Speaking, Reading, and Writing in Children With Language Learning Disabilities: New Paradigms in Research and Practice

The ability to use language in more literate ways has always been a central outcome of education. Today, however, "being literate" requires more than functional literacy, the recognition of printed words as meaningful. It requires the knowledge of how to use language as a tool for analyzing, synthesizing, and integrating what is heard or read in order to arrive at new interpretations.

Specialists in education, cognitive psychology, learning disabilities, communication sciences and disorder...