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Tambyraja, Sherine R.; Farquharson, Kelly; Justice, Laura M. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: Children with speech sound disorder (SSD) are at increased risk of reading difficulties due to poor phonological processing skills. However, the extent to which children with SSD demonstrate weaknesses on specific or all phonological processing tasks is not well understood. Aims: To examine the phonological processing abilities of a…
Descriptors: Phonology, Language Skills, Speech Impairments, Reading Difficulties
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Larson, Caroline; Gangopadhyay, Ishanti; Prescott, Kathryn; Kaushanskaya, Margarita; Ellis Weismer, Susan – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
This study examined verbal mediation during planning in school-age children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) relative to age- and nonverbal IQ- matched typically developing peers using a dual-task paradigm. Analyses showed no group differences in performance. However, in the condition intended to disrupt verbal mediation, language skills were…
Descriptors: Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Mediation Theory
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May, Richard J.; Downs, Rachel; Marchant, Amanda; Dymond, Simon – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2016
We evaluated the emergence of untaught second-language skills following directly taught listener and intraverbal responses. Three preschool children were taught first-language (English) listener responses (e.g., "Point to the horse") and second-language (Welsh) intraverbal responses (e.g., "What is horse in Welsh?" [ceffyl]).…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Second Language Learning, Language Skills, Intervention
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Tozzi, Alberto Eugenio; Bisiacchi, Patrizia; Tarantino, Vincenza; Chiarotti, Flavia; D'elia, Lidia; De Mei, Barbara; Romano, Mariateresa; Gesualdo, Francesco; Salmaso, Stefania – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2012
Aim: The aim of this article was to explore the effect of duration of breastfeeding on neurocognitive development. Method: The long-term effect of breastfeeding on neurodevelopment was examined through a battery of neuropsychological tests in 1403 children (693 females, 710 males; mean age 11y 9mo [SD 6mo], range: 10y 3mo-12y 8mo) who were…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Verbal Learning, Multivariate Analysis, Infants