Developmental Language Disorders From Phenotypes To Etiologies Mabel L Rice Steven F Warren by Mabel L. Rice & Steven F. Warren 9781135621339, 1135621330 instant download after payment.

The chapters in this volume are the product of a conference sponsored by the Merrill Advanced Studies Center of the University of Kansas. This volume joins other books in the Merrill series on topics of import for a better understanding of various disabilities and research methods across the lifespan. The conference was motivated by the observation that in the last 10 years there have been important advances in our understanding of inherited and environmental components of language disorders in children. The authors are scholars with active programs of research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) involving diverse clinical groups of children with language impairments. They convened in Tempe, Arizona, in May 2002 to summarize discoveries from their ongoing programs of research, capture the converging outcomes and common scientific gaps or challenges, and suggest new directions of research for enhancing our understanding of the nature and etiology of developmental language disorders. As the chapters in this volume attest, there are vital and exciting new discoveries underway, along with substantive reworking of old assumptions, as the study of language impairments moves toward better behavioral description, brain imaging, genetics, and intervention technologies. For many of the participants, it is both enlightening and exciting to realize how much discovery is now underway. At the same time, we are aware that discoveries do not have a common pathway for dissemination, and it is difficult in the press of an active research program to stay abreast of the wide range of literatures and emerging conceptualizations. This volume provides an example of a common pathway in the hope that it will inspire others to follow.