RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT06937255

Dynamic Assessment of the Risk for Language and Reading Disorders in Monolingual and Multilingual Children

Validation of Computerized Dynamic Assessment Tasks to Identify the Risk of Developmental Language Disorders (DLD) and Specific Reading Disorder (SRD) in Monolingual and Multilingual Children

Sponsor

IRCCS Eugenio Medea

Enrollment

150 participants

Start Date

Apr 3, 2023

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Developmental Dyslexia Developmental Language Disorder

Summary

The project represents the completion of a part of the recently concluded European project MultiMind, in which a computer platform called MuLiMi was developed and validated. The platform hosts screening tests for the identification of the risk of Language and Learning Disorders in preschool and primary school children, respectively. The aim is to validate the Dynamic Assessment (DA) tests (a first test assessing the capacity to learn new words for preschool children and a second one assessing the capacity to learn a new spelling code for school-age children) in a population of monolingual and bilingual children attending preschool and primary school. The main goal of the study is to complete the validation of the two Dynamic Assessment tests implemented in the MuLiMi platform developed for the MultiMind project.

Eligibility

Min Age: 4 YearsMax Age: 9 Years

Plain Language Summary

Simplified for easier understanding

This clinical trial is studying computerized Dynamic Assessment for people with developmental dyslexia and developmental language disorder. The study is currently recruiting participants at 1 location. People eligible for this study include aged 4 Years to 9 Years.

This summary was AI-generated to explain the trial in plain language. It is not medical advice. Always discuss eligibility with your doctor before enrolling in a clinical trial.

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Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTcomputerized Dynamic Assessment

The DA tests (with a duration of about 30 minutes) can be administered by accessing the digital platform MuLiMi, individually with the experimenter or examiner. The tests are in game form and require children to learn the names of characters presented in the context of stories (preschool version) or to learn new codes for reading and writing (primary school version). In both cases, the new materials (names or codes) are repeatedly presented to the child until (s)he reaches an accuracy threshold. The number of repetitions needed to reach the threshold constitutes the main measure of the child's learning capacity, together with the number of errors committed during the various cycles.