Peer-reviewed research
CATALISE: A Multinational and Multidisciplinary Delphi Consensus Study. Identifying Language Impairments in Children
Dorothy V. M. Bishop et al., PLoS ONE, 2016 · DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0158753
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- What it is
- An online Delphi study in which an international panel of experts agreed criteria for identifying children with language impairments who might need specialist services. It sets out criteria for identifying children with language impairments who might benefit from specialist services.
- How much weight it carries
- Peer-reviewed open-access paper with a documented consensus method. Consensus among experts is not the same as proof, and the panel was drawn from English-speaking countries.
Facts taken from this source
- The CATALISE Delphi study recruited a panel of 59 experts from ten disciplines to agree criteria for identifying children with language impairments.
“We recruited a panel of 59 experts representing ten disciplines (including education, psychology, speech-language therapy/pathology, paediatrics and child psychiatry)” (Abstract)