Includes bibliographical references and index.

Beyond outcomes: the importance of developmental pathways / Penny Roy and Shula Chiat -- Substance or scaffold? The role of language in thought / Rosemary Varley -- Aphasia therapy and cognitive neuropsychology: a promise still to be fulfilled? / Jane Marshall -- Speech-language therapy and evidence-based practice / Barbara Dodd -- Minding the gap between research and practice in developmental language disorders / Victoria Joffe -- Comparing and contrasting views: building consensus around quality of life with aphasia / Madeline Cruice ... [et al.] -- Autism and specific language impairment: a tantalizing dance / Michael Rutter -- Outcomes for young people with a history of specific language impairment at 16-17 years: a more positive picture? / Geoff Lindsay and Julie Dockrell -- Making new connections? Where to next? / James Law.