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Early childhood education is a privileged context for children to develop their language and communication abilities (Dickinson, 2011). More specifically, it is demonstrated that the quality of the interactions between teachers and children plays a protective role on language and communication development for more vulnerable children (Burchinal et al. 2010; Simard et al. 2013). The current study explores the quality of interactions in kindergarten in the French-speaking part of Belgium (second year for children of 4-5 years old). Observations took place in 17 classes, using the CLASS® Pre-K (Classroom Assessment Scoring System®, Pianta et al. 2008). Similar to other international investigations, our results show heterogeneity in the scores of the different classes. But overall, emotional support and classroom organization reach medium to high quality level, while instructional support shows a low average score. Some dimensions of the instructional support vary as a function of the teacher/children ratio and the type of activity. This exploratory study enables a reflection about language development support in early childhood education and raises questions about creative ways to optimize it.

La présente étude décrit la mise à l’essai d’un dispositif de développement professionnel quant au soutien du développement langagier offert aux enfants en centre de la petite enfance. Le dispositif, qui inclut une modalité de cointervention avec une orthophoniste, a été proposé à quatre éducatrices. À l’aide d’un devis mixte et à partir du modèle logique de Coldwell et Simkins (2011), les retombées intermédiaires du dispositif ont été analysées, à savoir les réactions des éducatrices, les nouvelles connaissances qu’elles ont acquises et les habiletés développées, ainsi que les changements dans leurs pratiques de soutien du développement langagier. Une triangulation entre les données sur la fréquence d’utilisation de quinze pratiques de soutien du développement langagier et l’analyse d’entretiens avec les éducatrices souligne l’importance d’ancrer ces nouvelles connaissances et habiletés dans le quotidien des éducatrices, et permet de mieux comprendre certains défis inhérents aux transformations de pratiques. Mots-clés : développement professionnel, éducation à la petite enfance, pratiques de soutien du développement langagier, modèle logique, collaboration interprofessionnelle

Environmental factors that influence social participation of elementary school children with primary language impairment. In order to facilitate social participation in children with primary language impairment (PLI), it is important to know what are the barriers and/or facilitators in a child's family, school and community-based environments. The goal of this exploratory study was to identify these environmental factors for elementary school children with PLI. Twentysix parents of 5-to 13-year-old children and eleven school professionals completed a questionnaire that evaluates the environmental factors influencing the social participation of elementary school children with a communication disorder (Croteau et al., 2015b). Many factors from school and family environments were perceived as facilitators while barriers were identified in all three types of environments. The results suggest targets for intervention to be taken concerning communitybased and school services, namely the availability of services, the reduction of noise and the attitudes of peers.