Outcomes from a short-term loan library: Challenges for clinical practice

TY - CONF

T1 - Outcomes from a short-term loan library

T2 - 15th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication

AU - Griffiths, Tom

AU - Price, Katie

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - The Communication, Learning and Technology (CLT) Service at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, offers specialist advice to children (80-100 per year) with communication needs. Trial of equipment forms part of the pathway of care which aims to establish successful communication systems for children. Assessment findings determine a “short-list” of trial equipment, which is loaned to children for 6-12 weeks. Evaluation of the impact of equipment then forms the basis of recommendations for purchase and support. Appraising the outcomes of these loans has proven challenging: measures relevant to identifying the success of communication systems are much debated. Valuable measures in the long-term based on increased participation, quality of life, or academic achievement may be of little use as indicators of potential benefit during a short-term trial. Evaluation of the impact of loaned equipment needs assessment of potential value since the full impact of the equipment may not be apparent.

AB - The Communication, Learning and Technology (CLT) Service at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, offers specialist advice to children (80-100 per year) with communication needs. Trial of equipment forms part of the pathway of care which aims to establish successful communication systems for children. Assessment findings determine a “short-list” of trial equipment, which is loaned to children for 6-12 weeks. Evaluation of the impact of equipment then forms the basis of recommendations for purchase and support. Appraising the outcomes of these loans has proven challenging: measures relevant to identifying the success of communication systems are much debated. Valuable measures in the long-term based on increased participation, quality of life, or academic achievement may be of little use as indicators of potential benefit during a short-term trial. Evaluation of the impact of loaned equipment needs assessment of potential value since the full impact of the equipment may not be apparent.

UR - https://isaac-online.org/english/members-only/free-downloads-for-isaac-members/

M3 - Poster

Y2 - 28 July 2012 through 2 August 2012

ER -