Chapter 1 – Introduction
Chapter 2 – Core Skills for Speech and Language Therapists
Chapter 3 – The Care Pathway: From Referral to Discharge
Chapter 4 – Professional Organisations and Equity, Diversity and Belonging
Chapter 5 – Learning: Academic Learning, Clinical Skills Learning and Reflective Practice
Chapter 6 – Speech Sound Disorders
Chapter 7 – Language: Children’s Language Difficulties, DLD and Adult Aphasia
Chapter 8 – Bilingualism and Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN)
Chapter 9 – Specialisms within Speech and Language Therapy
Chapter 10 – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Appendices
Biography
Dr Sean Pert is Consultant Speech and Language Therapist (SLT), researcher, trainer and Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Manchester. Since qualifying in 1995, he has specialised in Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) in bilingual children, completing a PhD on the lack of code-switching as a clinical marker of DLD. His publications include research papers, book chapters, clinical assessments in multiple languages and influential textbooks. Sean established the first website for SLTs in the UK, www.speechtherapy.co.uk.
