The Use of a Language Toolkit for Toddlers

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Language Acquisition
• Interventions: Behavioral: Language toolkit; Behavioral: Safety counseling

• Registration Number: NCT00926510
• Lead Sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Brief Summary

To investigate whether young children with isolated expressive language delay benefit from early intervention with a simple language toolkit and brief instructions provided to their caregivers.

We hypothesize that children whose families are provided the language toolkit will develop more words over the subsequent 3 months.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2009-06-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-06-22
• Study First Posted: 2009-06-23
• Study Start: 2009-08
• Primary Completion: 2010-06
• Study Completion: 2011-09
• Status Verified: 2011-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-10-10
• Last Update Posted: 2011-10-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 14.5 to 18.5 months
• Below average expressive language
• Otherwise normal development

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Exclusion Criteria

• Other developmental delay
• Non-English primary language

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Language Toolkit	Language toolkit	Language toolkit composed of simple tools that parents can use to interact with child and help language acquisition.
2	Safety counseling	Safety counseling and smoke detector

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Language/Words acquisition	3 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

North Carolina Children's Hospital; 🇺🇸 Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States