Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here for FREE ACCESS to this landmark database

Click here to browse AJSM online!

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Clinical Pediatrics
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Web of Science (3)
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Tervo, R. C.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Tervo, R. C.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

Language Proficiency, Development, and Behavioral Difficulties in Toddlers

Raymond C. Tervo, MD

Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Pediatric Section, Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare, St Paul, Minnesota, rtervo{at}gillettechildrens.com

The aim of this cross-sectional descriptive study was to explore the relation of language proficiency, behavioral difficulties, and development in infants and toddlers. Surveyed were 118 parents/caregivers of preschool children (76 boys, 42 girls). The children were a mean age of 27 months (range, 18-35 months), and 32 (27.1%) had no language delay, 8 (6.8%) had expressive delay, 14 (11.9%) had receptive delay, and 64 (54.2%) had mixed receptive-expressive delay. Children with expressive delay were more likely to have social-emotional problems. Those with receptive delay were more likely to have pervasive developmental problems. Children with receptive-expressive delay were more substantially delayed in all developmental domains; they were more withdrawn and more likely to have pervasive developmental problems. When parents of toddlers report problems, especially behavior problems, a search for delayed language is warranted as these children may be at risk for future social and emotional problems.

Key Words: parent report • language • development • behavioral • toddlers

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 46, No. 6, 530-539 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0009922806299154
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 CLIN PEDIATRHome page
R. C. Tervo and M. Asis
Parents' Reports Predict Abnormal Investigations in Global Developmental Delay
Clinical Pediatrics, June 1, 2009; 48(5): 513 - 521.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Topics in Early Childhood Special EducationHome page
C. E. Long, M. J. Gurka, and J. A. Blackman
Family Stress and Children's Language and Behavior Problems: Results From the National Survey of Children's Health
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, November 1, 2008; 28(3): 148 - 157.
[Abstract] [PDF]