Assessment Measures for Specific Language Impairment in Brazil: A Systematic Review

Abstract

<p>Specific Language Impairment (SLI) is defined as an unexpected failure in linguistic abilities during a child’s early years of development. Children with SLI do not present significant impairment in nonverbal intellectual outcomes and do not lack normal environmental exposure to language. Brazilian and worldwide researchers have sought to understand the cultural implications of SLI in the Brazilian Portuguese language. Standardized and validated measures must be used in empirical studies. The present study systematically reviewed the instruments used to assess linguistic abilities in quantitative SLI research in Brazil. Three databases were chosen: Medline, SciELO, and Google Scholar. From a total of 828 articles retrieved, only 10 met the inclusion criteria. Seven standardized assessment measures were identified. However, only two of these reported psychometric properties using adequate normative data. No normalized instrument measured the entire spectrum of linguistic abilities. We discuss the results from the perspective of SLI theories and evidence in Brazil and worldwide.</p

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Tradução, adaptação e aplicabilidade do Dyslexia Early Screening Test (DEST-2) em pré-escolares brasileiros

“…5,[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] Vellutino et al 32 mas também para a elaboração e implementação de políticas públicas. [34][35][36] Produzir e definir instrumentos para a identificação precoce de alterações do desenvolvimento da linguagem com o objetivo de prevenir futuras dificuldades de leitura e escrita tem sido, historicamente, um grande desafio para os profissionais da área. Ao reconhecer a dimensão das despesas financeiras e dos esforços necessários de uma intervenção tardia, os procedimentos de triagem surgem como uma prática de avaliação confiável para medir com precisão as habilidades de linguagem.…”