Purpose: Narrative assessment is one potentially underutilized and inconsistent method
speech-language pathologists may use when considering a diagnosis of developmental …

Developmental language disorder (DLD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental
disorders. The influences of DLD on language development have been delineated in detail …

Purpose: Language sample analysis (LSA) represents an ecologically valid method for
diagnosing, identifying goals, and measuring progress in children with developmental …

Purpose: This systematic review provides a comprehensive summary of the diagnostic
accuracy of English language sample analysis (LSA) measures for the identification of …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of two
measures derived from spontaneous language samples, mean length of utterance in words …

Purpose: We explore the extent to which speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are
operating under assumptions about speech, language, and literacy that are not supported …

Purpose We examined four measures of lexical diversity in the narratives of children with
typical language development (TLD) and developmental language disorder (DLD) that …

Purpose: Measures of grammatical accuracy are effective measures of children's language
skills. However, many measures, such as percent grammatical utterances, were developed …

Purpose: This study examined performance of dual language learners (DLLs) on Spanish-
and English-language narrative story retells and unique tells. Transcription and analysis …

Purpose: Analysis of narrative language samples is a recommended clinical practice in the
assessment of children's language skills, but we know little about how results from such …