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Product Description With this landmark textbook, speech-language pathologists will learn to apply current best evidence as they make critical decisions about the care of each individual they serve. The first text that covers this cutting-edge topic for the communication disorders field, this book introduces SLPs to the principles and process of evidence-based practice, thoroughly covering its three primary components: "external" evidence from systematic research, "internal" evidence from clinical practice, and evidence concerning patient preferences. SLPs will get the in-depth guidance they need to construct the right questions about best evidence find the reliable information they need to answer these questions evaluate the validity of both internal and external evidence weigh the importance of empirical evidence, whether from a research study or from an individual patient help patients fully understand clinical options and express their preferences conduct systematic, critical appraisals of treatment evidence, diagnosis and screening evidence, and evidence from systematic reviews or meta-analyses Developed by Christine A. Dollaghan, one of the most highly respected researchers in the field of language acquisition and disorders, this text makes complex concepts understandable with its clear, reader-friendly language, vivid step-by-step examples of key processes, and illuminating figures and tables. SLPs will come away with a solid, practical understanding of evidence-based practice—knowledge they'll use throughout their careers to make sound clinical decisions about the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of communication disorders. Review "Comprehensive, illuminating, accessible volume that takes the mystery out of EBP . . . should be on every SLP and audiologists desk." -- Jon F. Miller, Ph.D. About the Author Christine Dollaghan, Ph.D, Professor, Callier Center for Communication Disorders, University of Texas at Dallas, 1966 Inwood Road, A.128, Dallas, TX 75235 Christine Dollaghan is a professor at the University of Texas at Dallas. Her research interests include child language development and disorders, the validity of diagnostic measures, and the latent structure of diagnostic categories. Her publications include The Handbook of Evidence-Based Practice in Communication Disorders (Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., 2007). She was awarded the Honors of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in 2012. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Excerpted from Chapter 1 of The Handbook for COMMUNICATION EVIDENCE–BASED PRACTICE in DISORDERS, by CHRISTINE A. DOLLAGHAN, PH.D., CCC–SLP Copyright © 2007 by Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. EVIDENCE–BASED PRACTICE: AN EXPANDED DEFINITION It sometimes seems as though evidence–based practice (EBP) is taking over the world. EBP is a key topic of discussion (and controversy) in fields as diverse as clinical laboratory science (e.g., McQueen, 2001), nursing (e.g., Rutledge, 2005), physical medicine and rehabilitation (e.g., Cicerone, 2005), occupational therapy (e.g., Tse, Lloyd, Penman, King, & Bassett, 2004), psychology (e.g., Wampold, Lichtenberg, & Waehler, 2005), psychiatry (e.g., Hamilton, 2005), and education (e.g., Odom, Brantlinger, Gersten, Horner, Thompson, & Harris, 2005). Sessions on EBP began appearing on the program of the annual convention of the American Speech–Language–Hearing Association (ASHA) in 1999, and the move toward EBP has been endorsed in an ASHA technical report (ASHA, 2004) and position statement (ASHA, 2005a). An evidence–based orientation can even be found in a book about the success that resulted for a baseball team when prospective players were evaluated with objective performance measures in addition to the subjective impressions of baseball scouts
