JCPSLP Vol 21 No 2 2019 DIGITAL Edition

Measurement and evaluation in practice

From the editor Jae-Hyun Kim

Contents

M easurement and evaluation Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech- Language Pathology , a major clinical publication of Speech Pathology Australia, presents this issue about measuring and evaluating outcomes in our clinical practice. This issue begins with an invited article by Elizabeth Armstrong (Foundation Chair in Speech Pathology at Edith Cowan University), Ann Carmody (Edith Cowan University), Alice Claire Robins (Monash Health) and Tara Lewis (Institute for Urban Indigenous Health). In this article, the authors discuss assessment and are fundamental to the work of speech-language pathologists.

49 From the editor 50 Assessment and outcome measures for Aboriginal Australians with communication disorders – Elizabeth Armstrong, Ann Carmody, Alice Claire Robins and Tara Lewis outcomes – Barbara Dodd, Johanna Castles, Melissa Aar, Vanessa Hally, Jane McKimmie, Naomi Mitchell, Stuart Tibbetts, Michelle Wong and Meg Keage student-delivered speech-language pathology services in private practice – Carl Sokkar, Merrolee Penman, Jacqueline Raymond and Lindy McAllister communication intervention to parent groups: A feasibility study – Robyn Garnett, Bronwyn Davidson, Patricia Eadie, Ken Clarke and Deepti Aggarwal 78 An examination of home reading practices of parents of young children with a hearing loss – Michelle I. Brown, Marleen F. Westerveld, David Trembath and Gail T. Gillon 87 Listening to SLPs: How helpful are Australian English acquisition norms for velar stops to the child speech evaluation process? – Rachael Unicomb, Joanne Walters, Laura Pullin and Caroline Bowen 94 The perspectives of students involved in a classroom-based oral language intervention in their first formal year of schooling – Maria Lathouras, Susanne Garvis, Marleen Westerveld and David Trembath 100 Evaluating the treatment of co-occurring stuttering and speech sound disorder: Parents’ perspectives – Rachael Unicomb, Sally Hewat and Elisabeth Harrison 108 A five-year file audit of paediatric stuttering management: A research to practice comparison – Kate Bridgman, Shane Erickson, Rachael Unicomb and Bernadette O’Connor 117 Ethical conversations: Mobile service delivery and ethical issues – Susan Block, Tristan Nickless and Richard Saker 119 Viewpoint: Economic evaluation of health services – A critical differentiator – Joshua Byrnes 121 Around the journals 122 Resource review 123 Top 10 resources:Tips for aphasia outcome measurement that measures up! – Sarah J. Wallace 58 A rural clinical placement: Children’s 65 An evaluation of client satisfaction with 70 Telepractice delivery of an autism

outcome measures for Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples with communication disorders. We are particularly excited to have contribution from Alice Claire Robins, a Yuin woman and a speech-language pathologists and Tara Lewis, an Iman woman from Central Queensland and a speech-language pathologist. The second article of the issue reports on the speech and language outcomes for children who received interventions from SLP students in rural and remote clinical placements (Dodd, Castles, Aar, Hally, McKimmie, Mitchell, Tibbetts, Wong, & Keage). The third article reports on client satisfaction with student-delivered SLP services in private practice (Sokkar, Penman, Raymond, & McAllister). These two articles suggest SLP students provide a valuable service contribution across diverse settings. The fourth article is a feasibility study exploring the telepractice delivery of an autism communication intervention for a group of parents (Garnett, Davidson, Eadie, Clarke, & Aggarwal). In the fifth article, Brown, Westerveld, Trembath, and Gillon evaluate home reading practices of parents of young children with hearing loss. The sixth article in the issue is an interesting study about Australian SLPs’ perspectives on /k/ and /g/ acquisition norms (Unicomb, Walters, Pullin, and Bowen). Lathouras, Garvis, Westerveld, and Trembath report on the perspectives of students involved in a classroom-based oral language intervention. Unicomb, Hewat, and Harrison report on parents’ perspectives of the treatment of co-occurring stuttering and speech sound disorders. These articles emphasise the value of listening and learning from our stakeholders in evaluating our interventions. The last research article of this issue is a five-year file audit of the Lidcomb program for children who stutter (Bridgman, Erickson, Unicomb, & O’Connor). This study identifies gaps between research and practice by evaluating the community caseloads about paediatric stuttering and informs future clinical and research directions. In ‘Ethical conversations’, Susan Block, Tristan Nickless, and Richard Saker have provided an insightful discussion about ethical issues surrounding mobile service delivery. Joshua Byrnes contributed an informative article on economic evaluation of health services for our Viewpoint section. Lucy Sutherland, Emily Moore, Kristine Shrubsole and Sarah Wallace contributed Around the journals, Resource review and Top 10 articles. The Editorial Board would like to thank the authors for this issue. We would also like to thank the anonymous reviewers who kindly contributed their time to enable for the journal to deliver high-quality clinical contents. We also thank our production team Carla Taines and Bruce Godden, and our Speech Pathology Australia Publications Manager, Rebecca Faltyn.

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