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INTERVENTION: WHY DOES IT WORK AND HOW DO WE KNOW?

Almost 40 years ago, Rockey (1969, p. 175) urged the profession to consider terminology “as a specialised field of study requiring as much research and thought as other specialities”. This call has remained largely unanswered, but it is as insightful and urgent today as it was then. Some authors (e.g., Tanner, 2006) have explored the contribution of philosophical enquiry to the development and future advancement of the field, including its terminology. The profession needs to “step outside itself” to reflect on its values and its choices related to terminology to foster the develop­ ment of a mature profession. Acknowledgements The Terminology Frameworks Project was funded by Speech Pathology Australia with support from the Australian Department of Education, Science and Training from 2005 to 2007. References Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). (2003). Disability prevalence and trends . AIHW cat. no. DIS 34 December 2003. Canberra: AIHW. Bain, A. (2005). A systems view of terminology. Advances in Speech-Language Pathology , 7 (2), 94–97. Johnson, W. (1968). Communicology? (Ed., Dorothy W. Moeller; Foreword, L.G. Doerfler). Asha , 10 , 43–56. Kamhi, A.G. (1998). Trying to make sense of developmental language disorders. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools , 29 , 35–44. Kjaer, B.E. (2005). Terminology and conception of the pro­ fession. Advances in Speech-Language Pathology , 7 (2), 98–100. Madden, R. & Hogan, T. (1997). The definition of disability in Australia: Moving towards national consistency . AIHW cat. no. DIS 5. Canberra: AIHW. Rockey, D. (1969). Some fundamental principles for the solution of terminological problems in speech pathology and therapy. British Journal of Disorders of Communication , 4 (2), 166–75. Rockey, D. (1980). Speech disorder in nineteenth century Britain: The history of stuttering . London: Croom Helm.

Regina Walsh has worked in education since 1985 and has an interest in the various paradigms of practice within the profession. She was the project officer for Speech Pathology Australia’s Terminology Frameworks Project from 2005 to 2007. Schindler, A. (2005) Terminology in speech pathology: Old problem, new solutions. Advances in Speech-Language Pathology , 7 (2), 84–86. Schindler, O. (1990). Morbidity, epidemiology and system analysis in phoniatrics: Introduction, literature, updating. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica , 42 , 320–326. Sonninen, A., & Damsté, P.H. (1971). An international terminology in the field of logopedics and phoniatrics. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica , 23 , 1–32. Speech Pathology Australia. (2008). Criteria for the analysis of speech pathology terms: Challenges and a methodology . Melbourne: Speech Pathology Australia. Tanner, D.C. (2006). An advanced course in communication sciences and disorders . San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing. Walsh, R. (2005). Meaning and purpose: A conceptual model for speech pathology terminology. Advances in Speech- Language Pathology , 7 (2), 65–76. Walsh, R., & IGOTF-CSD. (2006). A history of the terminology of communication science and disorders . Retrieved October 2007 from http://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/Content. aspx?p=191 Wollock, J.L. (1997). The noblest animate motion: Speech, physiology, and medicine in pre-Cartesian linguistic thought . Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing.

Correspondence to: Regina Walsh Disability Services Support Unit Department of Education Training and the Arts 141 Merton Road Woolloongabba Qld 4102 phone: 07 3269 2799 email 1: reginawalsh@powerup.com.au email 2: regina.walsh@deta.qld.gov.au

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