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Meaningful Differences: The Word Gap

Dr. Todd Risley discusses the importance of parents talking to their babies to support vocabulary development.

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Todd R. Risley was a professor of psychology at the University of Alaska and former professor of human development and senior scientist of the Bureau of Child Research at the University of Kansas. He is the co-author, with Betty Hart, of the  book Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of Young American Children.

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