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Intervention is proud to publish this special issue dedicated to Critically Appraised Topics (CATs) in Communication Disorders. CATs are a means for speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and other professionals to determine the current best-available evidence for a given clinical question in a time efficient manner (White, Raghavendra, & McAllister, 2017). As such, CATs have the potential to play an important role in the translation of research evidence to clinical practice. Since its inception, EBCAI has highlighted the value of CATs. A call for CATs was made in the second issue of this journal (Schlosser & Sigafoos, 2007). The focus on CATs was further strengthened by White et al.’s (2017) primer on performing a CAT within the SLP field. In this special issue, Skeat and Roddam (2019a) provide a tutorial on modifying the CAT approach when reviewing qualitative studies. With qualitative research providing a …