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Sarah Hayward

@sarahhayward.bsky.social
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Speech and Language Therapist, Ubel-dtp ESRC PhD student at University College London. Always learning parent #neurodiversity, interests- #collaborative practice, #co-research, #AAC, #creative methods. Often swimming in lakes or listening to live music.

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Sarah Hayward @sarahhayward.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
In Heidleburg for the European Academy of Child-onset disability Congress. Gaining a global perspective on the challenges and opportunities for people with disabilities. Looking forward to my presentation later #bskyspeechies #AAC
Me standing outside the glass doors of the new conference centre in Heidleburg under a banner saying Welcome The opening ceremony shows a slide featuring the global membership of EACD on each continent Heidleburg old bridge A view of Heidelberg castle set in the forest above the old town
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Sarah Hayward @sarahhayward.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Love this video from RCSLT celebrating our Oxleas NHS SLT conference last week #bskyspeechies #rcslt80
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#mysltday #ahps | Royal College Of Speech and Language Therapists
This week we attended Oxleas SLT Conference in Erith, taking with us our 80th anniversary exhibition. It was a fantastic event with a great range of speakers. Well done to Sarah Hayward, Juila Longtho...
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Sarah Hayward @sarahhayward.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Wonderful to finally see our Oxleas SLT conference- “from birth to end of life” come together. 100 SLTs met to learn, reflect and hear from inspirational speakers #bskyspeechies @speedoftrust27.bsky.social @rachelbartonslt.bsky.social @annavolkmer.bsky.social #rcslt80 This is what they thought
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Talking Mats @talkingmats.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Fantastic blog by @sarahhayward.bsky.social describing her use of Talking Mats as a creative research tool, a rich way of structuring thoughts & gathering views www.talkingmats.com/thank-you-to... If you use TM in your research join our international research group to share ideas & methodology
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Thank you to researcher Sarah Hayward for this blog.  She describes using Talking Mats in an innovative way to explore how collaborative partnerships may work in AAC, from the perspective of caregiver...
Talking Mats is a social enterprise whose vision is to improve the lives of people with communication difficulties. How Talking Mats can improve communication and lives.
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Talking Mats @talkingmats.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The Research spotlight for April is only a little bit late but worth the wait.
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Sarah Hayward @sarahhayward.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Thank you @talkingmats.bsky.social for spotlighting our research. Thanks to my co-researcher Joanna Holmes and supervisors Daniel Hayes, Michael Clarke and Steven Bloch #bskyspeechies www.talkingmats.com/blog/
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Richard Talbot @rtslt.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
What a lovely day. Succesful PhD upgrade this morning, then my first '1st author' paper was published this afternoon on telehealth script groups for people with #PPA we ran at Queen Square a couple of years ago. This is an interesting interevention have a look! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Script club: motivating change through remote delivery of group script training for people with primary progressive aphasia
Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) describes a group of language led dementias. Script training is a speech and language therapy intervention that has been shown to improve fluency and grammatical w...
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Sarah Hayward @sarahhayward.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Delighted to announce the publication of the first article from my PhD! Huge thanks to my co-authors. @uclpals.bsky.social @tg-at.bsky.social @springernature.com #bskyspeechies Open access link here: doi.org/10.1007/s404...
Picture shows a research article with the title ‘Developing collaborative Relationships between Professionals and Parents of children with neurodisability: A meta-narrative review
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Dr Sam Burr @samburrslt.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
@clairemillsslt.bsky.social @charliestrutt.bsky.social @sarahhayward.bsky.social @hazelroddam.bsky.social @jowallinger.bsky.social @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social @yvonnewren.bsky.social @drjoannecleland.bsky.social @drhelenslt.bsky.social Please share to open doors for #ResearchCurious SLTs 🤩
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Dermot Lynott @dermotlynott.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Confused, and blinking into the light, the workers begin the weary pilgrimage of two factor authenticating, the end of which will herald the beginning of spring.
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Bronwyn Hemsley @bronwynhemsley.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Our 10-15min online, anonymous survey on clinicians’ (and their assistants) and teachers’ views on #GestaltLanguageProcessing is still open. It will close later in Jan - a month will be up by 20th Jan then we leave it open until responses wind down. Feel free to share it! redcap.link/GLP_NLA
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Views on Gestalt Language Processing (GLP) and Natural Language Acquisition (NLA)
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Mark Jayes PhD, FRCSLT @markjayes.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Calling all #UK #SLTs! The brilliant @healthlibraryholly.bsky.social needs participants for her important #research on #accessible #information #easyread - what a great opportunity to help improve info access for ppl with #communication #disabilities @carohaw.bsky.social @abracabadger.bsky.social
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Sarah Hayward @sarahhayward.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
If you are interested in Talking Mats, in particular how the data has been analysed and reported- check out our free to access paper!
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Sarah Hayward @sarahhayward.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
How do we truly represent home languages on #AAC systems? Gloria Soto and Jennifer Vega present the SFSU toolkit and resources to guide clinicians thinking when building AAC systems. #asha2024
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Sarah Hayward @sarahhayward.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
PhD Student John Kim from San Francisco State/ UC Berkeley describes the development of a free clinic service for children who use #AAC which also provides training for SLT students. The clinic aims to be family centred and culturally responsive #asha2024
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Sarah Hayward @sarahhayward.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Such a powerful presentation from Penn State..developing wearable, customisable AAC tech, trained to detect and voice individual movements in real time..developed by and for #AAC users. Multiple impactful applications on relationships, enjoying sports and just generally living life. Wow! #asha2024
Picture shows the title slide of a presentation from ASHA conference given by a team from Penn State University. Maximising Access to AAC Through Use of AI to detect and Interpret Natural Gestures. Slide has a green background with a hot air balloon reflecting the conference theme of ‘elevate’
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Sarah Hayward @sarahhayward.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Conferences are not just about amazing presentations.. I’m enjoying some ‘off duty’ catch ups with fabulous colleagues #asha2024 #bskyspeechies
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Talking Mats @talkingmats.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
We know for some of our customers it can take time to get permission to purchase so start organising now to take advantage of the Talking Mats January sale www.talkingmats.com/reduced-for-...
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Reduced for January 2025 - Improving Communication, Improving Lives
Talking Mats is a social enterprise whose vision is to improve the lives of people with communication difficulties. How Talking Mats can improve communication and lives.
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Sarah Hayward @sarahhayward.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Enjoyed presenting my PhD work to a very engaged audience at 8am this morning! #ASHA2024 #AAC #PAR Thank you to all those who came and participated
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Bronwyn Hemsley @bronwynhemsley.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Been up since 4!! Blame the jet lag. I will be going to this one #ASHA2024 @sarahhayward.bsky.social see you there!
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Talking Mats @talkingmats.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Congratulations @sarahhayward.bsky.social on your #ASHA2024 presentation - we are delighted to see one of our research group at ASHA . Hope it goes well.
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Sarah Hayward @sarahhayward.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Here I am at the ASHA convention #ASHA2024 looking forward to interesting presentations on day 1 and presenting on day 2.
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Peter Just @peterdjust.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
😍 How appropriate that my first blue sky post is to share the amazing news that Mikey Akers' #InvestInSLT petition is being debated on 27 January 2025. 🔍 Check out why this matters: www.rcslt.org/news/rcslt-t... committees.parliament.uk/committee/32...
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Decisions of the Petitions Committee, 26 November 2024 - Committees - UK Parliament
On 26 November 2024 the Committee considered e-petitions that had received over 100,000 signatures. The Committee also considered e-petitions that had received over 10,000 signatures and received a Go...
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Anna Hockley @ahockley.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Are you an adult community SLT in the UK? Want to give your views on the SLT role in communication in #dementia? We're looking for a couple more participants to join a final online focus group on Monday 2nd Dec at 11am. Email me: a.hockley@ucl.ac.uk for more info. #bskySPEECHIES
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Sarah Hayward @sarahhayward.bsky.social · 09/10/2024
Attending the Community of Allied Health Professions Research conference today #cahpr24 - new name, new website and new status- exciting times ahead! #bskyspeechies
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Sarah Hayward @sarahhayward.bsky.social · 28/09/2024
Essential message from Vicki Joffe at #esla2024 Adolescents still need SLT services and benefit from them but services ‘disappear’ at secondary age.
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Sarah Hayward @sarahhayward.bsky.social · 27/09/2024
Great to be presenting my second PhD project at #esla2024 using participatory methods to create a theory of collaboration in AAC
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Sarah Hayward @sarahhayward.bsky.social · 26/09/2024
In Brugge for the European Speech and Language Association Congress 2024 I’m presenting my collaborative project tomorrow in the #AAC stream. Developing a theory of collaboration in AAC using creative participatory methods- join me at 14:00 in Meeting Room 2!
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Jo Wallinger @jowallinger.bsky.social · 12/09/2024
Fantastic developments and #AHPResearch updates from @hazelroddam.bsky.social (and the RCSLT Research and Outcomes team) for #BskySpeechies 🦋 at RCSLT Research Champions Workshop today. Online resources and recording will be available for RCSLT members #RCWorkshop24 #SLPeeps
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Sarah Hayward @sarahhayward.bsky.social · 06/09/2024
Getting ready for #cm2024conf 🎒🛤️🚄 Very excited to be presenting with @mummyvsAAC. Come and hear about our experiences of co-research on Tuesday 10:15-11 Clothworkers South, G14.
Picture shows an entry in the conference programme with the title of our talk. Applying a co-research model to explore collaborative practice between speech and language therapists and parents of AAC users
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