Following a biopsychosocial model, the study investigated the role of child factors (gender,
IQ), maternal factors (psychological distress, maternal education and vocabulary, maternal …

Background: Previous studies have highlighted the level of communication difficulty
experienced by children from socially disadvantaged backgrounds, but the pattern of …

Background The youngest children in an academic year are reported to be educationally
disadvantaged and overrepresented in referrals to clinical services. In this study we …

This article provides an introduction to the clinical forum on the relationship of language
impairment, social skills, and socioemotional behavior. We introduce the following issues:(a) …

Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) are at risk for social, emotional, and
behavioral (SEB) maladjustment throughout development, though it is unclear if poor …

Background and aims Children with language impairments often experience difficulties with
their socio-emotional functioning and poorly developed prosocial behaviour. However, the …

Background: Children with speech difficulties may have associated educational problems.
This paper reports a study examining the educational attainment of children at Key Stage 1 …

Adolescents with specific language impairment (SLI) are at a greater risk of emotional and
behavioral problems compared to their typically developing (TD) peers, but little is known …

This study uses latent growth curve modelling to contrast the developmental trajectories of
conduct problems across childhood for children with early language difficulties (LD) and …

This is the third book in the series “Children's Speech and Literacy Difficulties” and is based
on research and practice with school-age children with persisting speech and associated …