Youth offenders show greatly elevated rates of undiagnosed language disorder¶
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Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2026: baselines and conditions change
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q2 i? Young people in contact with child protection and youth justice systems display greatly elevated risk for language disorder, overwhelmingly undiagnosed before legal contact. → Pamela C. Snow 2021
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Pamela C. Snow 2021¶
Pamela C. Snow. (2021). Psychosocial Adversity in Early Childhood and Language and Literacy Skills in Adolescence: The Role of Speech-Language Pathology in Prevention, Policy, and Practice. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_PERSP-20-00120
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Narrative review synthesis of international research on youth offenders, citing Snow (2019): difficulties in receptive and expressive "structural language" domains plus discourse and pragmatic levels. No pooled effect size printed.
"There is a growing body of international research indicating that such young people display a greatly elevated risk for language disorder, which, in the overwhelming majority of cases, has not been diagnosed prior to their contact with the law"
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Related Claims¶
- Most children with emotional and behavioral disorders have undiagnosed language impairment — related
- Suspension is associated with long-term harms including higher risk of grade retention, dropout, and juvenile justice involvement — related
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Youth offenders show greatly elevated rates of undiagnosed language disorder |
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Youth offenders show greatly elevated rates of undiagnosed language disorder |
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2021 |
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