LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

ELVS: Neurocognitive development

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2003-2004	2003-2004	2004-2005	2005-2006	2006-2007	2007-2008	2008-2009	2009-2010	2011-2012	2013-2014	2015-2017	2020-2024	2020-2022	2021-2023	2023-2024
	Wave	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	Age	8 months	12 months	24 months	3 years	4 years	5 years	6 years	7 years	9 years	11 years	13 years	17 - 18 years	17 - 19 years	18 - 20 years	20-21 years
	N	1910	1759	1741	1647	1623	1002	1047	1189	1166	871	858	577	575	570	569
Ability to imitate			P:MCDI-WG ^I	P:MCDI-WG ^I
Arithmetic reasoning							O:WRAT4 ^I	O:WRAT4 ^I ¹		O:WRAT4 ^I		O:WRAT4 ^I				S:HILDA-FLN ^I
Assessment of needs								P:CSHCNS ^I				P:CSHCNS ^I	P:CSHCNS ^I
Attention				P:STST ^I	P:STST ^I	P:STST ^I
Child development status			P:PEDS ^I	P:PEDS ^I	P:PEDS ^I	P:PEDS ^I	P:PEDS ^I	P:ASQ-2 ^I
Cognitive functions									P:CCC-2 ^I	T:CCC-2 ^I	P:CCC-2 ^I	P:CCC-2 ^I T:CCC-2 ^I	P:CCC-2 ^I T:CCC-2 ^I
Communicates with gestures			P:MCDI-WG ^I P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I	P:MCDI-WG ^I P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I	P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I
Communication skills			P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I	P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I	P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I			P:ASQ-2 ^I P:ELVS-CS ^I	P:CCC-2 ^I P:ELVS-CS ^I	P:SCQ ^I T:CCC-2 ^I P:ELVS-CS ^I	P:CCC-2 ^I	P:CCC-2 ^I T:CCC-2 ^I	P:CCC-2 ^I T:CCC-2 ^I
Developmental screening								P:CSHCNS ^I				P:CSHCNS ^I	P:CSHCNS ^I
Executive cognitive functions								P:ASQ-2 ^I		O:WASI-MR ^I		O:WASI-II-MR ^I
Intelligence				P:MHVS ^M P:MHVS ^F			O:KBIT-2 ^I										S:MHVS ^I
Language development			P:MCDI-WG ^I P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I	P:MCDI-WG ^I P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I	P:MCDI-WS ^I P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I	P:MCDI-III ^I		O:CNRep ^I				O:CNRep ^I
Memory								O:CTOPP ^I O:CNRep ^I				O:CNRep ^I O:ERRNI ^I
Memory assessment								O:CELF-4 ^I		O:CELF-4 ^I		O:CELF-4 ^I		S:CELF-5-RS ^I ²
Motor function			P:MCDI-WG ^I	P:MCDI-WG ^I				P:ASQ-2 ^I		O:MABC-2-MD ^I ³
Persistence				P:STST ^I	P:STST ^I	P:STST ^I	P:STSC ^I		P:STSC ^I ⁴	P:STSC ^I ⁴		P:SATI ^I ⁴	P:SATI ^I ⁴
Pervasive developmental disorder									P:ELVS-DD ^I	P:ELVS-DD ^I P:SCQ ^I	P:ELVS-DD ^I	P:ELVS-DD ^I	P:ELVS-DD ^I		P:ELVS-DD ^I		S:ELVS-DD ^I
Play behaviour			P:MCDI-WG ^I P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I	P:MCDI-WG ^I P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I	P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I
Processing speed								O:CELF-4 ^I O:CTOPP ^I		O:CELF-4 ^I		O:CELF-4 ^I
Social-emotional development			P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I	P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I	P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I			P:ASQ-2 ^I
Visuospatial reasoning							O:KBIT-2 ^I			O:WASI-BD ^I		O:WASI-II-BD ^I

Featured measurements

ASQ-2: : Ages and Stages Questionnaire: Second edition
CSHCNS: : Children with Special Health Care Needs screener
CCC-2: : Children’s Communication Checklist - Second Edition
CNRep: : Children's Test of Nonword Repetition
CELF-5-RS: : Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals: Fifth Edition - Recalling Sentences
CELF-4: : Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals: Fourth Edition
CSBS-DP-ITC: : Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales Developmental Profile Infant-Toddler Checklist
CTOPP: : Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing
ELVS-CS: : ELVS devised - Communication Skills measure
ELVS-DD: : ELVS devised - Developmental Diagnoses measure
ERRNI: : Expression, Reception and Recall of Narrative Instrument
HILDA-FLN: : HILDA devised - Functional Literacy and Numeracy measure
KBIT-2: : Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test: Second Edition
MCDI-III: : MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories, Third Edition
MCDI-WG: : MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories: Words and Gestures
MCDI-WS: : MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories: Words and Sentences
MHVS: : Mill Hill Vocabulary Scale
MABC-2-MD: : Movement Assessment Battery for Children: Second edition - Manual Dexterity
PEDS: : Parents' Evaluation of Developmental Status
SATI: : School Aged Temperament Inventory
STSC: : Short Temperament Scale for Children
STST: : Short Temperament Scale for Toddlers
SCQ: : Social Communication Questionnaire
WASI-BD: : Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence - Block Design
WASI-MR: : Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence - Matrix Reasoning
WASI-II-BD: : Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence: Second Edition - Block Design
WASI-II-MR: : Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence: Second Edition - Matrix Reasoning
WRAT4: : Wide Range Achievement Test 4

Notes

Completed only if mother attended 5yo assessment and mother did not complete tasks at 4yo assessment

Computer administered version developed for ELVS

The Threading beads task was assessed

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Only administered to stuttering sub-cohort

Legend

B: = Biosample collected
BA: = Biosample analysis
G: = Grandparent(s) completed questionnaire
L: = Data linkage
N: = Nurse completed questionnaire
O: = Observation or direct assessment
Of: = Offspring completed questionnaire
P: = Parent/guardian completed questionnaire
Pe: = Peer completed questionnaire
R: = Records abstraction
S: = Self (primary participant) completed questionnaire
T: = Teacher completed questionnaire
X: = Other source
X ^F: = Pertains to father
X ^Fam: = Pertains to family
X ^G: = Pertains to grandparent(s)
X ^I: = Pertains to primary participant
X ^IP: = Pertains to partner
X ^M: = Pertains to mother
X ^O: = Pertains to offspring
X ^P: = Pertains to parent/guardian(s)
X ^Pe: = Pertains to peers
X ^Si: = Pertains to sibling(s)
X ^T: = Pertains to teacher(s)
X ^X: = Pertains to other reportees

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