Background There have been calls for speech and language therapists (SLTs) to work
within a public‐health framework to support language development. Innovative practice is …

The aims of this small-scale study were to explore the feasibility and outcomes of a parent-
implemented intervention for two-year-olds at risk of language difficulties, and to explore the …

Background Paediatric speech and language therapist (SLT) roles often involve planning
individualized intervention for specific children, working collaboratively with families and …

This chapter looks at the culture of “evidence-based practice” that has become such a key
element of the underlying rationale for the management of health care in developed, and …

Background: The Child Talk study aimed to develop an evidence-based framework to
support the decision-making of speech and language therapists (SLTs) as they design and …

Purpose: Considerable progress has been made in recent years in generating external
evidence underpinning interventions for children with developmental language disorder …

Current methods for reporting interventions do not allow key questions of importance to
practitioners, service providers, policy‐makers and people with DLD to be answered, and …

Evidence-based practice has become a crucial issue for all health and social care
professions. It has the potential to improve intervention for people with communication …

This article focuses on applying systematic reviews to the Early Intervention (EI) literature.
Systematic reviews are defined and differentiated from traditional, or narrative, reviews and …

Background One of the most significant developmental accomplishments is the emergence
of language in early childhood. Whilst this process is effortless for most children, others can …