Language impairment: Evaluation and remediation

We study neurodevelopmental language disorders in children and adults using an applied approach so as to better assess and manage these disorders.

We focus on:

• treating morphosyntactic disorders in children and adolescents with developmental language disorders (DLD) using an explicit/metalinguistic approach;

•  dynamic language assessment in children as a means to diagnose Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), particularly in a multilingual context, and to inform speech-language therapy;

• the understanding and remediation of spelling disorders in children and adults with Specific Learning Disorder (SLD);

• the persistence of language disorders in adults with DLD and the remediation of these disorders;

• the links between executive functions (attention, working memory) and syntax in children with DLD, Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD);

• the evaluation of the effectiveness of speech-language therapy in children following the principles of Evidence-Based Practice.