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Speech-Language Pathology and the Youth Offender: Epidemiological Overview and Roadmap for Future Speech-Language Pathology Research and Scope of Practice
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Snow, Pamela C. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2019
Purpose: This article is concerned with the growing body of international evidence indicating that adolescents in contact with the youth justice system are likely to have severely compromised oral language skills, receptively and expressively. A smaller, but persuasive, literature also points to poor literacy skills in this population. Language…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Delinquency, Adolescents, Juvenile Justice
Autism Plus versus Autism Pure
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Gillberg, Christopher; Fernell, Elisabeth – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
The reported prevalence of autism is going up and up. We propose that some--even much--of the increase in the rate of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is driven by "Autism Plus". Autism Plus refers to autism with comorbidities (including intellectual developmental disorder, language disorder, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder),…
Descriptors: Autism, Incidence, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Comorbidity
Examining the Comorbidity of Language Impairment and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
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Mueller, Kathryn L.; Tomblin, J. Bruce – Topics in Language Disorders, 2012
Language impairment (LI) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are 2 relatively common developmental disorders that have been shown to have high rates of co-occurrence in a number of studies, and this phenomenon is also commonplace in the experience of many clinicians. Understanding this comorbidity, therefore, is central to building…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Language Impairments, Speech Language Pathology, Comorbidity
Understanding the Comorbidity between Dyslexia and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
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Boada, Richard; Willcutt, Erik G.; Pennington, Bruce F. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2012
Dyslexia and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are 2 of the most prevalent complex neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood, each affecting approximately 5% of the population in the United States. These disorders are also each comorbid with speech sound disorder and language impairment. Understanding the nature of the comorbidity…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Dyslexia, Children, Comorbidity
Speech and Language Impairments
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Green, Satasha L.; Edwards, Kimberly M. – Advances in Special Education, 2014
Disorders of speech and language include myriad diagnoses that vary in incidence and prevalence across age span and cultures. Disorders can range from those that do not impinge upon general communication, learning or psychosocial function, such as a mild speech disturbance, like a lisp, to global aphasia with a complete lack of communication…
Descriptors: Speech Impairments, Language Impairments, Cultural Influences, Social Influences
The Spectrum of Disease in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
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McKee, Ann C.; Stein, Thor D.; Nowinski, Christopher J.; Stern, Robert A.; Daneshvar, Daniel H.; Alvarez, Victor E.; Lee, Hyo-Soon; Hall, Garth; Wojtowicz, Sydney M.; Baugh, Christine M.; Riley, David O.; Kubilus, Caroline A.; Cormier, Kerry A.; Jacobs, Matthew A.; Martin, Brett R.; Abraham, Carmela R.; Ikezu, Tsuneya; Reichard, Robert Ross; Wolozin, Benjamin L.; Budson, Andrew E.; Goldstein, Lee E.; Kowall, Neil W.; Cantu, Robert C. – Brain, 2013
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a progressive tauopathy that occurs as a consequence of repetitive mild traumatic brain injury. We analysed post-mortem brains obtained from a cohort of 85 subjects with histories of repetitive mild traumatic brain injury and found evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in 68 subjects: all males, ranging…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Head Injuries, Chronic Illness, Brain
Annual Research Review: The Nature and Classification of Reading Disorders--A Commentary on Proposals for DSM-5
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Snowling, Margaret J.; Hulme, Charles – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2012
This article reviews our understanding of reading disorders in children and relates it to current proposals for their classification in DSM-5. There are two different, commonly occurring, forms of reading disorder in children which arise from different underlying language difficulties. Dyslexia (as defined in DSM-5), or decoding difficulty, refers…
Descriptors: Phonology, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Spelling