The use of the 'focus on the outcome of communication under six' (FOCUS © -G & FOCUS © -34-G) - investigating the communicative participation in preschool-children with development language disorders (DLD)

The use of the 'focus on the outcome of communication under six' (FOCUS © -G & FOCUS © -34-G) - investigating the communicative participation in preschool-children with development language disorders (DLD) - Projekt FOCUS

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00024353

Enrollment

Registered

2021-04-26

Start date

2021-04-26

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

F80

Interventions

Group 1: The FOCUS©-G questionnaire is used in 50 children with development language disorders between the ages of 2

0 to 6

5 years 1. We validate the short version FOCUS ©-34-G in comparison to the original version 2. We collect reference data on communicative participation with FOCUS©-G / FOCUS©-34-G for children with D

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

24 Months to 56 Months

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Suspected development language disorder (DLD, T0) Diagnosis of DLD (T1-T5)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: no DLD diagnosis (after T0) other developmental disorder (diagnosis when clarified by the special education department) Parents do not understand enough German to fill out project documents

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Communicative participation: total score FOCUS © -G (only T1 and T4) or FOCUS-34 © -G (T0 to T5, Thomas-Stonell et al., 2012)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Desires and goals regarding therapy success: values ??of the visual analog scale (VAS) // Communicative-pragmatic competence: total score Beobachtungsrasters zur Erfassung der kommunikativ-pragmatischen Kompetenz von ein- bis fünfjährigen Kindern (BpkK, Vischer, 2016) and total score Beobachtungsbogen für pragmatische Fähigkeiten (BFI, Shelten-Cornish, Hofbauer, & Wirts, oJ) / / Practical-gnostic, symbolic, linguistic and social-communicative competence: scores ??Entwicklungsprofil (EP, Zollinger, 2015) // Grammatical competence: Mean Length of Utterance (MLU), percent of 2-word combination (% 2-Wo), percent of multiple word utterances (% MeWo), percent of correct verb second placement in main clause (% V2), percent of correct subject-verb congruence (% SVK): Percentage of correct verb marking of the 1st person singular (I) or plural (we,% 1.P.), the 3rd person singular (he / she / it) or plural (they;% 3.P.) .) and the verb marking of the 2nd person singular (you) or plural (you,% 2.P): scores ??language sample analysis // Articulation competence: Percentage Consonant Correct (PCC), Percentage Vowels Correct (PVC): Scores ???language sample analysis // Semantic-lexical competence: Total Number of Words (TNW), Total Number of Different Words (TDW): Scores ???language sample analysis // Pragmatic competence:% incomprehensible: Scores ???language sample analysis // Receptive competence:% correct reaction: Scores ???language sample analysis //	—

Measure

Time frame

Desires and goals regarding therapy success: values ??of the visual analog scale (VAS) // Communicative-pragmatic competence: total score Beobachtungsrasters zur Erfassung der kommunikativ-pragmatischen Kompetenz von ein- bis fünfjährigen Kindern (BpkK, Vischer, 2016) and total score Beobachtungsbogen für pragmatische Fähigkeiten (BFI, Shelten-Cornish, Hofbauer, & Wirts, oJ) / / Practical-gnostic, symbolic, linguistic and social-communicative competence: scores ??Entwicklungsprofil (EP, Zollinger, 2015) // Grammatical competence: Mean Length of Utterance (MLU), percent of 2-word combination (% 2-Wo), percent of multiple word utterances (% MeWo), percent of correct verb second placement in main clause (% V2), percent of correct subject-verb congruence (% SVK): Percentage of correct verb marking of the 1st person singular (I) or plural (we,% 1.P.), the 3rd person singular (he / she / it) or plural (they;% 3.P.) .) and the verb marking of the 2nd person singular (you) or plural (you,% 2.P): scores ??language sample analysis // Articulation competence: Percentage Consonant Correct (PCC), Percentage Vowels Correct (PVC): Scores ???language sample analysis // Semantic-lexical competence: Total Number of Words (TNW), Total Number of Different Words (TDW): Scores ???language sample analysis // Pragmatic competence:% incomprehensible: Scores ???language sample analysis // Receptive competence:% correct reaction: Scores ???language sample analysis //

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Countries

Switzerland

Contacts

Public ContactSvenja Zauke

Praxis für Logopädie Steinmaur

svenja.zauke@uni-erfurt.de0041764516312

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026