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

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References for guidelines involved in the selection process:

▪️  Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists Clinical Guidelines (RCSLT): British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data, Speechmark Publishing Ltd. 2005.

▪️  Missouri Autism Guidelines Initiative: Autism Spectrum Disorders: Guidance to Evidence-based Practice. 2012.

▪️ NICE  Guideline  for  Recognition:  Referral,  Diagnosis and Management of Adults on the Autism Spectrum. National Clinical Guideline Number 142, National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health commissioned by the National,Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence, The British Psychological Society & The Royal College of Psychiatrists. 2012.

▪️  KCE: Management of Autism in Children and Young People: A Good Clinical Practice Guideline, KCE Report.2014.

▪️  ht t ps://www.asha.or g/Pr ac t ic e -Por t al/Cl inic al- Topics/Autism/ American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

▪️  https://www.asha.org/Practice-Portal/Clinical-Topics/ Late-Language-Emergence/American Speech- Language-Hearing Association.

▪️  https://www.asha.org/Practice-Portal/About/.

▪️   https://www.asha.org/Practice-Portal/Clinical-Topics/ Spoken-Language-Disorders/.

▪️  Clinical Guidelines, Speech Therapy, Version 1: evicore Healthcare innovative solutions, American Medical Association. 2019. 

Further readings:

▪️  Guidelines Review Committee, Quality Assurance of Norms and Standards. WHO handbook for guideline development, 2nd Edition, Chapter 10 page 129.

▪️  Schünemann, Brożek, Guyatt, Oxman GRADE Handbook, Chapter 5; Quality of evidence, 2013