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Research type:	Primary Research (e.g. trial)
Title (lead author) etc:	A randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of direct versus indirect and individual versus group modes of speech and language therapy for children with primary language impairment (Boyle) 158 pages, Volume 11, number 25
DOI	10.3310/hta11250
View/print executive summary View/print abstract View full text in pdf format (742 KB) ;How to order Outputs from this project McCartney, E; Boyle, J; Bannatyne, S; Jessiman, E; Campbell, C; Kelsy, C; Smith, J; O'Hare, A. Becoming a 'manual' occupation? The construction of a research in therapy manual for use with language impaired children in mainstream schools. International Journal of Language and Communications Disorders 2004:39(1):135-148. McCartney, E; Boyle, J; Bannatyne, S; Jessiman, E; Campbell, C; Kelsey, C; Smith, J. Becoming a manual occupation? The construction of a therapy manual for use with language impaired children in mainstream primary schools. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 2004; 39 (1):135-148. McCartney, E; Boyle, J; Bannatyne, S; Jessiman, E; Campbell, C; Kelsey, C; Smith, J; McArthur, J; O'Hare, A,. Thinking for two: a case study of speech and language therapists working through assistants. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders 2005;40(2):221-235. Dickson, K; Marshall, M; Boyle, J; McCartney; O'Hare, A. Cost analysis of direct versus indirect and individual versus group modes of manual based stretch and language therapy for primary aged school children with primary language impairment. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 2009; 44(3):369-381. Boyle, J; McCartney, E; O'Hare, A; Forbes, J. Direct versus indirect and individual versus group modes of language therapy for children with primary language impairment. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 2009:44(6):826-846. Mccartney, E; Ellis, S; Boyle, J. The mainstream primary school as a language - learning environment for children with language impairment: implications of recent research. Journal of Research in Special Education Needs 2009; 9(2):80-90. Go to our correspondence page to comment on this publication
Headline:	Trial found language therapy helped some children with persistent expressive language impairment, and that delivery by supported speech and language therapy assistants or in groups may have potential resource benefits.
This report should be referenced as follows:	Boyle J, McCartney E, Forbes J, O'Hare A. A randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation of direct versus indirect and individual versus group modes of speech and language therapy for children with primary language impairment. Health Technol Assess 2007;11(25).
Project ref:	99/36/04
Original project title:	An RCT and economic evaluation of direct versus indirect and individual versus group modes of speech and language therapy for children with primary language impairment
Chief Investigator:	Professor James Boyle, Professor of Psychology, School of Psychological Sciences and Health, University of Strathclyde
Start Date:	April 2002
Date of publication in HTA journal series	July 2007
Cost:	£772,347
MeSH* index primary terms:	LANGUAGE-DISORDERS Q-therapy; SPEECH-THERAPY Q-methods; LANGUAGE-THERAPY Q-methods (* = Medical Subject Headings)
MeSH* index secondary terms:	HUMAN; RANDOMIZED-CONTROLLED-TRIAL; CLINICAL-TRIAL; PROSPECTIVE-STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT-ANALYSIS; TREATMENT-OUTCOME (* = Medical Subject Headings)
ISRCTN* number:	ISRCTN 94684735 (International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number) URL of this project on the Controlled Trials Website: http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN94684735*
NRR* number, if applicable:	N0484107816 (*National Research Register) The National Research Register was a public database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). It is now an archive of projects from early 2000 to September 2007. Search the NRR archive.
Project Protocol:	Project protocol not available
Printed copies of this title despatched:	102 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month)
URL of this page:	http://www.hta.ac.uk/1232

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