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Distinguishing groups of children with persistent speech disorder: Findings from a prospective population study (2012)
Journal Article

As part of a large-scale study of children's development, 7390 children were assessed on a range of speech tasks. These were used to identify three groups of children with speech errors within the sample: persistent speech disorder (PSD); speech erro... Read More about Distinguishing groups of children with persistent speech disorder: Findings from a prospective population study.

Predictors and outcomes of speech and language therapists' treatment decisions (2008)
Journal Article

This study investigated predictors of decisions made by speech and language therapists (SLTs) to offer intervention for pre-school children and the children's outcomes relative to that decision. The study uses data from 347 children who were first as... Read More about Predictors and outcomes of speech and language therapists' treatment decisions.

A comparison between computer and tabletop delivery of phonology therapy (2008)
Journal Article

This paper reports on the development and evaluation of a software program aimed at assisting children with phonological impairment. An experimental approach was used whereby children's speech output was assessed pre- and post-therapy. Children were... Read More about A comparison between computer and tabletop delivery of phonology therapy.

Early speech- and language-impaired children linguistic literacy and social outcomes (2006)
Journal Article

Funded by the South and West Research and Development Directorate of the NHS Executive, the study reports a prospective longitudinal study of a cohort of children referred to speech and language therapy (SLT) as pre-schoolers, compared with a control... Read More about Early speech- and language-impaired children linguistic literacy and social outcomes.

Building good practice: Lessons from a multimethod study of speech and language therapy (2004)
Journal Article

A 12-month follow-up of preschool children investigating the natural history of speech and language delay (2003)
Journal Article

Aim. The aim of this paper is to examine the natural history of early speech and language delay in preschool children over a 12-month period. Methods. The study reports data on 69 children under the age of 3.5 years who were referred for speech and l... Read More about A 12-month follow-up of preschool children investigating the natural history of speech and language delay.

A multimethod approach to the evaluation of community preschool speech and language therapy provision (2002)
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Objectives. The paper presents a research study investigating the effectiveness and acceptability of community speech and language therapy provision for preschool children with early speech/language delays. As a 'worked example', it demonstrates the... Read More about A multimethod approach to the evaluation of community preschool speech and language therapy provision.

Developing a scale to measure parental attitudes towards preschool speech and language therapy services (2001)
Journal Article

In the past decade, there has been growing recognition of the need to involve clients in decisions about the healthcare they receive and in the evaluation of services offered. In health services research, survey and scaling methods have become import... Read More about Developing a scale to measure parental attitudes towards preschool speech and language therapy services.

Developing a scale to measure parental attitudes towards pre-school speech and language therapy services (2001)
Journal Article

Day in, day out: The everyday therapy of community clinics (2001)
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