Evidence-based intervention for preschool children with primary speech and language impairments: Child Talk – an exploratory mixed-methods study

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Coad J, et al. Evidence-based intervention for preschool children with primary speech and language impairments: Child Talkan exploratory mixed-methods study. Programme Grants Appl Res 2015;3(5). Programme Grants for Applied ResearchISSN 2050-4322 (Print) ISSN 2050-4330 (Online) This journal is a member of and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (www.publicationethics.org/).Editorial contact: nihredit@southampton.ac.ukThe full PGfAR archive is freely available to view online at www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/pgfar. Print-on-demand copies can be purchased from the report pages of the NIHR Journals Library website: www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk Criteria for inclusion in the Programme Grants for Applied Research journalReports are published in Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) if (1) they have resulted from work for the PGfAR programme, and (2) they are of a sufficiently high scientific quality as assessed by the reviewers and editors. Programme Grants for Applied Research programmeThe Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR) programme, part of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), was set up in 2006 to produce independent research findings that will have practical application for the benefit of patients and the NHS in the relatively near future. The Programme is managed by the NIHR Central Commissioning Facility (CCF) with strategic input from the Programme Director.The programme is a national response mode funding scheme that aims to provide evidence to improve health outcomes in England through promotion of health, prevention of ill health, and optimal disease management (including safety and quality), with particular emphasis on conditions causing significant disease burden.For more information about the PGfAR programme please visit the website: http://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/programme-grants-forapplied-research.htm This reportThe research reported in this issue of the journal was funded by PGfAR as project number RP-PG-0109-10073. The contractual start date was in January 2011. The final report began editorial review in April 2014 and was accepted for publication in October 2014. As the funder, the PGfAR programme agreed the research questions and study designs in advance with the investigators. The authors have been wholly responsible for all data collection, analysis and interpretation, and for writing up their work. The PGfAR editors and production house have tried to ensure the accuracy of the authors' report and would like to thank the reviewers for their constructive comments on the final report document. However, they do not accept liability for damages or losses arising from material published in this report.This report presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The views and opinions expressed by authors in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the NHS, the NIHR, CCF, NETSCC, PGfAR or the Department of Health. If there are verbatim quotation...

Language development, delay and intervention-the views of parents from communities that speech and language therapy managers in England consider to be under-served

“…Empowering parents to adopt positive roles within therapy is a stated aim of SLTs (Roulstone et al . ).…”

“…In the absence of objective data regarding which groups do or do not access SLT services, SLT service managers from six case study sites in England that were part of the Child Talk project (see Roulstone et al . for further details) were asked to identify client groups within their geographical areas that they thought fitted one or more of the following categories: had poorer attendance rates at SLT than other groups in the catchment area; were, for any other reason, under‐represented on the SLT service's Primary speech and language impairment (PSLI) caseloads in comparison with their representation in the general local population; and/or were not provided with appropriate services. …”

“…Related to this, studies have also concluded that some parents express feelings of empowerment whereas others feel disempowered by the process of intervention (Roulstone et al . ). The participants in these papers, however, were predominantly from white, middle‐class backgrounds and there is relatively little research that explores the views of parents from other groups.…”

“…), as well as some confusion about the nature of interventions (Roulstone et al . , Jegatheesan et al . ).…”

“…Anecdotal evidence from the programme of research in which this project was part (Roulstone et al . ) suggested that SLT managers in England perceived some groups within their local population to be relatively under‐served by SLT services. Data are, however, limited about this issue and there are no national data regarding access to SLT services in England.…”