Speech and Language Impairments in Children

by Bishop, Dorothy V. M.; Leonard, Laurence B.

• ISBN13: 9780863775697
• ISBN10: 0863775691
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-12
• Publisher: Psychology Pres

Summary

Delayed development of speech and/or language is one of the commonest reasons for parents of preschool children to seek the advice of a paediatrician. Accessible to non-academics Speech and Language Impairments provides an overview of recent research developments in specific speech and language impairments, written by experts in the field. Topics include normal and disordered development of problems , crosslinguistic studies, pragmatic language impairments, early identification, educational and psychiatric outcomes, acquired epileptic aphasia and experimental studies of remediation. The book concludes with a chapter by Michael Rutter that gives guidelines for conducting and evaluating research in this field.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	vii
Foreword	ix
Acquiring syntax is not what you think	1	(16)
Michael Tomasello
Grammatical symptoms of specific language impairment	17	(18)
Mabel L. Rice
Genetics and early language development: A UK study of twins	35	(18)
Robert Plomin
Philip S. Dale
Reading and language impairments in conditions of poverty	53	(20)
Grover J. Whitehurst
Janet E. Fischel
Barriers to literacy development in children with speech and language difficulties	73	(26)
Joy Stackhouse
Pragmatic language impairment: A correlate of SLI, a distinct subgroup, or part of the autistic continuum?	99	(16)
Dorothy V.M. Bishop
Specific language impairment across languages	115	(16)
Laurence B. Leonard
Experimental studies of language learning impairments: From research to remediation	131	(26)
Paula Tallal
Intervention for children with developmental language delay	157	(20)
Susan Ellis Weismer
Recasting, elicited imitation and modelling in grammar intervention for children with specific language impairments	177	(18)
Marc E. Fey
Kerry Proctor-Williams
Predicting outcomes of early expressive language delay: Ethical implications	195	(16)
Rhea Paul
Educational placements for children with specific language impairments	211	(16)
Gina Conti-Ramsden
Nicola Botting
Language difficulties and psychopathology	227	(18)
Ian M. Goodyer
Language and literacy skills: Who is at risk and why?	245	(16)
Margaret J. Snowling
Acquired epileptic aphasia (AEA) or Landau-Kleffner syndrome: From childhood to adulthood	261	(12)
Thierry Deonna
Research into practice: Future prospects	273	(18)
Michael Rutter
Author index	291	(10)
Subject index	301