Status:
COMPLETED
Evaluating the Impact of Story Starters on Children's Language Development
Lead Sponsor:
Julian Pine
Conditions:
Language Development
Eligibility:
All Genders
3-5 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The aim of this project is to evaluate whether Beanstalk's 'Story Starters' intervention is effective in boosting vocabulary and grammatical development in young children.
Detailed Description
Children who read regularly with their parents or carers tend to learn language faster, enter school with a larger vocabulary of words and become more successful readers in school. Because of this, lo...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All families will be included unless they fit the exclusion criteria
Exclusion
- Children born before 37 weeks gestation (premature)
- Children who weighed less than 5lb 9oz at birth (low birth weight)
- Children who have had an ear infection/glue ear for longer than 3 months, 4-6 ear infections within a 6 month period or another identified hearing problem (e.g. at newborn hearing screening)
- Children with an identified developmental disability (e.g. Cerebral Palsy, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Fragile X syndrome, Muscular dystrophy, Di George syndrome, Down's syndrome, Williams syndrome)
- Children with a hearing or visual impairment
- Children who hear another language (not English) for 1 day or more in a typical week (please note that this also excludes children of parents who do not speak English)
- Children whose parents have a learning disability which puts their children at risk of language delay and excludes the parents from giving informed consent on their own and on their children's behalf.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 4 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 31 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
198 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03268928
Start Date
September 4 2017
End Date
March 31 2019
Last Update
April 17 2019
Active Locations (1)
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Liverpool Language Lab at the University of Liverpool
Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom, L69 7ZA