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The Nature of Normal and Disordered Word Finding in Children and Adolescents.
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Nippold, Marilyn A. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1992
This review considers aspects of normal mental storage and retrieval, storage and retrieval in disordered word finding, possible causes of word finding disorders, and clinical implications in both storage and retrieval components. Implications call for attention to increasing word knowledge, storage strength, naming accuracy and speed, retrieval…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Cognitive Processes, Etiology
On the Nature of Language Impairment in Down Syndrome.
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Sabsay, Sharon; Kernan, Keith T. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1993
Twenty-eight adults with Down's syndrome and 28 adults with retardation of unknown origin responded to a language elicitation test. The adults with Down's syndrome exhibited an almost universal failure in mastering individual elements of the auxiliary verb system. The nature and source of biological constraints on language learning and…
Descriptors: Adults, Biological Influences, Downs Syndrome, Etiology
Language and ADHD: Understanding the Bases and Treatment of Self-Regulatory Deficits.
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Westby, Carol E.; Cutler, Susan K. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1994
Attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADHD), which is conceptualized as a lack of behavioral inhibition or self-regulation, is reviewed. The article examines the relationship between ADHD and language delays/disorders, possible language and social-emotional cognitive underpinnings for pragmatic and metacognitive deficits in ADHD children,…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development