Developmental language disorder (DLD) is diagnosed when a child’s language skills are persistently below the level expected for the child’s age.
Developmental language disorders
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JCPP Annual Research Review 2019
Free access to the articles included in the JCPP Annual Research Review, “Developmental perspectives on child psychology and psychiatry”, until the end of April 2019.
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Professor Maggie Snowling – Reading and language – ‘Future challenges for the science of child psychology and psychiatry’
Recorded lecture from Professor Maggie Snowling, at the Wellcome Collection, celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
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Professor Bradley Peterson – Neuroscience – ‘Future challenges for the science of child psychology and psychiatry’
Recorded lecture from Professor Bradley Peterson, at the Wellcome Collection, celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
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Reply to Dr Sinead Rhodes’ commentary
A reply to Dr Sinead Rhodes’ commentary: co-occurrences between motor skills, executive function and language skills from early in development, a commentary on Gooch et al. (2014)
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Most Cited JCPP Articles #51 of 60
Most cited JCPP papers #51 of 60: Developmental language disorders a follow-up in later adult life. Cognitive, language and psychosocial outcomes
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Who said ‘Grow… with me, the best is yet to be!’, and why?
The publication of scientific journals has seen over four centuries since the world’s first scientific journal, Philosophical Transactions was published in 1662. In 2019 the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry which turns 60, see how you can get involved.
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In Conversation… Developmental Language Disorder
Professor Courtenay Norbury defines Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), expands on its impact and discusses how and when to identify it.
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Parent-delivered teaching supports children’s early language development
This article is a summary of the paper ‘An evaluation of a parent-delivered early language enrichment programme: evidence from a randomised controlled trial’ by Burgoyne et al. (2018), published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
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Children with a language disorder are vulnerable to sexual abuse
Preliminary data suggest that children with language disorder may be at an increased risk of child sexual abuse (CSA),1,2 but few have studied the CSA experiences, disclosure patterns or reactions to disclosure in these children.
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Language impairment needs more recognition in the juvenile justice system
Language and communication impairments in adolescents in custody is much higher than in the general population, estimates range from 60-90% compared to 7-12%. A study from Nathan Hughes and colleagues has investigated co-morbidity of language difficulties in a cohort of 93 young male offenders (15-18 years) held in a secure custodial facility in the UK.
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