Article: Late-talking Children Often Poorer Readers

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Article: Late-Talking Children Often Poorer Readers

http://www.newswise.com/articles/2002/4/LATETALK.SLH.html

LATE-TALKING CHILDREN OFTEN POORER READERS

(ROCKVILLE, MD-April 10, 2002) Toddlers with delayed language

development may continue to experience language-related problems into

middle childhood, often displaying poorer vocabulary, grammar, and

phonological skills, as well as weaker reading and spelling skills,

than their typically-developing counterparts, according to a study

reported in the April issue of the American Speech-Language-Hearing

Association's (ASHA) Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing

Research.

Researchers examined language and reading outcomes at ages six to nine

for 34 children who were identified as late talkers between the ages

of 24 and 31 months of age, and compared the outcomes to those of 25

typically developing children matched for age, socioeconomic status,

and nonverbal ability.

Even though the late talkers performed in the average range on most

language tasks by age five, the researchers observed that they had

considerably poorer scores on most language measures through age nine

than children in the comparison group, with the most significant

differences in the areas of vocabulary and reading. While the two

groups were similar in reading skills at ages six and seven, when

children in both groups were just learning to read, the researchers

found that the late talkers had significantly poorer reading and

spelling skills than their comparison peers at ages eight and nine, as

reading skills were becoming more established in both groups.

" This research suggests that toddlers with slow vocabulary development

are likely to have weaker skills on a wide range of language-related

tasks into middle childhood compared to children of similar

backgrounds whose vocabulary skills were well-developed by age two, "

says study author Rescorla of Bryn Mawr College.

Regarding the late talkers' scores within the average range, Rescorla

adds, " If children from upper-middle-class backgrounds attend schools

in which the norm is to perform one standard deviation or more above

the national average on most standardized measures, then late talkers

or other youngsters with mild residual learning problems may

significantly underperform their peers while appearing to be average

by national standards. "

Article: " Language and Reading Outcomes to Age 9 in Late-Talking

Toddlers, " Rescorla, Bryn Mawr College; Journal of Speech,

Language, and Hearing Research, Vol. 45, April 2002.

For the full text of this article, contact Mike Rick at 301-897-7351

or mrick@..., or Mona at 301-897-0156 or mthomas@....

An abstract of the article and additional information on children's

language development and literacy can also be found at ASHA's consumer

website at http://www.asha.org.

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--- skliethermes@... wrote:

>Now 6 months later she has not improved with regard to her

>reading/writing grades. Now we have something now concrete to put

>before the team next week. Anyway, I'm looking for an article or

>something on point to supply them that will educate them and persuade

>them to assign my daughter an aid during reading and writing

>class time. Thank so much for your help!