Seminar in Child Language Disorders

SPCH

82600

Seminar in Child Language Disorders

This course provides an overview of child language disorders, including current research of the bases of such disorders (e.g., linguistics, emergentist models, neurobiology, genetics), the types of disorders (specific language impairment, autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, hearing disorder, Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome, and Williams syndrome), social context (African American English, bilingualism, cross-linguistic), disorder areas (syntax, morphosyntax, semantics, reading and writing, processing speed, attention and perception, working memory) and research methods (production, comprehension, neuroscience, intervention, and assessment). Students will be expected to make a presentation and lead a discussion for one class session. They will also write a research proposal in journal article format.

Offer as needed

Graduate School Graduate

No

030893