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Title: 'Thinking for two': A case study of speech and language therapists working through assistants
Author(s): McCartney, Elspeth
Boyle, James
Bannatyne, Susan
Jessiman, Emma
Campbell, Cathy
Kelsey, Cherry
Smith, Jennifer
McArthur, Jane
O'Hare, Anne E
Contact Email: elspeth.mccartney@stir.ac.uk
Keywords: service delivery
speech and language therapy
assistants
indirect therapy
efficacy research
Issue Date: 30-Apr-2005
Date Deposited: 7-Nov-2018
Citation: McCartney E, Boyle J, Bannatyne S, Jessiman E, Campbell C, Kelsey C, Smith J, McArthur J & O'Hare AE (2005) 'Thinking for two': A case study of speech and language therapists working through assistants. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 40 (2), pp. 221-235. https://doi.org/10.1080/13682820400016514
Abstract: Background: Many speech and language therapists (SLTs) in the UK work with speech and language therapy assistants, and the numbers of SLT assistants is expected to grow. There has been very little empirical investigation of how SLTs feel about this situation or the effect on working practices of working indirectly. Aims: To investigate SLTs' opinions on working with SLT assistants in a small-scale research case study. Methods & Procedures: The study design was a case study of five SLTs delivering intervention within a research intervention project. Prepared questionnaire and formal interview techniques were used to elicit opinions on working through assistants, and a content analysis was performed. Outcomes & Results: Although respondents could see value in working through assistants, they stressed the time required to do so and the difficulties of adapting and updating therapy plans when working indirectly. Conclusions: The study suggests a variety of factors that have to be carefully managed if SLTs are to work competently through assistants.
DOI Link: 10.1080/13682820400016514
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