This document provides references for a presentation by Dr. Courtenay Norbury on speech, language and communication. It lists 10 sources published between 1982 and 2012 that relate to research on childhood language disorders, heritability of specific language impairment, structural language in autism spectrum disorder, the relationship between gesture and motor skills with language development, data collection challenges for children with speech/language/communication needs, the impact of speech difficulties on early literacy development, prevalence of speech delay in 6-year olds and its connection to language impairment, tools for measuring pragmatic language in autism spectrum disorder, and the association between intervention receipt and speech-language profiles.

1. Speech, Language and Communication
References for RALLI presentation by Dr Courtenay Norbury
Bishop, D. V. M. (1982). Comprehension of spoken, written and signed sentences in childhood
language disorders. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 23, 1-20.
Bishop, D. V. M., & Hayiou-Thomas, M. E. (2008). Heritability of specific language impairment
depends on diagnostic criteria. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 7, 365-372.
Boucher, J. (2012). Research Review: Structural language in autistic spectrum disorder -
characteristics and causes. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 53(3), 219-233. doi:
10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02508.x
Iverson, J. M., & Braddock, B. A. (2011). Gesture and Motor Skill in Relation to Language in Children
With Language Impairment. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 54(1), 72-86. doi:
10.1044/1092-4388(2010/08-0197)
Lindsay, G. (2011). The collection and analysis of data on children with speech, language and
communication needs: The challenge to education and health services. [Article]. Child Language
Teaching & Therapy, 27(2), 135-150. doi: 10.1177/0265659010396608
Nathan, L., Stackhouse, J., Goulandris, N., & Snowling, M. J. (2004). The development of early literacy
skills among children with speech difficulties: A test of the "Critical age hypothesis". [Article]. Journal
of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 47(2), 377-391. doi: 10.1044/1092-4388(2004/031)
Shriberg, L. D., Tomblin, J. B., & McSweeny, J. L. (1999). Prevalence of speech delay in 6-year-old
children and comorbidity with language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing
Research, 42(6), 1461-1481.
Volden, J., & Phillips, L. (2010). Measuring Pragmatic Language in Speakers With Autism Spectrum
Disorders: Comparing the Children's Communication Checklist-2 and the Test of Pragmatic Language.
[Article]. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 19(3), 204-212. doi: 10.1044/1058-
0360(2010/09-0011)
Zhang, X., & Tomblin, J. B. (2000). The association of intervention receipt with speech-language
profiles and social-demographic variables. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 9, 345-
357.