Background Children with speech‐sound disorders (SSD) constitute a significant proportion
of speech–language pathologists'(SLPs) caseloads. Previous research has investigated the …

The link between language impairment (LI) and behaviour difficulties in children and
adolescents is well established. There are reported incidence rates for LI of up to 50 per cent …

Background: Prospective evidence on psychological outcomes for children with specific
language impairments (SLI) is accumulating. To date, there has been no attempt to …

Developmental language disorders (DLD) are common and have far‐reaching
developmental consequences. Nevertheless, public awareness of DLD is poor, and one …

Background Autistic people require varying levels of support at different stages of their lives.
Yet, the healthcare needs of autistic adults are largely unmet. Speech and language therapy …

When a speech and language therapist describes/diagnoses a child as having semantic
and pragmatic diYculties/disorder (SPD) she may be doing one or both of two things. Firstly …

Purpose: Developmental language disorder (DLD) is common in early childhood and there
may be an increased risk of co-occurring social, emotional, and behavioural problems …

Adolescents with Developmental Language Disorders (DLD) have more difficulties in social
emotional functioning than their typically developing peers (TD), such as shyness and …

This article provides readers with an overview of a population of clients that requires special
consideration in healthcare settings: children and adults with communication disorders. In …

Abstract Children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) often experience co-
occurring psychosocial difficulties, the developmental trajectories of which are still not fully …