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Part Five - Varieties of development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2015

Edited by
Edith L. Bavin  and
Letitia R. Naigles
Edith L. Bavin
Affiliation:
La Trobe University, Victoria
Letitia R. Naigles
Affiliation:
University of Connecticut
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The Cambridge Handbook of Child Language , pp. 481 - 658
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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The following reviews provide a useful summary of language and communication skills in DS and WS:

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Kent, R., & Vorperian, H. (2013). Speech impairment in Down syndrome: A review. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 56, 178–210.

For further reading on the study of brain structure in WS and DS, see:

Haydar, T., & Reeves, R. (2012). Trisomy 21 and early brain development. Trends in Neurosciences, 35, 81–91.

Jackowski, A., Rando, K., Maria de Araujo, C., Del Cole, C., Silva, I., & Tavares de Lacerdaa, A. (2009). Brain abnormalities in Williams syndrome: A review of structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging findings. European Journal of Paediatric Neurology, 13, 305–16.

For a detailed description of the developmental trajectories methodology:

Thomas, M., & Annaz, D., Ansari, D., Scerif, G., Jarrold, C., & Karmiloff-Smith, A. (2009). Using developmental trajectories to understand genetic disorders. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 52, 336–58.

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Bavin, E. L., & Naigles, L. (eds.) (2013). Atypical Language Development, special issue of Journal of Child Language, 40(1).Google Scholar
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