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List of contents
Part I. Introduction: 1. Language development: Individual differences in a social context James Law, Sheena Reilly, and Cristina McKean; 2. Social Contexts and Language Development: Past, Present, and Future Erika Hoff, Anders Højen, and Dorthe Bleses; Part II. Factors Influencing Language Development Sheena Reilly: 3. Genetic Studies of Language Disorders Hayley Mountford, Ruth Braden, Angela Morgan, and Diane Newbury; 4. Hearing and Language Peter Carew and Traci Flynn; 5. Comorbidity between language difficulties and common conditions in childhood Emma Sciberras, Amanda Brignell, and Katy Mueller; 6. Language and Cognition Sabine Weinert; 7. Growing Up in Multilingual Communities Elizabeth D. Peña, Lisa M. Bedore, Julio Torres, and Yenda Prado; 8. Parent-child interaction and language learning Penny Levickis, Laura Conway, Jodie Smith, and Shannon Bennetts; 9. Cognitive Competencies and Signals of Risk Kirsten Asmussen, James Law, and Jenna Charlton; 10. Creating Equitable Opportunities for Language and Literacy Development in Childhood and Adolescence Catherine L. Taylor, Daniel Christensen, and Stephen R. Zubrick; Part III. Continuity and Change James Law; 11. Language Trajectories in Childhood: The Nature and Drivers of Individual Differences and their Implications for Intervention Cristina McKean, Fiona Mensah, and Sheena Reilly; 12. Patterns of Language Development from Childhood to Adulthood and the Associated Long-Term Psychosocial Outcomes Rebecca Armstrong and James G. Scott; 13. Social Inequalities in Vocabulary and the Role of Reading Alice Sullivan, Vanessa Moulton, Matthew Brown, and Emla Fitzsimons; 14. The Dynamic Nature of Predictors and Outcomes in Children's Language Development throughout Childhood Elizabeth Westrupp, Maggie Yu, Jan Nicholson, and Donna Berthelsen; Part IV. Impact Intervention and Equity Cristina McKean: 15. Communication, Participation and Cohort Studies Sharynne McLeod, Jane McCormack, and Helen L. Blake; 16. Capturing the Voice of Parents and Children: The Potential Impact for the Design and Implementation of Research and Services Sue Roulstone and Rena Lyons; 17. Oral Language Skills as a Foundation for Learning to Learn Patricia Eadie; 18. The Economic Impact of Low Language Ability in Childhood Ha N.D Le, Fiona Mensah, Patricia Eadie, Sheena Reilly, and Lisa Gold; 19. A Review of Interventions to Promote Language Development in Early Childhood Penny Levickis, Pooja Patel, Cristina McKean, Jodie Smith, Naomi Hackworth, James Law, Elizabeth Westrupp, and Sheena Reilly; 20. Interventions to Promote Language Development in Typical and Atypical Populations James Law and Jenna Charlton; 21. The Effect of Kindergarten Instructional Policies on Reading and Math Achievement Gaps Jane Waldfogel and Yi Wang; 22. Educational Interventions Targeting Language Development Laura M. Justice and Sonia Q. Cabell; 23 Equity and Access to Services for Children with Language Difficulties Sheena Reilly, James Law, Maya Conway, and Michelle Krahe; Index.
Summary
Children's language development is of interest to students and practitioners across education and the social and health sciences. This book presents novel analyses and evidence syntheses on individual differences in language development in population studies, and introduces a public health approach to language learning difficulties and disorders.
Foreword
An interdisciplinary examination of recent research into how children's language develops over time.
