期刊名称：South African Journal of Communication Disorders
印刷版ISSN：0379-8046
电子版ISSN：2225-4765
出版年度：2000
卷号：47
期号：1
页码：25-39
DOI：10.4102/sajcd.v47i1.219
出版社：AOSIS OpenJournals
摘要：Traditional models of service delivery prevent speech-language therapists and audiologists from identifying and implementing early communication intervention(ECI) in South Africa. This study utilized the framework of the transdisciplinary team approach to develop a collaborative partnership between community nurses and speech-language therapists and audiologists. An interdisciplinary in-service training programme was implemented with 24 community nurses employed at family health clinics in KwaZulu-Natal; with the aim of enhancing their knowledge and attitudes toward the early identification and referral of at-risk children to speech-language therapists and audiologists. Three questionnaires were used to evaluate the nurses' knowledge and attitudes. Results indicated that the training programme significantly improved the nurses' knowledge regarding ECI but not their attitudes. Implications of these findings are discussed in terms of service delivery for ECI, and the education and training of early interventionists in the South African context.
关键词：early communication intervention; infants and toddlers; at-risk; transdisciplinary team model; interdisciplinary in-service training
其他关键词：early communication intervention;infants and toddlers;at-risk;transdisciplinary team model;interdisciplinary in-service training
