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In Part 2 of our chat with Alix Lewer and Charly Harris from Include.org, we find out more about what Include.org does as an organisation. We discuss how they deliver “sneaky speech and language therapy,” support members’ self-advocacy skills and the vital impact of inclusive communication training.



Links to things mentioned in this episode:


Visit https://include.org/ to donate to Include.org and find out more about their volunteering opportunities
Listen to the Include.org choir singing In My World, the MCA Song and more on YouTube @IncludeTube
For free inclusive communication training for you or your organisation from Communication Access UK, visit https://communication-access.co.uk/
Learn more about the STOMP project (stopping over medication of people with a learning disability, autism or both) on the NHS website: https://www.england.nhs.uk/learning-disabilities/improving-health/stomp/#:~:text=STOMP%20stands%20for%20stopping%20over,or%20both%20with%20psychotropic%20medicines.

Speech and language therapists don’t just work in clinics, schools and hospitals. In this episode, we welcome Alix Lewer and Charly Harris from Include.org to talk about the work they do as SLTs to promote inclusive communication and run fun community projects for people with communication needs. We ask them how they got where they are now in their careers, how their roles have changed since joining Include.org and what they love most about what they do now. They also share some invaluable advice for those of us just starting out as speech and language therapists.



Links to things mentioned in this episode:


Visit https://include.org/ to donate to Include.org and find out more about their volunteering opportunities
Listen to the Include.org choir singing the Include Choir Agreement, the MCA Song and more on YouTube @IncludeTube
For free inclusive communication training for you or your organisation from Communication Access UK, visit https://communication-access.co.uk/

For this episode of the UCL Giving Voice podcast, we are joined by Carolyn McGettigan, a researcher at UCL, to talk about voice clones generated by Artificial Intelligence. We explore the uses of AI-generated voice clones in both clinical and non-clinical contexts and delve into Carolyn's fascinating research into how people perceive clones of their own and their loved ones' voices. Finally, Carolyn shares some wisdom with those wanting to start a research project of their own.

This project is part of UCL ChangeMakers, which is a student-staff partnership initiative for enhancing teaching and learning. We are three speech and language therapy students and a lecturer, and we have been meeting regularly to create a podcast about speech and language therapy. Our aim is to support the development of clinical skills in students and newly qualified speech and language therapists.

02:08 Topic 1 - What we love about being an SLT

18:58 Topic 2 - Challenges and adaptations

36:57 Topic 3 - Developing relationships and having difficult conversations

1:00:00 Topic 4 - Our own mental health and wellbeing

1:14:02 Topic 5 - Tips for our newly qualified professionals

This UCL Giving Voice podcast episode will explore a speech and language therapy approach pioneered by UCL called Better Conversations. We will be joined by the team behind this approach to understand how Better Conversations came about, who it is for, facilitators and barriers for implementation, last but not least, how it is the future of therapy for conversation and communication disabilities.

Social prescribing is being championed as the new framework for providing holistic, socially meaningful support to clients accessing healthcare... so why have we never heard of it? The UCL Giving Voice Podcast is here to demystify social prescribing through a conversation with social prescribing mentors, Julie Lowe and Mariam Malik and social prescribing student champion, Katy Crowne.