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Cofee Break Quiz  Do you have what it takes to be a paediatric speech and language therapist?

Whether you’re thinking o a career in speech and language therapy or are already qualied,

complete Julie Leavett’s light hearted questionnaire to discover your positive qualities….

1. When dressing or work in the morningyou:-

Wear a gorgeous Armani suit, sheerstockings, Jimmy Choos and Gucci watch.Dress smartly but casually to prepare or arange o situations.Are lucky i you can nd matching shoesrom the pile o clothes on the oor. Try to nd a pair o trousers that have kneeslet in them.

2. When addressing a client/service useryou:-

Use their title and surname always.Always ask or his/her preerence andmake a clear legible note in the le.Are useless at remembering names, butyou never orget a ace.Call them ‘Mum’ or ‘Dad’ even though yourparents are nowhere in the vicinity.

3. When meeting your client or the frsttime you :-

Enjoy the video-conerencing acility thatenables mutually convenient meetings.

Like to meet ace-to-ace in a setting thatis comortable and convenient or yourclient/relatives whilst being efcient andcost-eective or the service.Realise you’ve double-booked with yourdentist.Are usually sat in the Wendy House.

4. Your organisation is oering you a time-management course. You decline on thebasis that:-

You have an excellent P.A.Your training is up to date and you arecondent in your own abilities/skills.You changed your watch battery last week.Your clients usually arrive 15 minutes lateto allow or any ‘over-running’ clinics.

5. You like to accumulate your ‘therapytools’ by:-

Inviting company reps to demonstrateproducts whilst you sample the ree wineand canapes.Reading the relevant catalogues andsubmitting the appropriate equipmentrequisition orm to the budget holder.Having a look in your Dad’s shed at theweekend.Visiting local charity shops or raiding kids’

toy boxes. You requently wail ‘What arewe going to do without Woolies?’

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6. Your oromotor skills ‘box o tricks’ contains:-Your assistant Sandra usually deals withthat sort o thing……..A collection o useul and appropriatematerials which the medical rep let on herlast visit.Oromotor??? The car only went or its MOTlast week!!!Novelty bendy drinking straws, partyblowers, several hal-used bottles o bubbles, plus one o those blowy thingswith a ping pong ball at the end o it.

7. You walk into a clinic room and see an

unfnished puzzle lying on the table. Youwould:-

Remember your ofce is now on the 17thoor.Leave it there – one o your colleagues hasobviously set up an activity.Realise you orgot your nephew’s 2ndbirthday last week.Complete it in 0-3 seconds, whilstsimultaneously rearranging the urniture inthe room, checking emails and answeringthe telephone.

8. In the sta room you notice an emptycrisps tube on the table. You:-

Leave it or the cleaning sta.Wish that people would respect the rulesabout clearing up their mess.Are disappointed – cheesy chive is youravourite avour.Grab it quick – it’ll make a great musical shaker.

9. A child sticks a homemade badge on youas a token o his appreciation. You:-

Ring the drycleaners immediately andarrange or your jacket to be cleaned.Keep it on until they leave – when you’resure they won’t return, you ‘le it ’.Recycle it, your nephew might like it and it

might make up or missing his birthday.Proudly show it to everyone you meet.

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10. When a client leaves the session youwould:-

Shake hands and wish them well.Conrm you have subsequentappointments scheduled. Try to remember who it was again.Frisk their pockets to see where that missinglego went.

11. A riendly colleague invites you to eatlunch at a well known burger chain. You:-

Already have your avourite table booked atthe bistro round the corner.Go with her to keep her company. It will be auseul CPD activity to evaluate the textures/consistencies oered on the menu.Are delighted as you orgot your lunch today.Ask or a child’s meal, as you’re collectingthe ree toys.

12. When walking down the High Street youstop suddenly because you’ve just seen:-

 This season’s latest collection rom ChanelA poster advertising an interestingconerence

A George Clooney look a like75% discount in a toy shop.

13. When you’re not working you like torelax by:-

Drinking cocktails at your avourite sushi bar.Filing.Planning how to spend your Lottery win.Colouring in.

14. On receiving a copy o Speech andLanguage Therapy in Practice you:-

Order multiple copies or your team to readSet aside time to review and reect onarticles relevant to your CPD targetsCan’t nd the horoscopeInitially ick through to see i you recogniseany colleagues or riends, then escape withit later on the train, at coee break, in bed,in the bath……

HOW DID YOU DO? Turn to p.19 to ndout what you bring

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Cofee Break Quiz How did you do?(from p.15)Mostly ‘a’s CorporateYou denitely t the ‘executive’ role. Good atdelegating to other members o sta, with ex-cellent networking and social skills, you havehigh expectations both o yoursel and o thosearound you. A corporate work environmentwould be where you eel most at home.

Mostly ‘b’s ConscientiousYou are highly proessional within the workplace and like to ollowguidelines and procedures. You are a reliable and conscientious person who believes pas-sionately in their work and in making a dierence. Do make sure your colleagues also seeyour ‘lighter’ side as well as your proessionalism. Remember the saying about all work andno play...?

Mostly ‘c’s Currently chaotic This really isn’t the proession or you! Look at your many positive skills and seek advice romyour careers ofce. Depending upon which path you decide to ollow, you either need tohone up your organisational skills or choose a career that has ew constraints on your crea-tive and naturally chaotic approach to lie…..

Mostly ‘d’s CharacterulYour natural sense o un and genuine naivety means you are perectly suited to workingwith children. You are happy to get down to their level both practically and intellectually.You have a good sense o humour and are an expert at making therapy resources rom allsorts o odds and ends. You probably also have an impressive range o acial expressions andinteresting voices.

 

 The Down’s Syndrome Association hasestablished the ollowing Speech andLanguage Therapy courses andconerences with Symbol UK Ltd Speechand Language Therapy Advisors to theDSA. For urther inormation o all theevents listed below, or to receive a copyo our ull programme o conerences or2010, please contact Lesley Alaba on0845 230 0372 or email lesley.alaba@downs-syndrome.org.uk. Full details arealso available on our website www.

downs-syndrome.org.uk  3-day Co-worker Training CourseTeddington (Greater London)25 Feb, 25 March and 22 April 2010  This course trains sta and local supportnetworks to run speech and languagegroups to assist people who have Down’ssyndrome to develop theircommunication skills, with the supporto Speech and Language Therapists.

Eating and Drinking Problemsexperienced by Children with Down’s

SyndromeBristol, 9 March 2010 This conerence will look at thedifculties aced by children with Down’ssyndrome with eating and drinking.Factors such as anatomical, motor,sensory, etc will be explored as well asstrategies to overcome the difculties.

Speech and Language DevelopmentCardif, 10th March 2010 This conerence aims to improve theunderstanding o the communicationneeds o children with Down’s syndrome,and is suitable or proessionals andparents o children in the early years ando a school-age.

3-day Specialist DevelopmentProgramme or Speech and LanguageTherapists working with people whohave Down’s SyndromeManchester, 10-12 May 2010 This specialist 3 day course will improvethe knowledge, skills and expertise o speech and language therapists workingwith people who have Down’s syndrome.It will include research and EBP, anddiscussions o strategy.

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Mark Ylvisaker’s handout‘Ongoing Project-OrientedIntervention or Childrenand Adults with Disability:Collaboration andApprenticeship’ see pp.12-14Lesley Johnson’s clientconsent letter see pp.26-28

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