Comorbidity in children with severe developmental language disability

Westerlund, Monica; Bergkvist, L; D, Lagerberg; Sundelin, Claes

doi:10.1080/080352502753711641

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“…A failure to produce two‐word combinations at 24 months has long been shown to reliably predict DLD . Swedish studies of language screening at 2.5 to 3 years showed adequate predictive value of language on neuropsychiatric problems and intellectual delays when children started school . Taking parental concerns into account when deciding whether children have difficulties is important, but should not be the only source of information .…”

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Modifying a language screening tool for three‐year‐old children identified severe language disorders six months earlier

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Aim We examined if routine Swedish language screening for developmental language disorder (DLD) carried out at three years of age could be performed as effectively six months earlier. Methods This study observed 105 monolingual Swedish‐speaking children (53% boys) aged 29–31 months at three Swedish child health centres. We compared their ability to combine three words, as per the existing protocol, and two words. They also underwent a comprehension task. Speech and language pathologists clinically assessed the children for DLD and their results were compared with the nurse‐led screening. Results The results for the three‐word and two‐word criterion were the following: sensitivity (100% versus 91%) specificity (81% versus 91%), positive predictive (38% versus 56%) and negative predictive value (100% versus 99%). The three‐word criterion identified 29 children with possible DLD, including 11 cases later confirmed, and the two‐word criterion identified 18 possible cases, including 10 confirmed cases. DLD was overrepresented in the 10% of children who did not cooperate with the nurse‐led screening. Conclusion Changing the required word combinations from three to two words worked well. The three‐word test identified one extra confirmed case, but resulted in 10 more false positives. Lack of cooperation during screening constituted an increased risk for DLD.

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“…A delayed language development is related to several problems and can also be the first sign of other co‐morbid conditions (Westerlund et al . 2002).…”

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Identification of health problems at 18 months of age – a task for physicians or child health nurses?

Magnusson

Sundelin

Westerlund

2006

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According to the present study, there is no evidence that health examinations carried out by nurses are of lower quality in detecting health problems than those carried out by physicians. The organization and content of the health surveillance programme ought to be reconsidered with respect to available resources and importance of the close relationship established between nurse and family already in the newborn period.

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“…One informant claimed to have had social phobia. High comorbidity is well established between LI and impaired intellectual development (Föhrer & Ancker, 2000;Miniscalco, 2007;Westerlund et al, 2002), learning disabilities (Bruce et al, 2006;Lindsay et al, 2002;Young et al, 2002), ADHD (Brownlie et al, 2004;Bruce et al, 2006;Cohen et al, 1998;Funk & Ruppert, 1984;Redmond, 2004;Westerlund et al, 2002), and internalizing disorders (Beitchman et al, 2001;Brownlie et al, 2004;Clegg et al, 2005;Redmond & Rice, 1998). Furthermore, Beitchman and colleagues (Beitchman et al, 1996(Beitchman et al, , 2001Johnson et al, 1999) found relatively higher rates of anxiety disorder, mainly, social phobia, in a community-based cohort of 19-year-olds with LI who were first identified with LI at 5 years of age.…”

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“…Accordingly, LI is often later found in adulthood in individuals earlier diagnosed with intellectual developmental disabilities and psychiatric disorders (reviewed in Beitchman et al, 2001). LI is also evidenced in Swedish children originally diagnosed with lower intellectual levels, attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and autism spectrum disorder (Bruce, Thernlund, & Nettelbladt, 2006;Miniscalco, 2007;Norrelgen, 2002;Westerlund, Bergkvist, Lagerberg, & Sundelin, 2002).…”

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Adult People With Language Impairment and Their Life Situation

Törnqvist¹,

Thulin

Segnestam

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Communication Disorders Quarterly

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Psychosocial outcome of language impairment (LI) was explored in interviews with three adults with LI (as children attended specialized boarding school) and four of their parents. The informants with LI expressed acceptance of LI and described themselves as independent. With driving education with adjusted pedagogy and initial governmental support, the informants with LI acquired driving licenses, developed work skills, and were paid salary by employers. Academic success was accredited to the specialized boarding school, though this limited development of social skills for social community participation. The adults with LI socialized nearly exclusively with family or peers with LI; described obvious angst for communicatively demanding situations, such as shopping in crowded stores; and described symptoms typical of attentiondeficit/hyperactivity disorder, social anxiety, and lower intellectual levels. Governmental support may facilitate accomplishment of life skill goals, increasing self-esteem in that realm. Negative social experiences, commonly without support outside family, reinforce behavioral trajectories toward further social isolation.

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Comorbidity in children with severe developmental language disability

Cited by 10 publications

References 14 publications

Modifying a language screening tool for three‐year‐old children identified severe language disorders six months earlier

Modifying a language screening tool for three‐year‐old children identified severe language disorders six months earlier

Identification of health problems at 18 months of age – a task for physicians or child health nurses?

Adult People With Language Impairment and Their Life Situation

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