Age at Assessment a Critical Factor When Monitoring Early Communicative Skills in Children with Galactosaemia

Autor/inn/en	Lewis, Fiona M.; DeJonge, Shannon M.; Coman, David J.
Titel	Age at Assessment a Critical Factor When Monitoring Early Communicative Skills in Children with Galactosaemia
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 184 (2014) 11, S.1636-1647 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2013.871275
Schlagwörter	Metabolism; Diseases; Language Impairments; Developmental Delays; Child Development; Females; Receptive Language; Vocabulary Skills; Neurological Impairments; Age Differences; Communication Skills; Disability Identification; Foreign Countries; Progress Monitoring; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Stoffwechsel; Disease; Krankheit; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Entwicklungsverzögerung; Kindesentwicklung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Aktiver Wortschatz; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Kommunikationsstil; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Sub-optimal language development is associated with the metabolic disorder galactosaemia (GAL). Some children with GAL are identified with language impairment from the initial stages of language learning, but a subset of children may exhibit disrupted developmental gains in speech and language skill after a period of age-appropriate skill development. The developmental trajectory of communicative skills in a female with GAL who at 18 months of age presented with age-appropriate skills is presented. Monitoring over an 18-month period indicated appropriate developmental pace on all measures, but receptive vocabulary development is developing at a lower level of functioning. Her below-average vocabulary skills coupled with the risk of emerging skill deficits concomitant with ongoing disruptions to central nervous system maturation associated with GAL suggests an increased risk of emergent skill deficits. Maturation of language capabilities is ongoing; therefore age at assessment may be critical to the timely documentation of lack of skill progression. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10