Developmental Language Disorder Awareness Day is on October 19th
Published 14th October, 2018
Westminster debate on speech, language and communication needs on July 4th
Published 29th June, 2018
Support SLCN and sign the Bercow 10 years on petition
Published 19th June, 2018
The conference started Jean Gross summarising the findings of the Bercow 10 year review which included startling findings about the discrepancies between professionals and parents about how well families are listened to.
‘Developmental Language Disorder’ (DLD) is identified when children, young people or adults have difficulties with understanding the language they hear or speaking in sentences to express meaning.
DLD can be used to describe the condition if there is no other cause for the language difficulties, such as autism.
Agreed terminology is the first step to increasing awareness, providing coherent information to parents, children and young people, accessing funding for research and developing the best possible services.
