Case Lab · Type B · Transfer

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A language delay, or a language gap?

Zara, aged 3, has a very limited spoken vocabulary. Her records show she spent her first two years in an under-resourced group care setting with minimal one-to-one verbal interaction, and she has lived in her current, verbally rich foster home for only two months. Her foster carers report she is beginning to pick up new words quickly since moving in.