Functional Communicative Profile of Children With Down Syndrome

The aim of this study was to verify the use of communicative functions by children with DS in two interaction conditions: interaction with therapist and interaction with parent.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Down Syndrome

Detailed Description

Parents and caregivers' engagement on therapeutic process of children with Down syndrome (DS) is important for language and communication development. The identification of the communicative skills presented by these children as well as the context influence in their performance as interlocutors, will contribute to the design of therapeutic interventions.

Pragmatics theories are helpful to language use studies, since it takes into account social and environmental aspects and considers adult-child interaction as a determinant factor for its occurrence.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 15

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Brazil
  • Sao Paulo, Brazil, 05360-160
    • University of Sao Paulo - School of Medicine - Department of Physiotherapy, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Occupational Therapy

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 5 years to 8 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

15 children with Down syndrome aged from 5 to 8 years.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• genetic diagnosis of Down syndrome
• good health conditions
• normal results on audiologic evaluation
• pediatric and ear, nose and throat periodic check ups.
• attend speech-language therapy at the Speech Language Pathology Laboratory in Syndromes and Sensorimotor Deficits (SLPL-SSD) of the School of Medicine of the University of São Paulo.

Exclusion Criteria:

• submission to long term hospitalizations due to heart diseases and major respiratory airway infections, that may interfere in the child's global development
• presence of visual or auditory important deficits

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

1

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Research Group; 15 children with Down syndrome, observed in two interaction conditions: playing with their therapist (A) and playing with their caregiver (B).

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Sao Paulo
• Investigators: Study Chair: Suelly CO Limongi, PhD, University of Sao Paulo; Principal Investigator: Eliza P Cunha, Ms student, University of Sao Paulo

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: July 1, 2006
• Primary Completion (Actual): October 1, 2007
• Study Completion (Actual): October 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 13, 2009
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 13, 2009
• First Posted (Estimate): February 16, 2009

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): February 16, 2009
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 13, 2009
• Last Verified: February 1, 2009

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Down syndrome; Language Development; Pragmatics
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Nervous System Diseases; Neurologic Manifestations; Neurobehavioral Manifestations; Disease; Congenital Abnormalities; Genetic Diseases, Inborn; Intellectual Disability; Abnormalities, Multiple; Chromosome Disorders; Syndrome; Down Syndrome
• Other Study ID Numbers: 180875