Best practice in working with children who have developmental language disorder: a focused review of the current research evidence base (article in English)

The purpose of this paper is to provide a synthesis of the current international research evidence base regarding best practice in the diagnosis and treatment of children with language disorders. We begin with a discussion about the terminology used and how this relates to identification and diagnos...

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Main Authors: Hazel Roddam, Jemma Skeat
Format: Article
Language:ces
Published: Association of Speech-Language Pathologists of Czech Republic 2020-07-01
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Online Access:https://casopis.aklcr.cz/en/artkey/lkl-202001-0015_best-practice-in-working-with-children-who-have-developmental-language-disorder-a-focused-review-of-the-curren.php
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spelling doaj-8f3eb1036ed94aaf940a77fb297202512021-05-03T04:34:17ZcesAssociation of Speech-Language Pathologists of Czech RepublicListy klinicke logopedie2570-61792570-61792020-07-0141727810.36833/lkl.2020.014lkl-202001-0015Best practice in working with children who have developmental language disorder: a focused review of the current research evidence base (article in English)Hazel Roddam0Jemma Skeat1Allied Health Research Unit, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, UK, PR1 2HEDepartment of Audiology and Speech Pathology, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia Corresponding author - Dr Hazel Roddam: HRoddam@uclan.ac.ukThe purpose of this paper is to provide a synthesis of the current international research evidence base regarding best practice in the diagnosis and treatment of children with language disorders. We begin with a discussion about the terminology used and how this relates to identification and diagnosis, and then describe assessment and treatment practices. The discussion of intervention and case management of these children focuses on the use of high quality evidence that presents an overview of treatment approaches, rather than specific treatment programmes that may not be relevant to all international practice settings. The paper sets the context of the wider international research evidence base: we also include commentary that may be more relevant to some countries across mainland Europe, and specifically to the Czech Republic context. Research studies that reflect local languages and culture are a highly important component of the evidence base for practice, but these should be considered in the context of international consensus evidence. In particular, some strategic recommendations are made to address the inherent challenges of sustaining best practice where open access to evidence sources may be constrained.https://casopis.aklcr.cz/en/artkey/lkl-202001-0015_best-practice-in-working-with-children-who-have-developmental-language-disorder-a-focused-review-of-the-curren.phpspecific language impairment (sli)developmental language disorder (dld)diagnosis assessmentinterventionevidence-based practice (ebp)
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Best practice in working with children who have developmental language disorder: a focused review of the current research evidence base (article in English)
Listy klinicke logopedie
specific language impairment (sli)
developmental language disorder (dld)
diagnosis assessment
intervention
evidence-based practice (ebp)
author_facet Hazel Roddam
Jemma Skeat
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title Best practice in working with children who have developmental language disorder: a focused review of the current research evidence base (article in English)
title_short Best practice in working with children who have developmental language disorder: a focused review of the current research evidence base (article in English)
title_full Best practice in working with children who have developmental language disorder: a focused review of the current research evidence base (article in English)
title_fullStr Best practice in working with children who have developmental language disorder: a focused review of the current research evidence base (article in English)
title_full_unstemmed Best practice in working with children who have developmental language disorder: a focused review of the current research evidence base (article in English)
title_sort best practice in working with children who have developmental language disorder: a focused review of the current research evidence base (article in english)
publisher Association of Speech-Language Pathologists of Czech Republic
series Listy klinicke logopedie
issn 2570-6179
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publishDate 2020-07-01
description The purpose of this paper is to provide a synthesis of the current international research evidence base regarding best practice in the diagnosis and treatment of children with language disorders. We begin with a discussion about the terminology used and how this relates to identification and diagnosis, and then describe assessment and treatment practices. The discussion of intervention and case management of these children focuses on the use of high quality evidence that presents an overview of treatment approaches, rather than specific treatment programmes that may not be relevant to all international practice settings. The paper sets the context of the wider international research evidence base: we also include commentary that may be more relevant to some countries across mainland Europe, and specifically to the Czech Republic context. Research studies that reflect local languages and culture are a highly important component of the evidence base for practice, but these should be considered in the context of international consensus evidence. In particular, some strategic recommendations are made to address the inherent challenges of sustaining best practice where open access to evidence sources may be constrained.
topic specific language impairment (sli)
developmental language disorder (dld)
diagnosis assessment
intervention
evidence-based practice (ebp)
url https://casopis.aklcr.cz/en/artkey/lkl-202001-0015_best-practice-in-working-with-children-who-have-developmental-language-disorder-a-focused-review-of-the-curren.php
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