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 [...]
Li Sheng & Pumpki Lei Su University of Delaware Based on research from the USA and UK, about 7% of the population have Developmental Language Disorder. By extrapolation, that would mean there are [...]
Laurence B. Leonard Purdue University Speech-language pathologists use standardized tests to diagnose developmental language disorder (DLD). The tests should be valid, meaning they measure what they a [...]
Jeanne Tighe, M.A., 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 chattin [...]
Susan Ebbels, Ph.D. Director, Moor House Research and Training Institute Language and communication skills are vital in our personal, social and work lives in a highly verbal world. All children deser [...]
Elizabeth D. Peña University of California, Irvine Lisa M. Bedore Temple University How can we identify DLD in bilingual children? Bilingual children with DLD have a hard time learning both of their l [...]
Amy Wilder The University of Utah Aren’t girls naturally better at language than boys? Does this explain why fewer girls than boys receive speech-language therapy? Researchers have been looking into g [...]
Karla N. Washington, Ph.D. University of Cincinnati We communicate to be included with others and to learn. This happens so easily most of the time. We don’t stop to think about just how important goo [...]
Laurence B. Leonard, Ph.D. Purdue University People with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) can be found all over the world. Regardless of the language being learned, there are individuals with sig [...]