The Language Use Inventory: Aiding the detection of language delay among 18- to 47-month-old children

Daniela O'Neill

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo

 

Tuesday, November 10, 2009
12:30 - 1:30pm
Davis Centre 1304
University of Waterloo

 

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Abstract

In this talk, Dr. O’Neill will introduce the Language Use Inventory (LUI), a standardized parent-report measure to assess early pragmatic language development in 18- to 47-month-old children. It meets urgent calls for the development of new standardized measures to assess pragmatics, especially for use with young children. She will provide a brief overview of its development, content, validation and recent standardization on over 3500 children. She will discuss its intended uses and a current pilot study assessing its implementation in family doctor’s practices and more informal drop-in community locations (Ontario Early Years Centres) in an effort to aid in the detection of early language delay among children.

About the Speaker

For over 15 years, Daniela O'Neill's research (http://childstudies.uwaterloo.ca) has focused on children's developing understanding of the mind and its relation to communicative development. In addition to the development of the Language Use Inventory (LUI), she has conducted research on children's gestural and spoken communication, in laboratory, naturalistic, parent-child and peer-to-peer settings, as well as in conversation and narrative. Daniela is the founder and director of UW’s Centre for Child Studies. She received her B.Sc. from the University of Toronto and her PhD from Stanford University.