Background DSM‐5 sees the introduction of Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder
(SPCD), characterized by persistent difficulties using verbal and nonverbal communication …

Background: The assessment of pragmatics expressed in spoken language is a central
issue in the evaluation of children with communication impairments and related disorders. A …

The Children's Communication Checklist (CCC) was developed to assess aspects of
communicative impairment that are not adequately evaluated by contemporary standardised …

Discusses 6 hypotheses developed to deal with output, auditory perception, specialized
linguistic mechanisms, conceptual development, learning strategies, and speed and …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 Autism Page 3 Autism an introduction to psychological theory Francesca
Happé MRC Cognitive Development Unit Page 4 © Francesca Happé 1994 This book is …

Language addressed to children, or'Baby Talk', became the subject of research interest thirty
years ago. Since then, the linguistic environment of infants and toddlers has been widely …

Книга известного английского ученого Франчески Аппе представляет собой обзор
современных теорий аутизма. Автор анализирует концепции и основные линии …

A group of 61 schoolchildren with specific language impairment (SLI) was compared with a
control group on a comprehension task, in which the child was questioned about a story that …

Many children and adults experience significant breakdown in the use of language. The
resulting pragmatic disorders present a considerable barrier to effective communication …

This paper reports on the results of a large project involving 7-year-old children attending
language units in England. A group of 242 children with specific language impairment (SLI) …