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: Little is known on the adult outcome and longitudinal trajectory of childhood
developmental language disorders (DLD) and on the prognostic predictors. Method …

Background Children's and adolescent's speech and language difficulties (SaLD) can affect
various domains of quality of life (QoL), and speech and language therapy interventions are …

Most children develop speech and language skills effortlessly, but some are slow to develop
these skills and then go on to struggle with literacy and academic skills throughout their …

Background An association between children's early language development and their
emotional and behavioural functioning is reported in the literature. The nature of the …

Many accounts of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) imply that the condition's behavioural
'symptoms' are direct reflexes of underlying deficits. In doing so, however, they invariably …

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

In the UK, exclusions from school because of behaviour problems usually occur when other
alternatives have proved unsuccessful. There is some evidence to suggest that behaviour …

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

Background Research has revealed that the youth offending population has low language
ability when assessed on standardized language measures. However, little is known about …