An Assessment Battery for Identifying Language Impairments in African American Children

This investigation compared the performances of 24 African American children (mean age 6) with language impairments (LI) to typically developing African American peers on five traditional informal language assessment measures. Performances of the LI children were significantly lower on all measures...

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Published in:Journal of speech, language, and hearing research language, and hearing research, 2000-04, Vol.43 (2), p.366-379
Main Authors: Craig, Holly K, Washington, Julie A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African American children
African Americans
Assessment
Biological and medical sciences
Black American people
Black people
Black Youth
Child clinical studies
Child development
Culture Fair Tests
Demographic aspects
Disability Identification
Elementary Education
Evaluation Methods
Infants
Informal Assessment
Language Acquisition
Language and communication disorders
Language and languages
Language development
Language Impairments
Language Tests
Measurement
Medical sciences
Preschool Children
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Speech disorders
Testing
Young Children
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Summary:This investigation compared the performances of 24 African American children (mean age 6) with language impairments (LI) to typically developing African American peers on five traditional informal language assessment measures. Performances of the LI children were significantly lower on all measures than typically developing peers. Implications for culturally fair assessment protocols for young African American children are drawn. (Contains references.) (Author/DB)
ISSN:1092-4388
1558-9102
DOI:10.1044/jslhr.4302.366