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 [...]
What Does DLD Look Like in Mandarin Chinese?
Li Sheng, Ph.D. and Pumpki Lei Su, Ph.D. University of Delaware Based on research from the USA and UK, about 7% of the population have Developmental Language Disorder. By extrapolation, that would me [...]
Testing Language Ability
Laurence B. Leonard, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Purdue University Speech-language pathologists use standardized tests to diagnose developmental language disorder (DLD). The tests should be valid, meaning they me [...]
Talking with Teachers About DLD
Jeanne Tighe, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL Clinical Director, Beyond Communication, LLC “He can seem tuned out when adults are talking.” “She hovers around the other girls but when they’re all chatting, she c [...]