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Direct linkHeilmann, John; Weismer, Susan Ellis; Evans, Julia; Hollar, Christine – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2005
The present study investigated the validity of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory (CDI) for a group of toddlers 30 months of age. Study 1 examined the concurrent validity of the CDI for a group of 38 late talkers. Significant correlations were found between the CDI and direct measures of language abilities. Study 2 used…
Descriptors: Validity, Measures (Individuals), Toddlers, Delayed Speech
Thal, Donna J.; Reilly, Judy; Seibert, Laura; Jeffries, Rita; Fenson, Judith – Brain and Language, 2004
At 3 years of age the spontaneous language of 17 typically developing children was compared to two groups of toddlers who were at risk for language delay for very different reasons. One at-risk group, late talkers, appeared normal in all respects except for their delayed language. These 20 children scored at or below the fifteenth percentile for…
Descriptors: Delayed Speech, Head Injuries, Neurological Impairments, Control Groups
