Background Evidence‐based practice includes research evidence, clinical expertise and
stakeholder perspectives. Stakeholder perspectives are important and include parental …

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 …

Background Many speech sound disorder (SSD) interventions with a long‐term evidence
base are 'new'to clinical practice, and the role of services in supporting or constraining …

Speech and language delay is one of the commonest reasons for concern amongst parents
of preschool children, and a survey of speech and language therapy (SLT) contact data …

Background: The UK government set up a review of provision for children and young people
with the full range of speech, language and communication needs led by a Member of …

One in 10 children has a speech, language and communication difficulty (SLCD). Despite
the number of children affected, there is low awareness of these difficulties, limited …

The authors express their appreciation of the support of the Central Statistics Office in
providing data used in this paper. We are grateful to parents in Laois and Offaly who …

Speech sound disorder (SSD) affects up to 25% of UK children and may impact on: effective
communication; the development of relationships; school progression and overall well …

While systems approaches are useful for evaluating speech and language therapists'(SLT)
work in individual school contexts, there is a need to undertake studies detailing in a …

This study investigated predictors of decisions made by speech and language therapists
(SLTs) to offer intervention for pre-school children and the children's outcomes relative to …