EBP Compendium: Summary of Systematic Review
BT Bursary Award; The Health Foundation; Department of Health NHS R&D Programme (UK)
Direct Speech and Language Therapy for Children with Cerebral Palsy: Findings from a Systematic Review
Pennington, L., Goldbart, J., et al.
(2005).
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 47(1), 57-63.
Indicators of Review Quality:
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The review addresses a clearly focused question
| No |
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Criteria for inclusion of studies are provided
| Yes |
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Search strategy is described in sufficient detail for replication
| Yes |
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Included studies are assessed for study quality
| Yes |
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Quality assessments are reproducible
| Yes |
Description: This is a systematic review of controlled studies investigating the effects of speech and language therapy for children with cerebral palsy (CP).
Question(s) Addressed:
Question not specifically stated.
Population: Patients up to the age of 19 with CP of any type or severity.
Intervention/Assessment: Various SLTs "aimed to facilitate the development of pre-intentional communication skills, functions of conversation, and syntactic structure in expressive language." (p. 60)
Number of Studies Included: 7
Years Included: Through December 2002
Findings:
Conclusions:
- Treatment
- Speech and Language
- Direct speech and language therapy, "which focuses on communication and expressive language and uses operant and micro-teaching techniques, has been effective for children with CP" (p. 62).
- Further research is warranted to replicate these findings and examine other areas of treatment such as augmentative and alternative communication.
Keywords: Cerebral Palsy
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Added to Compendium: December 2011