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20th Oct
Mental Capacity Clinical Excellence Network
On Thursday 20th October 2021 from 5:30pm, our Lead Speech and Language Therapist, Jo Holder and our Transition of Care Lead, Jennie Foster will deliver a short presentation to the Mental Capacity Clinical Excellence Network about the capacity training they have developed in house at STEPS Rehabilitation and share their learning from it. The webinar […]
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13th Oct
Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT) working jointly with Physiotherapy at STEPS, a specialist rehabilitation centre in Sheffield is delivering both physical and mental benefits to amputee clients as part of the specialist amputee rehabilitation programme offered at STEPS.
Rebekah Keenan (NMT) and Hannah Wright (Senior Physiotherapist) after discussions with the clinical director, Toria Chan decided to trial NMT techniques with Physiotherapy interventions in a one to one setting and a group environment. Rebekah and Hannah have seen continuing improvements amongst clients in their ability to walk further in distance with improved balance, speed […]
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11th Oct
Jo Holder attends the ARCOS F.O.T.T Training Course.
Last month, our Lead Speech and Language Therapist, Jo Holder attended the ARCOS (Association for Rehabilitation of Communication and Oral Skills) F.O.T.T (Facial Oral Tract Therapy) training course in Great Malvern, Worcestershire. The courses are designed to provide an understanding of Facial Oral Tract Therapy for doctors, therapists, nurses, and others involved in the rehabilitation […]
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7th Oct
Q&A with STEPS co-founders Jules Leahy, Toria Chan and Ray Boulger
In this article we hear from STEPS Rehabilitation co-founders, sisters Jules Leahy and Toria Chan and their father, Ray Boulger, about how STEPS has blossomed from a seedling of an idea, into the ground-breaking facility that it is today. This very personal account explores the challenges they have overcome along the way, what makes the […]
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7th Oct
NR Times reports on how Chroma is helping amputees prepare for prosthetics through neurologic music therapy (NMT).
Lower leg amputees, both pre- and post-prosthetic, typically experience poor balance, core strength and postural control. The solution is effective rehabilitation pre-prosthetic and Chroma is helping deliver such therapies to amputees to support their rehab journey. Case Study Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT) working jointly with Physiotherapy at STEPS, a specialist rehabilitation centre in Sheffield, is […]
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4th Oct
STEPS Rehabilitation - finalist at the Personal Injury Awards 2021
We are delighted to have been shortlisted for ‘Rehab Provider of the Year’ at the 2021 Personal Injury Awards. This is the 4th consecutive year that we have been a finalist at these prestigious industry awards, which we have been fortunate enough to have won on 2 previous occasions. Undeterred by the significant operational difficulties […]
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21st Sep
The role of a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant (SLTA) at STEPS.
I have been working as a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant (SLTA) at STEPS Rehabilitation, a specialist Neurological and Spinal Injury facility in Sheffield. I assist the SLTs in sessions and conduct one-on-one therapy sessions with clients in accordance with their therapy programmes. Amongst other areas, sessions with our clients can focus on speech, language, […]
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