Inaugural lecture by adjunct professor Nicola Fay Botting: Specific Language Impairment: What it is, what it isn't and where we go next
- Tidspunkt
- Onsdag 5. oktober 2011 kl. 13:00 - 14:15
Invitation to inaugural lecture by adjunct professor Nicola Fay Botting, School of Community and Health Sciences at City University, London:
Specific Language Impairment: What it is, what it isn't and where we go next
Specific Language Impairment (SLI) is a disorder, which primarily affects language and communication without obvious reason (Leonard 1998). Approximately 7% of children are affected by persistent forms of SLI (Tomblin et al, 1997), which means that one or two children in every classroom find language a challenge. Yet SLI has received relatively little research attention compared with other developmental disorders (Bishop, 2011). This talk will be in 3 sections. Firstly a comprehensive definition of what SLI is will be presented incorporating recent research that has suggested that SLI has both genetic and neurological underpinnings. Second, I will highlight important aspects that are not part of the SLI profile and do not contribute to it's cause. For example, the communication difficulties in SLI are not simply due to poor maternal input or emotional disturbance. Lastly, I will discuss different approaches to continuing research into SLI and raise key questions about future investigation.
Dr. Nicola Fay Botting
Dr. Nicola Fay Botting is trained as a developmental psychologist and is currently Reader in Developmental Language Impairment at the School of Community and Health Sciences at City University, London.
She is also Research Director at City University, London and is co-editor of the International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders.
Dr. Botting’s most recent publications:
- Myers, L., Davies-Jones, C., Chiat, S., Joffe, V. and Botting, N. (in press, 2012) “A place where I can be me”: A role for social and leisure provision to support young people with SLCN. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders.
- Wadman, R., Botting, N., Durkin, K. and Conti-Ramsden, G. (in press, 2012) ‘Changes in Emotional Health Symptoms in Adolescents with Specific Language Impairment’ International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders.
- Harris, J., Botting, N., Myers, L. and Dodd, B. (in press, 2011) The relationship between speech impairment, phonological awareness and early literacy development. Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties.
- Manolitsi, M. and Botting, N. (2011) Language abilities in children with autism and language impairment: using narrative as an additional source of clinical information. Child Language Teaching and Therapy.
- Botting, N. (2010) ‘It’s not (just) what you do, but the way that you do it’: underlying mechanisms, population differences and developmental pathways of narrative ability in atypical language learners. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 52(10), 886-887.
- Hasson, N. and Botting, N. (2010) Dynamic Assessment of children with language impairments. A pilot study. Child Language Teaching and Therapy. 26(3), 249 – 272.
- Botting, N., Riches, N., Gaynor, M., and Morgan, G. (2010) Gesture production and comprehension in children with SLI. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 28(1), 51-69.
Clinic for Developmental Communication Disorders
The inaugural lecture forms part of the formal opening of the Clinic for Developmental Communication Disorders at the Institute of Communication and Psychology directed by professor, mso Kristine Jensen de López. More information about the Clinic for Developmental Communication Disorders (in Danish)
- Arrangør
- Department of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University
- Adresse
- Auditory (1.104), Kroghstræde 3, 9220 Aalborg, Denmark
- Mere information
- http://www.kommunikation.aau.dk/nyheder/Nyhed//hvad-specifikke-sprogvanskeligheder-er-og-ikke-er---what-specific-language-impairment-is-and-not-is.cid53585
