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Developmental Language Disorder

lalala85 · 2025-04-15 22:54:06

My child, aged 7, was recently diagnosed with a DLD and I am heartbroken to be honest. Is there any other parent out there with a child with a DLD? How has your child managed school with a DLD? Did you get a lot of SLT? To be honest, I’m finding the diagnosis difficult to process, and the more reading I do into the…

15-04-2025 11:54PM

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lalala85

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My child, aged 7, was recently diagnosed with a DLD and I am heartbroken to be honest. Is there any other parent out there with a child with a DLD? How has your child managed school with a DLD? Did you get a lot of SLT? To be honest, I’m finding the diagnosis difficult to process, and the more reading I do into the disorder, the more worried I get.

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I’m sorry that you are feeling this . I’ve worked with many children with a DLD .Firstly, well done on being proactive on having your child assessed for DLD. Unfortunately, schools are badly resourced to offer additional support , particularly from an SLT viewpoint, but I’ve seen children with DLD flourish with a close relationship between school and home .

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