Spontaneous Language Use by Parents and Their Preschool Children at Risk for Adhd with or Without Li

Eliane Ramos; Sisan Walker Angel; Katie Hart; Paulo Graziano

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Spontaneous Language Use by Parents and Their Preschool Children at Risk for Adhd with or Without Li

Eliane Ramos, Sisan Walker Angel, Katie Hart, Paulo Graziano

Published in International Journal of Communication Sciences and Disorders (Volume 1, Issue 1)

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This study examined the spontaneous language use between parents and their preschool children who are at high-risk for ADHD with a co-occurring language impairment (LI) and those without a co-occurring LI. Semantic and syntactic differences in language use were examined. Participants consisted of 20 children ages three to five years old and their parents. For each parent-child dyad, a 15-minute video-recorded interaction was orthographically transcribed and analyzed using the Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts (SALT) software program. Children with co-occuring LI showed significantly lower Mean Length of Utterance (MLU), and Type-Token Ratios (TTR). Both groups showed very limited use of complex sentences and no specific difficulties with grammatical morphemes. Parents in both groups did not seem to adapt their language level whether or not their children had a LI.

Published in	International Journal of Communication Sciences and Disorders (Volume 1, Issue 1)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijcsd.20170101.15
Page(s)	22-29
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ADHD, Language Impairment, Parent-Child Interaction, Preschool

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Eliane Ramos

Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
Sisan Walker Angel

Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
Katie Hart

Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
Paulo Graziano

Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA

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