Screening for language delay: growth trajectories of language ability in low- and high-performing children
<strong>Purpose</strong> 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. <strong>Method</strong> The authors present data from a large-sca...
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
2016
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| author | Klem, M Hagtvet, B Hulme, C Gustafsson, J |
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| description | <strong>Purpose</strong> 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. <strong>Method</strong> 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. <strong>Results</strong> 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. <strong>Conclusions</strong> 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. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:7b66e993-9c5d-44c3-b92a-bf08178631362022-03-26T20:50:22ZScreening for language delay: growth trajectories of language ability in low- and high-performing childrenJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:7b66e993-9c5d-44c3-b92a-bf0817863136Symplectic Elements at OxfordAmerican Speech-Language-Hearing Association2016Klem, MHagtvet, BHulme, CGustafsson, J<strong>Purpose</strong> 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. <strong>Method</strong> 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. <strong>Results</strong> 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. <strong>Conclusions</strong> 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. |
| spellingShingle | Klem, M Hagtvet, B Hulme, C Gustafsson, J Screening for language delay: growth trajectories of language ability in low- and high-performing children |
| title | Screening for language delay: growth trajectories of language ability in low- and high-performing children |
| title_full | Screening for language delay: growth trajectories of language ability in low- and high-performing children |
| title_fullStr | Screening for language delay: growth trajectories of language ability in low- and high-performing children |
| title_full_unstemmed | Screening for language delay: growth trajectories of language ability in low- and high-performing children |
| title_short | Screening for language delay: growth trajectories of language ability in low- and high-performing children |
| title_sort | screening for language delay growth trajectories of language ability in low and high performing children |
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