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Acquisition and cognition 2007

Themes and actions

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French adaptation of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories : short versions.


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Sophie KERN

Scientific framework and objectives

There are few tests for the evaluation of early language abilities for French children. The French scientific community, and more importantly, practitioners working with very young children have very few test batteries or scales which can be used for early diagnoses of delayed language acquisition. Most available tests are designed for children older than three years of age and examine specifically targeted developments (cf. Chevrie-Muller & Narbona (1996) for a review). Because the role of early language behaviour has been shown to have ramifications on later development and because practitioners working with young children constantly request evaluation instruments, we judged the development of such an instrument essential. The principal objective of this research project is the elaboration of an instrument of evaluation of early language for children at 12, 18 and 24 months. With the goal of reaching a certain level of standardisation for the European French-speaking community and thanks to the participation of many paediatricians, members of the Société Européenne de Pédiatres Ambulatoires (SEPA), this instrument will allow the evaluation of children from Belgium, Luxembourg, France and Switzerland, with French as their first, or one of their first, languages. Three parental reports have been constructed based on the results obtained earlier from the French adaptation of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Inventories (see project n° ???). Data collection has been undertaken by one hundred paediatricians, members of the Société Européenne de Pédiatres Ambulatoires (SEPA). This data collection began in April 2003 and finally 554, 357 and 385 questionnaires have been collected for respectively 12, 18 and 24 months of age.

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The principal objective of this research project is the elaboration of an instrument of evaluation of early language for children at 12, 18 and 24 months. With the goal of reaching a certain level of standardisation for the European French-speaking community and thanks to the participation of many paediatricians, members of the Société Européenne de Pédiatres Ambulatoires (SEPA), this instrument will allow the evaluation of children from Belgium, Luxembourg, France and Switzerland, with French as their first, or one of their first, languages.


  Financial support
  • SEPA (Société Européenne des pédiatres ambulatoires)
    Early language evaluation
    Laboratoire pharmaceutique luxembourgeois
    2001-2002

  Publications
  • Bovet, F., Danjou, G., Langue, J., Moretto, M., Tockert, E., Kern, S., 2005a, "Les inventaires français du développement communicatif (IFCD): un nouvel outil pour évaluer le développement communicatif du nourrisson", Médecine et Enfance, 25:6, pp. 327-332
  • Bovet, F., Danjou, G., Langue, J., Moretto, M., Tockert, E., Kern, S., 2005b, "Un nouvel outil d'évaluation du développement communicatif du nourrisson", Médecine et enfance, 25:7, pp. 67-74
  • Kern, S., Langue, J., 2003, "Assessment of language development in infants and toddlers: Construction of a simplified parent report", 14th Congress of the European Society for Ambulatory Pediatrics, Milan, Italie, 19 au 21 Septembre
  • Kern, S., Parisse, C., Lenormand, M.T., 2005, "Méthodes et valeur prédictive de l'évaluation du langage de l'enfant avant 3 ans", Journée validation d'outils de repérage, dépistage et diagnostic des troubles spécifiques du langage oral et écrit chez l'enfant, Inserm U472, Villejuif, France, Janvier
  • Kern, S., 2005, "Presentation of McArthur Language Test versions: French, Italian, Spanish", proc. of 16th Congress of the European Society of Ambulatory Pedatrics, Barcelone, Espagne, 7-8 octobre
  • Kern, S., 2005, "Troubles du langage : Un repérage toujours plus précoce", proc. of 16th congress of the european society of ambulatory pediatrics, Barcelone, Espagne, 7-8 octobre
  • Kern, S., 2006, "Adaptation française des inventaires du développement communicatif de MacArthur-Bates: versions courtes et versions longues", Séminaire INSERM, Unité 569, Krémlin-Bicêtre, 27 mars
  • Kern, S., 2006, "Outil d’évaluation précoce du langage : adaptation et étalonnage des versions courtes du compte-rendu parental de MacArthur-Bates à l’acquisition du français", actes de Dès la naissance le bébé nous parle. ADPO, Pamiers, 31 mars
  • Kern, S., 2006, "Evaluation du développement gestuel, lexical et grammatical chez l'enfant français de 8 à 30 mois: adaptation française du compte-rendu parental de MacArthur-Bates ", actes de Journée d’études Lexique et morphologie : premières acquisitions, Paris, 29 mai

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