Developmental Language Disorders: From Phenotypes to Etiologies

This book summarizes discoveries from leading programs of research, captures the converging outcomes and common scientific gaps, and suggests new direction of research for enhancing our understanding of the nature and etiology of developmental language disorders.

Mabel L. Rice is an international authority on language disorders in children and the genetics of language acquisition. She is best known for her work on the morphosyntax of children with specific language impairment. At the University of Kansas, she holds an endowed chair in advanced studies and teaches in the Child Language Doctoral Program and the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing. For 20 years, Rice has been continuously funded by NIH for peer-reviewed programmatic research. She maintains an active research lab while also directing 3 of the 12 centers in the Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies at the University of Kansas. In addition, Rice was recently awarded a core grant by the National Institute on Deafness and Communication Disorders at NIH, and established the Center for Biobehavioral Neurosciences in Communication Disorders.
Steven F. Warren directs both the Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies and the Kansas Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Center. He is also a Professor of Human Development and Family Life. He was associated with Vanderbilt University's John F. Kennedy Center for Human Development for 17 years as a Professor of Special Education and Deputy Director before coming to the University of Kansas in 1999. Warren is internationally recognized for his contributions to understanding language development in children and leadership in the field of developmental disabilities. He has conducted extensive research on early communication and language intervention approaches and has published more than 100 papers, chapters, and books on these and related topics.