Background: Communication disorders affect both sexes and people from all ethnic groups,
but members of minority ethnic groups and males in the UK are underrepresented in the …

This report summarises the outcome of a pilot study to investigate the recruitment of ethnic
minority students to speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and dietetics courses. The …

Services for children with speech and language needs in England and Wales are in a period
of change. The context is subject to major systemic pressures deriving from government …

Education of health professionals is costly to the general community and more specifically
the educational sector. The increasing need for speech and language therapy (SLT) …

Upon qualifying with a speech and language therapy degree, the therapist has to be
prepared to work with a wide range of client groups and to cope within a specific work …

Background: Two Australian undergraduate speech pathology students completed a series
of clinical placements working with people with complex communication needs in cross …

Carol Miller, a speech and language therapist in the School of Education at The University of
Birmingham, identifies the different perspectives of speech and language therapists and …

Current policies and practices concerning speech and language therapy provision in
schools are reviewed and issues which remain to be addressed are considered. A general …

Background: Sure Start has been a flagship policy for the UK Labour Government since
1998. Its aim was to improve the life chances of children under five years of age who live in …

Background: Terms such as 'clinical intuition'have often been applied to the practice of
speech and language therapy. Various authors have aimed to make the process of therapy …