Children's comprehension problems in oral and written language a cognitive perspective / [electronic resource] : edited by Kate Cain and Jane Oakhill. - New York : Guilford Press, c2007. - xviii, 302 p. : ill. - Challenges in language and literacy . - Challenges in language and literacy. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to comprehension development / Jane Oakhill and Kate Cain -- Reading comprehension difficulties: correlates, causes, and consequences / Kate Cain and Jane Oakhill -- Comprehension difficulties in children with specific language impairment and pragmatic language impairment / Nicola Botting -- Language comprehension difficulties in children with autistim spectrum disorders / Susan Leekam -- Story comprehension impairments in children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder / Elizabeth P. Lorch ... [et al.] -- Reading comprehension and working memory in children with learning disabilities in reading / H. Lee Swanson, Crystal B. Howard, and Leilani Saez -- Comprehension in a neurodevelopmental disorder, spina bifida myelomeningocele / Marcia A. Barnes, Amber M. Johnston, and Maureen Dennis -- Impaired discourse gist in pediatric brain injury: missing the forest for the trees / Lori G. Cook, Sandra B. Chapman, and Jacquelyn F. Gamino -- The comprehension of skilled deaf readers: the roles of word recognition and other potentially critical aspects of competence / Leonard P. Kelly and Dragana Barac-Cikoja -- Cognitive bases of children's language comprehension difficulties: where do we go from here? / Kate Cain and Jane Oakhill.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Reading disability.
Reading comprehension.
Language disorders in children--Psychological aspects.
Language disorders in children--Physiological aspects.
Cognition disorders in children.


Electronic books.

LB1050.5 / .C536 2007

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