| People | James Boyle, Sue Ellis, Elspeth McCartney, Mary Turnbull |
| Funder | Chief Scientist Office Priorities and Needs Programme: Social Determinants and Interventions for Health/West of Scotland Primary Care NHS Trusts and Networks Research and Development Partnership (WoSRaD). |
This project used the language intervention procedures developed for the RCT above with a cohort of children selected to the same criteria, but with language-learning activities delivered by school staff, who could include teachers, learning support teachers and classroom assistants. The gains shown on the previous study were not replicated, perhaps because school staff did not deliver as many language-learning activities from The Language Therapy Manual as the previous RCT.
- McCartney, E., Ellis, S. & Boyle, J. (2009). The mainstream primary school as a language-learning environment for children with language impairment – implications of recent research. Themed invitation issue: ‘Social and Environmental Influences on Childhood Speech, Language and Communication Difficulties.’ Journal of Research in Special Education 9, 2, 80-90.
- McCartney, E., Boyle, J., Ellis, S., Bannatyne, S., & Turnbull, M. (2011). Indirect language therapy for children with persistent language impairment in mainstream primary schools: outcomes from a cohort intervention. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 46, 1, 74-82. Winner of the International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders 2011 article prize.
