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Follow-up of children attending infant language units: outcomes at 11 years of age.
Conti-Ramsden GM, Botting NF, Simkin Z, Knox E
Int J Lang Commun Disord. 2001;36( 2).
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Abstract
A large cohort of 242 children who had been attending infants language units at 7 years of age was followed up when the children were in their final year of primary school.Two hundred (83%) of the children were reassessed at 11 years of age on a wide battery of language and literacy measures, on a test of non-verbal ability, an autism checklist and a communication checklist.In total, 89% of children still scored < 1 SD from the mean on at least one test of language and the majority (63%) scored poorly on three or more assessments demonstrating widespread difficulties.Compared with non-verbal abilities at 7 years of age, a large proportion of the cohort also performed poorly on performance IQ subtests (28%).A further 10 children scored highly on a checklist for autistic spectrum disorder.Thus, only 115 (58%) children could be said to meet criteria for specific language impairment.A small group of 16 children appeared to have entirely resolved their difficulties.These outcomes and their implications for education and long-term impact of the disorder are discussed.
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Child; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Human; Intelligence Tests; Language Tests; Linguistics; Male; Needs Assessment; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; classification: Language Development Disorders; diagnosis: Autistic Disorder