Bilingual Treatment for Developmental Language Disorder
The Relationship Between Child Language Proficiency and Language of Treatment on the Outcomes of Bilingual Children with Developmental Language Disorder
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N/AInterventional Study
Developmental Language DisorderLanguage Impairment
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
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At a Glance
Age
4 – 6
Sex
Any
Study type
Interventional
Purpose
Treatment
Participants needed
120 (estimated)
Sponsor
University of Houston · Other
Who this trial is looking for
This trial is looking for bilingual children with Developmental Language Disorder. Participants will receive language treatment in English and Spanish to help improve their language skills.
Are You a Good Fit for This Trial?
You may be able to join if
I have parent concerns about my child's language skills.
I am between 4 and 6 years old.
I can understand and use simple sentences in both English and Spanish.
I have a nonverbal IQ score of 70 or above.
I have passed a hearing screening test.
I need help with certain language structures as shown by specific tests.
You may not be able to join if
I have significant sensory-motor concerns.
I have a psychiatric disorder.
Summarized in plain language from this trial's official eligibility criteria.
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Of the 12 million children in the USA growing up bilingual, about 1 million experience Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), a disorder in language learning and use. Currently there is no guidance for speech language pathologists (SLPs) as to the language of intervention for bilingual children with DLD with differing degrees of proficiency with English or Spanish. This project will examine the re…
Of the 12 million children in the USA growing up bilingual, about 1 million experience Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), a disorder in language learning and use. Currently there is no guidance for speech language pathologists (SLPs) as to the language of intervention for bilingual children with DLD with differing degrees of proficiency with English or Spanish. This project will examine the relationship between relative language proficiency and the language of intervention, considering monolingual intervention in English and Spanish and bilingual intervention presented by alternating English and Spanish treatment sessions with the goal of improving language outcomes and thereby strengthening long-term academic achievement.
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
1. parent concerns and/or a history of receiving services in the public schools
2. age-specific cutoffs for the morphosyntax subtests for their best language (English or Spanish) on the Bilingual English Spanish Assessment. The cut-off score for best language for 4-year-olds is …
Inclusion Criteria:
1. parent concerns and/or a history of receiving services in the public schools
2. age-specific cutoffs for the morphosyntax subtests for their best language (English or Spanish) on the Bilingual English Spanish Assessment. The cut-off score for best language for 4-year-olds is 84, for 5-year-olds is 85, and for 6-year-olds is 81. Using the best-language approach, these scores have a sensitivity over 90% and specificity over 80% for children between 4;0 and 6;11 years of age , which is considered acceptable for studies of diagnostic accuracy.
3. nonverbal IQ, as measured by the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test-2, matrices subtest, will be at or above a standard score of 70.
4. pass a hearing screening test
5. participants must be bilingual, that is children must be producing at least simple sentences in spontaneous speech in both Spanish and English, or understand English and Spanish.
6. participants must be able to benefit from treatment for both conditional adverbial clauses and complement clauses, as evidenced by accuracy below 40% on 10-item elicited production probes in both languages
Exclusion Criteria:
* 1\) children with significant sensory-motor concerns or psychiatric disorders per parent report will not be enrolled.
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