Jake Michaelson, PhD University of Iowa Rather than a single cause, developmental language disorder (DLD) is caused by multiple risk factors working together. Parents should not feel a sense of guilt [...]
Laurence B. Leonard, Ph.D. Purdue University People with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) can be found all over the world. Regardless of the language being learned, there are individuals with sig [...]
Rhea Paul, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Sacred Heart University “Einstein didn’t talk until he was four.” “My two-year-old isn’t talking because her big sister talks for her.” “My toddler isn’t talking but he’s had [...]
Sean M. Redmond, Ph.D., and Amy Wilder, M.S. University of Utah Why do we need to compare children’s development? We pay a lot of attention to how kids grow, leading researchers, educators and clinici [...]
Lisa Archibald University of Western Ontario Working memory is to the ability to hold and manipulate information in mind. Here are a few tasks that require working memory: Remembering the cost of item [...]
Karla K. McGregor Boys Town National Research Hospital The school years are a period of rapid vocabulary growth. Although the average student learns about 1000 new root words per year, every child is [...]
Karla McGregor, Ph.D. Boys Town National Research Hospital Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) is a “neurodevelopmental disorder.” Other neurodevelopmental disorders are: Attention Deficit Hyperacti [...]
Janna B. Oetting Louisiana State University The majority of children learning English as a second, third, or fourth language and those learning dialects of English that differ from those of a school t [...]
By Rouzana Komesidou, Ph.D. MGH Institute of Health Professions Tiffany P. Hogan, Ph.D., CCC-SLP MGH Institute of Health Professions The ability to understand and use language can impact how much a ch [...]