What does the research tell us about late talkers, and what are the key implications for clinical practice? Discover the latest findings in this important volume, a comprehensive survey of 30] years of research about young children with delayed expressive language. More than 25 top researchers explore the causes and characteristics of late language emergence, long-term outcomes for late talkers, effective intervention approaches, and future directions for new research studies. An essential addition to the literature on language development!
DISCOVER THE LATEST FINDINGS ON: - Effects of late language emergence on outcomes later in life
- Accurate identification of late talkers among bilingual children
- How to recognize when late talking indicates significant risk for developmental disability
- Real-time spoken language understanding as an early predictor of later language outcomes
- Evidence-based language intervention approaches for late-talking toddlers
- The relationship between phonology and lexical development in late talkers
- Prevalence, predictors, and causes of late language emergence
- Parent-implemented language intervention programs
- How to match interventions to a child's individual characteristics
- and more