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Peer reviewedNichols, E. G.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1988
The study of 813 learning disabled children (ages 6-11) with test-retest data (after three years) on 224 children found the children to suffer a progressive deterioration in verbal ability whereas their nonverbal ability showed an increase in the earlier years, leveling off thereafter. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Language Acquisition, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedRourke, Byron P.; Tsatsanis, Katherine D. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1996
This discussion of speech and language development in individuals with nonverbal learning disabilities (NLD) reviews NLD assets, deficits, and dynamics; the white matter model; manifestations of NLD in neurological dysfunction; psycholinguistic dimensions of NLD in terms of language content, form, and use; developmental considerations in NLD; and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Etiology, Language Acquisition
