Laurence B. Leonard

Laurence Baker Leonard is an American speech pathologist and linguist, recognized for his research on Specific Language Impairment (SLI) in children. As a leading scholar in this field, he has been selected to receive the biennial Callier Prize in Communication Disorders. He also holds the Rachel E. Stark Distinguished Professorship at Purdue University, where he directs research on language acquisition difficulties across different languages. Dr. Leonard's research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health for 26 years. He has authored numerous publications on the phonological, lexical, and morphosyntactic challenges faced by children with SLI, and his work has greatly influenced treatment methodologies for language impairments. Leonard earned his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1973. Provided by Wikipedia