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MODELLING THE CONSULTATION PROCESS IN A SECONDARY REFERRAL UNIT FOR CHILDREN
Author(s) -
David Rachel,
Whitehouse Jane
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international journal of language and communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1460-6984
pISSN - 1368-2822
DOI - 10.3109/13682829809179481
Subject(s) - referral , unit (ring theory) , multidisciplinary approach , grounded theory , psychology , process (computing) , medical education , service (business) , speech language pathology , nursing , medicine , qualitative research , mathematics education , sociology , computer science , social science , economy , economics , operating system , physical therapy
This paper overviews a detailed study of a consultation service for children with severe and/or intractable speech and language difficulties. The Speech Therapy Clinical Unit at the University of Central England in Birmingham (UCE) offered multidisciplinary, in‐depth assessment of such children to speech and language therapists, parents and other professions involved in their management. Documentary materials generated by the service were analysed using Grounded Theory to develop a model of the process of assessment and consultation employed in the Unit. The implications of this model for clinical education and practice are discussed.