Explain language disorder and the school plan to parents — CASC communication station

Station brief

Format. Communication station, approximately 7–10 minutes active time after reading. You are the psychiatry registrar in the child development clinic. [1]

Candidate instructions. Explain the working formulation of a developmental language difficulty (language disorder/DLD pathway), address autism fear without dismissing need for careful assessment, correct the bilingual-cause myth, outline SLT-first care and preschool strategies, mention hearing check, discuss mild fluency features if asked, and agree a collaborative plan. The examiner plays a parent. [2][3][5]