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ED368192 FL021950
Title:
Specific Language Impairments in Children.
Author(s):: Watkins, Ruth V., Ed.; Rice, Mabel L., Ed.
Pages: 213
Publication Date: 1994
ISBN: 1-55766-139-1
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: Brookes Publishing Co., Inc., P.O. Box 10624,
Baltimore, MD 21285-0624 ($35).
Language: English
Document Type: Book (010); Collected works--General (020)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Maryland
Journal Announcement: RIEAUG1994
Target Audience: Researchers; Practitioners
The fourth
volume in a series on communication and language intervention focuses
on specific language impairments in children, and contains papers
presented at a 1992 conference. Papers include the following: "Specific
Language Impairments in Children: An Introduction" (Ruth V.
Watkins); "Studies of Genetics of Specific Language Impairment"
(J. Bruce Tomblin, Paula R. Buckwalter); "From Families to
Phenotypes: Theoretical and Clinical Implications of Research into
the Genetic Basis of Specific Language Impairment" (Martha
B. Crago, Myrna Gopnik); "Grammatical Challenges for Children
with Specific Language Impairments" (Watkins); "Grammatical
Categories of Children with Specific Language Impairments"
(Mabel L. Rice); "Some Problems Facing Accounts of Morphological
Deficits in Children with Specific Language Impairments" (Laurence
B. Leonard); "Cognitive Abilities of Children with Language
Impairment" (Judith R. Johnston); "Social Competence and
Language Impairment in Children" (Martin Fujiki, Bonnie Brinton);
"Early Identification of Reading Disabilities in Children with
Speech-Language Impairments" (Hugh W. Catts, Chieh-Fang Hu,
Linda Larrivee, Linda Swank); and "Reconsideration of IQ Criteria
in the Definition of Specific Language Impairment" (Marc E.
Fey, Steven H. Long, Patricia L. Cleave). (MSE)
Descriptors: Children; Evaluation Criteria; Family (Sociological
Unit); *Genetics; Grammar; *Identification; Intelligence Quotient;
Interpersonal Competence; *Language Acquisition; *Language Impairments;
Morphology (Languages); Reading Difficulties; *Research Methodology
