Background Parent‐delivered home programmes are frequently used to remediate speech
and language difficulties in young children. However, the evidence base for this service …

The authors explored the interface between bilingualism and the education of students with
intellectual disability (ID) through a review of the E nglish language literature. Little …

This authoritative handbook presents current ideas on the relationship between spoken and
written language difficulties. It provides clinical and educational perspectives on the …

This study examined the perspectives of parents of children with specific speech and
language difficulties in the United Kingdom and described the issues they raised when …

The number skills of groups of 7-to 9-year-old children with specific language impairment
(SLI) attending mainstream or special schools were compared with an age and nonverbal …

In recent years there has been a pressure to introduce an indirect “consultative model” to
working with children with speech and language needs. It is favoured by educationists …

Background: This investigation is the second paper of a companion set reporting the
outcomes of secondary schooling for young people who have been participating in the …

Background: It is recognized that children from areas associated with socioeconomic
disadvantage are at an increased risk of delayed language development. However, so far …

Teachers and speech and language therapists (SLTs) share concern about children's
speech, language, and communication needs (SLCNs) but they have different foci because …

Background Well‐documented associations exist between socio‐economic background and
language ability in early childhood, and between educational attainment and language …