LB Swineford, A Thurm, G Baird, AM Wetherby… - Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Social (pragmatic) communication disorder (SCD) is a new diagnostic category in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5). The purpose of …
C Adams, E Lockton, J Freed, J Gaile… - … Journal of Language …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Children who show disproportionate difficulty with the pragmatic as compared with the structural aspects of language are described as having pragmatic language …
J Gibson, C Adams, E Lockton… - Journal of Child …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background Developmental disorders of language and communication present considerable diagnostic challenges due to overlapping of symptomatology and uncertain …
There is now an extensive empirical literature on the nature and extent of pragmatic disorders in a range of clinical populations. This chapter attempts to organize the findings of …
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 …
WA Helland, T Helland - Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Language problems may negatively affect children's behaviour and have detrimental effects on the development of peer-relations. Aims We investigated and …
P Snow, M Powell - Trends and issues in crime and criminal …, 2012 - search.informit.org
If one was to gather a group of forensic mental health experts in a room and ask them to discuss risk predictors for offending behaviour in adolescence, it is likely that factors such as …
E Smith, KAB Næss, C Jarrold - Journal of communication disorders, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose Successful communication depends on language content, language form, and language use (pragmatics). Children with Down syndrome (DS) experience communication …
OBJECTIVE: Although many toddlers with expressive vocabulary delay (“late talkers”) present with age-appropriate language skills by the time they are of school age, little is …