Handbook of Language and Literacy, Second Edition: Development and Disorders

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C. Addison Stone PhD is Professor Emeritus in the School of Education at the University of Michigan. He served previously as Professor and Head of the Learning Disabilities Program in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Northwestern University. Dr. Stone's research interests center on the social contexts of typical and atypical language cognitive and social development with a particular interest in children with learning disabilities and language disorders.Elaine R. Silliman PhD CCC-SLP is Professor Emeritus of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Courtesy Professor of Psychology at the University of South Florida. She is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and the International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities (IARLD). Dr. Silliman's research focuses on academic language proficiency in children and adolescents who are struggling with reading writing and spelling including monolingual English-speaking children with social dialect variations and bilingual (Spanish-English) children.Barbara J. Ehren EdD CCC-SLP is Professor and Chair of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Central Florida where she directs the doctoral program that focuses on language and literacy for learners who struggle. She is a Fellow of the ASHA and the IARLD and is a Board Recognized Specialist in Child Language. Dr. Ehren's research focuses on adolescent literacy with a special interest in schoolwide initiatives including RTI.Geraldine P. Wallach PhD CCC-SLP is Professor and the Clinic Director in the Department of Communicative Disorders at California State University Long Beach. An ASHA Fellow she has received Outstanding Achievement Awards from the Massachusetts and California Speech-Language-Hearing Associations. Dr. Wallach has published and presented widely on language learning disabilities.