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The most difficult parts of research are often arriving at an idea to study and framing it as an answerable question. This process is even more challenging for beginning investigators who are often expected to explore new and important phenomena in creative ways. In this pre-conference session, we share lessons that we have learned about conducting quality clinical research with children who exhibit complex clinical profiles and disorders in social communication. We will start by showing the value of integrating research literature, clinical experience and input from colleagues in attaining a theoretical construct to consider a study idea. We will discuss the importance of performance profiles and what makes a particular clinical group an ideal population to study. Finally, we discuss linking research theory with methodology, and share our belief that child language investigations often benefit by adapting methods from, and beyond, the broader discipline of communication sciences and disorders. |
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