PMID- 21793773
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20111123
LR  - 20110728
IS  - 1754-9515 (Electronic)
IS  - 1754-9507 (Linking)
VI  - 13
IP  - 4
DP  - 2011 Aug
TI  - Children's views of communication and speech-language pathology.
PG  - 281-90
LID - 10.3109/17549507.2011.577809 [doi]
AB  - Children have the right to express their views and influence decisions in matters 
      that affect them. Yet decisions regarding speech-language pathology are often 
      made on their behalf, and research into the perspectives of children who receive 
      speech-language pathology intervention is currently limited. This paper reports a 
      qualitative study which explored experiences of communication and of 
      speech-language pathology from the perspectives of children with speech, 
      language, and communication needs (SLCN). The aim was to explore their 
      perspectives of communication, communication impairment, and assistance. Eleven 
      school-children participated in the study, aged between 7-10 years. They were 
      recruited through a speech-language pathology service in south west England, to 
      include a range of ages and severity of difficulties. The study used open-ended 
      interviews within which non-verbal activities such as drawing, taking 
      photographs, and compiling a scrapbook were used to create a context for 
      supported conversations. Findings were analysed according to the principles of 
      grounded theory. Three ways of talking about communication emerged. These were in 
      terms of impairment, learning, and behaviour. Findings offer insight into 
      dialogue between children with SLCN and adults; the way communication is talked 
      about has implications for children's view of themselves, their skills, and their 
      participation.
FAU - Merrick, Rosalind
AU  - Merrick R
AD  - University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. rosalind.merrick@uwe.ac.uk
FAU - Roulstone, Sue
AU  - Roulstone S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Int J Speech Lang Pathol
JT  - International journal of speech-language pathology
JID - 101320232
SB  - IM
MH  - Audiovisual Aids
MH  - Child
MH  - *Child Behavior
MH  - Child Development
MH  - *Child Health Services
MH  - Communication
MH  - Communication Disorders/psychology/*rehabilitation
MH  - England
MH  - Female
MH  - *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Humans
MH  - Interviews as Topic
MH  - Language Disorders/psychology/*rehabilitation
MH  - Language Therapy
MH  - Learning
MH  - Male
MH  - Patient Participation
MH  - Qualitative Research
MH  - Speech Disorders/psychology/*rehabilitation
MH  - Speech Therapy
MH  - *Speech-Language Pathology
EDAT- 2011/07/29 06:00
MHDA- 2011/12/13 00:00
CRDT- 2011/07/29 06:00
PHST- 2011/07/29 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/07/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/12/13 00:00 [medline]
AID - 10.3109/17549507.2011.577809 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Speech Lang Pathol. 2011 Aug;13(4):281-90. doi: 
      10.3109/17549507.2011.577809.