TY - BOOK AU - Fletcher,Paul AU - Hall,David M.B. AU - Auger,Elizabeth TI - Specific speech and language disorders in children: correlates, characteristics, and outcomes SN - 1870332423 AV - RJ496.L35 S65 1992 U1 - 618.92855 FLE H 20 PY - 1992/// CY - San Diego, Calif. PB - Singular Pub. Group KW - Language disorders in children KW - Congresses KW - Speech disorders in children KW - Language Disorders KW - in infancy & childhood KW - congresses KW - Speech Disorders N1 - "Based on a conference held a Harrogate, England, 26-31 May 1991"--Pref; Includes bibliographical references and index; Opening address (English version). Opening address (Czech version). Preface. Contributors. Part I Factors Relavant to Language Impairment. Chapter 1 Biological basis of developmental language disorders - Dorothy V.M. Bishop. Chapter 2 Qualitative differences in the conversational interactions of SLI children and their younger siblings - Grame D. Hutcheson and Gina Conti-Ramsden. Chapter 3 The relationship between deprivation, physical growth and the impaired development of language - David Skuse. Chapter 4 Genetics and language disorder - Marcus Pembrey. Chapter 5 Language delay and social development - Michael Rutter, Lynn Mahwood and Patricia Howlin. Part II Brain, Cognition and Language Impairment. Chapter 6 Brain injury and language impairment in childhood - Dorothy M. Aram. Chapter 7 Brain imaging and language - Richard Robinson. Chapter 8 Cognitive abilities of language-impaired children - Judith R. Johnston. Part III Language Impairment: Cross-cultural Perspectives. Chapter 9 Specific language impairment in three languages: some cross-linguistic evidence - Laurence B. Leonard. Chapter 10 Child language impairment in the Hong Kong context - Ann Zubrick. Chapter 11 Child language impairment in Swedish children: a multidisciplinary approach - Ulrika Nettelbladt. Chapter 12 Subgroups in school-age language-impaired children - Paul Fletcher. Part IV Outcomes, Intervention and the Curriculum. Chapter 13 A longitudinal study of language-impaired children from a residential school - Corinne Haynes. Chapter 14 Reading and writing skills in the National Curriculum - Katharine Perera. Chapter 15 Promoting reading and spelling skills through speech therapy - Joy Stackhouse. Chapter 16 Collaboration between speech and language therapists and teachers - Jannet A. Wright. Chapter 17 Principled decision making in the remediation of children with phonological disability - Pamela Grunwell. Chapter 18 Early screening and intervention - David M.B. Hall. Index ER -