Articles by tag: dld

Why it is essential to universally screen students’ language skills in Year 7

Many students will start secondary school with unidentified speech, language, and communication needs (SLCN) as needs are often missed or misidentified. The Communication Trust (‘Talk of the...

Issue 28, Pages 12-14: A Vision for Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) for the UK

October 2023 saw the publishing of an important document highlighting months of work involving a key partnership of organisations. The partnership worked with adults and...

Issue 27, Pages 12-13: Growing up with DLD, in my own words

Hello, my name is Shelbi – I am an adult with dyslexia and Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). I was diagnosed with dyslexia towards the end...

Issue 25, Page 14-15: Lost in Translation – What I would tell my child’s teacher about Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)

“There are so many strategies that can help, much like baking a cake, ingredients for each one can only be fine-tuned with commitment and time...

Issue 24, Page 6-7: Helping Children with DLD Talk about Strengths and Differences

Supporting children to recognise and talk about what they are good at, as well as what they find challenging, is important for self-esteem and can...

Issue 24, Page 3-5: Welcome to The Link Community

Speech and Language Link We’ve been around for nearly 20 years. Starting with 3 people, we now have 25 dedicated staff including our speech and language...

Issue 23, Page 4-6: Words matter – Strategies for teaching vocabulary for pupils with Developmental Language Disorder

What is Developmental Language Disorder? Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) is a type of speech, language, and communication need (SLCN) that affects the way that children understand...

Issue 15, Page 5: What can your school do to raise awareness of DLD?

The more we know about DLD, the more children and young people with the condition can get the right information, help and support. Everyone working...