ABSTRACT

This chapter discusses the concept of evidence-based practice and how this translates into the field of intervention for children with developmental language disorders. It presents the setting up of the questionnaire, including issues associated with translation and back translation, return rates by country and by population and a detailed description of the respondents, their qualifications, and languages spoken. To truly understand evidence-based practice it is critical to see evidence within a theoretical framework allowing the practitioner to predict the impact of their interventions. The most appropriate method for contacting the network of practitioners with each country was determined by the national team. The practitioner survey was developed over a period of six months. The initial questions were generated by members of each of the three working groups in the Cooperation in Science and Technology Action. The Survey Monkey link to the questionnaire was then sent out by the national team with a request to cascade the survey across their country.