Leslie Rescorla

Leslie Altman Rescorla (15 August 1945 – 12 October 2020) was a developmental psychologist and expert on language delay in toddlers. Rescorla was Professor of Psychology on the Class of 1897 Professorship of Science and Director of the Child Study Institute at Bryn Mawr College. She was a licensed and school certified psychologist known for her longitudinal research on late talkers. In the 1980s, she created the Language Development Survey, a widely used tool for screening toddlers for possible language delays. Rescorla worked with Thomas M. Achenbach in developing the manual for the Achenbach System of Empirically Based Assessment (ASEBA) used to measure adaptive and maladaptive behavior in children.

Rescorla has published extensively in the field of child language development and co-edited (with Philip Dale) the volume ''Late Talkers: Language Development, Interventions, and Outcomes''. She was awarded the 2018 Janet L. Hoopes Award from the Pennsylvania Branch of the International Dyslexia Association for her research on literacy, reading, and learning disabilities. Provided by Wikipedia