Mind Reading

The BBC reported this week on a potentially life-changing piece of research recently published in the Journal of Neural Engineering. You can read The article directly here: http://iopscience.iop.org/1741-2552/8/3/036004. The research... Read more

Baby Scans for Autism

The BBC reported this week on a study that was recently published in ‘Current Biology’. Researchers at The Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck College, University of London have been developing a new test in an attempt... Read more

Educational Psychologists

What is psychology? This is a question which has been asked in many disciplines and across a long time period. For the purposes of providing a working definition we define psychology as the study of human behaviour and development. It... Read more

Chatterbox Challenge

The children’s communication charity ‘I CAN’ posted on their blog this week with an update on their 2012 ‘Chatterbox Challenge’. You can read more about the challenge on their website, here:... Read more

Speech Therapy Dubai / India

Despite Dubai and India having some forward thinking therapy resources within the country, Integrated Treatment Services are finding that many families are spending greater time between the UK and their native home, thus their children... Read more

Bigmouth IPhone & IPad Apps

BIGMOUTH SOUNDS – kids speech sound app for iPhone iTouch and iPad  We are all getting to grips with the latest technology. It’s everywhere we look. It’s giving usamazing power in our pockets. Kids especially appear to take to... Read more

Txt Mum 4 Speech

This month the government-appointed Communication Champion – Jean Gross – stood down following a two year position raising awareness of speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) in children. She was also awarded a CBE this month... Read more

Any Qualified Provider

Happy New Year everyone! Any Qualified Provider is an initiative that was implemented by the Department of Health in conjunction with the NHS in 2011. You can watch a video about the initiative here:... Read more

Acorn Care and Education

During the December 2010 Acorn Care and Education Group became our new working partner as they bought The Shires at Stretton into their group. Integrated Treatment Services have delivered therapy services into The Shires for the last 6... Read more

Hello Campaign

Hello! It’s been a whole year since the ‘Hello’ Campaign was launched by The Communication Trust in conjunction with a number of different charities and organisations. Its aim is "to make children’s communication development a... Read more