Pragmatic language impairment and associated behavioural problems

MP Ketelaars, J Cuperus, K Jansonius… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Specific language impairment (SLI) is diagnosed when a child shows isolated
structural language problems. The diagnosis of pragmatic language impairment (PLI) is …

Screening for pragmatic language impairment: The potential of the children's communication checklist

MP Ketelaars, JM Cuperus, J van Daal… - Research in …, 2009 - Elsevier
The present study examines the validity of the Dutch Children's Communication Checklist
(CCC) for children in kindergarten in a community sample, in order to assess the feasibility …

[HTML][HTML] Stable associations between behavioral problems and language impairments across childhood–The importance of pragmatic language problems

WA Helland, AJ Lundervold, M Heimann… - Research in …, 2014 - Elsevier
This study investigated language function associated with behavior problems, focusing on
pragmatics. Scores on the Children's Communication Checklist Second Edition (CCC-2) in a …

Pragmatic difficulties in children with Specific Language Impairment

DM Osman, S Shohdi, AA Aziz - International Journal of Pediatric …, 2011 - Elsevier
Most of the children having Specific Language Impairment (SLI) exhibit pragmatic difficulties
that are often overlooked while their communication skills are being evaluated. Identifying …

Pragmatic language and the child with emotional/behavioural difficulties (EBD): a pilot study exploring the interaction between behaviour and communication disability

L Mackie, J Law - … journal of language & communication disorders, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The relationship between mental health, behaviour and language development
is widely recognized in the literature. Recent advances in assessment tools allows one to …

Elicited and spontaneous communicative functions and stability of conversational measures with children who have pragmatic language impairments

C Adams, J Lloyd - International journal of language & …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Background: The preliminary phase of a project aimed at establishing appropriate outcome
measures for intervention with children who have pragmatic language impairments (PLI) is …

Brief report: Pragmatic language in autism spectrum disorder: Relationships to measures of ability and disability

J Volden, J Coolican, N Garon, J White… - Journal of autism and …, 2009 - Springer
Pragmatic language skill is regarded as an area of universal deficit in Autism Spectrum
Disorder (ASD), but little is known about factors related to its development and how it in turn …

Towards a convergent account of pragmatic language deficits in children with high-functioning autism: Depicting the phenotype using the Pragmatic Rating Scale

YG Lam, SSS Yeung - Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2012 - Elsevier
Despite its prominence, pragmatic characteristic associated with autism is under-explored
and thus was not well defined. The present study attempted to depict a relatively …

The profile of pragmatic language impairments in children with ADHD: A systematic review

S Carruthers, L Taylor, H Sadiq… - Development and …, 2022 - cambridge.org
This systematic review synthesizes the empirical literature examining pragmatic language in
children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Using a taxonomy of …

Exploring the effects of communication intervention for developmental pragmatic language impairments: a signal‐generation study

C Adams, J Lloyd, C Aldred… - International Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Background: The remediation of pragmatic problems forms a significant part of the caseload
for professionals working with children with communication problems. There is little …