Children and young people with speech, language and communication needs raise
considerable challenges for professionals in terms of both the identification and nature of …

There is a large population of children with speech, language and communication needs
who have additional special educational needs (SEN). Whilst professional collaboration …

Background: There has been no previous incidence survey of children referred to a speech
and language therapy service in the UK. Previous studies of prevalence of specific …

Background: Clinical services in the UK are increasingly delivering 'consultative'methods of
intervention rather than 'direct'intensive input for children with receptive and expressive …

Background Effective collaboration between speech and language therapists (SLTs) and
teachers is essential in meeting the needs of children with developmental language …

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 paper reports on the findings of a multi-centre, year-long study commissioned in July
1999 by the Department for Education and Employment (DfEE), Department of Health (DOH) …

Current research highlights the prevalence of potentially undetected communication
difficulties, often associated with major difficulties in literacy and learning, among pupils …

Background The speech and language therapy profession is required to provide services to
increasingly multilingual caseloads. Much international research has focused on the …

This paper takes awhole system'view of the opportunities and challenges presented to those
working to achieve better outcomes for children. Collaboration will be considered from a …