Jim Macdiarmid by Kim Andree / Juneau Empire The Developmental Language Process (DLP) is designed to instill language into long term memory, leading to improved academic achievement and success. The origin of the Process is rooted in the struggles faced by language-delayed students, particularly when they first enter school...
The Process incorporates meaningful language content from the environment, academic programs, stories, and themes to enlarge the students' language bases. The DLP is effective in all subject areas and at all grade levels. Since the DLP is a process, it does not add content to a teacher's already heavy schedule but it does provide a venue for developing the academic language for content covered in the curriculum.
Also known as: The DLP