Developmental Language Disorder
Early Words Speech Therapy is passionate about raising awareness and helping children/young people with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). We know that DLD is a persistent long term language difficulty and can have an impact on a child/young person’s social skills, ability to form and maintain friendships, their reading skills, ability to access their lessons and academic attainment.
An Overview Of Developmental Language Disorder
Persistent long term language difficulty
There is no known cause of DLD
A child with DLD may have other difficulties such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Speech Sound Difficulties and/or Dyslexia
It is not caused by other medial needs such as Autism, learning difficulties or brain difficulties
DLD affects 2 children in every classroom
Developmental Language Disorder Symptoms
Difficulty formulating long and coherent sentences
Their words may be in the wrong order
Reduced vocabulary knowledge and/or difficulty finding the words they want to use in a sentence
Grammatical errors
Difficulty understanding information and instructions
Time needed to process instructions
Difficulty with concepts
Difficulty understanding questions
How Can We Help
Children with DLD require regular direct speech and language therapy to support the development of their language. Fennella at Early Words has worked with children and young adults offering regular direct therapy for many years and has a specialist interest in DLD.
At Early Words we can accurately assess and identify the specific area of language that needs to be targeted, using specialist intervention approaches such as colourful semantics or shape coding.
Please do get in touch to discuss how we can help your child and do take a look at some of the useful links below to find out more about DLD.
Useful Links
https://www.afasic.org.uk/about-talking/types-of-slcn/what-is-sli/
https://dldandme.org/#what-is-dld