Preventing early language delay: a pilot study
Completed
- Conditions
- Early delay in acquiring expressive vocabularyMental and Behavioural DisordersVocabulary disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN45091963
- Lead Sponsor
- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville (Australia)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
1. Parents of 18 - 21 month-old toddlers
2. Attending any of eight well-child clinics within one Melbourne local government area
3. Identified by a brief, parent-reported vocabulary questionnaire as having minimal or no expressive vocabulary (e.g., scoring at or below the 20th percentile relative to age and sex norms)
Exclusion Criteria
1. Children with already-diagnosed (or a referral for) cognitive delay or major medical conditions
2. Children with symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder
3. Parents with insufficient English to attend a parent language program and complete brief written questionnaires
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcomes are to pilot and refine: <br>1. Parent interest in, and attendance at, a six-week parent language promotion program <br>2. Organisation and format of the Parent Language Program sessions, adapted from You Make The Difference™ program<br>3. The sensitivity of the assessment tools used during the follow-up
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method o secondary outcome measures