In this installment of Child Language Case Studies, Margo Kinzer Courter, MBA, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL, examines the connection between language and executive function in older students with developmental language disorder (DLD). Difficulties with working memory, auditory attention, flexible thinking, planning, organization, and self-monitoring can affect how students process information, complete academic tasks, and apply language skills across settings.
Through the case of an eighth-grade student with a language disorder and significant executive function challenges, Margo shares strategies that can be incorporated into language intervention to help students pause, reflect on auditory information, organize their thinking, and support language generalization. She also provides ideas for collaborating with educators to help students use these skills where they need them most: throughout the school day.
Through the case of an eighth-grade student with a language disorder and significant executive function challenges, Margo shares strategies that can be incorporated into language intervention to help students pause, reflect on auditory information, organize their thinking, and support language generalization. She also provides ideas for collaborating with educators to help students use these skills where they need them most: throughout the school day.
