The National Virtual Health Team, in partnership with mPower, National HSCP Office, the Office of the Nursing and Midwifery Services Director (ONMSD), is hosting a series of webinars to help clinicians better understand video enabled care.   Our aim is to create an ecosystem of learning within clinical specialties, providing:   Opportunities for sharing knowledge and expertise Support for the implementation of new ways of working Practical tricks and tips from teams who have implemented and use video enabled care to treat patients   The webinars start on Wednesday, 30th September with Physiotherapy and we hope you can join us. To access the webinars and view the complete list of specialties and dates, just click on this link to the ehealth Ireland website - https://www.ehealthireland.ie/National-Virtual-Health-Team/Video-Enabled-Care-Webinars/   You will need internet access, webcam (optional), speakers/headset and a microphone to fully take part in the webinars. Before the webinar it is advisable to test the Join Microsoft meeting link to assess your access onto Microsoft Teams.   We hope this webinar series will help provide a platform to connect and share some learning from these unprecedented times.     The HSE’s Office of the Chief Information Officer, Delivering     #eHealth4All www.ehealthireland.ie   Alexander Mason OoCIO Business Analyst Alexander.mason@hse.ie +353 874512364   OOCIO New Office Block 32 St Finbarrs Hospital Douglas Road Cork   National Virtual Health Team virtualhealth@hse.ie           #BringUsToYou www.ehealthireland.ie For further information on Virtual Health please go to: https://healthservice.hse.ie/staff/coronavirus/working-from-home/virtual-health/virtual-health.html   https://www.ehealthireland.ie/News-Media/News-Archive/2020/National-Virtual-Health-Team-launch-Attend-Anywhere-.html

The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) was set up to improve the delivery of education services to persons with special educational needs (SEN) arising from disabilities. The Council was first established in December 2003.     The NCSE is an independent civil service body under the aegis of the Department of Education and Skills (DES). The Headquarters of the NCSE is located in Trim, Co. Meath and it has 30 local offices throughout the State.    The Demonstration Project on In-school and Early Years Therapy Support involves the delivery of a multi-tiered model of Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy support to up to 75 schools -  mainstream primary, post-primary and special schools and 75 Early Learning and Care (ELCs) settings - across two NCSE Regional Teams in Leinster. The project was established in 2018 by the Department of Education and Skills, The Department of Health and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs to promote inclusion by informing the development of a sustainable model of OT and SLT support in education.   The NCSE currently has the following vacancy:   Senior Grade Speech and Language Therapist  Location: Leinster   Candidates must on or before the closing date of 1st of October 2020:   Be registered as a Speech and Language Therapist by the Speech and Language Therapist Registration Board at CORU; Have 3 years full time (or an aggregate of 3 years full time) post qualification clinical experience; Have post graduate experience working with early years and/or school-aged children with SLCN in an educational context.   Closing Date: 3pm, Thursday 1st October 2020   For more information and how to apply, visit: http://bit.ly/IASLT_Ad_SLT     We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity and encourage applications under all nine grounds of the Employment Equality Act.

IASLT and the DLD Implementation Group are hosting an online gathering for parents, teachers speech and language therapists, SLT students and anyone interested in Developmental Language Disorder (See flyer attached for details) This will take place on the 14th October from 10am-4pm.  Registration is now open for this event: If you are a speech and language therapist or student SLT register here: https://form.jotform.com/202586350865966 If you are a person with DLD or a parent of a child with DLD register here: https://form.jotform.com/202595735822966 If you are a teacher/psychologist/other register here: http://form.jotform.com/202596088523966   *Please note places are limted and high demand for places is anticipated.              

IASLT are delighted to publish a new position statement today to support our members. This is a 'Position statement regarding the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Speech and Language Therapists performing aerosol generating procedures as part of dysphagia management of individuals with COVID-19 (positive, suspected or non-COVID)'. (See Document Attached).   The IASLT holds the position that clinical dysphagia assessment is an Aerosol Generating Procedure (AGP). Full risk assessment and identification of required levels of PPE should apply whilst conducting clinical dysphagia assessments with all individuals who present with COVID-19 (positive, suspected or non-COVID).   Current HSE Guidance for AGPs in the management of COVID-19 does not acknowledge clinical dysphagia assessments as an AGP. IASLT are currently reviewing our COVID-19 Guidance (version 3 updated 28th April 2020) and we hope to make this available to members shortly.

Please find IASLT guidelines on Telepractice (SEE DOCUMENT ATTACHED)  -  Thank you to our MRA colleagues in RCSLT and SPA for sharing their documents with us and allowing access to IASLT members.   The following are resources that may support your learning in relation to telepractice.   The University of Oxford have produced step by step guidance on delivering video consultation in general practice although this also may be applicable to other settings: https://bjgplife.com/2020/03/18/video-consultations-guide-for-practice/.    Getting started with telepractice; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U86ijUKaR_0    COVID-19: What AHP Services need to be doing digitally and NOW! AHP Scotland   https://ahpscot.wordpress.com/2020/03/18/covid-19-what-ahp-services-need-to-be-doing-digitally-and-now/   BMJ Opinion: Better use of data and digital offer rapid opportunities to address covid-19   https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/03/13/better-use-of-data-and-digital-offer-rapid-opportunities-to-address-covid-19/   BMJ Editorials: Video consultations for covid-19   https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m998   Ekberg, Stuart, Danby, Susan, Theobald, Maryanne, Fisher, Belinda, & Wyeth, Peta (2019) Using physical objects with young children in ’face-to-face’ and telehealth speech and language therapy. Disability and Rehabilitation,    https://eprints.qut.edu.au/116759/1/Physical%20objects%20in%20therapy.pdf   InformMe Telehealth Resources: https://informme.org.au/News/2020/03/26/COVID-19-Telehealth-resources   Speech Pathology Australia have added 5 new webinars on 'Delivering Complex Disability Services via Telepractice' to their 'Learning to use Telepractice' web page; https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/SPAweb/Professional_Education/Learning_to_Use_Telepractice/SPAweb/Professional_Development/Telepractice/Service_Delivery_Telepractice.aspx?hkey=20094f96-5204-4ee5-a744-408f77385f6d#pn06  

COCHRANE Healthcare Library is temporarily unrestricted! Cochrane conducts systematic reviews of healthcare evidence and is currently undertaking various activities relating to COVID-19. https://www.cochrane.org/coronavirus-covid-19-cochrane-resources-and-news   ELSEVIER:  To support the extraordinary efforts of the health and research communities combatting coronavirus ELSEVIER have created a range of free resources including textbooks, evidence-based clinical guidance and research articles. https://www.elsevier.com/novel-coronavirus-covid-19     WILEY Wiley  have put together a virtual OA issue of The International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders - 'Remote and Technology Enhanced Speech and Language Therapy Practice' to support our SLTs to continue to deliver EBP interventions in these difficult times'. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1111/(ISSN)1460-6984.remote.technology.enhanced   Dysphagia: Find the #ESSD #COVIDー19 #webinar from last Wednesday - full version and individual speakers' sessions available the ESSD website;   https://worldswallowingday.org/webinars   Thanks to our RCSLT Colleagues for sharing their recent webinar COVID-19: Critical Care for SLTs : https://www.rcslt.org/learning/covid-19/rcslt-guidance#section-3