Naslov
Features of prelinguistic communication as predictors of developmental disorders, delay or normal outcome

Autori
Ljubešić, Marta ; Ivšac, Jasmina ; Cepanec, Maja ; Šimleša, Sanja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology - European Academy of Childhood Disability / Mejaški-Bošnjak, V ; Bax, M ; Cioni, G - Zagreb : Mac Keith Press, 2008, 8-9

Skup
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 05.06.2008. - 07.06.2008

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
prelinguistic communication; developmental outcome

Sažetak
Objective Prelinguistic communication is often implicated as contributing factor in later appearing language, learning or social problems, but there is little research of features of prelinguistic communication as predictor of developmental outcome. The aim of this work is to analyze later developmental outcome in children with different profiles of prelinguistic communication. The main concern is when the impairment could be detected and how do communication features help us to define it closely. Materials and Methods Scales of mental development were administered (Bayley Scales of Infant Development, Developmental Assessment Čuturić). Communication and language abilities (Mc Arthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories, Reynell Developmental Language Scales and Pragmatic Profile of Everyday Communication Skills) and some measures of social cognition (joint attention) were also assessed. The participants were children who went through developmental assessment within clinical unit of Faculty of Education and Rehabilitation Sciences due to parent’ s concern about their early language development. Their later developmental outcome was checked through control assessment or by telephone survey. Results Results implicate that already in the age of two, based on communication features and previous development of the child, at least four developmental trajectories can be distinguished: (a) normal development, (b) late talkers, (c) slower mental and language development (future learning difficulties), (d) participants on the autistic spectrum disorder. Results indicate that the emergence of first words is not so predictive for later outcome as the ratio between the declarative and imperative communicative purposes and measure of social cognition. Conclusion By considering the features of prelinguistic communication early enough, it is possible to distinguish between developmental disorders and transitory delay. Early detection and delineation between different developmental profiles is a necessary step for implementing optimal intervention strategies that are close enough to the genesis of the problem.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pedagogija

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