What works, how and in which contexts when supporting parents to implement intensive speech and language therapy at home for children with speech sound disorder? A protocol for a realist review

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Leafe, N., Pagnamenta, E. orcid id iconORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4703-3163, Taggart, L., Donnelly, M., Hassiotis, A. and Titterington, J. (2024) What works, how and in which contexts when supporting parents to implement intensive speech and language therapy at home for children with speech sound disorder? A protocol for a realist review. BMJ Open, 14 (1). e074272. ISSN 2044-6055 doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074272

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Introduction Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) worldwide report challenges with providing recommended, evidence-based intervention intensity for children with speech sound disorder (SSD). Challenges such as service constraints and/or family contexts impact on access to optimal therapy intensity. Existing research indicates that empowering and training parents to deliver intervention at home, alongside SLT support, offers one possible solution to increasing the intensity of intervention children with SSD receive. Digital health could increase accessibility to intensive home-practise and help sustain engagement with therapy activities. Further exploration is needed around what makes parent-implemented interventions for children with speech sound disorder effective, for who, in which situations. This paper outlines the protocol for a realist review which aims to explore the active ingredients and contextual factors of effective digital parent-led interventions. Methods and analysis A realist review will explore the research question, following six stages. The scope of the review will be determined, and initial programme theories will be developed about what works in digital parent-implemented interventions for SSD, for whom, how, why, and in what circumstances. Relevant secondary data, identified through a formal search strategy, will be selected, appraised, analysed, and synthesised using realist principles to test and further refine the initial programme theories. This process will develop refined underpinning explanatory theories which capture the interaction between contexts, mechanisms, and outcomes of the intervention. An expert steering group will provide insight to inform explanatory theories, searches, and dissemination. Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval is not required for this review. The refined programme theories from the review will inform the next stages of a wider study. A subsequent realist evaluation will test and further refine theories with key stakeholders. Following this, the underpinning programme theory will be used to co-produce a digital tool, to support parents to deliver home-intervention alongside SLT support.

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URI https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/113915
Identification Number/DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074272
Refereed Yes
Divisions Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Department of Clinical Language Sciences
Publisher BMJ Group
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