Developmental Risks in Vulnerable Children from a Low-Income South African Community

Toit, Maria du; Linde, Jeannie van der; Swanepoel, De Wet

doi:10.1007/s10995-020-03111-1

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“…The current study’s findings are supported by another recent South African study in a low-income peri-urban area. The study indicated that exposure to multiple languages in young children of 42 months was most indicative of a risk of developmental delay (du Toit et al, 2021). Participants with LLE in the current research were from a middle-income area, but it appears that exposure to an additional language and, sometimes, a third language may have played a role in the late emergence of language, even without the risk of low household income.…”

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“…In South Africa, studies tend to focus on low socio-economic groups as there is such a dire need for services. In a recent study by du Toit et al (2021), exposure to multiple languages was found to be the strongest indicator of developmental delay in children under 42 months in a low-income community in South Africa. Little is known about how multilingual learning affects children’s development in middle-income communities in South Africa.…”

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Factors in Toddlers With Late Language Emergence in a Middle-Income South African Sample

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Kritzinger

2021

Communication Disorders Quarterly

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Late language emergence (LLE) may result from genetic and environmental factors. Little is known about environmental factors in LLE in South Africa. The study describes the nature of differences in language functioning between toddlers with LLE and without LLE, and which factors were associated with LLE in a middle-income area in South Africa. Toddlers, aged 24 to 36 months with LLE ( n = 20) were matched with a control group (CG, n = 21) for household income, age, gender, maternal education, and parental employment. The research group (RG) showed moderate delays in expressive and receptive language, and play skills, while the controls exhibited no delay. Significant differences in early feeding history and multilingual exposure were found between the groups. As far as known, it is the first study utilizing a South African middle-income sample indicating that multilingual exposure may play a role in LLE. The study focuses the attention on environmental factors which are potentially modifiable in LLE.

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