Research
Here is a sample of some of the research on collaboration with parents that we published prior to joining the Collaboration for Communication Network: Developing Excellence in Collaborative Practice.
Barratt, R., Levickis, P., Naughton, G., Gerner, B., & Gibbons, K. (2013). Why families choose not to participate in research: Feedback from non‐responders. Journal of paediatrics and child health, 49(1), 57-62. doi:10.1111/jpc.12020
Blackwell, A. K. M., Harding, S., Babayiğit, S., & Roulstone, S. (2015). Characteristics of Parent–Child Interactions: A Systematic Review of Studies Comparing Children With Primary Language Impairment and Their Typically Developing Peers. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 36(2), 67-78. doi:10.1177/1525740114540202
Carroll, C. (2010). “It's not everyday that parents get a chance to talk like this”: Exploring parents' perceptions and expectations of speech-language pathology services for children with intellectual disability. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 12(4), 352-361. doi:10.3109/17549500903312107
Carroll, C., & Sixsmith, J. (2016). A trajectory of relationship development for early intervention practice for children with developmental disabilities. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 23(3), 131-140. doi:10.12968/ijtr.2016.23.3.131
Davies, K. E., Marshall, J., Brown, L. J. E., & Goldbart, J. (2017). Co-working: Parents’ conception of roles in supporting their children’s speech and language development. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 33(2), 171-185. doi:10.1177/0265659016671169
Davies, K. E., Marshall, J., Brown, L. J. E., & Goldbart, J. (2019). SLTs’ conceptions about their own and parents’ roles during intervention with preschool children. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 54(4), 596-605. doi:10.1111/1460-6984.12462
Hudson, S., Levickis, P., Down, K., Nicholls, R., & Wake, M. (2015). Maternal responsiveness predicts child language at ages 3 and 4 in a community‐based sample of slow‐to‐talk toddlers. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 50(1), 136-142. doi:10.1111/1460-6984.12129
Jensen de López, K. M., Feilberg, J., Baena, S., Lyons, R., Harding, S., Kelić, M., . . . Rodriguez-Ortiz, I. R. (2021). "So, I told him to look for friends!" Barriers and protecting factors that may facilitate inclusion for children with Language Disorder in everyday social settings: Cross-cultural qualitative interviews with parents. Res Dev Disabil, 115, 103963. doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2021.103963
Jensen de López Kristine, M., Lyons, R., Novogrodsky, R., Baena, S., Feilberg, J., Harding, S., . . . Rodriguez-Ortiz Isabel, R. (2021). Exploring Parental Perspectives of Childhood Speech and Language Disorders Across 10 Countries: A Pilot Qualitative Study. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. doi:10.1044/2020_JSLHR-20-00415
Klatte, I., & Roulstone, S. (2016). The practical side of working with parent–child interaction therapy with preschool children with language impairments. Child Language Teaching & Therapy, 32(3), 345-359.
Klatte, I. S., Harding, S., & Roulstone, S. (2019). Speech and language therapists’ views on parents’ engagement in Parent–Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 54(4), 553-564. doi:10.1111/1460-6984.12459
Klatte, I. S., Lyons, R., Davies, K., Harding, S., Marshall, J., McKean, C., & Roulstone, S. (2020). Collaboration between parents and SLTs produces optimal outcomes for children attending speech and language therapy: Gathering the evidence. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 55(4), 618-628. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12538
Law, J., Levickis, P., Rodríguez-Ortiz, I. R., Matić, A., Lyons, R., Messarra, C., . . . Stankova, M. (2019). Working with the parents and families of children with developmental language disorders: An international perspective. Journal of Communication Disorders, 82, 105922-105922. doi:10.1016/j.jcomdis.2019.105922
Levickis, P., McKean, C., Walls, E., & Law, J. (2020). Training community health nurses to measure parent–child interaction: a mixed-methods study. European journal of public health, 30(3), 426-431. doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckz155
Levickis, P., McKean, C., Wiles, A., & Law, J. (2020). Expectations and experiences of parents taking part in parent–child interaction programmes to promote child language: a qualitative interview study. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 55(4), 603-617. doi:10.1111/1460-6984.12543
Lyons, R., Brennan, S., & Carroll, C. (2016). Exploring parental perspectives of participation in children with Down Syndrome. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 32(1), 79-93. doi:10.1177/0265659015569549
Lyons, R., O'Malley, M., O'Connor, P., & Monaghan, U. (2010). ‘It’s just so lovely to hear him talking’: Exploring the early-intervention expectations and experiences of parents. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 26(1), 61-76.
Marshall, J., Goldbart, J., & Phillips, J. (2007). Parents' and speech and language therapists' explanatory models of language development, language delay and intervention. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 42(5), 533-555. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=ccm&AN=106017096&site=ehost-live&authtype=sso&custid=s6172330
Marshall, J., Harding, S., & Roulstone, S. (2017). Language development, delay and intervention-the views of parents from communities that speech and language therapy managers in England consider to be under-served. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 52(4), 489-500. doi:10.1111/1460-6984.12288
Melvin, K., Meyer, C., & Ryan, B. (2019). “We don't know what we don't know”: Providing information about communication to families of children with Down syndrome. Child : care, health & development, 45(3), 423-432. doi:10.1111/cch.12658
Melvin, K., Meyer, C., & Scarinci, N. (2019). What does “engagement” mean in early speech pathology intervention? A qualitative systematised review. Disability and Rehabilitation, 1-14. doi:10.1080/09638288.2018.1563640
Melvin, K., Meyer, C., & Scarinci, N. (2020). What does a family who is “engaged” in early intervention look like? Perspectives of Australian speech-language pathologists. International journal of speech language pathology, 1-11. doi:10.1080/17549507.2020.1784279
Melvin, K., Meyer, C., & Scarinci, N. (2021). Exploring the complexity of how families are engaged in early speech-language pathology intervention using video-reflexive ethnography. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders. doi:10.1111/1460-6984.12609
O'Toole, C., Lyons, R., Ó’Doibhlín, D., O’Farrell, F., & Houghton, C. (2019). Stage 1 Registered Report: The experiences and perceptions of parent-child interaction therapy for parents of young children with communication difficulties: A qualitative evidence synthesis protocol [version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations]. HRB Open Research, 2(36). doi:10.12688/hrbopenres.12974.1
Roulstone, S., & Lindsay, G. (2012). The perspectives of children and young people who have speech, language and communication needs, and their parents Better Communication Research Programme Retrieved from https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/standard/publicationDetail/Page1/DFE-RR247-BCRP7
Roulstone, S., Coad, J., Ayre, A., Hambley, H., & Lindsay, G. (2012). The preferred outcomes of children with speech, language and communication needs and their parents. London: DfE. Better Communication Research Programme (publishing.service.gov.uk).
Roulstone, S. (2011) Evidence, expertise and patient preference. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. 13(1), 43-48.
Roulstone, S. (2015) Exploring the relationship between client perspectives, clinical expertise and research evidence, International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 17:3, 211-221.
Sugden, E., Baker, E., Munro, N., & Williams, A. L. (2016). Involvement of parents in intervention for childhood speech sound disorders: a review of the evidence. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 51(6), 597-625. doi:10.1111/1460-6984.12247
Sugden, E., Munro, N., Trivette, C. M., Baker, E., & Williams, A. L. (2019). Parents’ Experiences of Completing Home Practice for Speech Sound Disorders. Journal of Early Intervention, 0(0), 1-23. doi:10.1177/1053815119828409