🚨 Just in case you missed this, in May @EducEndowFoundn published a really useful guide with practical suggestions to support pupils with #SEND in mainstream. A MUST read for all leaders, including SENDCOs ⏬️
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/education-evid…

#SEND#SpecialEducation#schoolleadership

— Prof Michael Green FCCT (@Michael_S_Green)
8:32 PM • Jun 24, 2025

Today we are sharing a few ways you can help your child if they have Selective Mutism. You can also call our Helpline to talk it through, and for more information and advice, visit the Smira website.  selectivemutism.org.uk
#sltfv#SelectiveMutism

— NHS Forth Valley Speech & Language Therapy (@slt_fv)
5:00 PM • Jun 17, 2025

🤝 High-quality social connections are vital for our wellbeing. Positive relationships offer companionship, guidance, and support in tough times. Following #LonelinessAwarenessWeek, we encourage you to explore the impact on #Loneliness on #CYPMentalHealth.

— Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health (@acamh)
6:36 PM • Jun 25, 2025

What should vocabulary instruction look like in the early years?

A 2010 meta-analysis looked at 67 studies to answer that question. The large effect size made it very clear. Let’s take a look🧵⬇️

— Chris Taber (@edulorechris)
9:53 AM • Jun 25, 2025

We assume children today are growing up surrounded by technology & will be able to write effectively using a keyboard. Research suggests this is not necessarily true. We need to actively teach students to type & write using paper & pen too. #Nomanis
info.multilit.com/hubfs/Nomanis%…

— five from five (@FIVEfromFIVE)
12:24 PM • Jun 26, 2025

Children w/ #DLD benefit when retrieval practice is included during word learning. But most studies were done in controlled lab conditions. Here, the design details of a lab study were inserted into a shared book-reading activity--with beneficial results.

— ASHA Journals (@ASHAJournals)
7:32 PM • Jun 19, 2025

🔥 Harvard researchers say the reading gap starts before kids can even talk.
By 18 months, trajectories begin to split — not at kindergarten.

Early identification. Early intervention. Strong preschool literacy.
Let’s stop waiting to act. @GaabLab  news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…

— Brett Tingley (@brett_tingley)
6:34 PM • Jun 25, 2025

A Delphi study of neurodiversity affirming psychology practice with psychologists and autistic adults by Flower et al (2025) identifies seven principles for practice, including providing safety to be one’s autistic self and validation of the autistic experience.

— Autism In Adulthood (@AutismAdulthood)
2:51 PM • Jun 26, 2025

Great short films developed by @SarahNorthcott and her team for emotional recovery support for people with aphasia. You can access here: cityaccess.org/carahub/#videos

#research#aphasia#mentalhealth@CityLCS@AmandaComer@LydiaETDavis@abracabadger@KaterinaHilari

— Dr Vasiliki Kladouchou (@VKladouchou)
2:25 PM • Jun 20, 2025

Our new word notes this quarter dive into the history of ‘brain rot’. It was our Word of the Year in 2024 but the first recorded use of the term actually goes back more than 150 years.

Read the new word notes: oxford.ly/4kUcg2e

— The OED (@OED)
3:00 AM • Jun 26, 2025