Delayed or impaired language development is a common developmental concern, yet there
is little agreement about the criteria used to identify and classify language impairments in …

Background: Lack of agreement about criteria and terminology for children's language
problems affects access to services as well as hindering research and practice. We report …

Background Lack of agreement about criteria and terminology for children's language
problems affects access to services as well as hindering research and practice. We report …

A recent project entitled CATALISE used the Delphi method to reach a consensus on
terminology for unexplained language problems in children.'Developmental language …

Background There is no agreed terminology for describing childhood language problems. In
this special issue Reilly et al. and Bishop review the history of the most widely used …

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

Introduction: Standardized assessments are widely used by speech pathologists in clinical
and research settings to evaluate the language abilities of school-aged children and inform …

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) …

Background Preschool screening for developmental difficulties is increasingly becoming
part of routine health service provision and yet the scope and validity of tools used within …

For several years, there has been considerable discussion about evidence-based practice
in health services and, more recently, education. Evidencebased practice begins with the …