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It is thought that approximately 6% of children have speech and language difficulties of which the majority will not have any other significant developmental difficulties. Whilst most children's difficulties resolve, children whose difficulties persist into primary school may have long‐term problems concerning literacy, socialisation, behaviour and school attainment.

To examine the effectiveness of speech and language interventions for children with primary speech and language delay/disorder.

The following databases were searched: The Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (Cochrane Library, CENTRAL: 2002/3), CINAHL (1982 ‐ July 2002), EMBASE (1980 ‐ Sept Week 4 2002), ERIC (1965 ‐ 2002), MEDLINE (1966 ‐ Sept Week 3 2002), PsycINFO (1872 ‐ 2002/10 Week 2), The National Research Register (2002/3). In addition to this references were taken from reviews of …