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The following resources should be reviewed before you participate in the Week 4 Discussion:

Carey, B. (2013). Language gap between rich and poor children begins in infancy, Stanford psychologists find. Retrieved from http://news.stanford.edu/news/2013/september/toddler-language-gap-091213.html

Colker, L. J. (n.d.). The word gap: The early years make a difference. Teaching Young Children, 7(3), 26–28.

Hart, B. & Risley, T. R. (2003). The early catastrophe: The 30 million word gap by age 3. Retrieved from http://www.aft.org/ae/spring2003/hart_risley

Pungello, E. P., Iruka, I. U., Dotterer, A. M., Mills-Koonce, R., & Reznick, J. S. (2009). The effects of socioeconomic status, race, and parenting on language development in early childhood. Developmental Psychology, 45(2), 544–557.

Roseberry-McKibbin, C. (2012). The impact of poverty and homelessness on children’s oral and literate language: Practical implications for service delivery. Paper presented at ASHA Schools Conference, Milwaukee, WI. Retrieved from http://www.asha.org/uploadedFiles/Poverty-Homelessness-Childrens-Oral-Literate-Language.pdf