Welcome to Working Memory & DLD Support for speech-language pathologists. Here, you will find valuable insights and resources to enhance your work with students who are facing challenges in working memory and developmental language disorder (DLD).
Working memory (WM) is the ability to hold and manipulate information. After initial sensory input, we are able to hold and actively process a certain amount of information. By encoding (through repeated exposure, rehearsal strategies, and distributed practice), we can put this information into our long-term memory which can later be retrieved. Working memory (WM) plays a crucial role in learning, particularly for students with Developmental Language Disorders (DLD). These st
https://www.pacificu.edu/blog/what-speech-language-pathology-complete-guide-benefits Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) has a prevalence of 7% at school entry and is characterized by persistent language difficulty with significant impact on daily activities that is not associated with a biomedical condition (Larson et al, 2023; Archibald, 2018). Difficulties are often seen in language expression such as morphosyntax, vocabulary and grammar; language processing, and verbal
