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Understanding Why a Child Is Struggling to Learn: The Role of Cognitive Processing Evaluation in Learning Disability Identification
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Johnson, Evelyn S. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2014
Learning disabilities (LDs) have long been presumed to be a neurological disorder resulting from a deficit in 1 or more cognitive processes. Although the emphasis on cognitive processing disorders has been included in the definition since the term was coined, and although it arguably represents the key distinguishing characteristic of LDs, it also…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Neurological Impairments, Cognitive Processes, Literature Reviews
Language Outcomes of School-Aged Internationally Adopted Children: A Systematic Review of the Literature
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Scott, Kathleen A. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2009
Growing evidence suggests that, as a group, many internationally adopted children catch up to their peers in terms of their language development by the time they reach their school-age years. Although this appears to be particularly true for children adopted during the first few years of life, it is not true for all internationally adopted…
Descriptors: Written Language, Language Skills, Adoption, Skill Development
Specific Language Impairment: Continuing Clinical Concerns.
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Friel-Patti, Sandy – Topics in Language Disorders, 1999
This article reviews research on children with specific language impairment (SLI), a significant limitation in language ability in the absence of accompanying hearing impairments, low nonverbal intelligence, or neurological damage. Research is discussed on the heterogeneity of the children with SLI, diagnostic criteria for SLI, auditory…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification
Language Learning and Use by African American Children.
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Battle, Dolores E. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1996
This article reviews recent investigations of the development of phonology, morphology, semantics, and pragmatics in the development of speech and language by African American children. Clinical implications are offered to aid the distinction between normal language development using features of African American English and language disorders.…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Youth, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification
Defining Dyslexia as a Developmental Language Disorder: An Expanded View.
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Catts, Hugh W. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1996
Current research supporting the language basis of dyslexia is reviewed, suggesting that phonological processing deficits are at the core of dyslexia and less pronounced reading problems. The role of higher-level language functioning and phonological processing is considered in an expanded view of the language basis of reading disabilities.…
Descriptors: Definitions, Disability Identification, Dyslexia, Early Identification
College Students with LLD: The Phonological Core as Risk for Failure in Foreign Language Classes.
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Downey, Doris M.; Snyder, Lynn E. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2000
This article describes the characteristics of college students with language learning disorders and other at-risk students who have difficulty learning a foreign language. Research which points to deficits in native language abilities and poor phonological processing skills as the cause of foreign-language learning problems is discussed. (Contains…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, College Students, Disability Identification, High Risk Students