Language
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- Natural Language Acquisition
- Natural Language Acquisition in Autism
- Natural Language Acquisition Score Card
- It’s the Difference Between Speech and Language – (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
- Why Baby’s first Words are “Mama” or “Dada” – (Rediff India Abroad)
- Deciphering the Chatter of Monkeys and Chimps to Understand the Evolution of Human Language – THE NEW YORK TIMES (January 2010)
- Monkeys Also Reason Through Analogy, Study Shows.
- BishopBlog: Thoughts from a Language Researcher .
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Research materials for teaching the following (thanks to www.sugarlanguage.org)
Milestones/Development
- First paper published linking conversational turns with brain structure
- The Development of Expressive Elaboration in Fictional Narratives
- The Power of Talk – Connecting the importance of speaking to young children and the link to the child’s future academic success. Highlights Dr. Todd Risley’s seminal work – (District Chronicles)
- Speech and Language Milestones: Birth to 5 years old – (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
- Speech and Language Milestones: Kindergarten to 5th Grade – (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
- Late Bloomers (Talkers) vs Language Problem – (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
- MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories – A list of words that infants and toddlers speak and understand in Spanish and English
- Impact on Development: Family Influence vs. child Care – ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (May 2007)
- Language Development: Affected by quality of childcare – ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (May 2007)
- Language Emergence: Results of Largest Study to Date – ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (September 2008)
- Communicating with Children: The Importance of the First Five Years – ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (December 2008)
- Learning Through Inference: Best Word Strategy for Toddlers – ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (December 2007)
- Smart Baby DVDs No Help, May Harm- What science says. (CNN)
- How to Talk to Children: Linguistic Ability and the CNS – ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (January 2008)
- Speech, Language, Feeding Milestone Guide (pdf file)
- Comprehensive Speech Language Milestones
Delay/Disorder/Disability
- Developmental Language Disorder
- Echolalia on the Spectrum
- Examining Echolalia Literature
- Spoken Language Disorders
- When to Worry if a Child Has Too Few Words – THE NEW YORK TIMES (February 2010)
- The Pitfalls and Possibilities for Early Identification to Language Impairments in Children: A Review for Clinicians and Researchers by Dr. Nicole Magaldi
- Risk Factors for a Speech and Language Delay in Young Children Including Autism: Red flags or clinical clues for a communication disorder – (NY State Department of Health
- Communication Milestones and Causes/Indications of Concern- Birth to 36 months of age – (NY State Department of Health)
- Hyperlexia (Ability to Read at an Precocious Age) and Language Delay: Discusses how some children at an early age are advanced at reading despite having language delays. (Wisconsin Medical Society)
- Language-Based Learning Issues/Disability – Definition, symptoms, diagnoses and treatment. – (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
- Specific Language Impairment (SLI) – (CBS Business Network)
- Abrupt Native Language Loss In international Adoptees – ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (December 2008)
- Word Finding Difficulties (January 2007)
- Child World Finding: Student Voices Enlighten Us (The Asha Leader, February 2009)
- What is Speech Language Impairment (SLI) (YouTube)
- Understanding Speech and Language Impairments (Children’s Speech Care Center)
- Adoption & Pragmatic Problems
Assessment
- SALT- Software to analyze language sampling.
- Developmental Sentence Analysis
- Developmental Sentence Analysis Score Card
- New Tool Assesses Narrative Structure – ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (July 2009)
- Exploring LENA as a Tool for Researchers and Clinicians – THE ASHA LEADER (May 2009)
- Making a Case for Language Sampling: Assessment and Intervention With (Spanish-English) Second Language Learners – THE ASHA LEADER (March 2009)
- A Different Way to Assess Receptive Language – ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (March 2010)
- Language Dynamics Group–Language tools for school success
- A Non-word Repetition Task for Speakers with Misarticulations and Understanding the Significance of Non-word Repetition
- The Relationship Between Language and Learning Disabilities
- Spoken Language Disorders
- Videos about Specific Language Impairment
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) on Specific Language Impairment
Treatment
- New study sheds light on the importance of conversational turns
- Activities to Encourage Speech and Language Development – Birth to 6 years – (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
- The Efficacy of Fast ForWord Language Intervention – (Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research)
- Word Retrieval
- Use Toys for Multiple Purposes in Language Therapy – ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (July 2005)
- Principals for School-Age Language Intervention: Insights from a Randomized Controlled Trial – THE ASHA LEADER (January 2010)
- Vocabulary Development: Five Components of a Strong Program – ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (August 2009)
- 10 Principles of Grammar Intervention: Make Grammar a High Priority in Language Disorders – ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (March 2006)
- Oral Language Interventions: Effectiveness Surprises Panel of Literacy Experts – ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (July 2009)
- For children with language impairments and poor reading skills, Fast ForWord-Language (FFW-L) may be more effective than Attention Control computer program. (American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology)
- A study finds that children who used FFW-L and FFWL/NBLI outperformed children who did not use the interventions on two narrative measures. (Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research)
- A central and trusted source of scientific evidence for what works in education, including reading/writing, language development, and academic achievement.
- Evidence-Based Vocabulary Instruction: Strategies for Word Learning and Comprehension (Advance for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists, July 2010)
- Academic Vocabulary Games (Tennessee’s Department of Education)
- The First 4000 Words: The Vocabulary Building Program
- Evaluation of Fast ForWord Language Effects on Language and Reading
- Kerpoof: Learning Through Creativity
- Make Beliefs Comix: Create Your Own Comix Strip
- Downloadable cross-curricular vocabulary for free with registration
- Berkeley Unified School District: tiered vocabulary by grade level (k-12th), along with teaching methodologies, videos, articles, downloadable lists, and much much more…
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