Scientific Programme

 

 

 

Keynote speakers

 

Marie-Pierre de Partz   (Belgium)   Evaluating therapeutic effects in adult neuropsychology.

 

James Law   (London, UK)   Evidence-based policy and practice as applied to the treatment of children with speech and language difficulties: the difference between knowing and believing.

 

Hanneke Kalf   (Netherlands)   Current possibilities of evidence-based speech therapy, in practice and in clinical education: do we wish for more?

 

 

Session 1 – Aphasia

 

1.           Pirkko Rautakoski   (Helsinki, Finland)   The use of non-verbal communication and the counselling of significant others as contributing to the functional communication abilities of people with severe aphasia. [full text] [abstract]

 

2.           Anna van der Gaag   (Glasgow, UK)   Reflections on evidence; An evaluation of therapy and support services for people with aphasia at Connect, the Communication Disability Network, London UK. [full text] [abstract]

 

3            Julia Wade   (Bristol, UK)   Expanding the methodological toolkit in aphasia therapy; dilemmas of what to measure and how to measure it. [full text] [abstract]

 

 

Session 2 - Initial clinical education

 

4.           Jois Stansfield   (Edinburgh, UK)   Competence in SLT students, the role of placement. [full text] [abstract]

 

5.           Francesca Cooper   (Cardiff, UK)   Evaluating students’ clinical competence, the design of a clinical assessment form. [full text] [abstract]

 

6.           Anne Whitworth   (Newcastle, UK)   Interprofessional education and training; taking the plunge. [abstract]

 

 

Session 3 – Child Language delay & disorder

 

7.           Jan Broomfield   (Middlesbrough, UK)   Effectiveness of SLT for children with primary language impairment. [abstract]

 

8.           Catherine Adams & Julian Lloyd   (Manchester, UK)   Variations in pragmatic performance in children with language disorder:  establishing baselines for an intervention study. [full text] [abstract]

 

9.           Bernard Camilleri   (London, UK)   Dynamic assessment of young children with language delay. [full text] [abstract]

 

 

Session 4  - SLTs working with other professionals

 

10.         Elspeth McCartney   (Glasgow, UK)   Conducting a large-scale randomised controlled trial of direct and indirect therapy in mainstream schools; methodological issues. [full text] [abstract]

 

11.         Lorraine Coulter   (Belfast, UK)   The speech and language development project; results of collaboration between speech and language therapy and education. [full text] [abstract]

 

12.         Jane Lowe   (Salford, UK)   Evaluative data on the language skills of a mainstream school population and subsequent intervention in whole class settings. [full text] [abstract]

 

12A       Alison Thompson   (Peterlee, UK)   Developing speech and language skills in the classroom, a collaborative approach. [full text] [abstract]

 

 

Session 5  - Cochlear implants etc

 

13.         Gill Close   (Tyneside, UK)   Children with cochlear implants, moving into spoken language and mainstream schools. [full text] [abstract]

 

14.         Karen Reichmuth   (Muenster, Germany)   Development of preverbal communication in hearing-impaired children with cochlear implant, a case study with special emphasis on repair behaviour. [full text] [abstract]

 

15.         Sharon Crosbie/Barbara Dodd   (Newcastle, UK)   Training auditory discrimination, a single case study. [abstract]

 

 

Session 6  - General issues on evidence based practice

 

16.         Kath Williamson   (Sheffield, UK)   Evidence, judgment and decision-making. [full text] [abstract]

 

17.         Liz Buckles   (Hull, UK)   Have we found the answer to a global outcome measure?  The East Kent outcome system in practice. [full text] [abstract]

 

18.             Sylvia Taylor-Goh   (London, UK)   Development of the evidence base for the RCSLT clinical guidelines. [full text] [abstract]

 

 

Session 7- General issues

 

19.      Pierre-Yves Gilles   (Aix-en-Provence, France)   Improving detection to improve speech and language therapy interventions, validation of the DPL3. [texte complet] [abstract]

 

20.         Thierry Rousseau   (Sablé sur Sarthe, France)   Clinical audit of a speech and language therapy intervention. [texte complet] [abstract]

 

21.         Margaret Glogowska   (Bristol, UK)   Research gets real; examining the implications of gathering evidence in real clinical settings. [full text] [abstract]

 

 

Session 8 - Aphasia 2

 

22.         Isabel Winslow   (Leeds, UK)   An evaluation of the effectiveness of a multi-agency partnership provision of groups for people with aphasia. [full text] [abstract]

 

23.         Julie Hickin   (Leicester, UK)   Therapy for word finding difficulties in aphasia; measuring the impact on real life communication. [full text] [abstract]

 

24.         Chris Code  (Exeter, UK)   How should we describe participants in aphasia research?  The evidence so far. [full text] [abstract]

 

 

Session 9 - Severe learning disability etc

 

25.         Cath Valentine   (Downpatrick, UK)   The development of a communication profile and description of an adult learning disability population. [full text] [abstract]

 

26.         Darren Chadwick   (Manchester, UK)   Dysphagia management for adults with learning disabilities; caregiver knowledge and barriers to their adherence. [full text] [abstract]

 

27.         Peggy Gatignol   (Paris, France)   Rehabilitation of facial palsy by  hypoglossofacial anastomosis; analysis, results & benefits of early intervention. [texte complet] [abstract]

 

 

Session 10 - Neurological disorders

 

28.         Deborah Jans   (Edinburgh, Scotland)   AAC evidence based clinical practice using automated performance measurement tools. [full text] [abstract]

 

29.         Claire Hartley   (Alton, UK)   Treatment effects on speech production and speech intelligibility of dysarthric speech in children with cerebral palsy. [full text] [abstract]

 

30.         Delphine Lamargue   (Paris, France)   Unilateral spatial neglect, theories, methods of remediation, and effectiveness of speech and language therapy intervention. [texte complet] [abstract]

 

 

Session 11 - Issues in child speech and language

 

31.         Annette Fox   (Hamburg, Germany)   A study of intervention in German-speaking children with a consistent phonological disorder, articulation vs phonological intervention. [full text] [abstract]

 

32.      Sally Johnston & Ineke Mennen   (Edinburgh, Scotland)   Are we meeting the challenge?  An evaluation of SLT services for bilingual children in 3 centres of population. [full text] [abstract]

 

33.             Sara Wood   (Edinburgh, UK)   Evaluating the clinical effectiveness of EPG in the assessment and diagnosis of children with intractable speech disorders. [full text] [abstract]

 

34.         James Law   (London, UK)   Monitoring the effectiveness of the national Surestart programme. [full text] [abstract]


 

Session 12  - Voice 1

 

35.         Cameron Sellars   (Glasgow, UK)   Comparisons between therapists’ and patients’ views of dysphonia, a survey study. [full text] [abstract]

 

36.         Pauline Meek   (Newcastle, UK)   Voice quality following thyroid surgery. [full text] [abstract]

 

37.         Helen Rattenbury   (Newcastle, UK)   Video laryngeal endoscopy; a voice therapy tool. [full text] [abstract]

 

38.         Louis Heylen   (Antwerp, Belgium)   Therapy outcomes in female professional voice users with voice problems. [full text] [abstract]

 

 

Session 13 - Evidence-based practice

 

39.         Simon Horton   (London, UK)   Negotiating meaning in therapy: some ways in which therapists and clients work towards explanation and understanding of what is going on in assessment and therapy in SLT, PT and OT. [full text] [abstract]

 

40.         Diane Bebbington (London, UK)   What's gender got to do with it? Power, research and knowledge in the speech sciences. [full text] [abstract]

 

41.         Hazel Roddam   (Manchester, UK)   Promoting increased use of research evidence in SLT departments. [full text] [abstract]

 

42.         Alex John   (Sheffield, UK)   Benchmarking outcomes in SLT using the therapy outcome measures. [full text] [abstract]

 

 

Session 14  - Joint working between parents and SLTs

 

43.         Hazel Welbon   (Huntley, UK)   Putting theory into practice, can speech and language facilitated parent/carer groups achieve a quality sharing in duty of care in the management of children with language and communication difficulties. [full text] [abstract]

 

44.         Linda Peacey   (London, UK)   An investigation into mothers’ beliefs about their children with specific language impairments. [full text] [abstract]

 

45.         Julie Phillips   (Manchester, UK)   ‘He’s just lazy, he’ll do it when he goes to school.’ Parents and SLTs’ explanatory models of language delay. [full text] [abstract]

 

46.         Caroline Pickstone   (Sheffield, UK)   The reliability and validity of paraprofessional judgements of child language. [full text] [abstract]

 

 

Session 15  - Voice 2

 

47.      Youri Maryn   (Bruges, Belgium)   Working with ventricular dysphonia, literature versus practice. [full text] [abstract]

 

 

Session 16 - Specific language disorder

 

48.      Gina Conti-Ramsden   (Manchester, UK)   Factors influencing word learning in young children with SLI. [full text] [abstract]


 

Session 17 – Intervention in phonological difficulties

 

49.         Victoria Joffe   (London, UK)   Exploring effectiveness of phonological therapy in clinical settings with preschool aged children. [abstract]

 

 

Round table discussion with the keynote speakers:

 

Marie-Pierre de Partz (Belgium)

James Law (United Kingdom)

Hanneke Kalf (Netherlands)

 

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