Please help to give the ‘Gift of Communication’ to a child this Christmas. Right now, many thousands of children across the country are struggling to understand what’s being said to them, or are frustrated at not being able to express themselves. They have a ‘Developmental Language Disorder’, an often hidden disability. Just £25 will enable…
Afasic and our expert SALT partners had a busy summer 2018, running 14 of our unique ‘Secondary Starter’ transition courses for Year 6 children who have persistent speech, language and communication difficulties. Each tailored group included interactive games to help make friends, team work in a secondary school atmosphere and fun practical opportunities to practice…
Our range of charity Christmas cards for 2018 is now available – please support Afasic by buying your cards from us and encouraging others to do so. All proceeds will go towards the work of Afasic. We have five new cards added to our range and wrapping paper with matching tags; including a brilliant holographic…
Can you help? SLT Aoife Gallagher is looking for mothers and fathers of primary or secondary-aged children with a language disorder to complete an online survey. What is involved? The survey takes about 45 minutes to complete. You are given some statements about collaborative planning/SLT support in school and asked whether you agree with them….
A new guide to Social Communication Disorder is now available exclusively from Afasic. Entitled Social Communication Disorder (SCD) DSM-5 (Semantic Pragmatic Disorder), it is a reworking and updating of her original and highly influential paper on Semantic Pragmatic Disorder by Margo Sharp, the highly specialist speech and language therapist and trustee of Afasic. This new article,…
It was a perfect day for a bike ride when this year’s Afasic charity ride visited the picturesque Essex countryside, starting and finishing in the village of Rayne and visiting many ‘Greats’ and ‘Littles’ along the way. It was a 50 mile route, to mark our 50th Anniversary, the country roads were gently undulating, with…
Stand is pleased to offer a Conference that demonstrates the importance of language development in early childhood. The Conference, which is led by Key speakers from across Wales, shows how developing language skills is of absolute importance for young children’s success later in life both as social beings and in pursuing an education. The Conference…
Since Afasic Cymru sadly had to close due to funding problems earlier this year, Yvonne Brooks, ex-Afasic project officer for North Wales and Sarah McCulloch have come together to form Stand North Wales CIC, a new social enterprise that aims to run training events for parents and professionals , activities for local children who are…