Senior psych lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy #Sltatbcu. Interests; language, literacy and offending behaviour, sport, music and improv comedy! views own

Joined September 2017
17 Photos and videos
Thomas Hopkins retweeted
👶Supporting early language development 👶 We are delighted to launch our website & resources to support ELIM-I use in practice developed in partnership with @iHealthVisiting & @bbcthp. Please take a look at the 'super communicator' resources & guidance research.ncl.ac.uk/elim-i/el…

4
37
59
8,239
Thomas Hopkins retweeted
Identifying & describing DLD in children - Kuiack - International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders - Wiley Online Library If you’re a first year student (Jan start) at UCLan & you have a DLD exam looming, I’d pop this on the reading list ⬇️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
5
24
2,517
Thomas Hopkins retweeted
The majority of participants expressed some degree ofuncertainty with regard to diagnostic criteria, particularly for DLD - Diagnostic procedures of paediatric speech and language therapists in the UK: Enabling and obstructive factors. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

5
4
1,509
Thomas Hopkins retweeted
Excited to announce a new project starting very soon, using experience based co-design to explore the experiences of families when receiving a diagnonsis of #DLD 😊
3
4
25
1,864
Thomas Hopkins retweeted
Yesterday our paper presenting the outcomes of our study to develop a tool for HVs to identify children at risk of SLCN at the 2 - 2 1/2 year review was published. - The ELIM-I. It means such a great deal to have another Law et al paper published. bmcpediatr.biomedcentral.com…
3
35
77
5,291
Thomas Hopkins retweeted
3 Jul 2023
After 20 years at BCU 2 of our staff Fiona Wilcox and Helen Jenkins are leaving BCU SLT. We are making a memory book for each of them so if you would like to share memories &/ photos of them please get in touch. More details in the pic or DM us. Please keep it a secret❤️🧡💛💚
7
19
4,566
Calling #slts in England who are returning to practice or have recently returned after having a career break. Would love to hear about your experience returning so please get in touch with me directly if interested. Have heard from AHPs but missing SLT so please share! 😊
3
5
1,400
Thomas Hopkins retweeted
14 Jun 2023
I'm looking for UK #SLTs to take part in my MSc project exploring your understanding and knowledge about #neurodiversity affirming approaches! Please get in touch if you're interested in taking part in this online questionnaire or would like any more info! Please share 🌈
16
66
67
16,535
Thomas Hopkins retweeted
Calling SLT's! Would you be willing to talk about your experiences as a practice educator ? Any offers to participate would be most appreciated and will help contribute to the knowledge and understanding of this important role to support practitioner development and wellbeing ☺️
8
21
17
3,895
Thomas Hopkins retweeted
The latest Language 0-5 Project paper has just been accepted by Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. Its on executive function, language and sentence processing in English 3 year olds. All materials including manuscript are here on #OSF. osf.io/zqmf2/

2
22
3,209
Final call out to anyone returned/ing to practice in allied health in England after career break! Would love to interview you about your experience returning! Message me for further details. 😊 #iamreadytoreturn
7
4
1,466
Thomas Hopkins retweeted
This week, we have summarised a paper looking at social cognition in adolescents with DLD. The authors of the paper are Claire Forrest @drC_Fo , Vanessa Lloyd-Esenkaya @DrV_Ll_Es , Jenny Gibson @DrJennyG and Michelle C. St Clair @michellestclair
2
6
5
1,101
Padlet link for our exciting online seminar this eve for Q& A:padlet.com/clairewestwood1/e… #homelessnessSLT @SLTBCU50

1
249
Thomas Hopkins retweeted
Amazing to see our first paper of many from @Engage_DLD out there!
Delighted to see our @Engage_DLD paper out today - many thanks to all the families helping to extend our understanding of #devlangdis onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… #SLPeeps @michellestclair @Suze_Freogirl @DrV_Ll_Es @DrJennyG @EmilyMayJackson @CityLCS @CityUniHealth
4
17
1,878