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Linguistic Transitions in Children and Adolescents with Language Learning Disabilities: Characteristics and Training

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Adult competence in language is hard to describe. Yet everyone knows when it is present in an adult and when it is missing. Children with normal language development reach a level of language competence close to that of adults between the ages of 11 and 13 years. We recognize immediately that some of the acquired language competence is lost when an adult suffers a left-hemisphere stroke with resulting aphasia. We recognize that language competence is reduced after traumatic head injury. We also recognize that some individuals with developmental and cognitive handicaps never attain what we consider adult competence in language. Let us therefore take a closer look at the abilities that are involved.

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    Susan A. Vogel Ph.D.

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Wiig, E.H. (1992). Linguistic Transitions in Children and Adolescents with Language Learning Disabilities: Characteristics and Training. In: Vogel, S.A. (eds) Educational Alternatives for Students with Learning Disabilities. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9168-5_2

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