LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

VicCHILD: Speech and language

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2011-Ongoing	2012-Ongoing	2014-Ongoing	2012-Ongoing	2020	2021
	Phase	Enrolment	2 year old follow-up	5-7 year old follow-up	9-12 year old follow-up	COVID-19 Survey	COVID-19 Follow-Up Survey
	Age	3 months - 8 years	20-30 months	5-8 years	9-12 years	3 months - 18 years	1-18 years
	N	1200	405	368	160	493	362
Communication skills			P:VCh ^I P:ASQ-3 ^I P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I P:CCC-2 ^I		P:CCC-2 ^I	P:VCh-C ^I P:CCC-2 ^I
Comprehension			P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I P:CCC-2 ^I		O:CELF-5-FD ^I O:LiSN-S ^I P:CCC-2 ^I O:CELF-5-FD ^I	P:VCh-C ^I O:WRAT4 ^I O:ERRNI ^I P:CCC-2 ^I O:CELF-5-FD ^I
Family history of speech and language disorder			P:VCh-FHC ^Fam
Language					O:CTOPP-2 ^I O:NIHTCB-PVT ^I O:CELF-5-LC ^I	O:NIHTCB-PVT ^I O:CELF-5-LC ^I
Language development			P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I	P:MCDI-WS ^I P:SSLM ^I	O:RBS ^I O:CNRep ^I
Seen by speech and language therapy service					P:VCh-HSU ^I	P:VCh-HSU ^I	P:VCh-HSU ^I	P:VCh-HSU ^I
Speech			P:VCh ^I P:CCC-2 ^I	P:MCDI-WS ^I P:SSLM ^I	P:VCh ^I O:CTOPP-2 ^I O:RBS ^I O:GFTA-2 ^I P:CCC-2 ^I	P:VCh ^I O:GFTA-2 ^I P:CCC-2 ^I
Vocabulary			P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I P:CCC-2 ^I	P:MCDI-WS ^I	O:MHVS ^P P:CCC-2 ^I	O:WRAT4 ^I O:MHVS ^P P:CCC-2 ^I

Featured measurements

ASQ-3: : Ages and Stages Questionnaire: Third edition
CCC-2: : Children’s Communication Checklist - Second Edition
CNRep: : Children's Test of Nonword Repetition
CELF-5-FD: : Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals: Fifth Edition - Following Directions
CELF-5-LC: : Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals: Fifth Edition - Linguistic Concepts
CSBS-DP-ITC: : Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales Developmental Profile Infant-Toddler Checklist
CTOPP-2: : Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing: Second Edition
ERRNI: : Expression, Reception and Recall of Narrative Instrument
GFTA-2: : Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation: Second Edition
LiSN-S: : Listening in Spatialized Noise – Sentences test
MCDI-WS: : MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories: Words and Sentences
MHVS: : Mill Hill Vocabulary Scale
NIHTCB-PVT: : National Institutes of Health Toolbox Cognition Battery: Picture Vocabulary Test
RBS: : Renfrew Bus Story
SSLM: : Sure Start Language Measure
VCh-C: : VicCHILD devised - Communication Item set
VCh-FHC: : VicCHILD devised - Family History of Condition Item set
VCh-HSU: : VicCHILD devised - Health Service Use Item set
VCh: : Victorian Childhood Hearing Impairment Longitudinal Databank-devised measure
WRAT4: : Wide Range Achievement Test 4

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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