The process of early identification

Law, James

doi:10.1007/978-1-4899-4445-0_6

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“…The information in table 2 indicates that the majority (n = 98) are male. This is to be expected as there is a higher reported incidence of communication disorders in males [18] . Furthermore, a substantial proportion (53%, n = 75) of the children was of school going age.…”

Section: Biographic Information On the Communicatively Disordered Samplementioning

confidence: 76%

Clinical Intervention for Bilingual Children: An International Survey

Jordaan¹

2008

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This paper reports on the results of an international survey undertaken by the Multilingual Affairs Committee of the IALP, to investigate the intervention provided to bilingual children. Information pertaining to 157 children was obtained from 99 speech-language therapists in 13 countries. The survey addressed biographical details and language background of the children, the diagnosed communication disorder, language competence of the therapists, issues pertaining to the language of intervention, use of interpreters, advice given to parents regarding the use of each language, and possible results of intervention. The findings are specific to each country and related to the sociolinguistic context. Very few therapists provide bilingual intervention, although many have strategies for ensuring the development of both languages, such as advising parents to speak only the home language. Therapists were generally unable to provide quantifiable intervention results due to a paucity of assessment materials for bilinguals. The IALP Multilingual Affairs Committee used the results of this survey to develop guidelines for working with multilingual populations with communication disorders.

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Section: Biographic Information On the Communicatively Disordered Samplementioning

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Clinical Intervention for Bilingual Children: An International Survey

Jordaan¹

2008

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“…The subjects were required to be older than 5 for two reasons: (1) By the age of 5 the existence and type of language impairment in children is considered to be 'persistent' [14] and there could therefore be no possibility that the subjects would have a normal developmental language delay only. (2) The CAS [5] used to establish the cognitive processing profiles of the subjects is only appropriate for children above the age of 5.…”

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Cognitive and Linguistic Profiles of Specific Language Impairment and Semantic-Pragmatic Disorder in Bilinguals

Jordaan¹,

Shaw-Ridley²,

Serfontein³

et al. 2001

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This study explored the notion that the extent to which language-impaired children can become bilingual depends on the type of language impairment. Single-case studies were conducted on two 7-year-old bilingual children, who had both been exposed to English and Afrikaans consistently and regularly from an early age. The subjects presented with specific language impairment (SLI) and semantic-pragmatic disorder (SPD), respectively. They were assessed on a battery of cognitive and linguistic tests in both their languages. Results indicate that the SLI subject, who presented with a deficit in successive processing on the Cognitive Assessment System, had difficulty in acquiring the surface features of both languages. She developed much better proficiency in English than in Afrikaans, despite substantial exposure to the latter. The SPD subject, whose cognitive profile was characterised by planning and attention deficits, but a strength in successive processing, presented with equal proficiency in both languages. The theoretical and clinical implications of this research are discussed.

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The feasibility of universal screening for primary speech and language delay: findings from a systematic review of the literature

Law

Boyle

Harris

et al. 2000

Dev Med Child Neurol

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This paper reports on a systematic review of the literature commissioned to examine the feasibility of universal screening for speech and language delay. The results, based on an examination of productivity figures, including positive predictive ability and likelihood ratio, indicate that a number of screening tests are adequate. Sensitivity was generally lower than specificity, and study quality was inversely related to both sensitivity and likelihood ratio, suggesting that it is easier to identify accurately children who do not have language and speech problems than those who do. The review concluded that there is insufficient evidence to warrant the introduction of universal screening at this stage. This paper discusses the type of data that would be needed to address this issue further and recommendations are made for alternative approaches to early identification.

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The process of early identification

Cited by 6 publications

References 31 publications

Clinical Intervention for Bilingual Children: An International Survey

Clinical Intervention for Bilingual Children: An International Survey

Cognitive and Linguistic Profiles of Specific Language Impairment and Semantic-Pragmatic Disorder in Bilinguals

The feasibility of universal screening for primary speech and language delay: findings from a systematic review of the literature

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