Krahe, Michelle, O’Leary, Kate, Reilly, Sheena, Ellis, Kate, and Walsh, Karyn (2022) An assessment of speech, language, and literacy of children of young mothers attending supported playgroup. Early Child Development and Care, 192 (9). pp. 1477-1489.

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Abstract

Children growing up in disadvantage are more vulnerable to speech, language, and literacy difficulties, which are important in the acquisition of many different life skills. Despite supported playgroups engaging directly with families living in disadvantage, very few speech and language studies have been delivered within this setting. This study aimed to identify needs related to speech, language, and literacy of children of young mothers who were attending a supported playgroup in Brisbane, Australia. This was a cross-sectional study with 11 mother–child dyads. Child assessments were delivered by a speech pathologist and compared with normative data. Results indicate that children’s speech and language skills were age-appropriate, despite presenting with some speech sound errors. Children aged 4–5 years had difficulty with some literacy tasks. These findings suggest that future research or language interventions for the supported playgroup setting should provide language-learning opportunities that address speech sound production and early literacy skills.

Item ID:	81158
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1476-8275
Copyright Information:	© 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Date Deposited:	05 Dec 2023 02:05
FoR Codes:	42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4201 Allied health and rehabilitation science > 420110 Speech pathology @ 40% 47 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 4704 Linguistics > 470402 Child language acquisition @ 30% 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4206 Public health > 420601 Community child health @ 30%
SEO Codes:	20 HEALTH > 2002 Evaluation of health and support services > 200202 Evaluation of health outcomes @ 50% 20 HEALTH > 2005 Specific population health (excl. Indigenous health) > 200506 Neonatal and child health @ 50%
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