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You can get copies of articles by asking for a photocopy request form at your local library's reference desk. There is a per page charge for this service. You can obtain the books through inter-library loan, also by completing a request form.
Books
Child Language Disability, Volume II , by Mogford-Bevan and Sadler. Multilingual Matters (pages of special interest: 75-98)
Developmental Disorders of Language, second edition , by Adams, Byer-Brown, and Edwards. Singular Publishing Group, 1997. ISBN:1-86156-020-6
Asperger's Syndrome, edited by Ami Klin, Fred Volkmar, and Sara Sparrow. This will be published in January 2000. ISBN:1-57230-534-7
There is a chapter on SPD written by Dr. Dorothy Bishop. Click
here for a complete description of the contents. The book can be pre-ordered at Guilford Publications.
Articles
International Journal of Language and Communications Disorder, Volume 31, issue 1, Jan-Mar 1998  ISSN:1368-2822
  1.
Study of idiom comprehension in children with semantic-pragmatic difficulties: Part I, by Kerbel and Grunwell, p.1
  2.
Above title: Part II, same authors, p.23
  3.
SPD as a distinct diagnostic entity: Logical considerations and directions for future research, by Boucher, p.71
  4.
The semantic-pragmatic deficit disorder: classification issues, by Rapin and Allen, p.82
  5.
Semantic-pragmatic disorder as a distinct diagnostic entity: making sense of the boundaries, by Botting, p.87
  6.
SPD and autistic spectrum disorder, by Bowler and Brook, p.91
  7.
Some issues in classification of developmental disorders, by Boucher, p.95
Semantic-Pragmatic language disorder: A description with some practical suggestions for teachers , by Martin Smedley. In Child Language Teaching and Therapy, Volume 5, 1989, p.174   ISSN:0265-6590
Autism by another name? Semantic and pragmatic impairments in children , by Brook and Bowler. In Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorder, Volume 22, issue 1, 1992, p.61-81   ISSN:0162-3257
Context and comprehension: a neurolinguistic and interactional approach to the understanding of Semantic-pragmatic disorder , by Sahlen and Nettelbladt. In European Journal of Disorders of Communication, Volume 28, 1993, p.117-140  ISSN:0963-7273
Comprehension problems in children with Specific Language Impairment: Literal and inferential meaning , by Bishop and Adams. In Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, Volume 35, issue 1, February 1992, p.119  ISSN:0022-4685
The extent to which psychometric tests differentiate subgroups of children with SLI , by Conti-Ramsden, Crutchley, and Botting. In Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, Volume 40, August 1997, p.765-777   ISSN:1092-4388
Semantic-Pragmatic Disorder , by Bishop, Hartley, and Weirr. In Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Volume 124, issue 2, 1994   ISSN:0162-3257
The Autistic Spectrum , in the Lancet, Volume 350, issue 9093, December 13, 1997, p.1761    ISSN:0099-5355
Development of the Children's Communication Checklist (CCC): A method for assessing the qualitative aspects of communicative impairment in children , by Bishop. In Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1998
Sentence comprehension in children with Specific Language Impairment: The role of phonological working memory. In Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, Volume 38, issue 1, February 1995, p.187
Questioning the validity of the semantic-pragmatic syndrome diagnosis , by Gagnon, Mottron, and Joanette. In Autism, volume 1, issue 1, 1997, p.37-55  ISSN:1362-3613
Concordance between teacher/therapist opinion and formal language assessment scores in children with language impairment , by Botting. In European Journal of Disorders of Communication, Volume 32, issue 3, 1997, p.317-327   ISSN:0963-7273
Hemispheric function in Developmental Language Disorders and High Level Autism , by Shields, Varley, Brooks, and Simpson. In Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, Volume 38. 1996
Why and when do some language-impaired children seem talkative? , by Bishop. In Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Volume 24, issue 2, 1994, p.177   ISSN:0162-3257
Making information memorable: Enhanced knowledge retention and recall through the Elaboration Process , In Preventing School Failure, Fall 1996
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