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The Giving Voice Podcast

The Giving Voice Podcast

UCL Giving Voice

Welcome to the Giving Voice Podcast. Each episode will bring you interviews from experts at the forefront of speech and language therapy as well as insights into student SLT life. This is essential listening for all those #slt2bs out there or anyone interested in neuroscience, communication and healthcare.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best The Giving Voice Podcast episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to The Giving Voice Podcast for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite The Giving Voice Podcast episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

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:

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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/
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The Giving Voice Podcast - Episode 11: Social Prescribing and SLT
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07/06/22 • 33 min

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.

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The Giving Voice Podcast - Episode 9: East Asian SLTs Working in the UK
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02/11/22 • 58 min

What's it feel like to be a UK Speech-Language Therapist (SLT) with an international background? Three East Asian SLTs share their experience working in a range of settings, including mainstream and special needs schools, acute in-patient settings, voice and transgender voice. Tune in to learn about their journey into the field, a typical day in the life as an SLT, and how their bilingual background plays a role in their practice. Misconceptions like with accent modification are also discussed. Join this cultural exchange to celebrate diversity and raise awareness!

Episode produced by UCL Students: Vivian Lo and Claire Kwok. Audio by Carly Simonaitis.

Twitter Profiles:

  • Serena Lo @sltserenalo
  • Nigel Chueng @NigelSLT
  • Kelly Ng @kellyspeechie

Pages mentioned in the podcast:

  • STLinks: develop awareness for SLT, https://www.speechtherapistslinks.com/
  • @SLTofcolour: inclusive Instagram page to raise awareness of BAME SLTs (Twitter: @OfSlts), https://www.instagram.com/sltsofcolour/
  • Indigo Gender - NHS adult gender service in Greater Manchester, https://indigogenderservice.uk/
  • The Nesbitt Centre Hong Kong - a community centre for adults with learning difficulties, https://www.nesbittcentre.org.hk/
  • Wing Yee Lam @saltoolbox & Claudia Kate @medicslt_ckay

Listen to more Giving Voice podcast episodes here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/ucl-giving-voice-society

Check out the Giving Voice Student Society: https://studentsunionucl.org/clubs-societies/giving-voice-society

To learn more about UCL's MSc Speech and Language Sciences course, visit: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/study/masters/msc-speech-and-language-sciences

Recorded at University College London.

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The Giving Voice Podcast - Episode 6: Transgender Voice with Christella Antoni
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12/22/20 • 33 min

For the final episode, Cat and Laura are joined by Christella Antoni, a consultant Speech and Language Therapist who is highly experienced in the field of Transgender Voice. Alongside sharing some of her extensive knowledge of this specialism, Christella discusses her other passion - promoting Speech and Language Therapy as a profession!

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The Giving Voice Podcast - Episode 10: Anglophone SLTs Working Abroad
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03/07/22 • 104 min

What’s it like to be a speech-language therapist working abroad? Three guests share their personal and professional journeys of taking their clinical role overseas to New Zealand, France, and Australia. Learn about our guests’ destinations, what they did there, and where in the world they are today.

Tune in for “direct flights”:

  • 0:00:00 - Intro with your host, Carly Simonaitis
  • 00:01:36 - Kirsty Catling from the U.K. to New Zealand
  • 00:35:23 - Grace Lindley from New Zealand to France
  • 01:09:05 - Dr. Anna Volkmer from the U.K. to Australia

Topics discussed include:

  • Most challenging and most rewarding aspects of going overseas
  • Working with adult and paediatric populations
  • Joining a foreign healthcare system or starting an independent business
  • Conducting research internationally

Episode produced and audio-edited by UCL Student: Carly Simonaitis

Recorded at the University College London.

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The Giving Voice Podcast - Episode 8: Unique Perspectives of Students Studying SLT
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10/20/21 • 30 min

Ever wondered who’s studying on UCL's MSc Speech and Language Sciences course? Students Chloë Millard and Laura Durston from the Giving Voice society interview students who followed different paths to becoming a Speech Language Therapist (SLT). This includes hearing from students who are parents, are male, experienced a career change, come from abroad, and come directly from undergrad. They share their stories and advice for potential applicants thinking or applying to become an SLT.

Episode produced by UCL Students: Chloë Millard and Laura Durston. Audio by Carly Simonaitis.

Closed captioning for this episode is available on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a_Ny9yxO-k

Listen to more Giving Voice podcast episodes here:

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/ucl-giving-voice-society

Check out the UCL Giving Voice Student Society:

https://studentsunionucl.org/clubs-societies/giving-voice-society

To learn more about UCL's MSc Speech and Language Sciences course, visit:

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/study/masters/msc-speech-and-language-sciences

Recorded at University College London.

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The Giving Voice Podcast - Episode 7: Aphasia Perspectives

Episode 7: Aphasia Perspectives

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07/07/21 • 39 min

The UCL Giving Voice Podcast returns for Aphasia Awareness Month, June 2021! Aphasia is a language disorder which can develop as a result of a brain injury such as a stroke. Aphasia can impact someone’s ability to understand and use language to express themselves. Hosted by Holly Stanford and Julia Berry, two final year MSc Speech and Language Sciences students at UCL, this episode features interviews with Asitha Jayawardena and Richard Playle speaking about their experiences of living with Aphasia.

Asitha’s sustainability blog: https://sustain-blog.com/

For more information about Aphasia, see the links below:

NHS Website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/aphasia/

Stroke Association: https://www.stroke.org.uk/what-is-aphasia

National Aphasia Association: https://www.aphasia.org/aphasia-definitions/

Say Aphasia: https://www.sayaphasia.org/

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The Giving Voice Podcast - Episode 12: Better Conversations - A Conversation Partner Training
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04/23/23 • 64 min

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.

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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

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How many episodes does The Giving Voice Podcast have?

The Giving Voice Podcast currently has 20 episodes available.

What topics does The Giving Voice Podcast cover?

The podcast is about Podcasts and Education.

What is the most popular episode on The Giving Voice Podcast?

The episode title 'Special episode by UCL ChangeMaker project: Understanding Communication and Language' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on The Giving Voice Podcast?

The average episode length on The Giving Voice Podcast is 43 minutes.

How often are episodes of The Giving Voice Podcast released?

Episodes of The Giving Voice Podcast are typically released every 46 days, 23 hours.

When was the first episode of The Giving Voice Podcast?

The first episode of The Giving Voice Podcast was released on Dec 21, 2020.

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