The influences at play in service delivery decision-making and implementation can be
conceptualised as operating at multiple levels: macro, relating to service policy and …

Although most children learn language relatively quickly, as many as 10 per cent of them are
slow to start speaking and are said to have developmental language disorder (DLD) …

This chapter explores the theoretical underpinnings of interventions for children with
developmental language disorder (DLD) and how they are used by practitioners across …

Purpose: Considerable progress has been made in recent years in generating external
evidence underpinning interventions for children with developmental language disorder …

Background Paediatric speech and language therapist (SLT) roles often involve planning
individualized intervention for specific children, working collaboratively with families and …

Abstract Background Children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) have a
significant deficit in spoken language ability which affects their communication skills …

The present study aimed to investigate 1) whether country categories and type of DLD
predict the type of therapy (direct, indirect, and mixed) the child receives, and 2) whether …

Current methods for reporting interventions do not allow key questions of importance to
practitioners, service providers, policy‐makers and people with DLD to be answered, and …

Objectives: To compare language outcomes following direct individual therapy [speech and
language therapist (SLT) working individually with a child], indirect individual therapy …

Over the past 30 years successive governments in the UK have endeavoured to make the
statutory framework suitable for children with special educational needs (SEN). More …