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Speech-Language Pathologists’ Treatment Goals For Preschool Language Disorders: An Icf Analysis, Elaine Yl Kwok, Peter Rosenbaum, Barbara Jane Cunningham
Speech-Language Pathologists’ Treatment Goals For Preschool Language Disorders: An Icf Analysis, Elaine Yl Kwok, Peter Rosenbaum, Barbara Jane Cunningham
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Purpose: The World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) provides a comprehensive framework to conceptualise clinical services. This study explored how speech-language pathologists (SLPs) conceptualised therapy goals for preschoolers with language difficulties and disorders within the ICF framework.Method: An online survey was distributed to SLPs practising in a publicly funded Preschool Speech and Language program in Ontario, Canada. SLPs rated their familiarity with the ICF framework, and then reported all therapy goals for one child with language difficulty/disorder on their caseload. For each reported goal, SLPs indicated the ICF component(s) they felt the …