Attention and Memory in Child Language Disorders

Authors

Ronald B. Gillam, Utah State UniversityFollow
J. Montgomery
Sandra Laing Gillam, Utah State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Contribution to Book

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Handbook of Child Language Disorders

Editor

Richard G. Schwartz

Publisher

Psychology Press

Publication Date

2008

First Page

201

Last Page

225

Abstract

The Handbook of Child Language Disorders provides an in-depth, comprehensive, and state-of-the-art review of current research concerning the nature, assessment, and remediation of language disorders in children. The book includes chapters focusing on specific groups of childhood disorders (SLI, autism, genetic syndromes, dyslexia, hearing impairment); the linguistic, perceptual, genetic, neurobiological, and cognitive bases of these disorders; and the context of language disorders (bilingual, across dialects, and across languages). To examine the nature of deficits, their assessment and remediation across populations, chapters address the main components of language (morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics) and related areas (processing, memory, attention, executive function such as reading and writing). Finally, even though there is extensive information regarding research and clinical methods in each chapter, there are individual chapters that focus directly on research methods.

Comments

Originally published by Psychology Press (Taylor & Francis).

Recommended Citation

Gillam, R., Montgomery, J., & Gillam, S. (2009). Memory and attention in children with language impairments. In R. G. Schwartz (Ed), Handbook of Child Language Disorders (pp. 201-125). New York: Psychology Press.