Background The marginalization of young people has been identified as one of the major challenges facing society, and a delinquency record has been identified as one of the main indicators of exclusion. More than 60% of young people in prisons in numerous Western countries demonstrate significant speech, language and communication difficulties to such an extent that they can be considered as developmental language disorder (DLD; for a review, see Anderson et al., 2016; Chow et al., 2022), the general prevalence of which is about 7% (Tomblin et al., 1997). DLD is a permanent neurodevelopmental disorder caused by complex interactions between genes and the environment, and it cannot be … [Read more...] about Identification and Treatment of Language Disorders of Young People in Prison in Finland


