Diagnosing Specific Language Impairment

ISBN-13: 9783639094961 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 284 str.

Marja Asikainen

Opis

A child with specific language impairment (SLI) does not acquire normal language ability at the appropriate age. Findings in SLI studies are contradictory, and the core problem of the disorder is still under debate. The present work suggests that deficient discrimination and memory functions are the essential factors underlying SLI. However, the environmental support that children with SLI receive seems to correspond insufficiently to the underlying factors. Moreover, the possible effects of SLI and its underlying factors on psychomotor and social-emotional development merit reconsideration.

O autorze

Marja is a medical doctor & has worked in clinics for patients
with speech & language disorders.She has been a doctor in
neurological inpatient clinics for patients with developmental &
learning disorders at the Helsinki University Central
Hospital.Her special interest has focused on specific language
impairment (SLI) & on its different diagnostics