Taking Away A Voice

Edward Lawrence, for The Guardian, reports this week on some governmental irony: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepublic/2011/apr/27/nhs-reforms-speech-therapies Mr Lawrence, who writes The Guardian's 'Diary of a disability benefit... Read more

Um Er Ar?

A new piece of research suggests that parents who have a tendency to fumble and stumble over their words may actually be helping their children acquire language. The Independent reports on a study from the University of Rochester (USA).... Read more

Autism Awareness Month

n the USA, April is Autism Awareness Month! Many organisations who work with individuals with ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder) see April as an opportunity to educate the public about autism and issues within the autism community. The... Read more

Parent’s Feedback

What Our Parents Think Recently we developed a questionnaire looking for parent and client feedback about what they have found useful from our service and if they had any comments for the future. We hope that this information will be... Read more

Conversational Technology

Recent research published in the journal, "Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking" indicates that a ‘conversation simulator’ which allows individuals to have a virtual conversation, can improve the social and conversational... Read more

Twin Talking

The latest video to do the rounds on YouTube and millions of computers around the world involves a very important building block in human communication – baby-talk! Sam and Ren McEntee were aged 17 months when their parents took a... Read more

Protein ID In Autism

Protein Identification in Autism Many of our clients at I.T.S. have some form of autistic spectrum disorder, so we are always happy to talk about the latest developments in intensive autism speech and language therapy research. The BBC... Read more

Around The World -APD

Professor Dorothy Bishop wrote recently on her personal blog (http://deevybee.blogspot.com/) about one of her current research topics; auditory processing problems (APD) in children with language difficulties. As Professor of Developmental... Read more

Parental Budgets SEN Children

The Guardian reported this week on the latest government recommendations allocating support for children with Special Educational Needs (SEN). You can read the article in full here:... Read more

All About ITS

ITS has been receiving lots of new referrals recently, so now seems like a good opportunity to talk about all the different services you can access through us. Integrated Treatment Services (ITS) was set us by Sarah Davis (formerly... Read more