ABSTRACT
Developments in the understanding of language disorders and the progression of clinical practice for children with developmental language disorder (DLD) in Sweden started with a focus on speech, with a gradual widening of focus towards other aspects of language skills — grammar, semantics, comprehension and pragmatics. Sweden is a multicultural country with about one-third of preschool children brought up in multilingual contexts. Speech and language therapy (SLT) education in Sweden was initiated by Gunnar Bjuggren at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm in 1964. From the establishment of the SLT profession, SLTs are well aware of the fact that children with DLD have difficulties with different aspects of language in addition to phonology, for example grammar. Irrespective of employer, SLTs are obligated to document data and interventions in patient files, in all their work undertaken within their clinical professional competence, that is, assessing, diagnosing and treating patients.
