Abstract “Late talkers” is a term used in the scientific field of atypical language development
to describe toddlers who exhibit delay in expressive language skills, although they do have …

Background: Research has investigated late‐talking toddlers because they are at great risk
of continuing to experience language‐learning difficulties once they enter school and hence …

Specific language impairment is sometimes thought to be associated with concurrent
difficulties in the area of social and behavioral development (N. Botting & G. Conti-Ramsden …

Purpose The primary objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of late
language emergence (LLE) and to investigate the predictive status of maternal, family, and …

OBJECTIVE: To document the prevalence of expressive language delay in relation to age
and gender in 12-to 39-month-old children. To document the characteristics, particularly …

Two independent prospective longitudinal studies that cumulatively spanned the age
interval from 4 years to 14 years used multiwave designs to investigate developmental …

OBJECTIVE:: To examine the social-emotional problems and competencies of toddlers who
evidenced lags in expressive language without concomitant receptive language delays …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the overall impact of language disorders on problem behaviors in
children and adolescents between the ages of birth and 18 years and to investigate the role …

This book will inform the reader of the remarkably high comorbidity of language impairment
with a range of psychopathologic disorders of childhood and adolescence and the …

Toddlerhood is characterized by rapid development in several domains, such as language,
socio-emotional behavior and emerging math skills all of which are important precursors of …