Predictive Validity of Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication and Mother-Child Turn-Taking at 12 Months on Language Outcomes at 24 and 36 Months in a Cohort of Infants Experiencing Adversity: A Preliminary Study.

摘要: BACKGROUND Parent-reported measures of early communication have limitations for use with infants experiencing adversity. Observational non-verbal and verbal communicative behaviours mother-child turn-taking may provide a complementary method capturing skills these children. AIMS To explore the predictive validity conversational (fluency connectedness) at child age 12 months in relation to language 24 36 cohort METHODS & PROCEDURES Pregnant women adversity were recruited from maternity hospitals Australia. At months, 190 videoed during free-play. Verbal fluency connectedness measured 12-month videos. Predictive was calculated mean length utterance number unique words Clinical Evaluation Language Fundamentals Preschool-Second Edition (CELF-P2) Core scores months. OUTCOMES RESULTS All had adequate specificity but poor sensitivity when compared other studies using published measures. However, adjusted regression models, predicted Fluency also CELF-P2 CONCLUSIONS IMPLICATIONS Findings reconfirm difficulty identification children risk later difficulties. more accurate identifying those who will better than not. As only measure predict 24- 36-month it be an important factor consider measuring Future research could combine observational predictors try increase prediction accuracy.