The book investigates the possible genetic and biological causes of the disorder, how best to assess children's language skills, what the long-term outcomes are for children who grow up with DLD, overlaps between DLD and other childhood disorders and how best to treat children with the disorder. Foreword, Assessment and Investigation of Children with Developmental Language Disorder, Short-Term Memory in Children with Developmental Language Disorder, Using Eye Movements to Investigate Developmental Language Disorders, Using Magnetic Resonance Imagining to Investigate Developmental Language Disorders, Specific Language Impairment and Dyslexia and Autism: Using Genetics to Unravel Their Relationship, The Application of Molecular Genetics to the Study of Developmental Language Disorder, Validating Diagnostic Standards for Specific Language Impairment in Adolescent Outcomes, Inclusion Versus Specialist Provision for Children with Developmental Language Disorders, Improving Grammatical Skill in Children with Specific Language Impairment, Reading Intervention for Children with Language Learning Difficulties, Intervention for Children with Pragmatic Language Impairments, Diagnostic Concepts and Risk Processes, Author and Subject Index.