Embedding Evidence-Based Practice in Speech and Language Therapy

The Editors Dr. Hazel Roddam has over 25 years of clinical experience in speech and language therapy and is Principal Lecturer in the School of Public Health and Clinical Sciences at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. Dr Jemma Skeat is an experienced paediatric clinical speech pathologist and a Research Fellow at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia.

• List of contributors viiiForewords xiProfessor Sheena Reilly, AustraliaProfessor Pam Enderby, United KingdomAbout the editors xivAcknowledgements xvSection One: Understanding EBP 11 Purpose of this book 3Hazel Roddam and Jemma Skeat2 What does EBP mean to speech and language therapists? 9Hazel Roddam and Jemma Skeat3 What are the barriers to EBP in speech and language therapy? 16Jemma Skeat and Hazel RoddamSection Two: Developing knowledge and skills for EBP 254 Teaching undergraduates to become critical and effective clinicians 27Bea Spek, The Netherlands5 Promoting clinical effectiveness with postgraduate students 36Paula Leslie and James L. Coyle, United States6 Clinical effectiveness: not just a journal club 43Satty Boyes and Gina Sutcliffe, United Kingdom7 Using evidence-based practice in supervision 51Hannah Crawford, United Kingdom8 Meeting skill gaps and training needs (commentary on Section Two) 59Hazel Roddam and Jemma SkeatSection Three: Creating a supportive context for EBP 639 The role of leadership in creating evidence-based services 65Karen Davies, United Kingdom10 Supporting staff to balance caseload demands 72Sean Pert, United Kingdom11 A model of clinician-researcher collaboration in a community setting 79Parimala Raghavendra, Australia12 Valuing evidence-based practice in the clinical setting – a showcase event 87Siân E. Davies and Tracey C. Dean, United Kingdom13 Launching and sustaining an evidence-based highly specialist service 94Sheena Round and Sarah Beazley, United Kingdom14 Strategic approaches to promoting the value of EBP (commentary on Section Three) 101Hazel Roddam and Jemma SkeatSection Four: Making the evidence work for us 10515 The importance of listening to the views of clients 107Pirkko Rautakoski, Finland16 Developing evidence-based clinical resources 114Russell Thomas Cross, United States17 Creating evidence-based policy to facilitate evidence-based practice 122Angie Dobbrick, Australia18 Building and supporting a multi-stream clinical evidence-based practice Network 129Tracy Kelly, Rachel Miles Kingma and Rachelle Robinson, Australia19 Equipping ourselves as evidence-based practitioners: tools and resources for EBP (commentary on Section Four) 139Jemma Skeat and Hazel RoddamSection Five: Applying evidence to meet clinical challenges 14320 A community-based project in rural Sri Lanka 145Shalini Felicity Gomesz, Sri Lanka21 Supporting communicative participation for children with complex communication needs: how the evidence contributes to the journey 151Angela Guidera, Catherine Olsson and Parimala Raghavendra, Australia22 Evidence-based diagnosis of speech, language and swallowing following paediatric stroke 157Angela Morgan, Australia23 Working with a dysfluent three-year-old from a bilingual family 163Patricia Oksenberg, France24 Supporting parents and teachers in managing autism: an example of an evidence-informed model for assessment and intervention 168Anneli Yliherva, Finland25 Communication therapy on the Stroke Care Unit 174Daniel De Stefanis and Gracie Tomolo, Australia26 Working with psychogenic dysphonia 179Beth Higginbottom and Linda House, United Kingdom27 Implementation of a free fluid protocol in an aged care facility 184Amanda Scott and Leora Benjamin, Australia28 Prosody intervention for children 189Christina Samuelsson, Sweden29 Supporting evidence-based practice for students on placement: making management decisions for two clients with Down Syndrome 195Ruth Miller, United Kingdom30 Bridging the research–clinical divide through postgraduate research training 201Georgia D. Bertou, Greece31 Many roads lead to EBP (commentary on Section Five) 206Jemma Skeat and Hazel RoddamSection Six: Future directions for EBP in speech and language therapy 21132 Wider consultation on embedding EBP in SLT practice 213Hazel Roddam and Jemma Skeat33 The role of reflective practice in supporting EBP 222Jemma Skeat and Hazel Roddam34 Embedding EBP: future directions 230Hazel Roddam and Jemma SkeatIndex 232

"Because of the importance and immediate reference of the topic to current clinical practice as well as the transferable methods described, this book would be a vaulable resource for a wide range of readers - students, newly qualified therapists, lecturers, experienced therapists and managers." (Speech & Language Therapy in Practice, 1 March 2011)