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Carin H. Wiefferink; Conja Adriaanse; Margot van Denderen; Carla van Schie; Noëlle N. Uilenburg – Infants and Young Children, 2024
Despite the importance of identifying children with developmental language delay, no accurate screening instruments are available for 3-year-olds. The aim of the present study is to compare the accuracy of the General Language Screen (GLS), focusing on receptive and expressive language and intelligibility with the accuracy of the VTO Language…
Descriptors: Identification, Delayed Speech, Expressive Language, Preschool Children
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Iris Duinmeijer; Sanne Peet; Lonneke Janssen; Annette Scheper; Margo Zwitserlood-Nijenhuis; Wendy Bliekendaal; Marijke Zoons; Britt Hakvoort – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2025
Background: Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) have problems acquiring language, affecting their communicative participation, social--emotional functioning (SEF) and quality of life (QoL). Aims: To investigate whether communicative participation mediates the relation between language and SEF and QoL. Methods & Procedures: In a…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Developmental Delays, Communication Skills, Quality of Life
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Ratib Lekhal; May-Britt Drugli; Lisa Karlsen; Stian Lydersen; Elisabet Solheim Buøen – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2024
This study examined the effectiveness of the "Thrive by Three" intervention for 1- to 3-year-old's language development. Data from 78 childcare centres, 187 toddler classrooms, and 1561 children (91.4% native Norwegian) were included. Results revealed that children in the intervention group had slightly steeper language development than…
Descriptors: Intervention, Child Care Centers, Language Skills, Language Acquisition
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Nancy C. Marencin; Ashley A. Edwards; Nicole Patton Terry – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2024
Purpose: We investigated and compared the outcomes from two standardized, norm-referenced screening assessments of language (i.e., Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals Preschool--Second Edition [CELFP-2], Diagnostic Evaluation of Language Variation--Screening Test [DELV-ST]) with African American preschoolers whose spoken dialect differed…
Descriptors: African American Students, Preschool Children, Black Dialects, Diagnostic Tests