Clinical Guidelines

Management of communication and swallowing

Clinical practice guideline for the management of communication and swallowing in children diagnosed with childhood brain tumour or leukaemia

The University of Sydney is responsible for the development and publication of this guideline. Affiliation organisations of all Steering Committee members and authors are also acknowledged as partner organisations. These include Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI); University of Melbourne; Cancer Centre for Children at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead (CHW), Kids Rehab Department at CHW; Behavioural Sciences Unit, Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick; University of New South Wales; Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB); and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB).


Clinical practice guideline for the management of communication and swallowing in children diagnosed with childhood brain tumour or leukaemia

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The guideline recommendations were approved by the Chief Executive Officer of the National Health and Medical Research Council on 23 November, 2020 under section 14A of the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992


Guideline developer: 

The University of Sydney, NeuroKids Research Laboratory

Organisations involved in producing the guideline:

The University of Sydney
Cancer Institute NSW
Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Cancer centre for children
The University of Melbourne
Behavioral Sciences Unit
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Université Libre de Bruxelles