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Promoting Consistent Use Of The Communication Function Classification System (Cfcs), Barbara Jane Cunningham, Mary Jo Hidecker, Nancy Thomas-Stonell, Peter Rosenbaum
Promoting Consistent Use Of The Communication Function Classification System (Cfcs), Barbara Jane Cunningham, Mary Jo Hidecker, Nancy Thomas-Stonell, Peter Rosenbaum
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Purpose: We developed a Knowledge Translation (KT) intervention to standardize the way speech-language pathologists working in Ontario Canada’s Preschool Speech and Language Program (PSLP) used the Communication Function Classification System (CFCS). This tool was being used as part of a provincial program evaluation and standardizing its use was critical for establishing reliability and validity within the provincial dataset.
Method: Two theoretical foundations – Diffusion of Innovations and the Communication Persuasion Matrix – were used to develop and disseminate the intervention to standardize use of the CFCS among a cohort speech-language pathologists. A descriptive pre-test/post-test study was used to evaluate the …