International journal of language & communication disorders
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Int J Lang Commun Disord · Jul 2006
Educational provision for children with specific speech and language difficulties: perspectives of speech and language therapy service managers.
Children with specific speech and language difficulties (SSLD) pose a challenge to the education system, and to speech and language therapists who support them, as a result of their language needs and associated educational and social-behavioural difficulties. The development of inclusion raises questions regarding appropriate provision, whether the tradition of language units or full inclusion into mainstream schools. ⋯ The implications of the study are discussed with reference to SLT practice, including consultancy models, and the increasingly prevalent policy in local education authorities of inclusion of children with special educational needs.