Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; INTRODUCTION; Developmental Language Disorders: Classification, Assessment, and Intervention; I ETIOLOGY; 1 Characteristics of Children With Specific Language Impairment; 2 Neuroplasticity and Development: The Acquisition of Morphosyntax in Children With Early Focal Lesions and Children With Specific Language Impairment; 3 Language Disorders Across Modalities: The Case of Developmental Dyslexia; 4 Neuroimaging Measures in the Study of Specific Language Impairment; 5 Information Processing in Children With Specific Language Impairment
6 Environmental Factors in Developmental Language DisordersII TYPOLOGY; 7 Speech Output Disorders; 8 Central Auditory Processing; 9 Lexical Deficits in Specific Language Impairment; 10 Morphological Disorders; 11 Grammatical Impairment: An Overview and a Sketch of Dutch; 12 Pragmatic Disability in Children With Specific Language Impairments; III ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION; 13 Specific Language Impairment: Diagnostic Dilemmas
Summary
Offers perspectives on the origins and development of language disorders. It addresses the question: how can the child's linguistic environment be restructured so that children at risk can develop important adaptive skills in the domains of self-care, social interaction and problem-solving?
