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Maternal Linguistic Input To Normal And Expressive Language Delayed Toddlers, Terril Joy Elwood
Maternal Linguistic Input To Normal And Expressive Language Delayed Toddlers, Terril Joy Elwood
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Research suggests that the linguistic environment of the expressive language delayed child is different from that of his peers. Does this difference actually exist and if so, what are its characteristics? The purpose of this study was to describe the linguistic characteristics of mothers' input to children with normal language acquisition and those of mothers of expressively delayed toddlers; and to identify any differences between these groups. Though considerable research exists in this area, few studies have dealt specifically with large groups of expressively delayed toddlers.
Communication And Socialization Profiles In Toddlers With Expressive Language Delay, Shawn Spangle-Looney
Communication And Socialization Profiles In Toddlers With Expressive Language Delay, Shawn Spangle-Looney
Dissertations and Theses
The purpose of this study was to compare expressive communication, receptive communication, and socialization achievement in 18- to 34-month-old ELD toddlers to the same skills in normally-speaking children. The questions this study sought to answer were, how do the three skill areas in ELD toddlers compare with the same skills in normal toddlers?, will ELD subjects evidence specific profiles of deficits involving not only expressive but receptive and social skills as well? and, within the ELD subjects will two subgroups emerge, one group having poor expressive skills only, and a second group having deficits in addition to expression.