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Kapa, Leah L. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2021
Purpose: This research note addresses whether task administration variations can improve Dimensional Change Card Sort (DCCS) performance in preschoolers with developmental language disorder (DLD). Method: Participants included preschoolers with DLD who failed the standard DCCS, which is characterized by inability to switch from one card sorting…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Preschool Children, Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments
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Thomas, Sheila; Shipp, Nicholas J.; Ryder, Nuala – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2022
It has been hypothesised that executive function deficits, specifically inhibition difficulties, may play a central role in Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). The presented study compared the response inhibition abilities of typically developing preschool children, with monolingual and bilingual preschool children who had already been classed…
Descriptors: Inhibition, Preschool Children, At Risk Students, Developmental Disabilities
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Smolak, Erin; McGregor, Karla K.; Arbisi-Kelm, Tim; Eden, Nichole – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: Based on evidence of deficits in domain-general cognitive abilities associated with developmental language disorder (DLD), the current study examined sustained attention performance in children with DLD compared to children with typical language development (TLD) and the interrelations between visual-spatial sustained attention,…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments, Short Term Memory