Developmental Language Disorder and Writing: A Scoping Review From Childhood to Adulthood.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to conduct a scoping review of literature focused on the effects of developmental language disorder (DLD) on writing skills across the life span to highlight gaps in our knowledge of how to support writing for this population.

Method: We adopted the five-step framework for conducting scoping reviews outlined by Arksey and O'Malley (2005) to identify literature focused on writing outcomes for individuals with DLD in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.

Results: Seventy-two studies from 1991 to 2022 met review criteria.

Dynamic Norming for Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts.

Purpose: This exploratory study sought to establish the psychometric stability of a dynamic norming system using the Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts (SALT) databases. Dynamic norming is the process by which clinicians select a subset of the normative database sample matched to their individual client's demographic characteristics.

Method: The English Conversation and Student-Selected Story (SSS) Narrative databases from SALT were used to conduct the analyses in two phases.

Maximizing Treatment Efficiency in Developmental Language Disorder: Positive Effects in Half the Time.

Purpose When a behavioral treatment is generally efficacious, the central research questions shift to optimized dose delivery. In this study, we determine whether a validated treatment method can be made more effective or efficient by increasing the dose density employed. Method Twenty children were treated with Enhanced Conversational Recast methods to treat morphological errors.

Data-driven item selection for the Shirts and Shoes Test.

Purpose: The first stage of test development is the generation of a pool of potential items to be used in the assessment. Ideally, these items are then tested in the field on members of the population for which the assessment is intended. This initial analysis assures that tests build in validity at the level of the individual items.

Effective Use of Auditory Bombardment as a Therapy Adjunct for Children With Developmental Language Disorders.

Purpose: Modeling of grammatical forms has been used in conjunction with conversational recast treatment in various forms. This study tests the relative effect of providing bombardment prior to or after recast treatment.

Method: Twenty-eight children with developmental language disorder participated in daily conversational recast treatment for morpheme errors.