Classroom instruction for children with Landau-Kleffner Syndrome

Children with Landau-Kleffner Syndrome (LKS), a rare form of acquired childhood aphasia characterized by abnormal epileptiform activity in the speech cortex, present specific challenges to maximize language recovery and learning in the classroom. Two post surgical and two pharmacologically treated c...

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Published in:Child language teaching and therapy 2002-02, Vol.18 (1), p.23-42
Main Author: Van Slyke, Patricia A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Aphasia
Auditory Perception
Child Language
Children
Children & youth
Classrooms
Communication Disorders
Drugs
Landau-Kleffner syndrome
Language acquisition
Language development
Language disorders
Language Impairments
Language Skill Attrition
Language teaching methods
Linguistic Input
Neurology
Speech
Surgery
Teaching Methods
Treatment
Young children
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Summary:Children with Landau-Kleffner Syndrome (LKS), a rare form of acquired childhood aphasia characterized by abnormal epileptiform activity in the speech cortex, present specific challenges to maximize language recovery and learning in the classroom. Two post surgical and two pharmacologically treated children with LKS were followed. Successful instructional methods were documented, as well as changes in language functioning.
ISSN:0265-6590
1477-0865
DOI:10.1191/0265659002ct225oa