Raising Awareness of Development Language Disorder (DLD) in Early Years Settings

As early years practitioners, we know just how much happens in those first few years of life – play, exploration, discovery, and... language! For most children, language develops naturally, but for some, it’s not so straightforward.
Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) is one of the most common childhood
conditions you've probably never heard of – and it affects around 1 in 14 children. That’s two in every average classroom. It’s a lifelong condition that makes it harder for children to understand and/or use spoken language.