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Carter Leno, Virginia; Vitoratou, Silia; Kent, Rachel; Charman, Tony; Chandler, Susie; Jones, Catherine RG; Happé, Francesca; Baird, Gillian; Pickles, Andrew; Simonoff, Emily – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2019
Many young people with autism spectrum disorder display 'challenging behaviours', characterised by externalising behaviour and self-injurious behaviours. These behaviours can have a negative impact on a young person's well-being, family environment and educational achievement. However, the development of effective interventions requires greater…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Behavior Problems, Neurological Impairments
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Tye-Murray, Nancy; Hale, Sandra; Spehar, Brent; Myerson, Joel; Sommers, Mitchell S. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2014
Purpose: The study addressed three research questions: Does lipreading improve between the ages of 7 and 14 years? Does hearing loss affect the development of lipreading? How do individual differences in lipreading relate to other abilities? Method: Forty children with normal hearing (NH) and 24 with hearing loss (HL) were tested using 4…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Deafness, Comparative Analysis, Children
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Jacobs, Emma; Miller, Laurie C.; Tirella, Linda G. – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2010
Most international adoptees (IA) have rapid catch-up of the delays common at arrival. However, it is not known whether development at arrival predicts later abilities or school readiness. Therefore, we comprehensively evaluated language, fine motor, visual reception (VR), executive function (EF), attention (ATT), and sensory skills (SS) in IA…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, School Readiness, Standardized Tests, At Risk Students
Knief, Lotus M. – 1972
As a result of the interest in variables affecting language development, and because of concern with disadvantaged groups, this study, involving 134 first and second grade Mexican-American and Anglo students, investigated five questions: (1) Is language development affected by high structured instructional materials and procedures which teach…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Conventional Instruction, Grade 1, Grade 2
McGuinness, Diane – MIT Press (BK), 2005
Research on reading has tried, and failed, to account for wide disparities in reading skill even among children taught by the same method. Why do some children learn to read easily and quickly while others, in the same classroom and taught by the same teacher, don't learn to read at all? In "Language Development and Learning to Read", Diane…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Speech, Reading Research, Psycholinguistics