Organisation: Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists

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<p>Therapists, social workers, and psychologists warned their ability to deliver safe care is “in jeopardy” with concerns over safety, clinical governance, and risk management pushing people to leave these jobs. File picture</p>

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Safety concerns forcing staff to leave children’s disability service teams

The HSE has said there are 700 vacancies across the 91 children’s disability network teams

<p>Fiacre Ryan, now 21, learned to communicate by using the rapid prompting method. Picture: Alison Laredo</p>

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Parents want pilot scheme to test communication method for non-verbal children with autism

<p>'There’s a history of over-medication' when it comes to people with learning disabilities, claimed Malcolm McLachlan of Maynooth University. File Picture: Pexels</p>

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Oireachtas committee hears of over-prescription of antipsychotic medication

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Speech and language therapy backlog as staff still deployed to tackle Covid-19

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Speech and language therapists criticise omission from Dáil committee meeting

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System of assessing needs of children under fire

Brain drain fears see call for more speech therapists

More speech and language therapists are needed to provide children with the services they need and to stop a ‘brain drain’ of graduates.

Tue, 23 Sep, 2014

Graduates left out of work loop

I am a 4th year Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) student in University College Cork.

Fri, 18 May, 2012

Mozart therapy gives autistic children a lift, says therapist

Playing Mozart to children with autism can rapidly boost their progress, a therapist claimed today.

Tue, 03 Mar, 2009

Speech therapist crisis deplored

A CRITICAL shortage of speech and language therapists has left thousands of people with untreated speech defects and language difficulties, in some cases for up to three years.

Thu, 27 Feb, 2003