Making+Clinical+Decisions

There is a very good article:

==**Making Evidence-Based Decisions About Child Language Intervention in Schools** ==


 * **Sandra Laing Gillam** **
 *  **Ronald B. Gillam** **


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 * **This is part of this article and will give you some great information on how to make decisions** **

Table 1 A seven-step evidence-based practice decision-making process.


 * <  ||< Step 1: ||< Create a general or specific (PICO) clinical question. ||
 * < Step 2: ||< Find external evidence that pertains to the question. ||
 * < Step 3: ||< Determine the level of evidence that the study represents and critically evaluate the study. ||
 * < Step 4: ||< Evaluate the internal evidence related to student–parent factors. ||
 * < Step 5: ||< Evaluate the internal evidence related to clinician–agency factors. ||
 * < Step 6: ||< Make a decision by integrating the evidence. ||
 * < Step 7: ||< Evaluate the outcomes of your decision. ||  ||