Child Language and Literacy Lab

Understanding how Specific Language Impairment and Dyslexia relate to each other is important for advancing theories about each disorder and improving reading comprehension and academic achievement. Check out this research article by Dr. Suzanne Adlof, the principal investigator at our study's partner site at the University of South Carolina!

https://pubs.asha.org/doi/full/10.1044/2020_JSLHR-20-00118?fbclid=IwAR2zz72aUBKkymZ556HnbuhQVjqH-9LtRu_Y4aS_E4CXgA5nvjkxtjy4W80

Promoting Reading Achievement in Children With Developmental Language Disorders: What Can We Learn From Research on Specific Language Impairment and Dyslexia? Purpose Specific language impairment (SLI; see also developmental language disorder) and dyslexia are separate, yet frequently co-occurring disorders that confer risks to reading comprehension and academic achievement. Until recently, most studies of one disorder had little consideration of the othe...

Check out this research paper by our study's Lead Researcher, Dawna Duff, who examined how children who met research criteria for separate vs. co-occurring developmental language disorder and dyslexia performed on school-based measures of academic functioning in reading and math between second and fourth grades.

Reading and math achievement in children with dyslexia, developmental language disorder, or typical development: Achievement gaps persist from second through fourth grades We examined how children (n=448) who met research criteria for separate vs. co-occurring DLD and dyslexia performed on school-based measures of academic functioning in reading and math between second and fourth grades. Growth curve models were used to examine the overall form of growth and differenc...