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Direct linkMario Figueroa; Sònia Darbra – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: The evidence on the effect of age on the receptive and expressive language skills of individuals with Down syndrome is inconclusive. Recent research highlights the relevance of having tools to detect age-related changes in language skills. Method: Data were collected on 45 adults with Down syndrome. All were assessed with the Peabody…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Aging (Individuals), Adults, Down Syndrome
Download full textLeiss, Robert H.; Proger, Barton B. – 1977
To determine the most effective language training activities for trainable mentally retarded (TMR) children, the variables of degree of previous language training, IQ, Peabody language treatment program versus Distar language treatment program, pretest versus posttest, and sex were examined with 122 TMR Ss (7 to 14 years old). Results of the…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Language Acquisition, Language Programs, Language Skills
Hausman, Ralph M.; Apffel, James A. – 1968
The differential effects of the final revision of Levels 1 and 2 of the Peabody Language Development Kits (PLDK) on the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA) profiles of young disadvantaged black children were studied. Contrasted with 90 control subjects were 90 experimental subjects who received a daily 30-minute oral language…
Descriptors: Black Education, Black Students, Black Youth, Child Language
Milligan, Jerry L. – 1965
In this study, the Peabody Language Development Kit, originally designed for culturally deprived and mentally retarded children, was tested to see how it affected the psycholinguistic abilities and beginning reading development of normal children. Ninety-seven kindergartners were randomly divided into an experimental group who used the Peabody Kit…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Experimental Programs, Instructional Materials
Dunn, Lloyd M.; Mueller, Max W. – 1967
The differential effects of the experimental revision of Level 1 of the Peabody Language Development Kits (PLDK) on the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA) profiles of disadvantaged first-grade children were studied. Contrasted with 203 control subjects were 529 experimental subjects who received a daily 30-minute oral language…
Descriptors: Black Students, Black Youth, Child Development, Disadvantaged Youth
