Phoniatrics Late Language Emergence / Language Delay Language Disorders / Autism Spectrum Disorder

- Monitoring and evaluating the impact of the guideline

Monitoring/ Auditing Criteria: to assess guideline implementation or adherence to recommendations. This is accomplished if communication skills and quality of life of children with children having language delay and disorders or autism spectrum disorder is improved.

Clinicians should be able to:

▪️  Obtain a full detailed history from the parents

▪️  Provide proper evaluation and differential diagnoses during the assessment process

▪️  Provide the parents with realistic expectations

▪️  Regularly collect data

▪️  Consistent monitoring to the progress achieved with therapy

All clinicians should be aware and informed to consider the following:

▪️   Red Flags that need urgent referral for Assessment/ Management must be taken into consideration.

▪️  For Assessment it is crucial to perform a detailed history and thorough evaluation for all communication skills.

▪️  Intervention plan should focus on the areas of need and strength for each child.