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Publication Date: 2015-Jun
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Outcomes and Predictors in Preschoolers with Speech-Language and/or Developmental Mobility Impairments
Washington, Karla N.; Thomas-Stonell, Nancy; McLeod, Sharynne; Warr-Leeper, Genese
Child Language Teaching and Therapy, v31 n2 p141-157 Jun 2015
The purpose of this article is to describe communicative-participation outcomes measured by the Focus on the Outcomes of Communication Under Six (FOCUS©; Thomas-Stonell et al., 2013) for interventions provided by speech-language pathologists (SLPs) in different community settings for preschoolers with speech-language impairments (Sp/LI) with and without developmental mobility impairments (MI). The predictive relationships between communicative-participation and (1) functioning-and-disability, and (2) contextual factors, was also investigated. Sixty-one preschoolers with Sp/LI and their parents participated. Twenty-six preschoolers were identified with Sp/LI and received speech-language interventions (Group 1), 20 preschoolers were identified with Sp/LI and MI and received speech-language interventions (Group 2), and 15 preschoolers with Sp/LI awaiting intervention served as waitlist controls (Group 3). Parents completed structured interviews about children's communicative-participation outcomes using the FOCUS© at three time points (pre-intervention, post-intervention, and 3-months post-intervention) with an SLP. Only Groups 1 and 2 experienced statistically and clinically meaningful communicative-participation outcomes over time as measured by the FOCUS©. Pre- to post-intervention communicative-participation was predicted by functioning-and-disability and contextual factors, initial social skills and intervention status, respectively. Post-intervention to 3-month post-intervention scores were also predicted by functioning-and-disability and contextual factors, risk status (Sp/LI only, Sp/LI+developmental MI) and intervention status, respectively. Significant and clinically meaningful changes in communicative-participation over time are associated with speech-language interventions for preschoolers with Sp/LI.
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Preschool Children, Speech Impairments, Language Impairments, Mobility, Physical Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities, Correlation, Communication Skills, Context Effect, Intervention, Speech Language Pathology, Therapy, Parents, Interviews, Pretests Posttests, Scores, Program Effectiveness, Statistical Analysis, Regression (Statistics), Interpersonal Competence, At Risk Persons, Foreign Countries
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