Background: Although economic evaluation has been widely recognized as a key feature of
both health services and educational research, for many years there has been a paucity of …

Reports of associated disabilities among children with specific language impairment (SLI)
and children with other developmental disabilities are widespread. Clinicians require a …

Background and aims A high rate of children in mental health services have poor language
skills, but little evidence exists on how mental health support is delivered to and received by …

Background: Children who show disproportionate difficulty with the pragmatic as compared
with the structural aspects of language are described as having pragmatic language …

Background: Prevalence data are of interest to health professionals and educators to assist
in the planning of service delivery, allow for the calculation of the level of impact of …

Eligibility decisions for students in school-based settings must be made within the framework
of the federal legislation and regulations governing the provision of services for students …

Background The term 'specific language impairment'(SLI), in use since the 1980s, describes
children with language impairment whose cognitive skills are within normal limits where …

Purpose: The aim of this study was to situate developmental language disorder (DLD) within
the impairment and disability framework of the International Classification of Functioning …

This chapter reviews the findings of the field of inquiry and considers the implications of
current knowledge for clinical practice and future research. The acronym specific language …

Background People with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PMLD) have
communication impairments as one defining characteristic. Aims To explore speech and …