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Vocabulary Development and Trajectories of Behavioral and Emotional Difficulties via Academic Ability and Peer Problems
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Westrupp, Elizabeth M.; Reilly, Sheena; McKean, Cristina; Law, James; Mensah, Fiona; Nicholson, Jan M. – Child Development, 2020
This study investigates associations between trajectories of children's vocabulary development and subsequent behavioral and emotional difficulties via two potential mediating mechanisms; literacy and peer problems. Nationally representative data from 4,983 Australian children were used to examine trajectories of receptive vocabulary (4-5, 6-7,…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Emotional Disturbances, Receptive Language, Correlation
Association of Proximal Elements of Social Disadvantage with Children's Language Development at 2 Years: An Analysis of Data from the Children in Focus (CiF) Sample from the ALSPAC Birth Cohort
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Law, James; Clegg, Judy; Rush, Robert; Roulstone, Sue; Peters, Tim J. – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2019
Background: An association between social disadvantage and early language development is commonly reported in the literature, but less attention has been paid to the way that different aspects of social disadvantage affect both expressive and receptive language in the first 2 years of life. Aims: To examine the contributions of gender, parental…
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Acquisition, Disadvantaged Youth, Low Income
The Contribution of Early Language Development to Children's Emotional and Behavioural Functioning at 6 Years: An Analysis of Data from the Children in Focus Sample from the ALSPAC Birth Cohort
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Clegg, Judy; Law, James; Rush, Robert; Peters, Tim J.; Roulstone, Susan – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2015
Background: An association between children's early language development and their emotional and behavioural functioning is reported in the literature. The nature of the association remains unclear and it has not been established if such an association is found in a population-based cohort in addition to clinical populations. Methods: This study…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Emotional Development, Correlation, Children
Intervention for Mixed Receptive-Expressive Language Impairment: A Review
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Boyle, James; McCartney, Elspeth; O'Hare, Anne; Law, James – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2010
Studies indicate that language impairment that cannot be accounted for by factors such as below-average non-verbal ability, hearing impairment, behaviour or emotional problems, or neurological impairments affects some 6% of school-age children. Language impairment with a receptive language component is more resistant to intervention than specific…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Intervention, Neurological Impairments, Language Impairments
Long-Term Outcomes for Children with Early Language Problems: Beating the Odds
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Parsons, Samantha; Schoon, Ingrid; Rush, Robert; Law, James – Children & Society, 2011
Using the 1970 British Cohort Study, this study examines factors promoting positive language development and subsequent successful education and employment transitions among children showing early receptive language problems (age 5). We find that 61 per cent of children with early receptive language problems develop into competent readers by age…
Descriptors: Young Children, Language Acquisition, Receptive Language, Learning Disabilities
Characterizing the Growth Trajectories of Language-Impaired Children between 7 and 11 Years of Age
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Law, James; Tomblin, J. Bruce; Zhang, Xuyang – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2008
Background: A number of different systems have been suggested for classifying language impairment in children but, to date, no one system has been widely accepted. Method: This paper outlines an alternative system looking for distinct patterns of change in receptive language skills across time, involving a secondary analysis of children identified…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Children, Classification, Receptive Language