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Rice, Mabel L. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: This review article summarizes a program of longitudinal investigation of twins' language acquisition with a focus on causal pathways for specific language impairment (SLI) and nonspecific language impairment in children at 4 and 6 years with known history at 2 years. Method: The context of the overview is established by legacy scientific…
Descriptors: Twins, Genetics, Language Impairments, Age Differences
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Colmar, Susan Hilary – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2014
Children with delayed language skills, who were from a socio-economic area defined as disadvantaged, made significant improvements in language skills after their parents were trained in easily learned strategies, enabling them to make simple changes in the way they interacted with their children. The 36 children, mean age five years, were…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Disadvantaged, Intervention, Experimental Groups