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Steven K. Kapp; Juliette Gudknecht – Infant and Child Development, 2025
This narrative review analyzes the visual and auditory advantages that autistic people with speech divergence (A-SD) may have compared with autistic people without speech divergence (A-NoSD) or non-autistic people. Importantly, A-SDs' intelligence and communication skills are often underestimated in research and practice. Further, this paper…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Speech Impairments, Intelligence, Communication Skills
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Anjie Cao; Molly Lewis; Sho Tsuji; Christina Bergmann; Alejandrina Cristia; Michael C. Frank – Developmental Science, 2025
Developmental psychology focuses on how psychological constructs change with age. In cognitive development research, however, the specifics of this emergence is often underspecified. Researchers often provisionally assume linear growth by including chronological age as a predictor in regression models. In this work, we aim to evaluate this…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Infant Behavior, Age Differences, Developmental Stages
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Selda Ozdemir; Isik Akin-Bulbul; Erol Yildiz – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Impairments in joint attention are considered core symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and are crucial for early assessment and intervention. However, existing information about visual attention during joint attention and its relation to developmental functioning is limited. The current study investigated the visual attention differences…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Attention, Attention Control
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Tom Palmer; Gerard Abou Jaoude; Rolando Leiva Granados; Neha Batura; Frederik Booysen; Liesel Ebersöhn; Lu Gram; Audrey Prost; Francesco Salustri; Jolene Skordis – Infant and Child Development, 2025
Although the role of the home in supporting early childhood development, early learning and school outcomes is well established, the perspectives of caregivers on child development and schooling outcomes are comparatively underexplored. This qualitative study was conducted with caregivers of children aged 6-10 years in Mahikeng, South Africa and…
Descriptors: Caregiver Attitudes, Beliefs, Child Development, Outcomes of Education
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Ercenur Ünal; Kevser Kirbasoglu; Dilay Z. Karadöller; Beyza Sümer; Asli Özyürek – Cognitive Science, 2025
In spoken languages, children acquire locative terms in a cross-linguistically stable order. Terms similar in meaning to in and on emerge earlier than those similar to "front" and "behind," followed by "left" and "right." This order has been attributed to the complexity of the relations expressed by…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Cognitive Mapping, Spatial Ability, Language Processing
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Bjorn de Koning; Shirong Zhang; Stoo Sepp – Educational Psychology Review, 2025
Human movement plays a foundational role in cognition and learning. This topical collection brings together theoretical and empirical work examining how gestures, physical activity, and virtual movement enhance learning in language, multimedia, and activity-based learning. Regarding language learning, interacting with virtual object improves…
Descriptors: Movement Education, Human Body, Nonverbal Communication, Multimedia Instruction
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Ibtehaj. M. Akhoirsheda; Bushra Abu Faraj – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2025
This study aims to identify similarities in morphological, phonological, lexical, and syntactical aspects between Arabic and English child language. It seeks to understand how children develop grammar at different stages, adhering to the rules acquired at each stage. This research analyzes YouTube videos featuring Arabic and English-speaking…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Contrastive Linguistics, English, Arabic
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Samantha Butler; Catherine Ullman Shade; Laura Wood; Alexandra Roseman; Emily Berry; Erin Walecka; Katherine Engstler; Hope Dickinson; Anjali Sadhwani – Infants and Young Children, 2025
Children with complex congenital heart defects often show delays and deficits in cognitive, language, motor, and social-emotional functioning. As such, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Associated recommend ongoing monitoring and support of development. In conjunction with the formal therapeutic supports frequently…
Descriptors: Child Development, Heart Disorders, At Risk Persons, Intervention
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Catherine Wiseman-Hakes; Maya Albin; Anna Rupert; Michelle Phoenix – Topics in Language Disorders, 2025
The high prevalence of trauma world-wide is such that speech-language pathologists are likely to support clients across the lifespan with experiences of trauma, such as abuse, neglect, intergenerational and racial trauma, and exposure to structural and systemic violence. Trauma can affect peoples' neurobiology and can also impact cognitive,…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Speech Language Pathology, Trauma Informed Approach, Counselor Client Relationship
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Jiao Du; Xiaowei He; Haopeng Yu – First Language, 2025
We used the elicited production task to explore the production of short and long passives in 15 Mandarin-speaking preschool children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD; aged 4;2-5;11) in comparison with 15 Typically Developing Aged-matched (TDA) children (aged 4;3-5;8) and 15 Typically Developing Younger (TDY) children (aged 3;2-4;3). This…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Form Classes (Languages), Child Language, Language Impairments
UnidosUS, 2025
This report examines the critical role of home visitors in supporting dual language development among Latino children, who represent a growing share of the U.S. population. Through surveys and interviews with home visitors, UnidosUS identified gaps in training and resources needed to effectively serve culturally and linguistically diverse…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning