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Doctoral Program Offers Unique Emphasis in Language and Literacy

What are some of the latest findings in the study of language and literacy disorders? We have much more information now on interventions that are effective with children and adolescents with language and literacy disorders, although the research with adolescents lags a bit behind research with younger children. As a professional dedicated to the older population, I’m excited to have data that demonstrate that intervention can be effective even at later stages. One of the arguments against spending time, energy and money on adolescents has been that it’s a waste of resources. Now we know it’s not! Of course we want to do intervention as early as possible. But for some students, early intervention won’t be enough. And for others, they won’t begin to have problems until the going gets rough in secondary schools.