Early Childhood Language Disorders

Assessment of and intervention with infants, toddlers, and pre-school-aged children with language and communication disorders. Emphasis on multicultural and multilinguistic differences, the role of families and caregivers, interdisciplinary views of children with language and communication challenges, and social-emotional and cognitive development related to early childhood language and communication disorders. Focus on communicative processes, phonology, syntax, semantics, narrative skills, pragmatics, emergent literacy, and the environmental effects on language development. Assessment and intervention for children, including autism spectrum, intellectual disabilities, and specific language impairment.