Children's Comprehension Problems in Oral and Written Language
A Cognitive Perspective
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Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-1-59385-832-2
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Published by: Guilford Press
- Publication Date: 1st August 2008
- Pages: 302
About the Book
Comprehension is the ultimate aim of reading and listening. How do children develop the ability to comprehend written and spoken language, and what can be done to help those who are having difficulties? This book presents cutting-edge research on comprehension problems experienced by children without any formal diagnosis as well as those with specific language impairment, autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, hearing impairment, head injuries, and spina bifida. Providing in-depth information to guide research and practice, chapters describe innovative assessment strategies and identify important implications for intervention and classroom instruction. The book also sheds light on typical development and the key cognitive skills and processes that underlie successful comprehension.
Reviews
"Cain and Oakhill have brought together recent findings on the many populations in which comprehension failure occurs. This affords the reader a unique opportunity to discover the commonalities and differences across groups and measures....This book will be much appreciated by researchers and practitioners interested in comprehension and the factors that influence it." - Hollis Scarborough, Haskins Laboratories
"This volume will go a long way to improve our understanding of why children have comprehension difficulties, while also showing what we can do to prevent and treat these problems." - Alan G. Kamhi, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of North Carolina–Greensboro
"The book is unique in covering comprehension disabilities in many different populations, as well as in relation to normal comprehension....Cain and Oakhill have made seminal contributions to the field of comprehension research, and they have assembled top-notch contributors for this important volume." - Virginia W. Berninger, Educational Psychology Program, University of Washington
"Highly suitable for courses on learning disabilities and speech and language development." - Jack M. Fletcher, Department of Psychology, University of Houston
Table of Contents
Part I: Comprehension Processes and Impairments in Typically Developing Children. Oakhill, Cain, Introduction to Comprehension Development. Cain, Oakhill, Reading Comprehension Difficulties: Correlates, Causes, and Consequences. Part II: Comprehension Impairments in Children with Developmental Disorders. Botting, Comprehension Difficulties in Children with Specific Language Impairment and Pragmatic Language Impairment. Leekam, Language Comprehension Difficulties in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Lorch, Berthiaume, Milich, van den Broek, Story Comprehension Impairments in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Swanson, Howard, and Sáez, Reading Comprehension and Working Memory in Children with Learning Disabilities in Reading. Part III: Comprehension Impairments in Association with Neurological Damage and Sensory Impairment. Barnes, Johnston, Dennis, Comprehension in a Neurodevelopmental Disorder, Spina Bifida Myelomeningocele. Cook, Chapman, and Gamino, Impaired Discourse Gist in Pediatric Brain Injury: Missing the Forest for the Trees. Kelly, Barac-Cikoja, The Comprehension of Skilled Deaf Readers: The Roles of Word Recognition and Other Potentially Critical Aspects of Competence. Part IV: Conclusions. Cain, Oakhill, Cognitive Bases of Children’s Language Comprehension Difficulties: Where Do We Go from Here?
About the Author(s)
Edited by Kate Cain, DPhil, Department of Psychology, Lancaster University, U.K., and Jane Oakhill, DPhil, Department of Psychology, University of Sussex, U.K.
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