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Integrating external evidence of intervention effectiveness with both practice and the parent perspective : development of ‘What Works’ for speech, language, and communication needs
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Law, James Christopher, Roulstone, Susan and Lindsay, Geoff (2015) Integrating external evidence of intervention effectiveness with both practice and the parent perspective : development of ‘What Works’ for speech, language, and communication needs. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, Volume 57 (Number 3). pp. 223-228. doi:10.1111/dmcn.12630 ISSN 0012-1622.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.12630
Abstract
Aim
The aim of the study was to develop an ecologically valid synthesis of the evidence underpinning interventions for children with speech, language, and communication needs (SLCN), integrating a range of different data sources.
Method
Three sources of information were integrated: the Cochrane Review of interventions for children with primary speech and language delays/disorder; current practice from an online survey of 534 speech and language therapists and other professionals working with children with SLCN; and parent reports of preferred outcomes. Evidence was ranked as strong, moderate, or indicative.
Results
Of the 58 interventions identified, three (5%) were found to have a strong level of evidence, 32 (56%) had moderate evidence, and 23 (39%) had indicative evidence. Five were universal interventions, the remainder targeted and universal. The integrated findings were then turned into an online interactive database, which is moderated and updated at regular intervals.
Interpretation
There are a number of interventions that have a moderate or strong level of evidence underpinning them but they tend not to be those used by practitioners who often favour well-established familiar programmes even if they have only indicative evidence. There is a degree of complementarity between professional and parent views about outcomes, albeit with different emphases.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology L Education > LC Special aspects of education R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Children with disabilities--Education (Elementary)--Great Britain, Children with disabilities--Language--Great Britain, Communicative disorders in children--Great Britain, Speech disorders in children--Great Britain, Language disorders in children--Great Britain, Speech therapy for children--Great Britain | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology | ||||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0012-1622 | ||||||||
Official Date: | March 2015 | ||||||||
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Volume: | Volume 57 | ||||||||
Number: | Number 3 | ||||||||
Number of Pages: | 5 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 223-228 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/dmcn.12630 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Funder: | Great Britain. Department for Education |
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