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New Research Pinpoints Promising Gene Target For Specific Language Impairment
A study from the University of Kansas recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Brain Sciences identifies a new gene target related to Specific Language Impairment (SLI).
The discovery of BUD13 for future biological investigation of language acquisition holds potential for researchers to better diagnose and understand the communication disorder.
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10 Things You Should Know about Children with Specific Language Impairment
Specific Language Impairment has been actively studied for more than 40 years. Language acquisition is the primary area of concern as the child grows and develops. There are no obvious related causes such as hearing loss or low IQ.
Brain Imaging: What Does it Tell Us About Reading?
The following is a 2004 interview with Guinevere Eden, Director of the Center for the Study of Learning and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Georgetown University Medical Center:
Building Blocks of Childhood: Prelinguistic Milieu Teaching - A Boost for Children Age 2
Prelinguistic Milieu Teaching (PMT) is an early intervention method that has been studied for 10 years. It involves one-on-one services for the child and a program of parent education. Its purpose is not to make the child talk, but to build the first stage of communication.
Building Blocks of Childhood: The Value of an Interactive Environment
Many parents create a wonderful training ground for language in the early years. They do this more or less naturally. When baby says "da-da," parents echo the cute sounds, cooing "da-da" back. This encourages baby to keep babbling.
Building Blocks of Childhood: Signposts of Disability - What Parents Can Observe
Children typically produce words at some point between the ages of 12 and 24 months. There are many stages of communication, though.
Building Blocks of Childhood: What We Know About Communication Between Infants and Parents
Baby's first word is a day as jubilant as the first time she walks. It is a momentous occasion in the life of a family.
Self-Injurious Behavior: Genetics and the Environment – Two Heads of the Coin
"There are many possible genetic causes of Self-Injurious Behavior. The severe cases may very well be instances where genetics plays a significant role," says Stephen Schroeder.
Self-Injurious Behavior: Breakthroughs in Treatment
No drug to date has been created specifically for self-injurious behavior (SIB). To find a medicinal treatment, scientists are testing drugs approved for psychiatric disorders.
Self-Injurious Behavior: How Science is Delivering Answers
5 to 17 percent of persons with mental retardation and autism do serious harm to themselves by biting, pulling out hair, banging their head or gouging their eyes – on a regular basis. Unlike psychiatric disorders, this kind of self-destruction is not a suicide attempt.