The Relationship of Genes, Environments, and Developmental Language Disorders

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The Relationship of Genes, Environments, and Developmental Language Disorders
Profiles of the Scientists

Mabel L. Rice, Ph.D.
Fred and Virginia Merrill Distinguished Professor of Advanced Studies
University of Kansas

Director - The Merrill Center

Director - Child Language Doctoral Program

Director - Center for Biobehavioral Neurosciences of Communication Disorders

conference co-director

Child Language

Research Interests:
Language acquisition, language impairments, morphosyntax of children with specific language impairment, theories of morphosyntax, genetics of language impairment, early intervention and environmental programming, effects of children's broadcast television on speech and language development.

Steven Warren, Ph.D.
Director - Schiefelbusch Life Span Institute
University of Kansas

Director - The Mental Retardation Research and Developmental Disabilities Research Center

President - American Association on Mental Retardation

conference co-director

Mental Retardation

Research Interests:
Early communication, language development, and intervention in young children with developmental delays. The effects of prelinguistic communication intervention on later language development. The development of language in children with etiologies such as Down syndrome and Fragile X syndrome.

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