LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

ELVS: Speech and language

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
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
Comprehension			P:MCDI-WG ^I P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I	P:MCDI-WG ^I P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I	P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I		O:CELF-P2 ^I O:WRAT4 ^I O:KBIT-2 ^I	O:CELF-4 ^I O:WRAT4 ^I ¹	P:CCC-2 ^I	T:CCC-2 ^I O:CELF-4 ^I O:WRAT4 ^I	P:CCC-2 ^I	P:CCC-2 ^I O:WRAT4 ^I O:ERRNI ^I O:CELF-4 ^I T:CCC-2 ^I	P:CCC-2 ^I T:CCC-2 ^I
Family history of speech and language disorder			P:ELVS-FHLLP ^M P:ELVS-FHLLP ^F P:ELVS-FHLLP ^Si									P:ELVS-FHLLP ^Si
Language							O:CELF-P2 ^I	O:CELF-4 ^I		O:CELF-4 ^I		O:CELF-4 ^I			P:ELVS-L ^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
Social skills								O:CELF-4 ^I		P:SCQ ^I O:CELF-4 ^I		O:CELF-4 ^I		P:CELF-5-PP ^I			S:CELF-5-PP-A ^I
Speech			P:ELVS-SD ^I	P:ELVS-SD ^I	P:MCDI-WS ^I P:ELVS-SD ^I	P:MCDI-III ^I P:ELVS-SD ^I	O:GFTA-2 ^I P:ELVS-SD ^I	O:CTOPP ^I P:ELVS-SD ^I	P:CCC-2 ^I P:ELVS-SD ^I	T:CCC-2 ^I O:GFTA-2 ^I ² P:ELVS-SD ^I T:ELVS-SD ^I	P:CCC-2 ^I	P:CCC-2 ^I P:ELVS-SD ^I O:GFTA-2 ^I T:CCC-2 ^I	P:CCC-2 ^I P:ELVS-SD ^I T:CCC-2 ^I		P:ELVS-SD ^I
Stuttering						P:ELVS-St ^I	P:ELVS-St ^I	P:ELVS-St ^I	P:ELVS-St ^I	P:ELVS-St ^I	P:ELVS-St ^I	P:ELVS-St ^I ³	P:ELVS-St ^I ³		P:ELVS-St ^I
Vocabulary			P:MCDI-WG ^I P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I	P:MCDI-WG ^I P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I P:MHVS ^M P:MHVS ^F	P:MCDI-WS ^I P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I	P:MCDI-III ^I	O:CELF-P2 ^I O:WRAT4 ^I O:KBIT-2 ^I	O:CELF-4 ^I O:WRAT4 ^I ¹ O:PPVT-4 ^I	P:CCC-2 ^I	T:CCC-2 ^I O:CELF-4 ^I O:PPVT-4 ^I ⁴ O:WRAT4 ^I	P:CCC-2 ^I	P:CCC-2 ^I O:WRAT4 ^I O:CELF-4 ^I T:CCC-2 ^I	P:CCC-2 ^I T:CCC-2 ^I				S:MHVS ^I
Voice							P:ELVS-VP ^I

Featured measurements

ASQ-2: : Ages and Stages Questionnaire: Second edition
CCC-2: : Children’s Communication Checklist - Second Edition
CNRep: : Children's Test of Nonword Repetition
CELF-P2: : Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals Preschool-2
CELF-5-PP: : Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals: Fifth Edition - Pragmatics Profile
CELF-5-PP-A: : Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals: Fifth Edition - Pragmatics Profile: Adapted
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-FHLLP: : ELVS devised - Family history of language and literacy problems measure
ELVS-L: : ELVS devised - Language measure
ELVS-SD: : ELVS devised - Speech Development measure
ELVS-St: : ELVS devised - Stuttering measure
ELVS-VP: : ELVS devised - Voice Problems
ERRNI: : Expression, Reception and Recall of Narrative Instrument
GFTA-2: : Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation: Second Edition
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
PPVT-4: : Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test - 4th edition
SCQ: : Social Communication Questionnaire
WRAT4: : Wide Range Achievement Test 4

Notes

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

Only administered if required

Only administered to stuttering sub-cohort

⁴

Shortened version administered to a subset of 400 participants

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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