Interpretation of consensus on multidisciplinary identifying and terminology pertaining to developmental language disorders in children
ZHANG Yi-wen
LIN Yuan-yuan
Abstract：CATALISE:A Multinational and Multidisciplinary Delphi Consensus Study.Identifying Language Impairments in Children and Phase 2 of CATALISE:a multinational and multidisciplinary Delphi consensus study of problems with language development:Terminology aims to address the problems of inconsistent terminology and identification criteria in the field of childhood language disorder.Based on Delphi research,the consensus collects expert opinions from multiple disciplines and many countries,and it emphasizes that children should be referred for assessment if caregivers,teachers,or professionals express their concerns about children's language,speech,or communication,or if specific warning signs are present.Assessment should be based on interviews,observation,standardized tools and consideration of functional impairment,and focuses on trend and development.The other core contribution of the consensus is the standardization of terminology:"Developmental Language Disorder"specifically denotes primary language disorder without a known biomedical etiology.Crucially,the consensus explicitly states that no nonverbal intelligence level is required,thereby breaking the limit of intelligence threshold of"Specific Language Impairment(SLI)".We advocate for establishing a Chinese support model:a high-quality care model shifting from"passive screening"to"active prevention";meanwhile,establish a multi-disciplinary collaboration system for intervention involving healthcare providers,families and educational institutions,and explicitly incorporate developmental language disorder into the scope of special education services.
Keywords：language disorderreferassessmentterminology
Publication Date：2025-07-06
Online Publishing Date：2025-09-04(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 535-540 )