1. Developmental delay 2. Language delay/impairment 3. Autism spectrum disorder Mental and Behavioural Disorders 1. Developmental delay 2. Language delay/impairment 3. Autism spectrum disorder
Conditions
Interventions
Parents will be randomized to either parental course combined with home visit or home visit alone.?For both groups the intervention starts with a home visit where the child's communication, play and l
Sponsors
Uppsala University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Children: 1. Children aged <30 months 2. Children with communication disorder, identified by the Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales Developmental Profile Infant-Toddler Checklist at the child health visit at the age of 18 months and children under 30 months of age referred to speech and language pathologist Parents: Parents of children with communication delay.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Children whose parents can not fill in parental forms in Swedish 2. Children who live at too great a distance from the town center of Uppsala where the parental course will be offered
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. The child’s communication and symbolic use is measured using the Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales Developmental Profile Infant-Toddler Checklist (ITC) and Behavioral Sample (BS) at baseline (initial home visit) and at 6 months (follow up home visit) 2. The parents’ communicative styles with the child are measured using the Responsive Augmentative and Alternative Communication Style Scale (RAACS) at baseline (initial home visit) and 6 months (follow up home visit) 3. The parental view of the child’s use and understanding of speech is measured using the SCS-18, a Swedish short version of Mac Arthur–Bates Communicative Development Inventories (CDI) at baseline (initial home visit) and 6 months (follow up home visit) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Prosocial and difficult behaviours are measured using The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire when the child is age three 2. Medical diagnoses are collected using information from the child’s medical records continuously, with the final collection when the child turns six 3. Information about the child’s communication, use of AAC and development is measured through developmental assessments and collected through the child’s medical records continuously, with the final collection when the child turns six 4. The number of health care visits is collected using the child’s medical records continuously, with the end point when the child turns six | — |
Countries
Sweden
Outcome results
None listed