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Suicidality and Intellectual Disability: A Systematic Review
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Wai Man Raymond Chan; Ritesh Bhandarkar – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: Suicidality in individuals with intellectual disability is a critical but under-researched area. This systematic review aims to synthesize existing literature on the prevalence, risk factors, and interventions for suicidality among individuals with intellectual disability. Methods: Adhering to the PRISMA guidelines, a comprehensive…
Descriptors: Suicide, Intellectual Disability, At Risk Persons, Mental Disorders
Examining Neurodiversity in Bilingual Development Research: Recent Insights through an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Lens
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Kai Ian Leung; Monika Molnar – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: As highlighted by research on typically developing children, various biases exist when evaluating bilingual children's abilities. These biases can lead to inequitable assessment of language and cognitive abilities--potentially over- or underestimating bilinguals' skills. Recent reviews on neurodivergent bilingual children alluded to…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments
Which Score for What? Operationalizing Standardized Cognitive Test Performance for the Assessment of Change
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Cristan Farmer; Audrey Thurm; Tanvi Das; E. Martina Bebin; Jonathan A. Bernstein; Elizabeth Berry-Kravis; Joseph D. Buxbaum; Charis Eng; Thomas Frazier; Antonio Y. Hardan; Alexander Kolevzon; Darcy A. Krueger; Julian A. Martinez-Agosto; Hope Northrup; Craig M. Powell; Latha Valluripalli Soorya; Joyce Y. Wu; Mustafa Sahin – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2025
Developmental domains, such as cognitive, language, and motor, are key concepts of interest in longitudinal studies of intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Normative scores (e.g., IQ) are often used to operationalize performance on standardized tests of these concepts, but it is the interval-distributed person-ability scores that are…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Intelligence Tests, Cognitive Ability, Intellectual Disability
Executive Function Performance in Spanish-Speaking Children with Developmental Language Disorder: Uniformity and Variability
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Felipe Torres-Morales; Gary Morgan; María Antonia Reyes; Marcela Vega; Ricardo Rosas – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2025
Purpose: Developmental language disorder (DLD) is often associated with deficits in executive functions (EFs), but the specific pattern of which components are affected remains unclear. This study examined EF performance in Spanish-speaking children with DLD compared to typically developing (TD) peers matched for age and socioeconomic status.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments
Effects of a Multitiered System of Language Support on Preliteracy Abilities in Kindergarten Children with Developmental Language Disorder
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Esteban Peñaherrera; Raquel Balboa-Castells; Shafaq Rubab; Alfonso Igualada; Mònica Sanz-Torrent; Llorenç Andreu – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2025
Purpose: Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) are at increased risk for reading difficulties. While oral language interventions benefit emergent literacy, studies specifically targeting preliteracy abilities in preschoolers with DLD are limited. This study examined the effects of a Multitiered System of Language Support (MTSLS) on…
Descriptors: Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments, Kindergarten