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ERIC Number: EJ1335233
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-May
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0271-1214
EISSN: N/A
Exploring the Use of Parent and Teacher Questionnaires to Screen for Language Disorders in Bilingual Children
Pratt, Amy S.; Adams, Ashley M.; Peña, Elizabeth D.; Bedore, Lisa M.
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, v42 n1 p77-90 May 2022
We explore the classification accuracy of a parent and teacher report measure, the Inventory to Assess Language Knowledge (ITALK), to screen for developmental language disorder (DLD) in bilingual children. Participants were 120 Spanish-English bilingual children with typical development (TD) and 19 bilingual children with DLD, ranging in age from 5 to 8 years old. Parents' and teachers' reports correlated moderately with each other and significantly predicted children's performance on language-specific measures of morphosyntax and semantics. Results yielded sensitivity of 0.90 and specificity of 0.63 when using a composite of parent and teacher reports in Spanish and English. Examination of structure loadings in follow-up analyses by grade showed that teachers' report of English and parents' report of Spanish were the strongest predictors of impairment in kindergarten. In second grade, the strongest predictors were parent and teacher reports in English. Implications for referral and identification are discussed.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Grade 1; Grade 2; Preschool Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) (DHHS/NIH)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Texas
Grant or Contract Numbers: R01DC010366