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DLD Poster
Click the link below to download the DLD poster created by Janna Oetting, Ph.D. DOWNLOAD POSTER [...]
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 mea [...]
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 ca [...]
What Does It Mean That My Child Is At-Risk For DLD?
Tyler T. Christopulos Ph.D., CCC-SLP University of Utah What does it mean to be “at-risk”? What does it mean to be "at-risk"? “Risk” means the chance that something is dangerous. For example, smoking [...]
Individualized Intervention for Children with DLD
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 [...]
Bilingualism & DLD
Elizabeth D. Peña, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine Lisa M. Bedore, Ph.D. Temple University How can we identify DLD in bilingual children? Bilingual children with DLD have a hard time learning b [...]
Gender Differences in Language Development and Disorder
Amy Wilder, MS 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 in [...]
Functional Communication, A Desired Outcome for Children with DLD.
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 [...]
People with Developmental Language Disorder May Have Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Erin Smolak, Ph.D. Boys Town National Research Hospital People with developmental language disorder (DLD) may also have other developmental problems. When one person has two or more problems it is cal [...]