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Nonverbal IQ Tests Reflect Different Relations among Skills for Specifically Language-Impaired and Normal Children: Brief Report.
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Swisher, Linda; Plante, Elena – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1993
This study examined patterns of nonverbal intelligence test performance of 11 preschool children with and 12 without specific language impairments. The study found group differences in relations among nonverbal cognitive skills. Results suggest caution in using nonverbal intelligence tests normed on nondisabled children with children having…
Descriptors: Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests, Language Handicaps, Nonverbal Tests
Selection of Preschool Language Tests: A Data-Based Approach.
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Plante, Elena; Vance, Rebecca – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1994
Twenty-one language tests that included norms for children ages 4 and 5 were reviewed for information on 10 psychometric criteria. Administration of the 4 tests meeting the most criteria to 20 preschool children with specific language impairments and 20 controls found that only 1 (the Structured Photographic Expressive Language Test) provided…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Language Tests, Preschool Education, Psychometrics
The Diagnostic Accuracy of Four Vocabulary Tests Administered to Preschool-Age Children.
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Gray, Shelley; Plante, Elena; Vance, Rebecca; Henrichsen, Mary – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1999
This study compared four commonly used vocabulary tests to screen or identify preschool children for specific language impairment (SLI). Four- and five-year olds with (N=31) and without (N=31) SLI were compared on the tests. Despite moderate to strong inter-test correlations, no test was a strong identifier of SLI. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Delayed Speech, Disability Identification, Language Acquisition
Classification of Adults for Family Studies of Developmental Language Disorders.
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Plante, Elena; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1996
This study compared 4 methods (2 case history and 2 performance-based) used to classify the status of adult subjects in familial studies of developmental language disorders, involving 24 parents of children with developmental language disorders and 24 unrelated adult controls. Classification by case history found fewer affected adults than…
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Children, Classification