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Direct linkIris Duinmeijer; Sanne Peet; Lonneke Janssen; Annette Scheper; Margo Zwitserlood-Nijenhuis; Wendy Bliekendaal; Marijke Zoons; Britt Hakvoort – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) have problems acquiring language, affecting their communicative participation, social--emotional functioning (SEF) and quality of life (QoL). Aims: To investigate whether communicative participation mediates the relation between language and SEF and QoL. Methods & Procedures: In a…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Developmental Delays, Communication Skills, Quality of Life
Lynn K. Perry; Daniel S. Messinger; Ivette Cejas – Developmental Science, 2025
Although vocabulary size is thought to index children's language abilities, an increasing body of work suggests that regularities in children's vocabulary composition, particularly the proportion of shape-based nouns (e.g., cup), support language development. Here we examine initial vocabulary composition in children with hearing loss following…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Language Acquisition, Children, Assistive Technology
Wafa A. Aljohani; Julia L. Ferguson; Joseph H. Cihon; Robert K. Ross; Mary Jane Weiss; Justin B. Leaf – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2024
This study compared the use of delivering a single instruction (e.g., Who is it?) versus varied instructions (e.g., What's their name? Who is this? What about this one?) when teaching three children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) novel expressive label targets via direct telehealth. The present investigation utilized an adapted…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Children, Expressive Language, Videoconferencing
Karolina Wieczorek; Megan DeGroot; Heather Ganshorn; Susan A. Graham – Child Development, 2025
Research examining relations between language skills and social competence has yielded mixed findings. Three meta-analyses investigated links between language skills (overall, receptive, and expressive) and social competence in 2- to 12-year-old children. Data from 130 studies representing 62,120 children (M age at language assessment = 4.70…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Interpersonal Competence, Children, Receptive Language
Jacob I. Feldman; Varsha Garla; Kacie Dunham; Jennifer E. Markfeld; Sarah M. Bowman; Alexandra J. Golden; Claire Daly; Sophia Kaiser; Nisha Mailapur; Sweeya Raj; Pooja Santapuram; Evan Suzman; Ashley E. Augustine; Aine Muhumuza; Carissa J. Cascio; Kathryn L. Williams; Anne V. Kirby; Bahar Keceli-Kaysili; Tiffany G. Woynaroski – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Early differences in sensory responsiveness may contribute to difficulties with communication among autistic children; however, this theory has not been longitudinally assessed in infants at increased familial versus general population-level likelihood for autism (Sibs-autism vs. Sibs-NA) using a comprehensive battery of sensory responsiveness and…
Descriptors: Infants, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Sensory Experience, Siblings
Sari Kunnari; Susana Sanduvete-Chaves; Salvador Chacon-Moscoso; Dina Caetano Alves; Martina Ozbic; Kakia Petinou; Anna-Kaisa Tolonen; Krisztina Zajdó; Pauline Frizelle; Carol-Anne Murphy; David Saldana; Marja Laasonen – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Phonological difficulties are prevalent in children with speech and/or language disorders and may hamper their later language outcomes and academic achievements. These children often form a significant proportion of speech and language therapists' caseloads. There is a shortage of information on evidence-based interventions for…
Descriptors: Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Expressive Language, Language Impairments, Speech Impairments
Min Liu; Nancy C. Brady; Olivia Boorom; Kandace Fleming; Jiaojiao Yue; Qiaoyun Liu – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Prelinguistic communication complexity refers to the use of different communication forms such as eye gaze, gestures and vocalisations and the degree to which these forms are coordinated and how directed to a communication partner. To date, little is known about the relationship between prelinguistic communication complexity and…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Young Children, Longitudinal Studies, Expressive Language
Andrea D. Warner-Czyz; Sean R. Anderson; Sarah Graham; Kristin Uhler – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2024
This study investigated the acquisition of early expressive vocabulary among young children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH; n = 68) using auditory technology (hearing aids and cochlear implants). Parents completed a standardized vocabulary checklist, which allowed analyses of (i) the size of their child's spoken vocabulary; (ii) composition…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Assistive Technology
Soto, Gloria; Clarke, Michael T.; Savaldi-Harussi, Gat – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023
The present study investigated the relationship between lexicon and grammar in individuals who use graphic symbol-based aided augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Data came from 60 transcripts of generalization sessions that were part of two previous intervention studies, aimed at improving the expressive vocabulary and grammar of 12…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Grammar, Vocabulary, Children
Anastasia Trebacz; Cristina McKean; Helen Stringer; Sean Pert – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Early intervention is recommended for pre-school children with low language. However, few robustly evaluated language interventions for young children exist. Furthermore, in many interventions the theoretical underpinnings are underspecified and the 'active ingredients' of the interventions not tested. This paper presents a…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Preschool Children, Program Effectiveness, Sentences
Lorah, Elizabeth; Holyfield, Christine; Kucharczyk, Suzanne – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2021
Understanding typical preschoolers' perceptions of communication modes could help guide augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) intervention for preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study explored the perceptions of 16 typically developing preschoolers toward an (a) AAC application (app) on a tablet, (b) picture exchange…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Childrens Attitudes, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Ida Bonnerup Jepsen; Cecilia Brynskov; Per Hove Thomsen; Charlotte Ulrikka Rask; Kristine Jensen de López; Rikke Lambek – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2024
Objective: To provide an in-depth examination of whether pragmatic, expressive, receptive, and narrative language are associated with the social and academic functioning of children with ADHD. Method: Children with ADHD (n = 46) and neurotypical comparison (NC) children (n = 40) aged 7 to 11 years completed tasks measuring expressive, receptive,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Children, Receptive Language
Casey K. Reimer; Heather Grantham; Andrew C. Butler – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2024
On average, deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children have difficulty developing expressive spoken vocabulary comparable to hearing peers. Yet, there are no evidence-based practices to guide classroom instruction for teachers of the deaf. Retrieval practice--a robust learning strategy--has been shown to improve children's retention of vocabulary,…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Children, Expressive Language
Knoche, Lisa L.; Boise, Courtney E.; Sheridan, Susan M.; Cheng, Katherine C. – Elementary School Journal, 2023
The current study reports the results of a randomized controlled trial examining the impact of the Getting Ready parent-engagement intervention on expressive language skills of children (N = 267) with developmental concerns upon entry into preschool. Latent growth for expressive language and moderating roles of parental stress and parental…
Descriptors: Expressive Language, Language Skills, Preschool Children, Developmental Delays
Finley, Alayna; Cannon, Joanna E. – Sign Language Studies, 2022
This study examined the extended discourse used by two Deaf parents with their two Deaf children (ages two and four). The study was conducted using an in-depth examination of parental expressive use of American Sign Language, looking at the use of discourse and the features and contexts that offered the most opportunity for rich language…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Family Environment, Academic Language, Early Intervention
