Transcript -- Professors Maggie Snowling and Charles Hulme talk about the cognitive approach that lies at the heart of their research into developmental disorders in children.

Exploring children's difficulties with language and literacy - Audio

Transcript -- The cognitive approach

Exploring children's difficulties with language and literacy

Transcript -- A short introduction to this album.

Transcript -- Exploring children's difficulties with language and literacy

Professor David Messer of The Open University sets the scene for the interviews on the album.

Understanding and tackling language difficulties

Transcript -- Professor David Messer of The Open University sets the scene for the interviews on the album.

Transcript -- Understanding and tackling language difficulties

Professors Maggie Snowling and Charles Hulme give an overview of the main developmental disorders in language and literacy.

Developmental disorders

Transcript -- Professors Maggie Snowling and Charles Hulme give an overview of the main developmental disorders in language and literacy.

Transcript -- Developmental disorders

Professors Maggie Snowling and Charles Hulme talk about the cognitive approach that lies at the heart of their research into developmental disorders in children.

The cognitive approach

Educational consultant Glynnis Smith describes a reading intervention programme being used in primary schools to help children who are making slow progress with literacy.

Reading intervention

Transcript -- Educational consultant Glynnis Smith describes a reading intervention programme being used in primary schools to help children who are making slow progress with literacy.

Transcript -- Reading intervention

Education

What happens if children aren’t making progress with language and literacy, and what sort of learning impairments might be the cause? How can the study of children’s thinking help us to understand these learning difficulties? This album offers insights into some of the problems faced by children with the developmental disorders dyslexia, poor comprehension and specific language impairment. In the main audio tracks, educators, therapists and researchers explore why children might have language and literacy difficulties, and how schools can work with psychologists to help these children develop key language and literacy skills. The interviews are introduced and contextualised by Professor David Messer of The Open University. The material forms part of The Open University course ED841 Understanding children's development and learning.