Children and young people with speech, language and communication needs raise
considerable challenges for professionals in terms of both the identification and nature of …

There is now an extensive empirical literature on the nature and extent of pragmatic
disorders in a range of clinical populations. This chapter attempts to organize the findings of …

Purpose In this study, the authors aimed at gaining understanding on the associations of
different types of early language and communication profiles with later self-regulation skills …

School-aged children with conduct problems and high levels of callous–unemotional (ie,
lack of empathy, guilt, and lack of caring behaviors) traits (CP+ CU) tend to yield less benefit …

Background Very preterm infants (< 30 weeks of gestation) are at increased risk of specific
language impairment and systematic developmental follow-up is essential for the provision …

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

Little is known about First Nations, Métis, or Inuit caregivers' expectations, goals, and
approaches to their young children's speech and language development. Yet these are …

Considerable evidence supports the association between language learning difficulties and
behaviour in young children and this is likely to be particularly true of children raised in …

Cross-etiology comparisons provide important information that can help practitioners
establish criteria for differential diagnosis and tailor interventions towards the source of …

We investigated whether children's reading and mathematics growth trajectories from
kindergarten to fifth grade inter-related, and to what extent disability and minority status …