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Showing 1 to 20 of 83 for “"Language Impairment"”.
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Relationship between language impairment and sensory processing disorder
… sensory profiles were found to have more severe language and attentional problems than those classified as hyper-sensitive or sensory seeking. At present time, little research has been conducted on the correlation of sensory integration issues of neurologically typical children with a language …
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Joint Engagement Behaviors in Preschoolers with Language Impairment
… to the sample population of preschoolers with language impairment (LI) by exploring patterns of joint engagement behaviors in this population. A second question asked if joint engagement behaviors were significantly related to performance on language measures. Following referral from local …
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Predicting Language Impairment Status: A Risk Factor Model
<p>The etiology of specific language impairment (SLI) is multifactorial. Research has shown that genetic, environmental, and developmental factors may influence the course of its development. Because many of these factors are present even before a child is born, it is possible that a child's risk …
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Language and IQ in Children With Language Impairment
… to explore the potential relations between language and IQ in 30 children with language impairment. According to a modular model, this study hypothesized that semantic abilities would be substantially associated with IQ while morphosyntactic and phonological memory skills would remain …
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Analysis of the lived experiences of young adults with specific language impairment and/or pragmatic language impairment to inform counselling psychology practice
… the general population are affected by Specific Language Impairment and/or Pragmatic Language Impairment with numerous cases undiagnosed. It is known that difficulty in communication affects psychosocial functioning and is likely to be a source of mental distress but the data on people’s access …
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Do Baseline Language Impairment Measures Predict Anomia Treatment Outcome?
… studies have sought to determine if patients' impairment level is associated with treatment outcome following administration of a specific treatment approach. Several studies have produced conflicting and, therefore, inconclusive results concerning whether treatment specifics can be tailored …
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Nonverbal Cognitive Assessment in Specific Language Impairment: A Meta-Analysis
… cognitive performance of children with specific language impairment (SLI) and their typically developing (TD) peers. In addition, variability in effect sizes across studies and its relation to the nonverbal cognitive test used, the cut-off criterion employed, participants’ age, and their …
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Dynamic Assessment and Informed Intervention for Children with Language Impairment
Although speech and language therapy practitioners commonly place great weight on standardised, static assessment, the procedures may not be fully representative, and reveal little about the child’s learning potential or the direction that intervention should take. Vygotsky’s theories, particularly …
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Specific Language Impairment and Executive Function: Parent and Teacher Ratings of Behavior
<p><em>Purpose</em>: Children with specific language impairment (SLI) demonstrate difficulty on many performance-based measures of executive function, although their executive performance on ratings of behavior is not well understood. The current investigation used the <em>Behavior Rating Inventory …
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Effects of a Specialized Early Intervention for Children with Severe Language Impairment
Children with language impairment experience difficulties in grammar, vocabulary, and phonological skills, and they are susceptible to developing learning disorders without intervention (Scarborough, 1990; Tallal, Ross,&Curtiss, 1989; Van der Lely&Stollwerk, 1996). Intervention is imperative to …
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The Impact of Attention Deficits on Response to Early Intervention for Language Impairment
Young children exhibiting language impairment (LI) evidence a wide variety of difficulties in problematic language, coordination, attention, perception, social skills, and emotional well-being. Such children are often vulnerable to a number of prevailing cognitive, academic, and social …
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Thinking outloud: the problem-solving language of preschoolers with and without language impairment
… and addressee (private vs. social). The language of six children with specific language impairment was compared to that of six age-matched, and six language-matched peers. Correlations between dependency, impulsivity and efficiency and language use were also investigated. 39% of the …
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Automated Grammatical Tagging of Language Samples from Children with and without Language Impairment
… classification ("tagging") of words in language samples is a component of syntactic analysis for both clinical and research purposes. Previous studies have shown that probability-based software can be used to tag samples from adults and typically-developing children with high (about 95%) …
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Social Outcomes of Students with Language Impairment: An Eight-Year Follow-up Study
This study re-examined the language and social skills of four females with language impairment who were initially studied eight years ago (Brinton, Fujiki, Montague, & Hanton, 2000; Fujiki, Brinton, Isaacson, & Summers, 2001). Language measures included the Clinical Evaluation of Language …
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Recognition of Facial Expressions of Six Emotions by Children with Specific Language Impairment
… years, research has shown that children with language impairment often have increased social difficulties. The purpose of this study was to take a closer look at the relationship between language ability and emotion understanding by examining the recognition of facial expressions in children …
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Auditory Temporal Processing in Children with Specific Language Impairment Compared to Same-Age Controls
It has been proposed that impaired language development in children with Specific Language Impairment (SLI) originates from immature auditory temporal integration (ATI), but results are inconsistent. We compared electroencephalographic data from 25 children with SLI aged 6-11 years to 25 typically …
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Assessing Effects of IQ on Sociable and Withdrawn Behaviors in Children with Language Impairment
… and withdrawn behaviors in children with language impairment (LI). Research has suggested that children with LI are more likely to experience difficulty with social interaction than their typically developing peers (Brinton & Fujiki, 1999; Rice, 1991). The Teacher Behavior Rating Scale …
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Experiences of integration from language units to mainstream school for children with specific language impairment
… the experiences of children with Specific Language Impairment who had integrated from a Language Unit to mainstream school. The aim of the study was to explore the development of the children in the areas of language, academic ability, and psychosocial performance both during and after that …
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