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“Nothing about us without us”* – what children with Developmental Language Disorder tell us about their relationships with peers – and what we should do in response
ByDavid Kinnane 19 June 20225 September 2022

Research about children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) tells us that, compared to their typically developing peers: children with DLD have difficulties with peer relations and friendships (e.g. Lloyd-Esenkaya et al., 2020); adolescents with DLD are, on average, less popular and have lower quality friendships (e.g. Durkin & Conti-Ramsden, 2007; Fujiki et al., 1999); and…

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Featured Articles | Language

Oral language comprehension: what is it? A plain English explainer
ByDavid Kinnane 16 February 202211 January 2024

In previous articles, we’ve: But what do we mean when we use the term ‘oral language comprehension’? This is a big topic. We’ll break it down, starting with the name. Oral language comprehension is sometimes called: All these terms mean the same thing. But, whatever you call it, oral language comprehension is: 1. Is oral…

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Expressive Language | Language

Speaking for themselves: why I choose ambitious syntax goals to help students put their words together (with research updates and resource links)
ByDavid Kinnane 11 October 20213 April 2024

Many, if not most, children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) and other language disorders have problems arranging words and phrases to express themselves clearly. This can be very frustrating for children themselves, as well as their families, teachers and peers. To help students to express their ideas – and to reduce the gap between the…

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Language | Speech Pathology

Language therapy works. But can we make it better?
ByDavid Kinnane 4 October 20211 February 2025

Every year, we work to improve our practice. This year, we revisited what we know about the effectiveness of our language therapy for children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). We looked at the research – including an important systematic review published in March 2021 – talked to our clients, and reviewed our clinical data to…

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Featured Articles | Speech

My child’s speech is unclear to adults she doesn’t know. Is that normal for her age? (An important research update about child speech intelligibility norms)
ByDavid Kinnane 20 September 202111 January 2024

Parents ask us this question regularly. 1. New research and evidence-based practice Thanks to some great new research, speech pathologists have better information to share with families. But clinical speech pathology requires us to do more than just read, summarise, and apply the research uncritically. To answer parents’ questions about their children’s unclear speech, we…

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