Handbook of language and literacy : development and disorders / edited by C. Addison Stone [and others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Contemporary approaches to the study of language and literacy development : a call for the integration of perspectives / C. Addison Stone -- 2. Genetic correlates of language and literacy impairments / Jeffrey W. Gilger and Susan E. Wise -- 3. Neurobiological correlates of language and reading impairments / Maria Mody -- 4. Cognitive factors in second-language acquisition and literacy learning : a theoretical proposal and call for research / Gayane Meschyan and Arturo E. Hernandez -- 5. Methodological issues in research on language and early literacy from the perspective of early identification and instruction / Deborah L. Speece and David H. Cooper -- 6. Policy and practice imperatives for language and literacy learning : who will be left behind? / Elaine R. Silliman, Louise C. Wilkinson and Maria R. Brea-Spahn -- 7. Social and affective factors in children with language impairment : implications for literacy learning / Bonnie Brinton and Martin Fujiki -- 8. Family literacy practices / Barbara Hanna Wasik and Jennifer S. Hendrickson -- 9. Fostering preliteracy development via storybook-sharing interactions : the cultural context of mainstream family practices / Anne van Kleeck -- 10. Preschool-based prevention of reading disability : realities versus possibilities / David K. Dickinson, Allyssa McCabe and Nancy Clark-Chiarelli -- 11. Language variation and literacy learning / Holly K. Craig and Julie A. Washington -- 12. Learning to read and write in two languages : the development of early biliteracy abilities / Liliana Barro Zecker -- 13. Phonological processing and its influence on literacy learning / Gary A. Troia -- 14. Developmental dependencies between lexical semantics and reading / Karla K. McGregor -- 15. Morphological processes that influence learning to read / Joanne F. Carlisle -- 16. Syntactic contributions to literacy learning / Cheryl M. Scott -- 17. Social cognition, conversation, and reading comprehension : how to read a comedy of manners / Mavis L. Donahue and Sharon K. Foster -- 18. The foundational role of schemas in children's language and literacy learning / Judith Felson Duchan -- 19. A language perspective on executive functioning, metacognition, and self-regulation in reading / Carol Westby -- 20. Developmental variation in word recognition / Linnea C. Ehri and Margaret J. Snowling -- 21. Word recognition assessment frameworks / Froma P. Roth -- 22. Teaching students with reading disability to read words / Rollanda E. O'Connor and Kathryn M. Bell -- 23. Difficulties with reading comprehension / Nell K. Duke, Michael Pressley and Katherine Hilden -- 24. Assessment of reading comprehension / Joanne F. Carlisle and Melinda S. Rice -- 25. Teaching reading comprehension to students with learning disabilitites / Sharon Vaughn and Janette Klingner -- 26. Developmental variations in writing composition skills / Bonnie D. Singer and Anthony S. Bashir -- 27. A classroom-based writing assessment framework / Robert C. Calfee and Kathleen M. Wilson -- 28. Cognitive processes of teachers in implementing composition research in elementary, middle, and high school classrooms / Bernice Y. L. Wong and Virginia W. Berninger -- 29. Developmental variations in spelling : comparing typical and poor spellers / Marie Cassar and Rebecca Treiman -- 30. Spelling assessment frameworks / Kenn Apel, Julie J. Masterson and Nicole L. Niessen -- 31. Spelling instructional and intervention frameworks / Laura L. Bailet -- 32. Enhancing literacy proficiency with adolescents and young adults / Barbara J. Ehren, B. Keith Lenz and Donald D. Deshler.

"This book is designed for practitioners and researchers in speech-language pathology, special education, and literacy, as well as advanced students in these areas. It is also a text for graduate-level courses in child language disorders and reading disabilities."--BOOK JACKET.

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