Symbolization in language impaired children

Abstract

The nonlinguistic symbolic deficits of language impaired children may actually reflect resource allocation constraints and cross‐modality deficits.

Parent-rated socio-emotional development in children with language impairment in comparison with typically developed children

“…Low ratings of symbolic stages in LI and LMC might reflect maturational aspects within various dimensions of symbolization and connections between them: linguistic symbolic use, symbolic play and symbolic representation of mental states. A temporal link between language and symbolic play development has been proposed (Snyder, 1987). Early levels of symbolic play have also been suggested to predict later language development in toddlers with LI (Bruce, Kornfält, Radeborg, Hansson, & Nettelbladt, 2003) as well as in populations of children with other forms of special needs (O'Toole & Chiat, 2006).…”