| Autor: |
Ziegenfusz, Shaun, Coughlan, Amanda, Paynter, Jessica, Simpson, Kate, Westerveld, Marleen F. |
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Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology; 2018, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p3-7, 5p |
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Students with developmental language disorder (DLD) are at risk of long-term academic and socio-emotional challenges. Evaluating these students' progress on standardised measures following attendance at a language specialist school provides an opportunity to evaluate the impact of this model of service delivery on language progress. A retrospective chart analysis was conducted of all students enrolled in a language specialist school between 2005 and 2015. There was a total of 64 students who completed a standardised language assessment on two occasions, one of which occurred upon enrolment. Students were aged between 4 and 16 years at enrolment (M = 92.91 months). Students scored within the severe range consistent with expectations at Time 1 assessment. Significant improvements on standard scores were observed at Time 2 on receptive and expressive language scores. Time between assessments varied and was related to initial severity rather than progress over time. As a group, students demonstrated significant improvement in language skills during their enrolment at the school. Clinical implications and future directions are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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