PubMed · 5579506
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J A Whitehead. 1971-05-29. Surgeons and technical skill.. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.2.5760.526-c
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Limited research evidence is available concerning the spatial abilities of children with specific language impairments. This paper reports a study of the ability of such children to use plan drawings. The participants were 23 language-impaired (LI) children (12 from special boarding schools, 11 from language units within mainstream primary schools), whose performance was compared with that of 23 non-language-impaired (NLI) children. The children were matched for age, their overall age range being between 7;0-11;11 (mean age 8;6). Tasks involved the production and utilisation of plan drawings of a model house. With one exception, results indicated that the LI children showed no deficit in ability on such tasks, and indeed out-performed their NLI peers on many of them. Implications of these findings are discussed.