Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)

The DLD Fact Sheet has been developed as a helpful resource from the RADLD (Raising Awareness of Developmental Language Disorder) to share with people from a variety of settings.

From the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, this overview details some of the barriers with DLD as well as the role that Speech and Language Therapy can play in overcoming these.

Written by the Hacknet Speech and Language Therapy team, this useful leaflet outlines the impact of DLD in educational settings and includes signs to look out for and simple strategies to use in the classroom.

The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists produced to explain changes in terminology and criteria (Specific Language Impairment to Developmental Language Disorder) and the implications for speech and language therapy service provision.

This is a really interesting article from the Guardian. Adi Bloom investigates developmental language disorder: the most common special educational need you may never have heard of although it is a special educational need more prevalent than autism.

BBC Radio were looking for a ‘new voice’ and asked people to audition and talk about a topic of their choice for 60 seconds in front of a judging panel. Lauren Wright was looking at ways to raise awareness of DLD and thought this would be a perfect opportunity.