References
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. (1993). Definitions of communication disorders and variations
Ball, J., & Lewis, M. (2014). First Nations Elders’ and Parents’ Views on Supporting their Children’s Language Development. Canadian Journal Of Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology, 38(2), 224-237.
Bloom, L., & Lahey, M. (1978). Language development and language disorders. New York, NY: John Wiley.
Chall, J. (1983). Stages of Reading Development. New York: McGraw Hill. pp. 10-24.
Charkova, K. (2003). Early foreign language education and
metalinguistic development. Annual Review of Language
Acquisition, 3(1), 51-88.
Coplan, R., & Weeks, M. (2009). Shy and soft-spoken: shyness, pragmatic language, and socio-emotional adjustment in early childhood. Infant and Child Development, 18, 238-254
Crystal, D. (2010). The Cambridge encyclopedia of language (3rd ed.) Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press
Dale, P.S., Price, T.S., Bishop, D., & Plomin, R. (2003). Outcomes of early language delay, I: Predicting persistent and transient language difficulties at 3 and 4 years. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 46, 544-560
DaSouza, C., Bird, E. K., & Deacon, H. (2012). Survey of Canadian Speech-Language Pathology Service Delivery to Linguistically Diverse Clients. Canadian Journal Of Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology, 36(1), 18-39.
Dyslexia. (2002). Learning Disabilities Association of America. Retrieved May 1, 2015, from http://ldaamerica.org/types-of-learning-disabilities/dyslexia/
Education Laws and Regulations. (2011). Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Retrieved from http://www.doe.mass.edu/lawsregs/603cmr30.html?section=03
Erwin, M. (2001). Specific language impairments: What we know and why it matters. ASHA Leader, 6,4.
Gandara, P., & Rumberger, R. (2009). Immigration, language, and education: How does language policy structure opportunity? Teachers College Record, 111, 750-782.
Golinkoff, R., & Pasek, K. (1999). How babies talk: The magic and mystery of language in the first three years of life . New York: Dutton.
Henderson, C. (2001). College freshmen with disabilities: A biennial statistical profile. Washington, DC: American Council of Education
How writing develops. (2010). Retrieved April 28, 2015, from http://www.readingrockets.org/article/how-writing-develops
LAURA ANN PETITTO, MARINA KATERELOS, BRONNA G. LEVY, KRISTINE GAUNA, KARINE TÉTREAULT and VITTORIA FERRARO (2001). Bilingual signed and spoken language acquisition from birth: implications for the mechanisms underlying early bilingual language acquisition . Journal of Child Language, 28, pp 453-496 doi:10.1017/S0305000901004718
Learning to write and draw. (n.d.). Retrieved April 28, 2015, from http://www.zerotothree.org/early-care-education/early-language-literacy/writing-and-art-skills.html
Long, M. (2011). Language. The Psychology of Education (2nd ed., Vol. 1, 209-238). London: Routledge.
Marazita, J., & Merriman, W. (2010). Verifying one's knowledge of a name without retrieving it: A u-shaped relation to vocabulary size in early childhood. Language Learning and Development, 7, 40-54
Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System. (2014). Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Retrieved April 30, 2015, from http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/tdd/ela.html
Massachusetts Education Reform Act. (1993).
McLaughlin, S. F. (2006). Introduction to language development (2nd ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Delmar Cengage Learning
Nguyen, A. D., & Ahmadpanah, S. S. (2014). The Interplay Between Bicultural Blending and Dual Language Acquisition. Journal Of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 45(8), 1215-1220.
Owens Jr., R. (1988). Language Development: An Introduction (2nd ed., Vol. 1, 199-387). Geneseo: Merrill Publishing Company.
Owens, R. (2012). School-Age Language Development, Adolescent and Adult Language. Language Development (8th ed., pp. 318-393). Boston, MA: Pearson.
Owens, R. E. (2008). Language disorders: A functional approach to assessment and intervention (5th ed). Boston, MA: Pearson Allyn and Bacon
PARCC ELA Performance-Based Assessment. (2015). Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Retrieved from http://www.doe.mass.edu/parcc/testdesign/ELA-PBA.html
Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers. (2015). Retrieved from http://parcc.pearson.com/
Pinker, S. (1984). Language, learnability, and language development. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Unuversity Press.
Rao, P. (2014). Language, literacy and cognition issues for research in bilingual-biliterate context. Journal of Child Language Acquisition and Development (4th ed., Vol. 2, pp. 25-41). John Benjamin's Publishing.
Reed, VA. (2005). An introduction to children with language disorders, 3rd Ed. Boston: Pearson Allyn &Bacon.
Ruffolo, C. (2014). The Pseudo-Reading Stage: The Timothy Experiment. Retrieved April 27, 2015, from http://www.voicesofyouth.org/en/posts/the-pseudo-reading-stage--2
Saxton, M. (2010) Child Language: Acquisition and Development. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
Stages of Reading Development. (n.d.). Retrieved April 27, 2015, from http://web.scott.k12.va.us/awettack/stages_of_reading_development.htm
Van Riper, C. (1979). Speech correction: Principals and methods (6th ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall