This systematic review investigated small-group Tier 2 interventions to improve oral
language or reading outcomes for children during preschool and early primary school years …

This paper describes an early intervention project which combines a three tiered approach
to speech and language provision for pre-school children. Jointly funded by I CAN, AFASIC …

Objectives: To compare language outcomes following direct individual therapy [speech and
language therapist (SLT) working individually with a child], indirect individual therapy …

Pediatric clinicians are on the front line for prevention of language and speech disorders.
This review uses prevailing theories and recent data to justify strategies for prevention …

Background Sure Start local programmes were community based and served
neighbourhoods with on average 400-800 children under 4. By March 2004 524 …

This article reports a series of interviews with education and health practitioners. The aims
were to identify interventions used in practice with children with speech, language and …

Background Children with cleft palate with or without cleft lip (CP±L) are at high risk of
problems with early speech sound production, and these difficulties can persist into later …

In the UK there is much concern about the educational progress of children from areas of
significant social disadvantage entering primary school with impoverished language skills …

Background: Sure Start has been a flagship policy for the UK Labour Government since
1998. Its aim was to improve the life chances of children under five years of age who live in …

Little research to date explores parental experiences of early intervention. This study uses
action research over a six-month period to explore the expectations and experiences of …