When
Leah Kapa
Assistant Professor, Speech Language
& Hearing Sciences
University of Arizona
Zoom: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/85383751321
The Relationship between Language and Executive Functioning: Insights from Developmental Language Disorder
Abstract: Previous research has established a positive relationship between language abilities and executive functioning in childhood. However, the nature and the directionality of the relationship remains unclear. Children with developmental language disorder (DLD), who have impaired language in the absence of intellectual disability or other explanatory diagnoses, provide interesting insights into the nature of this relationship. In this talk, I will share work from my lab comparing executive functioning between children with typical language and those with DLD, examining the link between executive functioning skills and language learning outcomes in young children with DLD, and considering how language may (or may not) support cognitive skills in children with language impairment.