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Language for preschoolers and school students

Click any box for evidence-based answers to frequently asked questions about language for preschoolers and school students:

When should my child see a speech pathologist?

Oral Language: What is it and why does it matter so much for school, work and life success?

Oral language comprehension: what is it? A plain English explainer

Language therapy works. But can we make it better (October 2021 update, incorporating important research findings published in 2021)

Test Scores: What do they mean?

Speaking for themselves: why I choose ambitious syntax goals to help students put their words together

24 practical ways to help school aged children cope with language and reading problems at school and home

My child is learning two languages: what do I need to know about bilingual development

Following instructions: why so many of us struggle with more than one step

How to help your school age child learn new words - the nuts and bolts of how I actually do it in therapy

Parents: teach categories to your kids to ignite language development

The many benefits of using Blank's Language Levels framework to help your kids to understand language for school

When 'steel meets steel': grammar doesn't need to be dull

Is your child ready for school? Focusing on what matters most

Reading with - not to - your preschoolers: how to do it better

'In one ear and out the other': FAQs: Working Memory and Language Disorders

FAQ Auditory Processing Disorder

My child has ADHD. Should I get his or her language checked

For reading, school and life success, which words should we teach our kids How should we do it

Lifting our game: using language sampling to improve language therapy

Help your child to fill in the gaps, join the dots, and read between the lines!

For struggling school kids, what's the difference between seeing a speech pathologist and a tutor?

Friends are the Key: Parents play an important role in helping children with developmental language disorder to fit in

Dyslexia vs Developmental Language Disorder: same or different, and what do we need to know about their relationship?

Language Resources

Language Levels

Language Therapy Resources

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Developmental Language Disorder DLD A guide for families