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Suskind, Dana L.; Leffel, Kristin R.; Graf, Eileen; Hernandez, Marc W.; Gunderson, Elizabeth A.; Sapolich, Shannon G.; Suskind, Elizabeth; Leininger, Lindsey; Goldin-Meadow, Susan; Levine, Susan C. – Journal of Child Language, 2016
We designed a parent-directed home-visiting intervention targeting socioeconomic status (SES) disparities in children's early language environments. A randomized controlled trial was used to evaluate whether the intervention improved parents' knowledge of child language development and increased the amount and diversity of parent talk.…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Low Income, Home Visits, Intervention
Demir, Özlem Ece; Levine, Susan C.; Goldin-Meadow, Susan – Journal of Child Language, 2015
Speakers of all ages spontaneously gesture as they talk. These gestures predict children's milestones in vocabulary and sentence structure. We ask whether gesture serves a similar role in the development of narrative skill. Children were asked to retell a story conveyed in a wordless cartoon at age five and then again at six, seven, and eight.…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Speech Communication, Predictor Variables, Vocabulary Development
Ozcaliskan, Seyda; Levine, Susan C.; Goldin-Meadow, Susan – Journal of Child Language, 2013
Children with pre/perinatal unilateral brain lesions (PL) show remarkable plasticity for language development. Is this plasticity characterized by the same developmental trajectory that characterizes typically developing (TD) children, with gesture leading the way into speech? We explored this question, comparing eleven children with PL -- matched…
Descriptors: Brain, Injuries, Prenatal Influences, Perinatal Influences
Shneidman, Laura A.; Arroyo, Michelle E.; Levine, Susan C.; Goldin-Meadow, Susan – Journal of Child Language, 2013
The talk children hear from their primary caregivers predicts the size of their vocabularies. But children who spend time with multiple individuals also hear talk that others direct to them, as well as talk not directed to them at all. We investigated the effect of linguistic input on vocabulary acquisition in children who routinely spent time…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Vocabulary Development, Caregiver Child Relationship, Parent Child Relationship