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Glennen, Sharon L. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2007
Purpose: Language and speech are difficult to assess in newly arrived internationally adopted children. The purpose of this study was to determine if assessments completed when toddlers were first adopted could predict language outcomes at age 2. Local norms were used to develop early intervention guidelines that were evaluated against age 2…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Articulation (Speech), Early Intervention, Language Patterns
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Ripley, Kate; Yuill, Nicola – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2005
Background: High levels of behaviour problems are found in children with language impairments, but less is known about the level and nature of language impairment in children with severe behavioural problems. In particular, previous data suggest that at primary age, receptive impairments are more closely related to behaviour problems, whereas…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Memory, Language Patterns, Risk
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Lahey, Margaret; Edwards, Jan – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1995
Analysis of characteristics of 53 children with specific language impairment (SLI), ages 4 to 9, suggested that family history is related to pattern of language performance. Children with deficits in only expressive language had a higher proportion of affected family members than did children with both expressive and receptive language deficits.…
Descriptors: Etiology, Expressive Language, Family Environment, Family Influence
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Pena, Elizabeth; Bedore, Lisa M.; Rappazzo, Christina – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2003
A study compared 47 Spanish-speaking, predominantly English-speaking, and Spanish-English bilingual children's performance on a battery of semantic tasks. Children in all three groups achieved similar average levels of performance. The profiles of bilingual children in each language were somewhat different from those of the other children.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Elementary Education, Expressive Language, Hispanic Americans