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Sofia Kouvava; Katerina Antonopoulou; Constantinos M. Kokkinos; Asimina M. Ralli – Topics in Language Disorders, 2025
The present study explores the relationships among executive functions (EFs) (working memory, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility), number of friends, friendship stability and friendship quality in neurotypical (NT) children and peers with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or dyslexia. The participants were 192 children…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Friendship, Elementary School Students, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Diedrichs, Victoria A.; Jewell, Courtney C.; Harnish, Stacy M. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this article was to explore the extent to which nonlinguistic cognitive factors demonstrate a relationship with aphasia treatment outcomes. To that end, we conducted a scoping review to broadly characterize the state of the literature related to this topic. Methods: Reporting guidelines from the PRISMA extension for scoping…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Outcomes of Treatment, Speech Therapy, Executive Function
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Foley, Gilbert M. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2017
The nature of play and an overview of the stages of play in the first 5 years of childhood are discussed. The core features of sensorimotor, functional, and symbolic play are identified. Vignettes describing how play serves a regulatory function punctuate each section. A conceptual framework for the construct of regulation is presented and…
Descriptors: Play, Young Children, Vignettes, Emotional Response
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Lee-James, Ryan; Washington, Julie A. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2018
This article examines the language and cognitive skills of bidialectal and bilingual children, focusing on African American English bidialectal speakers and Spanish-English bilingual speakers. It contributes to the discussion by considering two themes in the extant literature: (1) linguistic and cognitive strengths can be found in speaking two…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Bilingualism, Children, Black Dialects