The development of narrative abilities is an important achievement, and narratives play a
significant role in academic success. Children with language impairments experience …

Purpose As noted in this forum, more research is needed to support the work of school-
based speech-language pathologists who are designing and implementing interventions for …

Purpose To evaluate the clinical utility of the narrative scoring scheme (NSS) as an index of
narrative macrostructure for young school-age children. Method Oral retells of a wordless …

In this study 538 children composed 1 oral and 1 written fictional story in both 2nd and 4th
grades. Each child represented 1 of 4 diagnostic groups: typical language (TL), specific …

Purpose This research was conducted to develop a clinical tool—the Index of Narrative
Microstructure (INMIS)—that would parsimoniously account for important microstructural …

The Handbook of Research on Writing ventures to sum up inquiry over the last few decades
on what we know about writing and the many ways we know it: How do people write? How …

In this meta-analysis, we examined whether children classified with specific language
impairment (SLI) experience difficulties with writing. We included studies comparing children …

Purpose Despite literature showing a correlation between oral language and written
language ability, there is little evidence documenting a causal connection between oral and …

Analysis of children's productions of oral narratives provides a rich description of children's
oral language skills. However, measures of narrative organization can be directly affected by …

Purpose This project investigated the relationship of content and form in the narratives of
school-age children. Method Two samples of children with specific language impairment …