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 * Sunderland, L. (2004). Speech, Language, and Audiology Services in Public Schools. //Intervention in School & Clinic//, //39//(4), 209-217. Retrieved from Teacher Reference Center database.

This article titled Prevalence of Communication Disorders in Students with Learning Disabilities is about a study done in an Alabama school district. All of the students classified as LD were tested by a team that consisted of an audiologist, a certified speech-language pathologist, and a group of graduate students. They were given assessments of hearing, fluency, language, voice, and articulation. They found that 96.2% of the students with LD also exhibited some type of communication deficit, but only 6% were being seen by an SLP. None of the students with language, voice, fluency, or hearing problems were being seen on a regular basis. The 6% only consisted of articulation difficulties. They felt that these findings were disturbing. While the school district employed 16 LD teachers, there were only 5 SLPs, so availability for speech services was limited. Also they found that speech placement criteria were unusually stringent and many of the students wouldn't qualify. In normal populations, the prevalency for speech & language difficulties decreases but in the LD population it did not.


 * Fewell, R., & Ogura, T. (1997). The relationship between play and communication skills in young children with Down syndrome. //Topics in Early Childhood Special Education//, //17//(1), 103. Retrieved from Teacher Reference Center database.

This article was about a study in which young children with Down Syndrome were videotaped during 3 play & book sessions. Basically they found that observing play of a child in their natural relaxed environment is a good way to identify delays in skills and delays in language.

A study was done on a group of jr. high students who had reading disorders that weren't a result of their intellectual problems. They gave each student 3 reading mastery tests and 3 speech tests and found that many kids with reading disorders have phonological processing problems. They also found that some have difficulty with the precise nature and order of phonemes in words.
 * Catts, H. (1986). Speech Production/Phonological Deficits in Reading-Disordered Children. //Journal of Learning Disabilities//, //19//(8), 504. Retrieved from Teacher Reference Center database.


 * Riccio, C., & Hynd, G. (1993). Developmental language disorders in children: Relationship with learning disability.. //School Psychology Review//, //22//(4), 696. Retrieved from Teacher Reference Center database.

Basically this article is a compilation of different studies that relate developmental language disorders with learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder. They found that children with developmental language disorders often have ADD and that early language disorders often develop into learning disabilities.