The purpose of this paper is to provide a synthesis of the current international research
evidence base regarding best practice in the diagnosis and treatment of children with …

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

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 …

This chapter discusses the concept of evidence-based practice and how this translates into
the field of intervention for children with developmental language disorders. It presents the …

Abstract Introduction: The Multilingual-Multicultural Affairs Committee of the International
Association of Communication Disorders (IALP) conducted a survey of diagnostic criteria for …

This chapter looks at the culture of “evidence-based practice” that has become such a key
element of the underlying rationale for the management of health care in developed, and …

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 …

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 …

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