Screening for Language Delay: Growth Trajectories of Language Ability in Low- and High-Performing Children

Autor/inn/en	Klem, Marianne; Hagtvet, Bente; Hulme, Charles; Gustafsson, Jan-Eric
Titel	Screening for Language Delay: Growth Trajectories of Language Ability in Low- and High-Performing Children
Quelle	In: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 59 (2016) 5, S.1035-1045 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1092-4388
DOI	10.1044/2016_JSLHR-L-15-0289
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; Language Skills; Language Impairments; Longitudinal Studies; Sentences; Repetition; Vocabulary; Grammar; Age Differences; Comparative Analysis; Screening Tests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Wiederholung; Wortschatz; Grammatik; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Screening-Verfahren
Abstract	Purpose: This study investigated the stability and growth of preschool language skills and explores latent class analysis as an approach for identifying children at risk of language impairment. Method: The authors present data from a large-scale 2-year longitudinal study, in which 600 children were assessed with a language-screening tool (LANGUAGE4) at age 4 years. A subsample (n = 206) was assessed on measures of sentence repetition, vocabulary, and grammatical knowledge at ages 4, 5, and 6 years. Results: A global latent language factor showed a high degree of longitudinal stability in children between the ages of 4 to 6 years. A low-performing group showing a language deficit compared to their age peers at age 4 was identified on the basis of the LANGUAGE4. The growth-rates during this 2-year time period were parallel for the low-performing and 3 higher performing groups of children. Conclusions: There is strong stability in children's language skills between the ages of 4 and 6 years. The results demonstrate that a simple language screening measure can successfully identify a low-performing group of children who show persistent language weaknesses between the ages of 4 and 6 years. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01