In children under 5 years old, does direct play therapy lead to an increase in expressive language compared to non-direct play therapy?
– Requirements
● Case. Please create a realistic case summary that might inspire your PICO.
● Title and Opening. Para-phrase your PICO in order to pique your reader’s interest, and provide a few sentences on why it is important.
● Section 1, Ask. Provide your PICO.
● Section 2a, Acquire: Search Terms. List your PICO elements, with all variations of the search terms you used to locate your selected articles in the online
databases.
● Section 2b, Acquire: Selected Articles. List your four selected articles (by author, in APA format), providing a brief summary of the design and variables of
interest.
● Section 3a, Appraise: Study Quality.
o First, state your judgment of the quality of the evidence provided; this judgment should be based on the design of the study and quality of the research.
▪ Use one of the three following descriiptors: “Weak”, “Adequate”, or “Strong”.
o Then, provide a one or two sentence justification for your judgment of quality.
● Section 3b, Appraise: Study Results. In a brief paragraph, provide an overall summary of the results across the four studies; this should take the form of a
conclusion based on the evidence you have reviewed. Be sure that this paragraph includes a synthesis of the four sets of results, not just a list of what the
four papers reported. If you don’t feel a conclusion can be reached, you should explain why.
● Section 4, Apply: Provide your department with a set of evidence-based clinical conclusions and recommendations based on your review.
● A ‘References’ section in APA format should be included in the report after Section 4.
● In the lower right, include an easy-to-read, one sentence closing summary of your findings for your colleagues who don’t have time to review all the details.
