How do SLCN effect school progress?
How do SLCN effect school progress?
- Children with early persistent language disorders are approximately 5 times more likely to have academic difficulties. Young, A.R., Beitchman, J.H., Johnson, C., Douglas, L., Atkinson, L., Escobar, M. and Wilson, B. (2002)
- Children with SLCN are more likely to find peer interaction and forming real friendships difficult. Botting, N. and Conti-Ramsden, G. (2000),
- Young people with language difficulties have unsatisfactory employment histories including more breaks in employment, interpersonal difficulties at work, more instances of redundancy and unemployment. Clegg, J. Hollis, C. and Rutter, M. (1999)
- 50% of the UK prison population has been identified as having literacy difficulties compared to 17% of the general population. Basic Skills Agency in Prisons (1994)