Dr Cristina McKean and I will be attending the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists' Conference at the Midland Hotel, Manchester, UK on 11-12th September 2012. We will be presenting a poster on the Building Early Sentences Therapy (BEST) language package for children aged 3-6 years with severe language impairment.

Further details are on the RCSLT web site.

A full transcript of the NALDIC lecture on the BEST approach is now available in 'EAL and Additional Needs (Online) NALDIC Quarterly 9.2'.

I attended the NALDIC (National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum) Conference (November 26th 2011 at the Clothworkers’ Centenary Concert Hall, University of Leeds).


My lecture on Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) and bilingual children is now available on the NALDIC website and YouTube:

• NALDIC

• Video - Part 1 (YouTube)

• Video - Part 2 (YouTube)

• Video - Part 3 (YouTube) - The Building Early SenTences therapy programme in collaboration with Dr Cristina McKean at Newcastle University.

• Video - Part 4 (YouTube) - Case study of a 4 year old boy - Video case study not included to protect the confidentiality of the participant.

A transcript will appear in the NALDIC conference report.








Location:Leeds University