Individual Predictors of Language Treatment Response in Children With Developmental Language Disorder: A Systematic

Kerry Danahy Ebert1, HaeJi Lee1

  • 1Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, University of Minnesota Twin Cities.

Summary

This review found limited evidence on predictors of language treatment response in children with developmental language disorder (DLD). More research is needed to identify factors that optimize language therapy outcomes for individual children.

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Children master language quickly and with relative ease, supported by both biological predisposition and reinforcement. B. F. Skinner (1957) proposed that language is learned through reinforcement, while Noam Chomsky (1965) argued that language acquisition mechanisms are biologically determined.
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