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 …

This article systematically reviews the available research on the prevalence, strength,
durability, and nature of language deficits in children formally identified with emotional and …

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

Pragmatic impairment1 is a term used in connection with individuals who experience
difficulties with language use. Rather than referring to a straightforward, unitary disorder, this …

Independent raters scanned transcribed conversations from 57 language‐impaired children
and 67 control children aged from 4 to 12 years and identified instances where the normal …

The La Trobe communication questionnaire (LCQ) was designed to measure perceived
communicative ability. It was developed to enable collection of information from various …

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 …

Conversational samples were obtained from 57 children aged from 8 to 12 years with
specific language impairment, and 67 control children aged from 4 to 12 years. Fourteen of …

Nonstandardized assessment procedures serve a variety of purposes, including determining
competencies in domains for which there are no standardized tests, describing performance …

Spreen and Risser present a comprehensive, critical review of available methods for the
assessment of aphasia and related disorders in adults and children. The authors explore …