Considerable attention and legislation are currently focused on developmental dyslexia. A
major challenge to these efforts is how to define and operationalize dyslexia. In this article …

Language disorders are highly heritable and are influenced by complex interactions
between genetic and environmental factors. Despite more than twenty years of research, we …

Executive summary Affecting about 78 million people worldwide, autism is a condition of
global importance because of its prevalence and the degree to which it can affect individuals …

Purpose: Most speech-language pathologists (SLPs) working with children with
developmental language disorder (DLD) do not perform language sample analysis (LSA) on …

Purpose: Multilingual children are disproportionately represented on speech pathology
caseloads, in part due to the limited ability of traditional language assessments to accurately …

Abstract Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) is a common, lifelong disorder affecting
around two students in every classroom. DLD is complex and can present in subtle ways …

Purpose: Narrative assessment is one potentially underutilized and inconsistent method
speech-language pathologists may use when considering a diagnosis of developmental …

Much of the published research is “on” rather than “with” children and young people with
speech, language and communication needs (SLCN). According to the UN Convention on …

Purpose: Most research on language acquisition and impairments is neutral to work setting;
however, work settings (eg, schools, health care) are expected to differ in alignment with …

Importance Developmental language disorder (DLD) is a common (with up to 7%
prevalence) yet underdiagnosed childhood disorder whose underlying biological profile and …