Child Language Development and Disorders Lab

Recent Studies

During 2006-2007, researchers from the Laboratory have conducted or participated in the following studies:

Johnson, B. W., Zenko, C., Valcante, G., & Ginsberg, J. (in preparation).

Johnson, B. W., Lombardino, L. J., Farrar, M. J., Garvan, C. Dugger, C. Bersheski, M. & Hogue, R. (in preparation). The relation between emergent literacy skills and theory of mind in preschool children.

Farrar, M. J., Johnson, B. W., Holloway, V. Easters, M., Zilizi, A., & Benigno, J. (in preparation). Language and theory of mind in children with specific language impairment.

Johnson, B. W., DeThorne, L. S., Evans, K., Poegel, C., Ambrose, N. G., Yairi, E., & Watkins, R. W. (in preparation). Expressive language development trends associated with persistent and recovered stuttering: Group patters and individual differences.

Johnson, B. W., Watkins, R. V., & Puranik, C.S. (in preparation). Verb Learning in Children With and Without Specific Language Impairment.

DiFino, S. M., Johnson, B. W., & Lombardino, L. J. (in press). The role of the SLP in assisting college students with dyslexia in fulfilling foreign language requirements: A case study.

DeThorne, L. S., & Johnson, B. W. (2007). The State v. Connie Youngs: A tool for teaching theoretical accounts of language development. Perspectives: ASHA Division 10, Issues in Higher Education.

Johnson, B. W., & Morris, S. M. (2007). Clinical implications of the effects of lexical aspect and phonology on children’s production of regular past tense. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 23, 287-306.

During 2005-2006, researchers from the Laboratory have conducted or participated in the following studies:

Johnson, B. W., & Fey, M. E. (2006). Interaction of lexical and grammatical aspect in toddlers' language. Journal of Child Language, 33, 419-435.

DeThorne, L. S., Johnson, B. W., Loeb, J. (2005). A Closer Look at MLU: What Does it Really Measure? Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 19, 635-648.

Recent Grant Writing Activities

During 2006-2007, researchers from the Laboratory have submitted or received the following grants:

Invitiation to submit proposal based on Letters of Intent
(in preparation)

Johnson, B. W., (P.I.), Zenko, C. (Co-I.), & Valcante, G (Co-I.). The impact of a communication skills parent training program on the socioemotional behaviors of children with ASD. Autism Speaks Special Interventions in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Letter of Intent, Total dollar amount: $200,000.

Zenko, C. (P.I.), Patel, S. (Co-I), Johnson, B. W., (Co-I.), Shrivastav, R. (Co-I.), & Valcante, G (Co-I). Effects of a parent training program on emotion perception and production in children with ASD. Autism Speaks Special Interventions in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Letter of Intent, Total dollar amount: $200,000.

Submitted (under review)

Johnson, B. W., (P.I.) & Zenko, C. (Co-P.I.) Effects of a parent training program on the communication skills of children with autism spectrum disorder. DOD Autism Spectrum Disorder Concept Award, Total dollar amount: $200,000.

Funded

Johnson, B. W. (P.I.), University of Florida Communication Sciences and Disorders 2006 Seed Money Grant Competition, The relation between pre-literacy skills and theory of mind, Total dollar amount: $5,000.