Advances in Specific Language Impairment Research and Intervention: An Overview of Five Research Symposium Papers.

ABSTRACT: Purpose This article provides an overview of five papers appearing together on the topic of "Advances in Specific Language Impairment Research and Intervention," which was the 2019 program in an ongoing series of research symposia presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Method The article provides a historical context for the set of papers, then a short summation of each paper's content, followed by the identification of overarching themes and working conclusions. Results Each paper provides summations of empirical results, and some papers provide new empirical evidence. Conclusion The papers collectively highlight six points: (a) Children with specific language impairment (SLI) are likely to be unidentified among their age peers. (b) There i

SUBMITTER: Rice ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8062119 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature