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Fetal head circumference growth in children with specific language impairment

The aim was to characterise fetal brain growth in children with specific language impairment (SLI). A nested case-control study was set in Perth, WA.

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Language, cognitive flexibility, and explicit false belief understanding: Longitudinal analysis in typical development and specific language impairment

The current study sought to further investigate in 91 English-speaking typically developing children and 30 children with specific language impairment...

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The Kids researcher awarded prestigious EU Horizon 2020 grant

Professor Cate Taylor, is part of an International cohort of researchers to secure over €1.45million in grant funding from the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme.

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Children's language development 0-9 years. In Growing up in Australia:

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

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Duration of breast-feeding and language ability to middle childhood

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

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Language outcomes of 7-year-old children with or without a history of late language emergence at 24 months

The aim of this study was to investigate the language outcomes of 7-year-old children with and without a history of late language emergence at 24 months.

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Patterns and Predictors of Language and Literacy Abilities 4-10 Years in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

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...

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Brief Report: Do the Nature of Communication Impairments in Autism Spectrum Disorders Relate to the Broader Autism Phenotype in Parents?

This research explored the relationship between the broader autism phenotype (BAP) among parents, an index of genetic liability for ASD, and proband...

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Late talkers and later language outcomes: Predicting the different language trajectories

The aim of the current study was to investigate the risk factors present at 2 years for children who showed language difficulties that persisted

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Barriers to Parent–Child Book Reading in Early Childhood

Parent–child book reading interventions alone are unlikely to meet needs of children and families for whom the absence of reading is psychosocial risk factor