Background: The true impact of speech and language difficulties (SaLD) on children's lives
and the effectiveness of intervention is unknown. Within other fields of paediatric healthcare …

Background: The few studies that have tracked children with developmental language
disorder to adulthood have found that these individuals experience considerable difficulties …

Meeting the needs of children with specific speech and language difficulties (SSLD) has
recently been an area of public policy concern, because of the difficulties in securing speech …

Background Developmental disorders of language and communication present
considerable diagnostic challenges due to overlapping of symptomatology and uncertain …

This study used a qualitative research methodology to explore parents' views of a number of
issues relating to the educational provision for their children with speech, language, and …

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

This longitudinal, population-based study investigated associations between language
problems (LP) and emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD). Parents and teachers gave …

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

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

A major challenge for the speech-language pathology profession in many cultures is to
address the mismatch between the “linguistic homogeneity of the speech-language …