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This research focuses on three questions 1) What are the patterns of stability & change; 2) what are the predictors of this progression, and; 3) what is the...

Maltreated children are at high risk for low educational achievement, however few studies have accounted for confounding risk factors that commonly co-occur (including child, family and neighbourhood risk factors) and results have been mixed, particularly for adolescents.

Nonverbal IQ is not on the same causal pathway as language impairments

Modern societies are challenged by "wicked problems" - by definition, those that are difficult to define, multi-casual and hard to treat.

Language development is one of the most important developmental accomplishments of early childhood and is the foundation for literacy, educational...

There is controversy over whether increased breast-feeding duration has long-term benefits for language development.

Evidence that some children also develop autistic symptomatology over time has raised suggestions that developmental language disorder...

Differentiating between childhood communication disorders: Implications for language and psychosocial outcomes

A link between developmental language disorders and atypical cerebral lateralization has been postulated since the 1920s, but evidence has been indirect and...

Rates of diagnosis of autism have risen since 1980, raising the question of whether some children who previously had other diagnoses are now being diagnosed...