The Social Impact of Group Therapy for Children with Communication Difficulties
Overview
Speech-language pathologists (SLPs), especially in the school setting, consistently work with children in group settings due to time and scheduling conflicts. There are often not enough hours and days within a week to provide individual therapy for all clients. The purpose of this paper is to gain a further understanding of how effective group therapy is with clients with communication difficulties, and if there is a social impact on the clients who participate. This paper poses the following PICO question: For individuals who have communication difficulties, how much of a social impact does group therapy with at least two clients leave on their performance?
Speech-language pathologists (SLPs), especially in the school setting, consistently work with children in group settings due to time and scheduling conflicts. There are often not enough hours and days within a week to provide individual therapy for all clients. The purpose of this paper is to gain a further understanding of how effective group therapy is with clients with communication difficulties, and if there is a social impact on the clients who participate. This paper poses the following PICO question: For individuals who have communication difficulties, how much of a social impact does group therapy with at least two clients leave on their performance?