Purpose: Speech sound production intervention in early childhood is relatively rare despite
empirical and theoretical support for providing this type of targeted therapy for toddlers …

Background: Implementation fidelity refers to the degree to which an intervention or
programme adheres to its original design. This paper examines implementation fidelity in …

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 number of Australian children living in out-of-home care (OoHC) is significant: 46,000
children, with 30,600 living in OoHC for more than two years (AIHW 2021). Aboriginal and …

Background Children with speech‐sound disorders (SSD) constitute a significant proportion
of speech–language pathologists'(SLPs) caseloads. Previous research has investigated the …

Developed in Australia, Parents and Children Together (PACT) is a broad-based, family-
centred phonological therapy. It is a treatment approach for developmental phonological …

Background The speech and language therapy profession is required to provide services to
increasingly multilingual caseloads. Much international research has focused on the …

Background: Children with specific speech and language difficulties (SSLD) pose a
challenge to the education system, and to speech and language therapists who support …

Children with specific speech and language difficulties (SSLD) 1 have a primary language
problem. That is, the problem is not attributable to other factors, eg a significant hearing loss …

Speech impairment (speech sound disorder) is a high prevalence condition that responds
well to early intervention provided by speech-language pathologists (SLPs). However, not …