Efficacy, model of delivery, intensity and targets of pragmatic interventions for children with developmental language disorder: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is widely acknowledged that children with developmental language disorder (DLD) predominantly have difficulties in the areas of grammar and vocabulary, with preserved pragmatic skills. Consequently, few studies focus on the pragmatic skills of children with DLD, and there is a distinct lack of studies examining the effectiveness of pragmatic interventions.

Aims

To carry out a systematic review of the literature on pragmatic interventions for children with DLD.

Methods & procedures

This systematic review was registered with PROSPERO (ID = CRD42017067239). A systematic search in seven databases yielded 1031 papers, of which 11 met our inclusion criteria. The included papers focused on interventions for children with DLD (mean = 3-18 years), enhancing oral

SUBMITTER: Jensen de Lopez KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9544814 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature