Background:Parental acquired communication disability has long-lasting impacts on children, including increased child stress and behavioural problems. However, speech-language pathologists’ (SLPs) current practice in providing information, education and counselling support to these children is unknown. Therefore, we explored SLPs’ perceived needs, current practices and barriers and facilitators to working with children of people with acquired communication disability (PwCD).Methods:An online survey sought information on Australian SLPs’ current practices in providing education and counselling to children of PwCD. Perceived barriers and facilitators were mapped to the COM-B, a model that considers Capability, Opportunity and Motivation as domains that influence behaviour.Results:75% of participants (n = 76) perceived a need to provide both information and counselling, but ‘never’ or ‘rarely’ provided either aspect of care. Barriers relating to ‘Opportunity’ were most frequently identified, such as not having access to children in therapy and lack of parental support/engagement. Capability (e.g., knowledge and skills) and Motivation (e.g., confidence) barriers were also identified.Conclusions:There is potential for SLPs to provide services to children of PwCD either directly through information and/or counselling-type interactions or indirectly through referral to other services. This study highlights the need for more research into these areas of practice.

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言语语言病理学家对患有后天沟通障碍的父母子女的实践：一项初步研究

背景：父母获得性沟通障碍对儿童产生长期影响，包括增加儿童压力和行为问题。然而，语言病理学家 (SLP) 目前在为这些儿童提供信息、教育和咨询支持方面的实践尚不清楚。因此，我们探讨了 SLP 的感知需求、当前做法和障碍，以及与获得性沟通障碍 (PwCD) 的孩子一起工作的促进因素。普华永道。感知障碍和促进因素被映射到 COM-B，该模型将能力、机会和动机视为影响行为的领域。结果：75% 的参与者（n= 76) 认为需要提供信息和咨询，但“从不”或“很少”提供任何一个方面的护理。与“机会”相关的障碍最为常见，例如无法接触儿童接受治疗以及缺乏父母的支持/参与。还确定了能力（例如，知识和技能）和动机（例如，信心）障碍。结论：SLP 有可能直接通过信息和/或咨询类型的互动或间接通过转介给 PwCD 的儿童提供服务。其他服务。这项研究强调需要对这些实践领域进行更多研究。