An Australian survey of parent involvement in intervention for childhood speech sound disorders

Abstract

Parent involvement and home practice appear to be intricately linked within intervention for phonology-based SSDs in Australia. More high-quality research is needed to understand how to best involve parents within clinical practice.

Service delivery and intervention intensity for phonology‐based speech sound disorders

“…Other information regarding the caseloads of SLTs who completed this questionnaire is available elsewhere (Sugden et al . ).…”

“…The results of the final two of these topics (working with families and home practice) are presented elsewhere (Sugden et al . ). See appendix B for the questions reported in this paper.…”

“…This questionnaire contained 67 questions covering the following topics: general caseload questions, demographic information, service delivery, intervention approaches, intervention intensity, target selection, practices when working with families and the provision of home practice. The results of the final two of these topics (working with families and home practice) are presented elsewhere (Sugden et al 2017). See appendix B for the questions reported in this paper.…”

“…SLTs were asked to provide the most common age of children with SSD on their caseload: 55 months was the average response. Other information regarding the caseloads of SLTs who completed this questionnaire is available elsewhere (Sugden et al 2017).…”

Parents’ Experiences of Completing Home Practice for Speech Sound Disorders

“…For SLPs working with children with SSD, family involvement in intervention is common practice. The majority of Australian SLPs (96.4%) who responded to a survey reported to involve parents in intervention, most commonly in delivering home practice activities (Sugden et al, 2017).…”