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Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) - Coggle Diagram
Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)
What is DLD?
No pre-existing biomedical conditions.
Risk factors likely to be present.
Persistent i.e. doesn't resolve spontaneously.
Co-morbidities may also be feature.
Significant impact on education and daily living.
Not to be given before the age of 5.
DLD is a heterogeneous and multidimensional disorder which can affect areas of language.
Grammatical and Narrative aspects of DLD
Key markers are errors in morphology, word order, verb use, asking or answering questions, recalling sentences.
Narrative skills are also affected, into later childhood and adolescence.
Grammatical errors are a core part of DLD, both respectively and expressively.
Semantic and pragmatic deficits
Lexical difficulties for people with DLD
Incomplete and underspecified phonological representations.
Limited elaboration of semantic organisation of underlying words.
Slower to recognise words and name pictures.
Atypical organization or access to the mental lexicon; particular difficulty with verbs.
Delayed at the emergence of first words, limited vocabulary.