Developmental trajectories of structural and pragmatic language skills in school ‐aged children with Williams syndrome

ConclusionThe data provide new insights into diverging developmental trajectories across language domains. Expressive structural language skills tend to progress more rapidly than receptive language skills in children with WS causing more distinctive language profiles over time. Some children with WS seem to benefit from the growth in expressive structural language abilities to enhance their expressive pragmatic language skills, while in some others these abilities remain challenging. This study highlights the need for continued follow‐up of language challenges in WS and for a dynamic and individualised interventional approach.

Source: Journal of Intellectual Disability Research - August 22, 2016 Category: Disability Authors: E. Van Den Heuvel, E. Manders, A. Swillen, I. Zink Tags: Original Manuscript Source Type: research