Let's Talk Small Talk – Details, episodes & analysis

Libby interviews the lovely Danielle about her experience of PDA and also her new book Black Rainbow about a family's PDA journey through 
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Cathy organised 2 very successful conferences last year. This year she is going bigger and better! She has all the experts on NLA in one place including Marg Blanc and Barry Prizant. It's online over 5 days with the recording available to tickets holders for 6 months. Check out her website for details of the conference and to buy tickets. https://thespeechden.com/ Parents recieve a discount and there's an early bird rate til tonight!

Small Talk Speech and Language Therapist Dawn Tomalin interviews the brilliant Laura Kerbey, Autism & Education Consultant and Author. They discuss PDA and Laura's recent book about PDA for teens. Laura has been working with young people with a range of learning difficulties for over 20 years, but er passion has always been working with and teaching those who are autistic. Having worked in schools and colleges, she understands the barriers to learning that autism creates and the frustration and anxiety that this causes to student's, their parents and staff alike.

Her empathetic approach has always enabled her to engage and work effectively with young people especially those with PDA.

Dawn talks to Helen Daniel about her work and her recent book. Helen is an autism and neurodiversity support practitioner who helps neurodivergent families  find their own path to radical self-acceptance. She supports neurodivergent children and young people to better understand themselves through empowering workshops and resources. Listen to them talk all about Helen's work and neuro-divergence acceptance

To celebrate the end of SMIRA's selective mutism awareness month, Libby and Dawn discuss all things selective mutism. Small Talk have several speech and language therapists who have extra training and experience to be able to work with children and young people with selective mutism, yet across the country it remains difficult to access speech and language therapy for this particular client group

Libby and Paula discuss Paula's new book with her approach to family life when you have SEN in the mix, autism, parental blame and much more. 

Listen to Libby interview Steph Curtis parent, blogger and author

Dawn interviews Rachel Winder about what it really means to be neurodivergent-affirming. Rachel was diagnosed as autistic with dyslexia and ADHD in her forties, has become an 'accidental' neurodivergence influencer. We have known Rachel a number of years now while we have been on our journey to get it right. We realise that it is a work in progress but we are passionate to make it the best it can be. Listen to Rachel's views here.

DLD is the biggest learning difficulty you've never heard of. 2 out of every class have it. At Small Talk most of the SLTs have extra training in order to be confident about diagnosing it and working with children with DLD. We are passionate about making a difference for children who have it. Listen to Libby and Dawn discuss their views.

Libby discusses the new book that she has been working on with Georgina Smith and Laura Graham. Georgina Smith, a specialist  dyslexia  tutor, and Laura Graham, independent occupational therapist and sensory integration practitioner teamed up with Libby on this project to look at why many children are struggling at school with literacy but it's not all due to dyslexia. This team of professionals all practice clinically and bring a wealth of experience along with tried and tested advice and strategies to help parents and teachers alike gain the correct support for the young people in their care. Topics covered include:
*Developmental Language Disorder *Dyslexia *Developmental Coordination Disorder *Cerebral Visual Impairment *Autism *Attention Deficient Hyper Activity Disorder *Trauma *Sensory Processing Differences *Anxiety *Executive Functioning *Auditory Processing Disorder
Georgina's website https://www.dyslexia-codebreakers.co.uk/  
Laura's website https://lauragrahamot.co.uk/  
Join them at the book launch 10th October 2024 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launch-what-if-its-not-dyslexia-tickets-1023433616497?aff=oddtdtcreator