What do parents think about their involvement in speech-language pathology intervention? A qualitative critically appraised topic

Abstract

A critically appraised topic (CAT) is one form of rapid review that can be particularly useful for informing practice. The purpose of this CAT was to determine what caregivers of preschool-aged children with speech, language or communication disorders (2–5 years of age) think of their involvement in speech-language pathology intervention in community-based settings. In addition to this CAT, the authors present and discuss a methodology for qualitative critically appraised topics (this issue). The authors propose an update to this CAT in June 2021.

Keywords:

• Qualitative research
• critical appraisal
• parent
• professional partnership

Acknowledgement

With thanks to Tania Celeste, Biosciences Liaison Librarian at the University of Melbourne for her assistance in conducting the search for this paper.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.