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Justice, Laura M.; Chen, Jing; Jiang, Hui; Tambyraja, Sherine; Logan, Jessica – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
This study examined implementation of an evidence-based home reading program by caregivers of children with language impairment. Caregivers received materials and supports to read with their children for 15 weeks, four times weekly; in total, 128 caregivers were enrolled. Survival analysis showed that 55% of caregivers completed the program, and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Literacy Education, Evidence Based Practice, Language Impairments
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Newbury, Jayne; Justice, Laura M.; Jiang, Hui H.; Schmitt, Mary Beth – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: This article first aimed to examine the cognitive (rapid automatized naming, phonological awareness, working memory, nonverbal cognition, and language) correlates of reading difficulty in children with language impairment (LI). Second, we considered whether noncognitive (effortful control, social competence, and behavior problems)…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Intervention, Native Language, Prediction
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Bleses, Dorthe; Højen, Anders; Justice, Laura M.; Dale, Philip S.; Dybdal, Line; Piasta, Shayne B.; Markussen-Brown, Justin; Clausen, Marit; Haghish, E. F. – Child Development, 2018
The present article reports results of a real-world effectiveness trial conducted in Denmark with six thousand four hundred eighty-three 3- to 6-year-olds designed to improve children's language and preliteracy skills. Children in 144 child cares were assigned to a control condition or one of three planned variations of a 20-week storybook-based…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Child Language, Language Acquisition, Intervention