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Abbot-Smith, Kirsten; Dockrell, Julie; Sturrock, Alexandra; Matthews, Danielle; Wilson, Charlotte – First Language, 2023
Individual differences in children's social communication have been shown to mediate the relationship between poor vocabulary or grammar and behavioural difficulties. Moreover, there is increasing evidence that social communication skills predict difficulties with peers over and above vocabulary and grammar scores. The essential social…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Interpersonal Communication, Evidence Based Practice, Cognitive Ability
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Taumoepeau, Mele; Reese, Elaine – First Language, 2013
This study examined the impact of training mothers to talk elaboratively about the past on children's understanding of mind. The researchers randomly assigned 102 mothers of 19-month-old children to a training or no-training group. Mothers in the experimental group received training in an elaborative style of talking about the past when children…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Theory of Mind, Expressive Language