Understanding Individual Differences in Language Development Across the School Years (Language and Speech Disorders)
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Understanding Individual Differences in Language Development Across the School Years (Language and Speech Disorders)

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Author: J. Bruce TomblinPublisher: Psychology PressPaperback:ISBN 10: 1848725337ISBN 13: 978-1848725331This volume presents the findings of a large-scale study of individual differences in spoken (and heard) language development during the school years. The goal of the study was to investigate the degree to which language abilities at school entry were stable over time and influential in the child’s overall success in important aspects of development. The methodology was a longitudinal study of over 600 children in the US Midwest during a 10-year period. The language skills of these children -- along with reading, academic, and psychosocial outcomes -- were measured. There was intentional oversampling of children with poor language ability without being associated with other developmental or sensory disorders. Furthermore, these children could be sub-grouped based on their nonverbal abilities, such that one group represents children with specific language impairment (SLI), and the ot

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