June 13, 2023

Waiting for Speech Pathology - Summary of publications and websites

Frequently Nicole McGill and I are asked for copies of the work we have undertaken about waiting for speech pathology. Here is a summary Nicole sent recently: 

  1. • McGill, N., Crowe, K., & McLeod, S. (2020). “Many wasted months”: Stakeholders’ perspectives about waiting for speech-language pathology services. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 22(3), 313-326. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2020.1747541 
  2. • 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(3), 263-274. https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2019.1604802 
  3. • McGill, N., & McLeod, S. (2020). Waiting list management in speech-language pathology: Translating research to practice. Speech, Language and Hearing, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/2050571X.2020.1716471
  4. • McGill, N., McLeod, S., Crowe, K., Wang, C., & Hopf, S. C. (2021). Waiting lists and prioritization of children for services: Speech-language pathologists’ perspectives. Journal of Communication Disorders, 91, 106099. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcomdis.2021.106099 
  5. • McGill, N., McLeod, S., & Hopf, S. C. (2021). Waiting list management: Professionals’ perspectives and innovations. Advances in Communication and Swallowing, 24(1), 5-19. https://doi.org/10.3233/ACS-210026 
  6. o There is also a recorded online lecture relating to this paper, available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8FO1t1Rrfs 
  7. • McGill, N., McLeod, S., Ivory, N., Davis, E., & Rohr, K. (2021). Randomised controlled trial evaluating active versus passive waiting for speech-language pathology. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 73(4), 335-354.https://doi.org/10.1159/000508830 
  8. • McLeod, S., Davis, E., Rohr, K., McGill, N., Miller, K., Roberts, A., Thornton, S., Ahio, N., & Ivory, N. (2020). Waiting for speech-language pathology services: A randomised controlled trial comparing therapy, advice, and device. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 22(3), 372-386.https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2020.1731600 
  9. The Waiting for Speech Pathology website referred to in the articles can be accessed here: https://www.nsw.gov.au/health/wnswlhd/services/speech-pathology 
  10. A waiting list management self-paced learning program that is available on the Speech Pathology Australia Learning Hub: https://learninghub.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/speechpathologyaust/1706-waiting-list-management-in-speech-pathology