title: The language of written language: an introduction to the special issue.
abstract: This special issue includes five articles dealing with selected aspects of writing disorders, crafted by key contributors to the literature on written language. Articles addressing definitional issues and diagnostic questions, assessment strategies, selected neurodevelopmental components of written expression, the manifestation of writing problems in children and young adults, direct intervention, training for elementary teachers in the early grades in the area of literacy, and brain-behavior linkages are presented. This introduction provides an overview of these articles tied to specific issues confronting the field of written language. Some thoughts and directions for the future are articulated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill 27599-7255, USA. stephen.hooper@cdl.unc.edu
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Hooper
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000254:growth & development; D002648:Child; D004493:Education; D006801:Humans; D007804:Language Development; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014956:Writing