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Current Methods Of Evaluating Speech-Language Outcomes For Preschoolers With Communication Disorders: A Scoping Review Using The Icf-Cy, Barbara Jane Cunningham, Karla N. Washington, Amanda Binns, Katelyn Rolfe, Bernadette Robertson, Peter Rosenbaum

PRECISe Preschool Speech and Language Publications

Purpose: The purpose of this scoping review was to identify current measures used to evaluate speech-language outcomes for preschoolers with communication disorders within the framework of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health – Children and Youth (ICF-CY) (World Health Organization, 2007). Method: The review included five phases outlined by Arksey and O’Malley (2005) and further developed by Levac et al. 2010: (a) articulating the research question, (b) identifying relevant studies, (c) study selection, (d) charting the data, and (e) collating, summarizing and reporting the results. The WHO ICF-CY was used to frame the measures included. Results: A total …

Promoting Consistent Use Of The Communication Function Classification System (Cfcs), Barbara Jane Cunningham, Mary Jo Hidecker, Nancy Thomas-Stonell, Peter Rosenbaum

PRECISe Preschool Speech and Language Publications

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 …