our online conversation about SLT activities for children and young people. As things currently stand, this is the most popular idea. Have you got other ideas that you'd like to share with us? If so, please visit https://www.rcslt.org/members/children/childrens_services

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Today, we've been raising awareness of how speech and language therapists help people with swallowing difficulties, often transforming their lives. We'd like to thank everyone who's taken part in European Swallowing Awareness Day and a special mention has to go to the incredible for posting some FAQs on what it's like swallowing in space. If you'd like to find out more about swallowing, please visit: http://www.givingvoiceuk.org/european-swallowing-awareness-day/

European Swallowing Awareness Day – 6 March 2017 The inaugural UK Swallowing Awareness Day was launched last year and supported by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) – in close collaboration with Speech Pathology Austral…

Huge thanks to for posting FAQs for European Swallowing Awareness Day today! Out of this world!

Here's one FAQ specially for European Swallowing Awareness Day today, 6 March: How can you eat or drink in weightlessness? Doesn’t it float back up?

You can swallow and digest food just fine in space. Digestion relies on different muscles in your body that squeeze behind the food you eat, pushing it through you until it's safely in your stomach. This is called ‘peristalsis’. Once the food is in your stomach, you have various valves that keep food in place. However, after a meal you can definitely feel that your food sits more ‘lightly’ in your stomach and I learnt the hard way that you shouldn’t run on the treadmill for at least an hour or two after eating! There aren't many problems associated with eating or drinking, except some astronauts have reported issues with belching, which makes sense because gravity helps swallowed air separate from fluids so, if you need to burp, it can feel a bit like being sick. That's a reason why we don't have fizzy drinks in space...

Members - Are you thinking of submitting an abstract for the Conference, 28-29 Sept in Glasgow? Dr Rebecca Palmer, NIHR Senior Clinical Academic lecturer, University of Sheffield, discusses this year's conference via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRCbL1hLR8Y&feature=youtu.be . For more information, visit https://www.rcslt.org/news/events/2017/rcslt_conference

RCSLT Conference 2017 This year's RCSLT conference, Speech and language therapy: MAXIMISING IMPACT Your profession, your CPD, takes place on 27-28 September 2017 at the Scottish E...