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“I’ll do it myself!”: Factors associated with independence in adolescents with a history of SLI |
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Kevin Durkin - University of Strathclyde, UK
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Gina Conti-Ramsden - The University of Manchester, UK
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2006 |
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| - Language Impairment, School Age |
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For all young people, the process of moving from childhood to adulthood is challenging. The eventual level of attainment in social-independent functioning has implications for the degree of support needed in living arrangements and integration into the community. Very little is known of how adolescents with SLI cope with these challenges. This study investigated independence in both a large cohort of 16 year-old adolescents with a history of SLI (n=120) and a comparison group of typically developing adolescents (n=118). It was found that less adolescents with SLI than TD adolescents were functioning independently regardless of informant (parent vs. self). Adolescents, whether they were TD or SLI, reported themselves to be more independent than their parents did. Level of expressive language and reading comprehension ability were significantly associated with independent functioning at 16 years. Furthermore, early longitudinal data on the same participants revealed that expressive skills at 7 years as measured by the Bus Story were predictive of later adolescent independent functioning at 16 years. Funding: The Nuffield Foundation (EDU/8366). |
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