Advancing your practice for speech and language therapists
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Learning modes and locations may be different depending on the course start date. Please check the location of your chosen course and read our guide to learning modes and locations to help you choose the right course for you.
- Start Date: 25 Jul 2025End Date: 25 Jul 2025Fri (Daytime): 10:00 - 16:30OnlineFull fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00
- Start Date: 27 Feb 2026End Date: 27 Feb 2026Fri (Daytime): 10:00 - 16:00OnlineFull fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £139.00
- Start Date: 20 Jul 2026End Date: 20 Jul 2026Mon (Daytime): 10:00 - 16:00OnlineFull fee £139.00 Senior fee £139.00 Concession £139.00
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What is the course about?
As a part of your continuing professional development, this course is for speech and language therapists working with adults or young people who stammer wishing to develop their practice. It will provide opportunity to update your knowledge and learn from peers.
What will we cover?
• Evidence based practice
• Opportunity to review and discuss recent research
• Opportunity to gain ideas and problem solve through sharing current practice.
What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to...
• Identify how current research findings can influence and develop practice
• Identify at least one way to advance current practice.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
You need to be a qualified speech and language therapist and have experience of working with adults or young people who stammer.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
You will read papers before the class for discussion. Learning will be mainly through peer discussion.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
None.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
You could attend another advancing your practice course as each one will review different research and be a unique learning experience. You could enrol on other courses relevant to working with people who stammer such as Working with Adults who Stammer; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy; Effective Counselling Skills.
Vivien has been a part-time tutor for City Lit since 2009. In 2023 she gained the opportunity to be a Co-ordinating Tutor at City Lit. Vivien does not stammer herself but does experience cluttering (as part of her dyslexia). She has had a varied, diverse and creative career so far, the central thread being a personal and passionate pursuit to understand our individual and cultural relationship with fluency. She has found the combination of City Lit’s environment (students attending adult education), City Lit’s approach and the group therapy setting a unique and ideal path for students to progress with their speech and wider life goals. Vivien also trained as a voice teacher (Royal Central School of Speech & Drama, 2005). She has taught voice at East 15 Acting School, Italia Conti, London School of Dramatic Art (LSDA) and she is currently the voice tutor for Buckinghamshire New University’s BA (Hons) Acting Programme. In 2010 Vivien studied writing and directing at RADA (MA Text & Performance) which has supported both her professional and personal creative endeavours considerably.
Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.
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