How to Steer Clear of Illegitimate Treatments for DLD
Caroline Bowen, A.M., Ph.D. Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia EVIDENCE-BASED SPEECH-LANGUAGE PRACTICES Good practice is based on scientific evidence. It is an agreement between (1), the needs of [...]
More Research Means More Help for Families Living with DLD: Opportunities Offered by Engage-with-DLD
Michelle St Clair, Ph.D., University of Bath Nicola Botting, Ph.D., University of London Suze Leitão, Ph.D., Curtin University, Western Australia Developmental Language Disorder or DLD affects [...]
DLD in Schools: An Insider's Perspective
Rachel Powell, Ph.D., CCC-SLP SLP & Data Coach, Brookhaven School District, Brookhaven, MS As a speech-language pathologist who works in schools, the most frequent comment I hear regarding Develop [...]
Supporting a Child with DLD in the Classroom
Children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) benefit from individualized intervention. Read more about individualized intervention for children with DLD here. Another way to help children with [...]
The Connections Between Spoken Vocabulary and Reading
Karla K. McGregor, Ph.D. Boys Town National Research Hospital The school years are a period of rapid vocabulary growth. Although the average student learns about 1000 new root words per year, every c [...]
Myths About Language Therapy
MYTH: Speech-language pathologists just work on l and r sounds, lisps, and stuttering. TRUTH: Speech-language pathologists help people who struggle with language.