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The CATALISE Delphi study recruited a panel of 59 experts from ten disciplines to agree criteria for identifying children with language impairments.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“We recruited a panel of 59 experts representing ten disciplines (including education, psychology, speech-language therapy/pathology, paediatrics and child psychiatry)”
CATALISE: A Multinational and Multidisciplinary Delphi Consensus Study. Identifying Language Impairments in Children, Dorothy V. M. Bishop et al., PLoS ONE, 2016, Abstract.
Open the original (DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0158753)- What it measures
- The panel rated statements in two online rounds. Consensus was defined as at least 80 percent of respondents agreeing or strongly agreeing with a statement.
- What it does not show
- Expert consensus guides practice but is not a test result. The panel came from English-speaking countries only.