Language, Communication, and Literacy

Language and communication disorders are among the most common concerns seen in the primary care setting. Consequently, pediatricians can be the first professional to recognize children with these and other developmental disabilities. In this issue, a group of nationally recognized experts and practitioners have been assembled to present informative and useful reviews of the current research and clinical literatures. The goal of reviews is to assist the pediatrician in identifying children with language and communication disorders. In addition, special care has been taken to review how these disorders often link to pathologies and disabilities in other areas of functioning, most notably, psychiatric adjustment, social communication, autism, reading, and neurocognitive disabilities. Finally, this volume will also provide sketches of our current knowledge of the genetic and neurobiological causes of these disorders and the evidence based treatments that can be recommended for their remediation.