Profile of Australian Preschool Children with Speech Sound Disorders at Risk for Literacy Difficulties

Autor/inn/en	McLeod, Sharynne; Crowe, Kathryn; Masso, Sarah; Baker, Elise; McCormack, Jane; Wren, Yvonne; Roulstone, Susan; Howland, Charlotte
Titel	Profile of Australian Preschool Children with Speech Sound Disorders at Risk for Literacy Difficulties
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 22 (2017) 1, S.15-33 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (McLeod, Sharynne) ORCID (Masso, Sarah)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1940-4158
DOI	10.1080/19404158.2017.1287105
Schlagwörter	At Risk Students; Foreign Countries; Preschool Children; Speech Impairments; Reading Difficulties; Speech Language Pathology; Language Skills; Speech Skills; Intervention; Phonological Awareness; Gender Differences; Emergent Literacy; Language Impairments; Parent Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Preschool Teachers; Questionnaires; Behavior Problems; Child Behavior; Screening Tests; Statistical Analysis; Language Usage; Psychomotor Skills; Auditory Tests; Australia; Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire; Preschool Language Scale + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Speech impairment; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Language handicps; Language impairments; Sprachbehinderung; Reading difficulty; Leseschwierigkeit; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Mündliche Leistung; Sprachfertigkeit; Geschlechterkonflikt; Frühleseunterricht; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Elternverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Fragebogen; Screening-Verfahren; Statistische Analyse; Sprachgebrauch; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Auditory test; Autismus; Australien
Abstract	Speech sound disorders are a common communication difficulty in preschool children. Teachers indicate difficulty identifying and supporting these children. The aim of this research was to describe speech and language characteristics of children identified by their parents and/or teachers as having possible communication concerns. 275 Australian 4- to 5-year-old children from 45 preschools whose parents and teachers were concerned about their talking participated in speech-language pathology assessments to examine speech, language, literacy, non-verbal intelligence, oromotor skills and hearing. The majority (71.3%) of children demonstrated lower consonant accuracy than expected for their age, 63.9% did not pass the language-screening task, 65.5% had not been assessed and 72.4% had not received intervention from a speech-language pathologist. The 132 children who were identified with speech sound disorder (phonological impairment) were more likely to be male (62.9%) who were unintelligible to unfamiliar listeners, and had poor emergent literacy and phonological processing skills, despite having typical hearing, oral structures, and intelligence. Children identified by parents and teachers with concerns may have a range of speech, language and communication needs requiring professional support. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01