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Peer effects in preschool classrooms: is children's language growth associated with their classmates' skills?Laura M Justice
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Child Dev 82:1768-77. 2011..Findings further showed that reference status, or children's relative standing to their peers, has the greater consequence for children with very low language skills in relation to their peers...- Implementation of responsiveness to intervention in early education settingsLaura M Justice
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Semin Speech Lang 30:59-74. 2009..This tool was developed to meet the needs of early childhood programs as they seek to implement RIA in a cost-effective and scalable manner... - Language and literacy curriculum supplement for preschoolers who are academically at risk: a feasibility studyLaura M Justice
Arps Hall, School of Teaching and Learning, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 41:161-78. 2010..RIA involves implementing 60 large-group lessons over a 30-week period that feature repeated use of 15 commercial storybooks... 
Evidence-based practice in speech-language pathology: scaling upLaura M Justice
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
S Afr J Commun Disord 55:7-12. 2008..Without these structural supports, it is unlikely that evidence-based practice can be scaled up in a way that has positive impacts on practice...- Print-focused read-alouds in preschool classrooms: intervention effectiveness and moderators of child outcomesLaura M Justice
College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University, 231 Arps Hall, 1945 N High Street, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 41:504-20. 2010..It also examined 8 specific child- and setting-level moderators to determine whether these influenced the relation between teachers' use of a print-referencing style and children's print-knowledge development... - School readiness among children with varying histories of language difficultiesLaura M Justice
School of Teaching and Learning, College of Education and Human Ecology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Dev Psychol 45:460-76. 2009..Findings are discussed in terms of current policy and research concerning kindergarten readiness for children exhibiting risk... - Accelerating preschoolers' early literacy development through classroom-based teacher-child storybook reading and explicit print referencingLaura M Justice
College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University, 231 Arps Hall, 1945 N High St, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 40:67-85. 2009..Impacts on preschoolers' early literacy development were examined, focusing specifically on the domain of print knowledge... - Experimental evaluation of a preschool language curriculum: influence on children's expressive language skillsLaura M Justice
College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH 43210, USA
J Speech Lang Hear Res 51:983-1001. 2008..g., open questions, recasts, models)... - Data recycling: using existing databases to increase research capacity in speech-language development and disordersLaura M Justice
The Ohio State University, Teaching and Learning, 1945 North High, Arps Hall, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 41:39-43. 2010..Specifically, forum authors describe the process of conducting secondary analyses of extant databases to answer questions of relevance to speech and language development and disorders... - Influence of verbal and nonverbal references to print on preschoolers' visual attention to print during storybook readingLaura M Justice
Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning, University of Virginia, USA
Dev Psychol 44:855-66. 2008..The authors conclude that explicit referencing of print is 1 way to increase young children's contacts with print during shared storybook reading... - Feasibility, efficacy, and social validity of home-based storybook reading intervention for children with language impairmentLaura M Justice
The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
J Speech Lang Hear Res 54:523-38. 2011..This study evaluated the feasibility, efficacy, and social validity of a parent-implemented intervention for promoting print knowledge in preschoolers with language impairment... - Emergent literacy profiles of preschool-age children with specific language impairmentSonia Q Cabell
Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
Int J Speech Lang Pathol 12:472-82. 2010..Replication of the present findings with a larger sample of children is needed... - The impact of teacher responsivity education on preschoolers' language and literacy skillsSonia Q Cabell
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
Am J Speech Lang Pathol 20:315-30. 2011..Additional aims were to determine whether children's initial language abilities and teachers' use of responsivity strategies were associated with language outcomes, in particular... 
Genetic covariation underlying reading, language and related measures in a sample selected for specific language impairmentJessica Logan
Department of Human Development and Family Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
Behav Genet 41:651-9. 2011..Only phonological awareness showed significant genetic correlations with all reading measures and several language measures while phonological short-term memory and auditory processing did not...- Predictors of print knowledge in children with specific language impairment: experiential and developmental factorsAnita S McGinty
Preschool Language and Literacy Lab, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
J Speech Lang Hear Res 52:81-97. 2009..The present study investigates the degree to which developmental risk factors and home literacy experiences predict the print knowledge of children with SLI... - Increasing young children's contact with print during shared reading: longitudinal effects on literacy achievementShayne B Piasta
The Ohio State University, Children s Learning Research Collaborative, Columbus, OH 43207, USA
Child Dev 83:810-20. 2012..Results indicate a causal relation between early print knowledge and later literacy skills and have important implications concerning the primary prevention of reading difficulties... - Emergent name-writing abilities of preschool-age children with language impairmentSonia Q Cabell
Preschool Language and Literacy Lab, P O Box 400873, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 40:53-66. 2009.... - Validity of teacher report for assessing the emergent literacy skills of at-risk preschoolersSonia Q Cabell
Preschool Language and Literacy Lab, P O Box 400873, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 40:161-73. 2009.... - Embedded-explicit emergent literacy intervention I: Background and description of approachLaura M Justice
Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 35:201-11. 2004..The goal of this integrated model is to provide comprehensive emergent literacy interventions across a spectrum of early literacy skills to ensure the successful transition of at-risk children from prereaders to readers... - Targets, techniques, and treatment contexts in emergent literacy interventionLaura M Justice
Preschool Language and Literacy Lab, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904 4873, USA
Semin Speech Lang 28:14-24. 2007..Treatment contexts refer to the location in which intervention is provided; prevalent contexts for provision of emergent literacy intervention include classroom-based, pull-out, and home-based (parent-implemented) interventions... - Shared-reading dynamics: mothers' question use and the verbal participation of children with specific language impairmentAnita S McGinty
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
J Speech Lang Hear Res 55:1039-52. 2012..In this study, the authors used sequential analysis to explore bidirectional and dynamic dependencies between mothers' question use and children's verbal participation during shared reading... - Teacher-child relationships, behavior regulation, and language gain among at-risk preschoolersMary Beth Schmitt
Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, The Ohio State University, USA
J Sch Psychol 50:681-99. 2012..Nurturing classroom environments and strong behavior regulation abilities may act as protective mechanisms for preschoolers from disadvantaged backgrounds... - The index of narrative microstructure: a clinical tool for analyzing school-age children's narrative performancesLaura M Justice
Preschool Language and Literacy Lab, Curry School of Education, Box 400873, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904 4273, USA
Am J Speech Lang Pathol 15:177-91. 2006..The study provides field test age- and grade-based INMIS values to aid clinicians in making normative judgments about microstructural aspects of pupils' narrative performance... - Genetic and environmental influences on the growth of early reading skillsStephen A Petrill
The Ohio State University, OH, USA
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 51:660-7. 2010..This study is the first to examine the genetic and environmental influences on both initial level of performance and rate of subsequent growth in early reading... - Peer effects on children's language achievement during pre-kindergartenAndrew J Mashburn
University of Virginia, Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning, 350 Old Ivy Way Suite 100, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
Child Dev 80:686-702. 2009..Implications of these findings for understanding ecological inputs to children's language development and for designing effective pre-k programs are discussed... - Print referencing: an emergent literacy enhancement strategy and its clinical applicationsLaura M Justice
Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22904, USA
Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 35:185-93. 2004..This clinical exchange provides suggestions for using print referencing as a clinical tool, including a theoretical overview of this approach and descriptions of clinical targets... - Preschool teachers' fidelity in implementing a comprehensive language-rich curriculumKhara L Pence
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 39:329-41. 2008.... - Evidence-based practice, response to intervention, and the prevention of reading difficultiesLaura M Justice
Preschool Language and Literacy Lab, Box 400873, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904 4873, USA
Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 37:284-97. 2006..It also delineates the roles that speech-language pathologists (SLPs) might play in these interventions... - Measuring preschool attainment of print-concept knowledge: a study of typical and at-risk 3- to 5-year-old children using item response theoryLaura M Justice
Preschool Language and Literacy Lab, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904 4873, USA
Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 37:224-35. 2006..This research determined the psychometric quality of a criterion-referenced measure that was thought to measure preschoolers' print-concept knowledge (PCK)... - Learning new words from storybooks: an efficacy study with at-risk kindergartnersLaura M Justice
Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 22904, USA
Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 36:17-32. 2005..An additional goal was to study differential responses to treatment for children with high versus low vocabulary skill... - Emergent literacy intervention for vulnerable preschoolers: relative effects of two approachesLaura M Justice
242 Ruffner Hall, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
Am J Speech Lang Pathol 12:320-32. 2003..An examination of individual differences and intervention outcome showed oral language skills and literacy orientation to predict emergent literacy performance at the end of the program... - Increasing genotype-phenotype model determinism: application to bivariate reading/language traits and epistatic interactions in language-impaired familiesTabatha R Simmons
Battelle Center for Mathematical Medicine, Research Institute at Nationwide Children s Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
Hum Hered 70:232-44. 2010..These analyses provide possible mechanistic insights for further cognitive neuroscience studies based on the models developed herein... - When craft and science collide: Improving therapeutic practices through evidence-based innovationsLaura M Justice
School of Teaching and Learning, The Ohio State University, 1945 N High St, Columbus, OH 43210 1172, USA
Int J Speech Lang Pathol 12:79-86. 2010..The major premise addressed within this article is that craft is a legitimate form of knowledge and that engagement in EBP requires one to employ craft-based knowledge... - Embedded-explicit emergent literacy intervention II: goal selection and implementation in the early childhood classroomJoan N Kaderavek
University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
Lang Speech Hear Serv Sch 35:212-28. 2004....