Children are astonishing language learners. Long before they can read or write, they begin to pick up words, patterns, and ...

Increased time at home due to coronavirus lockdowns may have supported the communication development of bilingual autistic children, argues a new study published in Autism & Developmental Language ...

Story time – at home, at nursery and at school – is where young children encounter the magic of books. Reading stories to ...

Working with kids has taught me the limits of learning friendship skills online. Here's why playground negotiations matter ...

Animal sounds can be used to promote communication development in all children, including those with speech and language difficulties.

When early language development is disrupted in one age group, all of us are affected due to its impact on school budgets and taxes, future workforce, and correctional systems.

On Monday afternoon, the speech language pathology department at Saint Mary’s held an opening ceremony for the College’s new ...

Specific Language Impairment (SLI): A classification for children who exhibit significant language deficits that cannot be explained by general cognitive delay or other developmental conditions.

But are a child's long-term language skills shaped by how their brain develops during infancy, and how much of their language development is influenced by their environment and upbringing?

Children with autism typically experience developmental delays, but not every child with a developmental delay has autism. Other factors, such as problems with hearing or vision, can also cause or ...