Developmental Language
“Our understanding of how language typically develops is based on a large body of research that details the stages of language development, from pre-linguistic stages through stages of conversational competence. This scientific evidence can be used to determine how to identify children’s strengths and challenges in the development of communication, language, and speech,” Sima Gerber 2015.
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Developmental Individual-Difference Relationship Based Model®
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