Teacher perceptions of communication impairment at screening stage in preschool children living in Patras, Greece

The general aim was to obtain piloting data for a series of experiments about the prevalence of communication impairment in preschool children in Greece. At this screening stage of the overall project, teacher perceptions of communication impairment in 57 kindergartens servicing 1113 children were e...

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Published in:International journal of language & communication disorders 2001-10, Vol.36 (4), p.489-502
Main Authors: Okalidou, Areti, Kampanaros, Maria
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child clinical studies
Child, Preschool
communication disorders
Female
Greece - epidemiology
greek children
Hearing Disorders - epidemiology
Humans
Language and communication disorders
Language Disorders - epidemiology
Male
Mass Screening - methods
Medical sciences
Observer Variation
Pilot Projects
Prevalence
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Reproducibility of Results
Sex Factors
speech & language disorders
Teaching
Voice Disorders - epidemiology
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Summary:The general aim was to obtain piloting data for a series of experiments about the prevalence of communication impairment in preschool children in Greece. At this screening stage of the overall project, teacher perceptions of communication impairment in 57 kindergartens servicing 1113 children were examined via a questionnaire distributed in the urban region of Patras. The specific research goals were (1) to screen for specific categories of communication impairment such as articulation/phonology, receptive language, expressive language and pragmatics, hearing, stuttering, and voice, as they appear in the mainstreamed kindergarten population and (2) to offer comparative information on sex differences in communication impairment(s). The information was gathered by administration of a Greek-adapted version of the Communication Checklist for Pre-school Teachers, which was administered three times to obtain validity and reliability measures. The results were analysed separately for two studies (original and follow-up) and indicated teacher estimates of 14.4Þ18.7% for communication impairment in kindergarten children of the Patras region. Prevalence was higher for boys than for girls. Analysis of specific communication areas revealed that prevalence varies according to gender and category of communicative impairment. The limitations and follow-up needs of this study are discussed.
ISSN:1368-2822
1460-6984
DOI:10.1080/13682820110089399