ABSTRACT
The history of developmental language disorder (DLD) in Bosnia and Herzegovina must be viewed as a part of the larger picture of the history of DLD in former Yugoslavia. The terminology and definitions of DLD in the literature available regionally largely draws upon the literature from English-speaking countries. Bosnia and Herzegovina is among the countries with the most complex political system in the world. The country comprises two entities: the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republic of Srpska, and a multi-ethnic self-governing administrative unit called the Brcko District. Once children are identified as having a speech or language disorder, regardless of the specific type of disorder they are entitled to weekly, or sometimes biweekly treatment delivered by a certified logopedist, mostly at a clinic and less commonly at a kindergarten. Screening for speech and language difficulties is done within the public health system, by paediatricians, who can refer a child to a logopedist.
