A survey of 511 UK speech therapists found most believe they have a role in written language, but child-focused therapists are significantly less confident and less involved than adult-focused ones. 89% want a formal position statement to clarify the profession's role.
Adult-focused SLTs agree significantly more strongly than child-focused SLTs that they have a role in both assessing and directly intervening in written language, regardless of whether they currently work in that area.
453 of 511 respondents (88.6%) felt the profession would benefit from a position paper clarifying SLTs' role in written language; the 9 who disagreed were all not working in written language and none strongly agreed they had a role in any written language domain.
SLTs who work on written language report significantly higher confidence in their knowledge and skills for both assessing and intervening in written language than those who do not, and this effect is stronger than the client-group effect.
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