Time is of the essence
(2002)
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Towards quality research (2002)
Other
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.
STEPping Out: The dissemination of the Bristol randomised controlled trial (2001)
Journal Article
Day in, day out: The everyday therapy of community clinics (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Consensus and variation between speech and language therapists in the assessment and selection of preschool children for intervention: A body of knowledge or idiosyncratic decisions? (2001)
Journal Article
The aim was to investigate consensus between speech and language therapists (SLT) during the initial assessment of preschool children. A multimethod design was used. The qualitative component provided SLT's own views of the process as the starting po... Read More about Consensus and variation between speech and language therapists in the assessment and selection of preschool children for intervention: A body of knowledge or idiosyncratic decisions?.
Who's afraid of the randomised controlled trial? Parents' views of an SLT research study (2001)
Journal Article
Evidence-based health care is now a reality within the national health service (NHS) and the randomised controlled trial (RTC) is the linchpin of this movement. In modern health care, there has also been a shift towards understanding client perspecti... Read More about Who's afraid of the randomised controlled trial? Parents' views of an SLT research study.
Day in, day out: The everyday therapy of community clinics (2001)
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This paper describes the timing and nature of therapy provided within a recent randomised controlled trial (RCT) of preschool speech and language therapy services. There is literature that describes and evaluates speech and language therapy but there... Read More about Day in, day out: The everyday therapy of community clinics.
A model for a mainstream school-based speech and language therapy service (2001)
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This report of the Withywood Speech and Language Therapy (WiSaLT) project describes the process of setting up and evaluating a mainstream school-based and -funded speech and language therapy service. Outcomes for the child, the classroom setting, the... Read More about A model for a mainstream school-based speech and language therapy service.
Investigation of theoretical models and therapy activities: Phonological difficulties (2001)
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A focus group of seven speech and language therapists (SLTs) who work with children with phonological difficulties was invited to share their views on their current ways of working. Qualitative data was generated through discussion of two video-taped... Read More about Investigation of theoretical models and therapy activities: Phonological difficulties.
Issues to consider in the evaluation of speech and language therapy for preschool children (1999)
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This paper reviews some of the methodological issues involved in the design of a randomized controlled trial currently underway in Bristol. The trial compares the progress of preschool children randomly allocated to a 'watching-waiting' control group... Read More about Issues to consider in the evaluation of speech and language therapy for preschool children.
Running a randomised controlled trial in a service setting: A progress report (1998)
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This paper will give a progress report on a randomised controlled trial which is currently underway in the Bristol area. Some of the key influencing literature will be summarised, followed by an overview of the study design. The paper will also highl... Read More about Running a randomised controlled trial in a service setting: A progress report.
Speech therapists and teachers working together (1991)
Journal Article
Out of the Broom Cupboard (1983)
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Speech therapists should leave the traditional isolation of their ‘broom cupboard’and adopt a more resourceful, open role in special education, suggests Sue Roulstone, clinical supervisor, speech therapy course, City of Manchester College of Higher E... Read More about Out of the Broom Cupboard.