Assessment of conversational pragmatics: A screening tool for pragmatic language impairment in a control population of children aged 6-12 years.

Assessment of conversational pragmatics: A screening tool for pragmatic language impairment in a control population of children aged 6-12 years. Arch Pediatr. 2019 Apr 03;: Authors: Gentilleau-Lambin P, Nicli J, Richard AF, Macchi L, Barbeau C, Nguyen S, Medjkane F, Lemaître MP Abstract Pragmatics can be defined as the way in which language is used to communicate in a given social context. Although there is a lack of a standardized assessment, healthcare professionals find themselves confronted with pragmatic language skill impairments in children with neurodevelopmental disorders or brain injuries. The characterization of language use causes problems in social interactions, which has clinical implications in daily life. However, this is still underestimated because there is currently no quick, easy-to-use screening device to rank these deficits. We have developed a pragmatic deficits screening chart that has been tested on a control population of children aged 6-12 years. The chart comprises 26 items exploring seven areas of pragmatics (intentionality, governance of exchange, organization of information, adaptation strategies, conversational implicit language, nonverbal skills, and paralinguistic aspects). Parents select one of four possible answers to describe how frequently their child demonstrates each type of behavior ("never, rarely, sometimes, often"). We distributed 1666 charts; 760 were returned, of which 552 could be analy...
Source: Archives de Pediatrie - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tags: Arch Pediatr Source Type: research