The Composition of Early Vocabulary in Spanish Children With Down Syndrome and Their Peers With Typical Development

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 605-619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Checa ◽  
Miguel Galeote ◽  
Pilar Soto
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Typical Development ◽  
Vocabulary Size ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
Closed Class ◽  
Communicative Development ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
And Gender

Purpose There are very few studies, and at present none in Spanish, on vocabulary composition in children with Down syndrome (DS). Nor has the topic been widely assessed in Spanish-speaking children with typical development (TD). This study analyzed the composition of early vocabularies in a large sample of Spanish-speaking children with DS and compared it with that of children with TD. Method We studied 108 children with DS and 108 children with TD with mental ages between 8 and 29 months, matched for size of productive vocabulary and gender. The MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (Fenson et al., 1993, 2007), adapted to the language development profile of children with DS, were used. The categories examined were nouns, predicates, closed-class words, and social words. Results The performance of children with DS was similar to that of children with TD with the same vocabulary size. The only significant difference was the larger production of nouns by children with DS. The trends of development in the different classes of words were also similar. Conclusions The strategies used by children with DS to learn vocabulary may be similar to those used by children with TD in the first stages of language learning.

Mothers' talk to children with Down Syndrome, language impairment, or typical development about familiar and unfamiliar nouns and verbs

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 1072-1102 ◽  
Author(s):  
ELIZABETH KAY-RAINING BIRD ◽  
PATRICIA CLEAVE
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Language Impairment ◽  
Early Period ◽  
Vocabulary Knowledge ◽  
Typical Development ◽  
Expressive Vocabulary ◽  
Vocabulary Size ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome ◽  
Short Utterances ◽  
Fine Tune

AbstractThis study investigated how forty-six mothers modified their talk about familiar and unfamiliar nouns and verbs when interacting with their children with Down Syndrome (DS), language impairment (LI), or typical development (TD). Children (MLUs < 2·7) were group-matched on expressive vocabulary size. Mother–child dyads were recorded playing with toy animals (noun task) and action boxes (verb task). Mothers of children with DS used shorter utterances and more verb labels in salient positions than the other two groups. All mothers produced unfamiliar target nouns in short utterances, in utterance-final position, and with the referent perceptually available. Mothers also talked more about familiar nouns and verbs and labelled them more often and more consistently. These findings suggest that mothers of children in the early period of language development fine-tune their input in ways that reflect their children's vocabulary knowledge, but do so differently for nouns and verbs.

scholarly journals Developing a List of Expressive Vocabulary forFarsi-speakingChildrenAged24-48Months:Comparison Between Down Syndrome and Typically Developing Children

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elham Masoumi ◽  
Zahra Malmir ◽  
Zahra Soleymani ◽  
Mina Mohammadi Nouri
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Language Development ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Expressive Vocabulary ◽  
Typically Developing Children ◽  
Vocabulary Size ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome ◽  
Significant Difference

Introduction: Expressive vocabulary plays a vital role in child language development, and its assessment can be one of the essential indicators to identify language developmental delay, especially in children with Down syndrome. We developed a list of expressive vocabulary and compared the size and class of expressive vocabularies between typically developing and Down syndrome children. Materials and Methods: Expressive vocabulary of 150 children was examined  in  this study. A total of 120 typically developing Farsi-speaking children (in four age Groups, with   a 6-month interval) and 30 children with Down syndrome (aged 24-48 months) participated in this study. The parents of the children filled out the form that included 636 words from different vocabulary classes. These classes were based on studies that investigated language development in Farsi-speaking children. Results: The expressive vocabulary size in Farsi-speaking children was significantly higher than in Down syndrome children (P≤0.001). There was no statistically significant difference between boys and girls regarding expressive vocabulary size in two Groups of children. The size of nouns in all age Groups is more than other classes, and the size of conjunctions in all age Groups is less than the other ones. A direct correlation was found between age and the size of expressive vocabulary. Conclusion: According to the study findings, the list of expressive vocabulary can detect delays in developing expressive vocabulary.

Early grammatical development in Spanish children with Down syndrome

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
MIGUEL GALEOTE ◽  
PILAR SOTO ◽  
EUGENIA SEBASTIÁN ◽  
ELENA CHECA ◽  
CONCEPCIÓN SÁNCHEZ-PALACIOS
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Developmental Pattern ◽  
Size Analysis ◽  
Typical Development ◽  
Vocabulary Size ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Grammatical Development ◽  
Mental Age ◽  
Morphosyntactic Development

ABSTRACTThe objective of this work was to analyze morphosyntactic development in a wide sample of children with Down syndrome (DS) (n = 92) and children with typical development (TD) (n = 92) with a mental age (MA) of 20 to 29 months. Children were individually matched for gender and MA (Analysis 1) and for vocabulary size (Analysis 2). Information about morphosyntax was obtained using an adaptation of the CDI for children with DS. In both analyses, the number of children with DS and with TD who combined words was similar. Analysis 1 showed that children with DS produced shorter utterances, with less morphosyntactic complexity and less morphological suffixes than children with TD, despite having the same mental age. The developmental pattern was similar, although slower in children with DS. Analysis 2 showed that the performance of children with DS was lower than the performance of children with TD in relation to morphosyntactic complexity and morphological suffixes.

scholarly journals Functional Performance of Children with Down Syndrome with Five and Six Years Old

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Thaísa Fernandes Souza ◽  
Priscila Angélica Carvalho Gonzatti ◽  
Cejane Oliveira Martins Prudente
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Functional Performance ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Case Group ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
Typical Development ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome ◽  
Significant Difference

Abstract: Children with Down syndrome have as main features global hypotonia, muscular weakness and articular hyperflexibility, which make acquisition and control of movements difficult. The changes presented by these children will interfere with functionality, compromising the ability to independently perform various activities and tasks of the daily routine, compared to children with typical development in the same age group. This study aimed to compare the functional performance of children with Down syndrome compared to children who have typical development with five and six years old. This is an analytical and cross-sectional study. It was evaluated the functional performance of 28 children with five and six years old, being 14 with Down Syndrome (case group) and 14 with typical motor development (control group). To evaluate the functional performance was used Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI). The groups were matched in terms of age, gender and family income. Most children in the case group enter school over the age of three years, while the control children, aged less than or equal to three years (p=0,02). There was a significant difference (p

Parental Reports of Spoken Language Skills in Children With Down Syndrome

2001 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Berglund ◽  
Mårten Eriksson ◽  
Iréne Johansson
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Spoken Language ◽  
Logistic Growth ◽  
Vocabulary Size ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome ◽  
Communicative Development ◽  
Parental Reports ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Spoken Language Skills ◽  
Age Range

Spoken language in children with Down syndrome and in children in a normative group was compared. Growth trends, individual variation, sex differences, and performance on vocabulary, pragmatic, and grammar scales as well as MaxLU (maximum length of utterance) were explored. Subjects were 330 children withDown syndrome (age range: 1–5 years) and 336 children in a normative group (1;4–2;4 years;months). The Swedish Early Communicative Development Inventory-words and sentences (SECDI-w&s) was employed. Performance of children with Down syndrome at ages 3;0 and 4;0 was comparable with that ofchildren in the normative group at ages 1;4 and 1;8 respectively. In comparison with children in the normative group of similar vocabulary size, children with Down syndrome lagged slightly on pragmatic and grammar scales. The early development proceeded in most cases with exponential or logistic growth. This stresses the great potential of early intervention.

scholarly journals The multi-directional reach test in children with Down syndrome

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (01) ◽  
pp. 65-74
Author(s):  
Sawika Promsorn ◽  
Soontharee Taweetanalarp
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Physical Therapists ◽  
Movement Patterns ◽  
Movement Pattern ◽  
Typical Development ◽  
Limits Of Stability ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Balance Problems ◽  
Boundary Of Stability

Objective: This study investigated the limits of stability (LOS) and the movement patterns during reaching by applying the Multi-Directional Reach Test (MDRT) in children with Down syndrome (DS) aged 7–12 years old. Methods: Thirty children with DS and 30 age and gender typical development (TD) matched children, aged 7–12 years old were recruited. Each child was asked to reach as far as possible during standing in four directions using a self-selected movement pattern. The movement patterns were classified by two experienced pediatric physical therapists. Results: The reach distance in children with DS aged 7–9 years old was significantly shorter than TD children aged 7–9 years old for the forward and backward directions. Also, the reach distance in DS children aged 7–9 years old was significantly smaller than that of TD children aged 10–12 years old for all directions. For children with DS aged 10–12 years old, the reach distance was significantly less than that of TD children only in the backward direction. All children with DS in this study adopt a hip and mixed strategy during forward and backward reaching. In contrast, TD children adopt an adult-like movement pattern. Conclusion: The boundary of stability in an anteroposterior (AP) direction of children with DS aged 7–12 years old was lesser than the matched TD children, especially for the backward direction. These findings may assist therapists in detecting postural control and balance problems in children with DS.

Comparing productive vocabulary measures from the CDI and a systematic diary study

1999 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
BYRON F. ROBINSON ◽  
CAROLYN B. MERVIS
Keyword(s):  
Growth Curves ◽  
Diary Study ◽  
Expressive Vocabulary ◽  
Early Language ◽  
Vocabulary Size ◽  
Early Language Development ◽  
Closed Class ◽  
Communicative Development ◽  
Best Fitting ◽  
Fitting Model

Expressive vocabulary data gathered during a systematic diary study of one male child's early language development are compared to data that would have resulted from longitudinal administration of the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories spoken vocabulary checklist (CDI). Comparisons are made for (1) the number of words at monthly intervals (9;10.15 to 2;0.15), (2) proportion of words by lexical class (i.e. noun, predicate, closed class, ‘other’), (3) growth curves. The CDI underestimates the number of words in the diary study, with the underestimation increasing as vocabulary size increases. The proportion of diary study words appearing on the CDI differed as a function of lexical class. Finally, despite the differences in vocabulary size, logistic curves proved to be the best fitting model to characterize vocabulary development as measured by both the diary study and the CDI. Implications for the longitudinal use of the CDI are discussed.

Gestural symbolic strategies in children with Down syndrome

Gesture ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 299-334
Author(s):  
Arianna Bello ◽  
Silvia Stefanini ◽  
Pasquale Rinaldi ◽  
Daniela Onofrio ◽  
Virginia Volterra
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Picture Naming ◽  
Item Analysis ◽  
Naming Task ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Typically Developing Children ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome ◽  
Communicative Development ◽  
Developmental Age ◽  
Representational Gestures

Abstract In early communicative development, children with Down syndrome (DS) make extensive use of gestures to compensate for articulatory difficulties. Here, we analyzed the symbolic strategies that underlie this gesture production, compared to that used by typically developing children. Using the same picture-naming task, 79 representational gestures produced by 10 children with DS and 42 representational gestures produced by 10 typically developing children of comparable developmental age (3;1 vs. 2;9, respectively) were collected. The gestures were analyzed and classified according to four symbolic strategies. The two groups performed all of the strategies, with no significant differences for either choice or frequency of the strategies used. The item analysis highlighted that some photographs tended to elicit the use of the same strategy in both groups. These results indicate that similar symbolic strategies are active in children with DS as in typically developing children, which suggests interesting similarities in their symbolic development.

scholarly journals Physical Growth and Echocardiographic Findings in Children with Down Syndrome

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Sudigdo Sastroasmoro ◽  
Mathilda Y. Lnkiriwang ◽  
Bambang Madiyono ◽  
Lsmet N Oesman
Keyword(s):  
Down Syndrome ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Posterior Wall ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Physical Growth ◽  
Normal Children ◽  
Children With Down Syndrome ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Nutritional Status Of Children ◽  
Echocardiographic Findings

We compared the physical growth, nutritional status, and echocardiographic findings in children aged 3-7 years with Down syndrome who had no congenital heart disease. Thirty such patients who consecutively referred to the Division of Cardiology, Department of Child Health, Medical School, University of Indonesia/Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, Jakarta, were compared with sex and age matched controls consisted of normal children attending the Department. It appears that growth and nutritional status of children with Down syndrome tended to be retarded when compared to those of the controls. However, no significant difference were found on the M-mode echocardiographic values of the left ventricle, except that the left ventricular posterior wall thickness in study subjects was more that that of the controls. We concluded that although the pulmonary architecture of patients with Down syndrome is thought to be less developed than that of normal children, it does not affect the left ventricular measurements and function as measured by M-mode echocardiography.

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