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Inclusion Criteria: * Parent or caregiver (mother, father, grandparent) willing to participate in caregiver training over the full 18 months of the study * Normal non-verbal cognitive abilities * Receptive and expressive language delay: * English as the only language spoken to the child in the home * Provision of signed and dated informed consent form * Attempts to imitate 10 words Exclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of a neurodevelopmental disability other than DLD (e.g., Down syndrome, ASD, intellectual disability) * Caregiver report of a major medical condition (e.g., seizures, cancer, stroke, traumatic head injury, cleft lip/palate, cerebral palsy, legally blind, any genetic diagnosis associated - - Caregiver report of preterm birth (i.e., \< 37 weeks gestation) * Caregiver report of hearing impairment or audiological testing indicating hearing thresholds \> 20dB * Caregiver report or direct observation of any problems chewing, sucking through a straw, or blowing bubbles.