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The problem
Intervention: Service-learning program where supervised speech pathology students provide communication screening, assessment and therapy to kindergarten-starting children
Who it was tested with: Primary school children starting kindergarten in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"Supervised speech pathology students on rural clinical placement provided speech, language and communication screening, assessment and therapy to children starting kindergarten" with "Analysis of the outcome data demonstrated improvements in communication impairments for approximately one-quarter of the children." This is a pre-post design where children received intervention and were measured for outcomes, but without a comparison group or detailed methodology described.
No comparison or control group; modest improvement rate reported; unclear definition and measurement of 'improvements'; no baseline or follow-up data presented in abstract; limited detail on which children benefited or factors contributing to outcomes
Across countries and designs
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