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Interventions for children with speech, language and communication needs: An exploration of current practice
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Roulstone, S., Wren, Yvonne, Bakopoulou, I. and Lindsay, Geoff (2012) Interventions for children with speech, language and communication needs: An exploration of current practice. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, Vol. 28 (No. 3). pp. 325-341. doi:10.1177/0265659012456385 ISSN 0265-6590.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265659012456385
Abstract
This article reports a series of interviews with education and health practitioners. The aims were to identify interventions used in practice with children with speech, language and communication needs, to explore explanations for the choice of intervention and to identify the ways that outcomes were measured. Participants (n = 61) included educational psychologists, speech and language therapists and education advisory staff. They talked about interventions in terms of published programmes, principles and activities, strategies, resources and training programmes. There was evidence of local adaptation of interventions and wide development of local programmes. The choice of intervention was governed by a desire to meet identified service gaps and with reference to the evidential and/or theoretical basis of the intervention and the practicalities of the intervention. Outcomes were typically measured at the level of the individual rather than a service level. The study provided insight into the range of interventions in current practice, how service managers justify intervention choices and measure outcomes. The data from this study informed a national survey to examine patterns of usage of interventions.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute of Education ( -2013) |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Child Language Teaching and Therapy | ||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 0265-6590 | ||||
Official Date: | 2012 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol. 28 | ||||
Number: | No. 3 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 325-341 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1177/0265659012456385 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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