ontwikkelingsstoornissen Developmental Language Disorder Specific Language Impairment
Conditions
Interventions
Language in Interaction Therapy (LIT) and Usual Care, both administered by
speech and language therapists.
Intervention LIT:
During this intervention the SLT is playing with the child with toys, re
developmental language disorders speech and language therapy
efficacy
language in interaction therapy
Sponsors
Hogeschool Utrecht
Eligibility
Age
2 Years to 11 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Language performance at least 1,5 SD below the mean on two or more language domains - Special educational needs - Non-verbal intelligence within the normal range (non-verbal IQ * 85)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder - Severe Hearing Impairment (hearing loss > 35 dB)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement in grammatical competence, measured by: 1. Change in grammatical complexity of spontaneous spoken sentences of the child. 2. Change in testscore on CELF Preschool subtest Recalling Sentences (Wiig, Secord, Semel & De Jong, 2012), a sentence repetition task with an increasing score when larger proportions of the sentence are imitated correctly. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement in comprehension of grammar, measured by the Coloring Booktest, where the child is asked to carry out coloring tasks on an iPad. The Coloring Booktest is developed by the Digital Humanities Lab of Utrecht University. | — |
Countries
The Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed