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Mabel L. Rice

Child Language Doctoral Program


Mabel L. Rice, Ph.D.


Publications and Presentations


Recent article in The Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders: "Convergent genetic linkage and associations to language, speech and reading measures in families of probands with Specific Language Impairment"
Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Article in The Chronicle of Higher Education: "Researchers Gain Understanding of How Poverty Alters the Brain",
Monday, February 18, 2008

Related article: Zubrick, S.R., Taylor, C.L., Rice, M. L., and Slegers, D.W. (2007) Late Language Emergence at 24 Months: An Epidemiological Study of Prevalence, Predictors, and Covariates. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. Vol. 50, 1562–1592. (full-text article)

I. Selected Publications

by Category

II. Recent Presentations


Selected Publications by Category

Publications: Overview of Specific Language Impairment

Rice, M. L. (2009). Language Acquisition Lessons from Children with Specific Language Impairment: Revisiting the Discovery of Latent Structures. In V. C. M. Gathercole (Ed.), Routes to Language: Studies in Honor of Melissa Bowerman (pp. 287-313). New York, London: Taylor & Francis Group. (full-text article by Rice)

Rice, M.L. (2007). Children with Specific Language Impairment: Bridging the Genetic and Developmental Perspectives. In E. Hoff and M. Shatz (Eds), Handbook of Language Development, Blackwell Publishers, pp. 411-431.

Rice, M.L., Redmond, S.M., Hoffman, L. (2006). MLU in children with SLI and younger control children shows concurrent validity, stable and parallel growth trajectories. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 49, 793-808.( full-text article by Rice)

Watkins, R.V., & Rice, M.L. (Eds.) (1994). Specific language impairments in children. Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing Co.
--see chapter by Rice, Grammatical categories of children with specific language impairments (pp. 69-88). ( full-text article by Rice)

Publications: SLI and Morphosyntax

Zubrick, S.R., Taylor, C.L., Rice, M. L., and Slegers, D.W. (2007) Late Language Emergence at 24 Months: An Epidemiological Study of Prevalence, Predictors, and Covariates. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. Vol. 50, 1562–1592. (full-text article)

Atchley, R. A., Rice, M. L., Betz, S. K., Kwasney, K. M., Sereno, J. A., and Jongman, A. (2006) A comparison of semantic and syntactic event related potentials generated by children and adults. Brain and Language. 99, 236-246.

Rice, M.L., Tomblin, J.B., Hoffman, L, Richman, W.A., & Marquis, J. (2004, August). Grammatical tense deficits in children with SLI and non specific language impairment: Relationships with nonverbal IQ over time. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 47, 816-834. ( full-text article)

Rice, M.L. (2004). Growth models of developmental language disorders. In M.L. Rice & S.F. Warren (Eds.). Developmental language disorders: From phenotypes to etiologies. (pp. 207-240). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. (full-text article)

Rice, M.L. (2004) Language growth of children with SLI and unaffected children: Timing mechanisms and linguistic distinctions. Plenary talk at the BU Conference on Language Development. In A. Brugos, L. Micciulla, & C. Smith (Eds.) Proceedings of the 28th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development, Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press. (full-text article)

Rice, M.L. (2003). A unified model of specific and general language delay: Grammatical tense as a clinical marker of unexpected variation. In Y. Levy & J. Schaeffer (Eds.), Language competence across populations: Toward a definition of Specific Language Impairment (pp. 63-95). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. (full-text article)

Redmond, S.M., & Rice M.L. (2001). Detection of irregular verb violations by children with and without SLI. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 44, 655-669. (full-text article)

Rice, M.L. (2000). Grammatical symptoms of specific language impairment. In D.V.M. Bishop & L.B. Leonard (Eds.), Speech and language impairments in children: Causes, characteristics, intervention and outcome (pp. 17-34). East Sussex, England: Psychology Press Ltd. (abstract) ( full-text article)

Rice, M.L., Wexler, R., Marquis, J., & Hershberger, S. (2000). Acquisition of irregular past tense by children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 43, 1126-1145. (abstract) (full-text article)

Rice, M.L. (1999). Specific grammatical limitations in children with specific language impairments. In H. Tager-Flusberg (Ed.), Neurodevelopmental disorders (pp. 331-359). Cambridge: MIT Press. (full-text article)

Rice, M.L., Wexler, K., & Redmond, S.M. (1999). Grammaticality judgments of an extended optional infinitive grammar: Evidence from English-speaking children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 42, 943-961. (abstract) (full-text article)

Rice, M.L., Wexler, K., & Hershberger, S. (1998). Tense over time: The longitudinal course of tense acquisition in children with specific language impairments. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 41, 1412-1431. (abstract) (full-text article)

Rice, M.L., Noll, K.R., & Grimm, H. (1998). An extended optional infinitive stage in German-speaking children with specific language impairment. Language Acquisition, 6, 255-295. (abstract) ( full-text article)

Wexler, K., Schutze, C., & Rice, M. (1998). Subject case in children with SLI and unaffected controls: Evidence for the Agr/Tns omission model. Language Acquisition, 7, 317-344. (full-text article)

Cleave, P.L., & Rice, M.L. (1997). An examination of the morpheme BE in children with specific language impairment: The role of contractibility and grammatical form class. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 40, 480-492. (abstract) (full-text article)

Rice, M.L. (1997). Specific language impairments: In search of diagnostic markers and genetic contributions. Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 3, 350-357. (abstract) (full-text article)

Hadley, P.A., & Rice, M.L. (1996). Emergent uses of BE and DO: Evidence from children with specific language impairment. Language Acquisition, 5, 209-243. ( full-text article)

Rice, M.L., & Wexler, K. (1996). Tense over time: The persistence of optional infinitives in English in children with SLI. In A. Stringfellow, D. Cahana-Amitay, E. Hughes, & Z. Zukowski (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (Vol. 2, pp. 610-621). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.

Rice, M.L., & Wexler, K. (1996). Toward tense as a clinical marker of specific language impairment in English-speaking children. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 39, 1239-1257. (full-text article)

Rice, M.L., Wexler, K., & Cleave, P. (1995). Specific language impairment as a period of Extended Optional Infinitive. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 38, 850-863. (full-text article)

Rice, M.L., & Wexler, K. (1995). Extended optional infinitive (EOI) account of specific language impairment. In D. MacLaughlin & S. McEwen (Eds.), Proceedings of the 19th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (vol. 2, pp. 451-462). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.

Oetting, J.B., & Rice, M.L. (1993). Plural acquisition in children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 36, 1236-1248. (abstract)

Rice, M.L., & Oetting, J.B. (1993). Morphological deficits on children with SLI: Evaluation of number marking and agreement. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 36, 1249-1257. (abstract)

Watkins, R.V., & Rice, M.L. (1991). Verb particle and preposition acquisition in language-impaired preschoolers. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 34, 1130-1141.

Publications: Genetics and Language

Rice, M.L., Smith, S.D., Gayán, J. (2009). Convergent genetic linkage and associations to language, speech and reading measures in families of probands with Specific Language Impairment. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders. (full-text article)

Rice, M.L. and Smolik, F.(2007). Genetics of language disorders: clinical conditions, phenotypes, and genes. Chapter in Oxford Handbook of Psycholinguistics (pp 685 - 700). Oxford Press, Oxford, UK (full-text article)

Rice, M.L. and Warren, S.F., Editors, (2005). Psychological and Linguistic Studies across Languages and Learners. Special issue of Applied Psycholinguistics, 26, No 1.(full-text article)

Rice, M.L., Warren, S.F., & Betz, S. (2005). Language symptoms of developmental language disorders: An overview of autism, Down syndrome, fragile X, specific language impairment, and Williams syndrome. Applied Psycholinguistics, 26, 7-27. (full-text article)

Rice, M. L., & Warren, S. F. (2005). Moving toward a unified effort to understand the nature and causes of language disorders. Applied Psycholingustics, 26, 3-6. (full-text article)

Rice, M.L., & Warren, S.F. (Eds.). (2004). Developmental language disorders: From phenotypes to etiologies. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Rice, M.L., Haney, K.R., & Wexler, K. (1998). Family histories of children with SLI who show extended optional infinitives. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 41, 419-432. (abstract) (full-text article)

Rice, M.L., & Wexler, K. (1996). A phenotype of specific language impairment: Extended optional infinitives. In M. L. Rice (Ed.), Toward a genetics of a language (pp. 215-237). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. (full-text article)

Publications: Lexical Acquisition

Rice, M.L., Cleave, P., & Oetting, J.B. (2000). The use of syntactic cues in lexical acquisition by children with SLI. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 43, 582-594. (full-text article)

Rice, M.L., & Watkins, R.V. (1996). "Show me X": New views of an old assessment technique. In K. Cole, P. Dale, & D. Thal (Eds.), Advances in assessment of communication and language (pp. 183-206). Baltimore: Paul Brookes. (full-text article)

Oetting, J.B., Rice, M.L., & Swank, L.K. (1995). Quick incidental learning (QUIL) of words by school-aged children with and without SLI. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 38, 434-445. (abstract) (full-text article)

Kelly, D.J., & Rice, M.L. (1994). Preferences for verb interpretation in children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 37, 182-192. ( full-text article)

Rice, M.L., Oetting, J.B., Marquis, J., Bode, J., & Pae, S. (1994). Frequency of input effects on word comprehension of children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 37, 106-122. ( full-text article)

Watkins, R.V., Rice, M.L., & Moltz, C.C. (1993). Verb use by language-impaired and normally developing children. First Language, 13, 113-131. ( full-text article)

Rice, M.L., & Bode, J. (1993). GAPS in the verb lexicons of children with specific language impairment. First Language, 13, 113-131. (abstract)

Rice, M.L., Buhr. J., & Oetting, J. (1992). Specific-language-impaired children's quick incidental learning of words: The effect of a pause. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 35, 1040-1048. (abstract)

Rice, M.L., Wilcox, K., & Hadley, P. (1992). Promoting successful transition into school: The role of language and social intervention skills. In Conference Proceedings--New Directions in Child and Family Research: Shaping Head Start in the 90's (pp. 320-322). Washington, DC: Administration on Children, Youth and Families, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services.

Rice, M.L. (1990). Preschoolers' QUIL: Quick incidental learning of words. In G. Conti-Ramsden & C. Snow (Eds.), Children's language (vol. 7, pp. 171-194). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Rice, M.L., Buhr, J., & Nemeth, J. (1990). Fast mapping word learning abilities of language delayed preschoolers. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 55, 33-42. (abstract)

Publications: Language Intervention

Schuele, C.M., Rice, M.L., & Wilcox, K.A. (1995). Redirects: A strategy to increase peer interactions. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 38, 1319-1333. (full-text article)

Rice, M.L., & Schuele, C.M. (1995). Speech and language impairments. In E. Meyen & T. Skrtic (Eds.), Special education and student disability: An introduction (4th ed., pp. 341-374). Denver: Love Publishing.

Hadley, P.A., Wilcox, K.A., & Rice, M.L. (1994). Talking at school: Teacher expectations in preschool and kindergarten. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 9, 111-129. (abstract) (full-text article)

Hadley, P.A., & Rice, M.L. (1993). Parental judgments of preschoolers' speech and language development: A resource for assessment and IEP planning. Seminars in Speech and Language, 14, 278-288.

Rice, M.L. (1991). Children with specific language impairment: Toward a model of teachability. In N. Krasnegor, D.M. Rumbaugh, R.L. Schiefelbusch, & M. Studdert-Kennedy (Eds.), Biological and behavioral determinants of language development (pp. 447-480). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Association.

Rice, M.L., & O'Brien, M. (1990). Transitions: Times of change and accommodation. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 9(4), 1-14.

Rice, M.L., & Schiefelbusch, R.L. (Eds.) (1989). The teachability of language. Baltimore: Brookes Publishing Co.
--see chapter by Rice, Synthesis/commentary on language teaching and learning strategies.

Publications: Language Acquisition Preschool Education

Rice, M.L., & Hadley, P.A. (1995). Language outcomes of the language focused curriculum. In M.L. Rice & K.A. Wilcox (Eds.), Building a language-focused curriculum for the preschool classroom: A foundation for lifelong communication (pp. 155-169). Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing Co.

Rice, M.L. (1995). The rationale and operating principles for a language focused curriculum (LFC) for preschool children. In M.L. Rice & K.A. Wilcox (Eds.), Building a language-focused curriculum for the preschool classroom: A foundation for lifelong communication (pp. 27-38). Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing Co. (full-text article)

Rice, M.L. (1995). Language acquisition and language impairment. In M.L. Rice & K.A. Wilcox (Eds.), Building a language-focused curriculum for the preschool classroom: A foundation for lifelong communication (pp. 15-26). Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing Co.

Rice, M.L. (1995). Creating a language-focused curriculum for preschool children. In M.L. Rice & K.A. Wilcox (Eds.), Building a language-focused curriculum for the preschool classroom: A foundation for lifelong communication (pp. 1-13). Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing Co. (full-text article)

Publications: Children Who Are at Risk

Rice, M.L., Spitz, R.V., & O'Brien, M. (1999). Semantic and morphosyntactic language outcomes in biologically at-risk children. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 12, 213-234. (abstract) ( full-text article)

O'Brien, M., Rice, M., & Roy, C. (1996). Defining eligibility criteria for preventive early intervention in an NICU population. Journal of Early Intervention, 20, 283-293. ( full-text article)

Johnson, J., Watkins, R., & Rice, M.L. (1992). Bimodal bilingual language development in a hearing child of deaf parents. Applied Psycholinguistics, 13, 31-52.

Culp, R.E., Watkins, R.V., Lawrence, H., Letts, D., Kelly, D.J., & Rice, M.L. (1991). Maltreated children's language and speech development: Abused, neglected, and abused and neglected. First Language, 11, 377-389.

Publications: Social Competence and Language

Redmond, S.M., & Rice, M.L. (2002). Stability of behavioral ratings of children with SLI. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 45, 190-201. (full-text article)

Redmond, S.M., & Rice, M.L. (1998). The socioemotional behaviors of children with SLI: Social adaptation or social deviance? Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 41, 688-700. (abstract) ( full-text article)

Gertner, B.L., Rice, M.L., & Hadley, P.A. (1994). The influence of communicative competence on peer preferences in a preschool classroom. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 37, 913-923. (abstract) ( full-text article)

Rice, M.L., Hadley, P.A., & Alexander, A.L. (1993). Social biases toward children with speech and language impairments: A correlative causal model of language limitations. Applied Psycholinguistics, 14, 445-471. (abstract)

Rice, M.L. (1993). Social consequences of specific language impairment. In H. Grimm & H. Skowronek (Eds.), Language acquisition problems and reading disorders: Aspects of diagnosis and intervention (pp. 111-128). New York: de Gruyter.

Rice, M.L. (1993). "Don't talk to him: He's weird" A social consequences account of language and social interactions. In A.P. Kaiser & D.B. Gray (Eds.), Enhancing children's communication: Research foundations for intervention (pp. 139-158). Baltimore: Brookes Publishing Co.

Hadley, P.A., & Rice, M.L. (1991). Conversational responsiveness of speech and language impaired preschoolers. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 34, 1308-1317. (abstract) (full-text article)

Rice, M.L., Sell, M.A., & Hadley, P.A. (1991). Social interactions of speech and language impaired children. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 34, 1299-1307. (abstract) (full-text article)

Oetting, J.B., & Rice, M.L. (1991). Influence of the social context on pragmatic skills of adults with mental retardation. American Journal of Mental Retardation, 95, 435-443.

Rice, M.L., Sell, M.A., & Hadley, P.A. (1990). The social interactive coding system (SICS): An on-line, clinically relevant descriptive tool. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in the Schools, 21, 2-14. (abstract)

Publications: TV and Language

Rice, M.L. (1990). Educational effects of Sesame Street home videos. In Sesame Street Research: A 20th Anniversary Symposium. Princeton, NJ: Children's Television Workshop/Educational Testing Service.

Huston, A.C., Wright, J.C., Rice, M.L., Kerkman, D., & St. Peters, M. (1990). The development of television viewing patterns in early childhood. A longitudinal investigation. Developmental Psychology, 26, 409-420. ( full-text article)
(reprinted in Chinese in: China Central Television, Advance in television research Beijing, P.R.C.: Beijing Broadcasting Institute Publishing Press, Translated by Zhang Lin-Zhen in 1991.)

Rice, M.L., Huston, A.C., Truglio, R., & Wright, J.C. (1990). Words from Sesame Street Learning vocabulary while viewing. Developmental Psychology, 26, 421-428.

Rice, M.L., & Woodsmall, L. (1988). Lessons from television: Children's word learning when viewing. Child Development, 59, 429-429.

Rice, M.L., & Haight, P.L. (1986). "Motherese" of Mr. Rogers: A description of the dialogue of educational television programs. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 51, 282-287.

Lemish, D., & Rice, M.L. (1986) Television as a talking picture book: A prop for language acquisition.Journal of Child Language, 13, 251-273.

Rice, M.L., Huston, A.C., & Wright, J.C. (1986). Replays as repetitions: Young children's interpretation of television forms. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 7, 61-76.

Ross, R.P., Campbell, T.A., Wright, J.C., Huston, A.C., Rice M.L., & Turk, P. (1983, July-September). When celebrities talk, children listen: An experimental analysis of children's responses to TV ads with celebrity endorsement. Applied Developmental Psychology, 5, 185-202.

Rice, M.L. (1983). The role of television in language acquisition. Developmental Review, 3, 211-224.

Rice, M.L., Huston, A.C., & Wright, J.C. (1982). The forms of television: Effects on children's attention, comprehension, and social behavior. In D. Pearl, L. Bouthilet, & J. Lazar (Eds.), Television and bevahior: Ten years of scientific progress and implications for the 80s. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.

Publications: Autism

Roberts, J., Rice, M.L., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2004). Tense marking in children with autism. Applied Psycholinguistics, 25, 429-448.

Publications: ERP Studies

Atchley, R.A., Rice, M.L., Betz, S.K., Kwasney, K.M., Sereno, J.A. and Jongman, A. (2006) A comparison of semantic and syntactic event related potentials generated by children and adults. Brain and Language, 99, 236-246.

Publications: Bilingual Studies

Paradis, J., Crago, M., Genesee, F., & Rice, M.L. (2003). French-English bilingual children with SLI: How do they compare with their monolingual peers? Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 46, 113-127. ( full-text article)

Recent Presentations

in Japan

Rice, M.L. (2001, March). In search of genetic contributions to language impairments. Invited lecture at the Developmental Psychology Conference, Shikoku, Japan.

Rice, M.L. (2001, March). Children with specific language impairment: Recent findings and implications for models of language acquisition. Invited lecture at the Second Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.

Rice, M.L. (2001, March). Diagnostic evaluation of grammatical symptoms of specific language impairment: Theoretical background and application of measures for children with SLI. Invited lecture at Sophia University, Japan.

in Australia

Rice, M.L. (2003, December). Language growth of children with Specific Language Impairment and unaffected children: Timing mechanisms and linguistic distinctions. Paper presented at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Curtin Univerisity of Technology, Perth, Australia.

Rice, M.L. (2002, December). Selective versus general delays in language acquisition in children with SLI: Refining the phenotype. Paper presented at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Curtin University of Technology, Perth Austrailia.

Rice, M.L. (2000, August). Advocating for children with language impairments: Dealing with the mistaken assumptions. Presentation to SPEECH Inc., Perth, Australia.

Rice, M.L. (2000, July). Children's language instinct: Observations from a program of research investigating the causes and consequences of unexpected individual differences. Presented at the Hadyn Williams Public Lecture, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.

Rice, M.L. (2000, July). Toward a genetics of language: An update on the status of current investigations with children with specific language impairment. Presented at the TVW Telethon Institute of Child Health Research Public Lecture, Perth, Australia.

in Israel

Rice, M.L. (2000, March). What the condition of SLI tells us about timing and variance in the acquisition of morphology and syntax. Presentation at the Israel Science Foundation International Research Workshop on "Theoretical and Methodological Issues in the Study of Developmental Language Disorders," Jerusalem, Israel.

in Europe

Rice, M.L. (2002, October). Selectice versus general delays in language acquisition in children with SLI: Refining the phenotype. Paper presented at the Centre for Developmental Language Disorders and Cognitive Neuroscience Workshop, University College, London, England.

Rice, M.L., & Wexler, K. (1999, July). Comprehension of an extended optional infinitive grammar: Evidence from children with specific language impairment. Presentation at the VIII International Congress for the Study of Child Language, San Sebastian, Spain.

Rice, M.L. (1999, March). Grammatical symptoms of specific language impairment. Paper presented at the Third AFASIC International Symposium on Speech and Language Impairment: From Theory to Practice. University of York, United Kingdom.

in Canada

Rice, M.L. (2002, April) Variation in children's language: Morphosyntax in L2 and Specific Language Impairment, Plenary address at Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.

at the Boston University conference

Rice, M.L. (2003, November). Language growth of children with Specific Language Impairment and unaffected children: Timing mechanisms and linguistics distinctions. Plenary Speech. Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston.

Rice, M.L., Wexler, K. & Francois, J. (2001, October). SLI children's delayed acquisition of passive. Paper presented at the Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston.

Rice, M.L., & Wexler, K. (2000, November). What she saying? SLI children's judgments of questions. Paper presented at the Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston.

at the SRCLD

Rice, M.L. (2003, June). Measurement momentum. Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Rice, M.L. (2002, July). SLI as a model system of language acquisition. Paper presented at the IX International Congress for the Study of Child Language and The Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Betz, S.K., Rice M.L., Tomblin, J.B., & Chen, S. (2002, July). Grammatical reconstructions and tense errors made by children with SLI during imitation tasks. Poster presented at the IX International Congress for the Study of Child Language and the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Rice, M.L. (2002, June). Measurement momentum. Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Rice, M.L., & Francois, J. (2001, June). SLI children's delayed acquisition of passive. Poster presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Roberts, J., Rice, M.L., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2000, June). Tense-marking in children with autism: Further evidence for overlap between autism and SLI. Poster presentation at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Rice, M.L., Tweed, S., & Higheagle. B. (2000, June). GAP verbs of children with SLI: Longitudinal observations. Paper presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Rice, K.J., Rice, M.L., & Redmond, S.M. (2000, June). MLU outcomes for children with and without SLI: Support for MLU as a matching criterion. Paper presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Rice, M.L., & Tomblin, B. (1999, June) Clinical indices of language impairment: Grammatical tense compared to conventional testing. Poster presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

at the Vanderbilt conference

Rice, M.L. (2000, April). Variations in the acquisition of grammatical forms: Implications for language intervention. Keynote address at the "Treatment Efficacy Conference," Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.

at the ASHA convention

Rice, M.L. (2002, June). Identifying young children with language impairments: Measurement issues. Presentation at the ASHA Conference for Speech-Language Pathologists in Schools, Nashville, TN.

Betz, S.K., Rice, M.L., Tomblin, J.B., & Chen, S.D. (2001, November). Tense errors made by children with SLI during imitation tasks. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association convention, New Orleans, LA.

Rice, M.L., McGregor, K.K., Oetting, J.B., Crago, M., Watkins, R.V., & Sevcik, R.A. (2000, November). Language Disorders in children: New Findings. Seminar presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association annual meeting, Washington, DC.

at State Speech & Hearing Associations

Rice, M.L. (2004, April). Evidence-based language assessment: Identification of children with SLI. New Jersey Speech and Hearing Association annual meeting, Atlantic City.

Rice, M.L. (2004, February). Assessment of children's language: The evidence base. Illinois Speech and Hearing Association annual meeting, Chicago.