The relation between language and theory of mind (ToM) has been debated for more than
two decades. In a similar vein, ToM has been examined in children with specific language …

Impairments in social cognition are a key symptom of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
People with autism have great difficulty with understanding the beliefs and desires of other …

Research on the outcomes of Montessori education is scarce and results are inconsistent.
One possible reason for the inconsistency is variations in Montessori implementation fidelity …

Young children can use language to regulate emotion. This degree of self-regulatory skill is
expected of young school-age children. Those who are regarded as having behavior …

The current study analyzed the relationships among maternal empathy (emotional and
cognitive), parenting that encourages the child to take the perspective of others, child …

Background and aims Children with language impairments often experience difficulties with
their socio-emotional functioning and poorly developed prosocial behaviour. However, the …

Winner of the British Psychological Society Book Award (Academic Monograph category)
2013! Over the past thirty years, researchers have documented a remarkable growth in …

Background Understanding and expressing a narrative's macro‐structure is relatively
independent of experience in a specific language. A narrative task is therefore assumed to …

There is now an extensive empirical literature on the nature and extent of pragmatic
disorders in a range of clinical populations. This chapter attempts to organize the findings of …

Young people with developmental disorders experience difficulties with many cognitive and
perceptual tasks, and often suffer social impairments. Yet, like typical youth, many appear to …