Background: Increased demand for access to specialist services for providing support to
children with speech, language and communication needs prompted a local service review …

Background: A manualized language therapy developed via a randomized controlled trial
had proved efficacious in the short-term in developing expressive language for mainstream …

The aim of this paper is to discuss one aspect of the Sure Start monitoring and targeting
process, the Sure Start Language Measure (SSLM). This part of Sure Start work is little …

The role of language for learning is core across the entire school curriculum. Thus, children
with speech, language and communication needs are at risk of underachieving …

This research report was commissioned before the new UK Government took office on 11
May 2010. As a result the content may not reflect current Government policy and may make …

An evaluation of the accessibility of the speech and language therapy service within Down
Lisburn Trust and a needs assessment of the levels of speech and language difficulties in …

This evaluation was undertaken as part of a UK-wide multidisciplinary audit of services to
preschool children with speech and language difficulties. Information was collected via …

Background Very young children from lower socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds often
show poorer language development. Whilst there have been attempts to provide early …

Background Early intervention is essential healthcare for stuttering, and the translation of
research findings to community settings is a potential roadblock to it. Aims This study was …

I CAN building on its long experience of integrating education and speech and language
therapy in its specialist speech and language schools, has pioneered a variety of new …