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WINTER 2011 CONTENTS
SPEECH & LANGUAGE THERAPY IN PRACTICE MAGAZINE
(publication date 30 November 2011)
COVER STORY: CHOICES, POSSIBILITIES AND APPS
"I became rather obsessively preoccupied with framing objectives for anyone who was keen to be involved in trying the app...The reality gradually dawned on me that testing out this intervention had to start with the truth that there was not one jot of evidence it would be of the slightest use to anyone."
Dot Reeves shares her experience of working with an entrepreneur, a software developer, The Makaton Charity and a host of users to create MyChoicePad as a flexible, quick and high quality iPad application.
TRAINING
"Throughout the process it was the practical aspects...and the person-specific elements that appeared to motivate the assistants and make a direct difference to clients."
Trish Morrison and Eugenie Smuts consider the lessons from a multidisciplinary eating, drinking and swallowing refresher course project for special needs assistants.
GOAL NEGOTIATION (4)
"...we are continually inspired by therapists' commitment to radically changing the philosophy of their services in order to increase clients' involvement in their own rehabilitation process..."
Sam Simpson and Cathy Sparkes conclude their series on goal negotiation with advice about writing goals and listening to the feedback of clients.
REVIEWS
Supervision, hearing impairment, communication skills, neurorehabilitation, cluttering, adult acquired, motor speech disorders, therapeutic relationship.
SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS
Corinne Dobinson reviews the Scoring Software for the Comprehensive Aphasia Test.
BOUNDARY ISSUES (7)
"I have frequently asked myself where my ethical responsibility as a magazine publisher ends."
Speech & Language Therapy in Practice editor Avril Nicoll reflects on ethical dilemmas of publishing and promotion.
TRANSCRIPTION
"Knowing that narrow transcription is often held up as the gold standard...it makes me feel rather uncomfortable to admit to my clinical reliance on broad transcription."
Fay Windsor discusses the implications of a possible gap between theory and practice of phonetic transcription.
IN BRIEF
Jon Hunt on differential diagnosis of the difficulties underlying apraxia of speech; Wendy Best and colleagues introduce the Centre for Speech and Language Intervention Research website; and Tim Grover and Sallie Bollans encounter Animal Assisted Therapy.
JOURNAL CLUB 6: SINGLE SUBJECT DESIGNS
"...psychologists working in the field of adult acquired brain injury also continue to employ single subject designs, valuing them in particular for their flexibility and sensitivity to individual differences. Thanks to this, there is a practical and validated appraisal tool..."
Jennifer Reid's series takes the mystery out of critically appraising different types of journal articles.
HERE'S ONE I MADE EARLIER
Having offered 70 low cost, fun and flexible therapy suggestions since 2003, Alison Roberts concludes with 'End of course recap cards' and a 'Here's one' with a difference.
WINNING WAYS
Life coach Jo Middlemiss has written over 20 Winning Ways articles for the magazine since 2003. Here, she reflects on the series and on the meaning and opportunities of life's transitions.
HOW I OFFER IMPAIRMENT THERAPY (1): REANIMATING INTERVENTION
"After the speech and language therapist has edited the animation movie, both child and clinician view it together. The child is then asked to tell the story."
Ravit Cohen-Mimran on Animation Therapy, an approach to narrative intervention with older children.
HOW I OFFER IMPAIRMENT THERAPY (2): STEP BY STEP
"Recent evidence challenges our traditionally held beliefs by showing that improvement in long-standing chronic aphasia is possible."
With the help of Simon and his wife Lesley, Jane Mortley and Rebecca Palmer present the StepByStep program.
MY TOP RESOURCES
Julie Phillips, Jen Read and Helen Bell reveal the result of a two month student ballot to find the top ten resources at the Manchester Metropolitan University on-site clinic resource centre.
E1 CONFERENCE REPORT ONLINE
"Our developing understanding of normal development and the natural history of speech, language and communication difficulties is largely thanks to the greater availability of longitudinal studies. These don't, however, always tell us what we want to hear."
In 'New dimensions', Avril Nicoll reports on the take home messages from the Child Language Seminar 2011 in Newcastle.
