Autism and Developmental Receptive Language Disorder: A Follow-up into Adult Life by Lynn Mawhood, Michael Rutter and Pat Howlin

Autism ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-116
Author(s):  
Lynn Mawhood
Keyword(s):  
Language Disorder ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Receptive Language

Outcome of toddlers with specific expressive language delay

1990 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 393-407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Rescorla ◽  
Ellen Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Expressive Language ◽  
Receptive Language ◽  
Language Delay ◽  
Chronological Age ◽  
Past Tense ◽  
Auxiliary Verbs ◽  
Language Problems ◽  
Articulation Disorders ◽  
Expressive Language Delay

ABSTRACTThis article describes a follow-up of 25 boys diagnosed as having specific expressive language delay (SELD) in the 24- to 31-month age period. At the time of diagnosis, all subjects had Bayley MDI scores above 85, Reynell Receptive Language Age scores within 4 months of their chronological age, and Reynell Expressive Language Age scores at least 5 months below chronological age; most had vocabularies of fewer than 50 words and few if any word combinations. At follow-up, 16 boys were 3 years old, 7 were 3½, and 2 were 4 years of age. When seen for follow-up, half the 25 boys still had very poor expressive language. These boys were speaking at best in short, telegraphic sentences, and many had moderately severe articulation disorders with quite poor intelligibility. The 12 boys with better outcome had a range of language skills. All spoke in sentences to some extent, and each displayed some mastery of early morphemes (prepositions, plurals, articles, progressive tense, and possessives). However, few if any of the children spoke in completely fluent, syntactically complex, and morphologically correct language. Problems with copula and auxiliary verbs, with past tense inflections, and with pronouns seemed especially common. This research suggests that children with SELD at 24 to 30 months are at considerable risk for continuing language problems.

Long Term Neuropsychological Outcomes of Survivors of Young Childhood Brain Tumors Treated on the Head Start II Protocol

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cara F Levitch ◽  
Benjamin Malkin ◽  
Lauren Latella ◽  
Whitney Guerry ◽  
Sharon L Gardner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Head Start ◽  
Brain Tumors ◽  
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation ◽  
Treatment Strategies ◽  
Receptive Language ◽  
Age At Diagnosis ◽  
High Dose ◽  
Treatment Protocols ◽  
Significant Change

Abstract Background The Head Start treatment protocols have focused on curing young children with brain tumors while avoiding or delaying radiotherapy through using a combination of high-dose, marrow-ablative chemotherapy and autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation (AuHCT). Late effects data from treatment on the Head Start II (HS II) protocol have previously been published for short-term follow-up (STF) at a mean of 39.7 months post-diagnosis. The current study examines longer-term follow up (LTF) outcomes from the same cohort. Methods Eighteen HS II patients diagnosed with malignant brain tumors <10 years of age at diagnosis completed a neurocognitive battery and parents completed psychological questionnaires at a mean of 104.7 months post-diagnosis. Results There was no significant change in Full Scale IQ at LTF compared to baseline or STF. Similarly, most domains had no significant change from STF, including verbal IQ, performance IQ, academics, receptive language, learning/memory, visual-motor integration, and externalizing behaviors. Internalizing behaviors increased slightly at LTF. Clinically, most domains were within the average range, except for low average mathematics and receptive language. Additionally, performance did not significantly differ by age at diagnosis or time since diagnosis. Of note, children treated with high-dose methotrexate for disseminated disease or atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor displayed worse neurocognitive outcomes. Conclusions These results extend prior findings of relative stability in intellectual functioning for a LTF period. Ultimately, this study supports that treatment strategies for avoiding or delaying radiotherapy using high-dose, marrow-ablative chemotherapy and AuHCT may decrease the risk of neurocognitive and social-emotional declines in young pediatric brain tumor survivors.

scholarly journals 'Congenital solitary functioning kidneys: which ones warrant follow-up into adult life?'

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 1458-1460 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Corbani ◽  
G. M. Ghiggeri ◽  
S. Sanna-Cherchi
Keyword(s):  
Adult Life

Exploring the Use of Parent and Teacher Questionnaires to Screen for Language Disorders in Bilingual Children

2020 ◽  
pp. 027112142094230
Author(s):  
Amy S. Pratt ◽  
Ashley M. Adams ◽  
Elizabeth D. Peña ◽  
Lisa M. Bedore
Keyword(s):  
Language Disorder ◽  
Bilingual Children ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
Typical Development ◽  
Developmental Language Disorder ◽  
English Bilingual ◽  
Language Knowledge ◽  
Teacher Reports ◽  
Report Measure

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 included 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 .90 and specificity of .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.

Tics and Gilles de la Tourette's Syndrome: A Follow-up Study and Critical Review

1969 ◽  
Vol 115 (528) ◽  
pp. 1229-1241 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Corbett ◽  
A. M. Mathews ◽  
P. H. Connell ◽  
D. A. Shapiro
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Disturbance ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Tourette's Syndrome ◽  
Tourette’S Syndrome ◽  
Child Psychiatrist ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
History Of ◽  
Accompanying Symptoms

Tics or habit spasms have been described in various ways, but perhaps the most useful definition is that of Kanner (1937) that they are “quick, sudden and frequently repeated movements of circumscribed groups of muscles, serving no apparent purpose”. Children with this symptom not infrequently present to the paediatrician or child psychiatrist with accompanying symptoms of emotional disturbance, and by the age of seven years approximately five per cent of children have a history of such movements (Kellmer Pringle et al., 1967). Less commonly, adolescents who have suffered with tics from an earlier age develop vocal tics and coprolalia (compulsive swearing) symptomatic of Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome. Tiqueurs are rarely seen for treatment in adult life, except in a few well-documented cases where Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome persists (Fernando 1967).

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