Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to comprehension development / Jane Oakhill and Kate Cain -- Reading comprehension difficulties: correlates, causes, and consequences / Kate Cain and Jane Oakhill -- Comprehension difficulties in children with specific language impairment and pragmatic language impairment / Nicola Botting -- Language comprehension difficulties in children with autistim spectrum disorders / Susan Leekam -- Story comprehension impairments in children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder / Elizabeth P. Lorch ... [et al.] -- Reading comprehension and working memory in children with learning disabilities in reading / H. Lee Swanson, Crystal B. Howard, and Leilani Sáez -- Comprehension in a neurodevelopmental disorder, spina bifida myelomeningocele / Marcia A. Barnes, Amber M. Johnston, and Maureen Dennis -- Impaired discourse gist in pediatric brain injury: missing the forest for the trees / Lori G. Cook, Sandra B. Chapman, and Jacquelyn F. Gamino -- The comprehension of skilled deaf readers: the roles of word recognition and other potentially critical aspects of competence / Leonard P. Kelly and Dragana Barac-Cikoja -- Cognitive bases of children's language comprehension difficulties: where do we go from here? / Kate Cain and Jane Oakhill.

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