October 17, 2019

Finishing our Waiting for Speech Pathology grant

In mid 2017 we were awarded a grant from the NSW Health Translational Research Grant Scheme. Our journey is documented through this blog here: https://speakingmylanguages.blogspot.com/search/label/NSWHealthTRGS

Two years later we are happy to report that the grant has been completed as planned on time and on budget. This week we had a meeting to go through the initial grant application and finalise our reports, media, and dissemination.

Here is the Waiting for Speech Pathology website: https://wnswlhd.health.nsw.gov.au/our-services/speech-pathology

Here are a few of the outputs from our study (so far):
Journal articles
  • McGill, N. & McLeod, S. (2019). Aspirations for a website to support families’ active waiting for speech-language pathology. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 21, 263-274. doi:10.1080/17549507.2019.1604802 
  • McLeod, S., Davis, E., Rohr, K., McGill, N., Miller, K., Roberts, A., Thornton, S., Ahio, N., & Ivory, N. (2019, submitted July). Waiting for speech-language pathology services: A randomised controlled trial comparing device, advice, and therapy. Manuscript in submission (under review). 
  • McGill, N., McLeod, S., Ivory, N., Davis, E., & Rohr, K. (2019, October). Randomised controlled trial evaluating active versus passive waiting for speech-language pathology. Manuscript in submission (under review). 
Conference presentations
  • Davis, E., McLeod, S., Rohr, K., Roberts, K., McGill, N., Miller, K., Thornton, S., Ahio, N. (June, 2019). Randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of advice versus device for children on speech pathology waiting lists. Poster presented at the Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Brisbane, Australia. 
  • McGill, N., McLeod, S., Davis, E., Rohr, K., & Miller, K. (June, 2019). ‘Wait’ lifting: Randomised controlled trial evaluating active versus passive waiting for speech pathology by children with speech and language difficulties. Poster presented at the Speech Pathology Australia National Conference, Brisbane, Australia.
Discussing the finalisation of our grant: Sharynne McLeod, Audrey Wang, Emily Davis, Katrina Rohr, Nicole McGill
Celebrating the outcome of our hard work on the grant