Gough Kenyon, Sheila M., Lucas, Rebecca M. and Palikara, Olympia (2020) Expectations of the transition to secondary school in children with developmental language disorder and low language ability. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 90 (2). pp. 249-265. doi:10.1111/bjep.12292 ISSN 0007-0998.
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Abstract
Background
A successful transition from primary to secondary school for typically developing (TD) children is associated with academic and psychosocial outcomes. Children with developmental language disorder (DLD) tend to have pervasive needs in both of these domains, yet little is known about their experience of this transition. We have no information concerning the transition for children with low language (LL).
Aim
(1) To explore the expectations of the transition to primary school for children with DLD, children with LL proficiency, and their TD peers; (2) to examine the predictors of transition concerns for each group.
Sample
Children aged 10–11 in the final year of primary school with DLD (n = 30), LL (n = 29), or TD (n = 48) were recruited from eight UK primary schools in the summer term.
Methods
A battery of standardized language and psychosocial assessments, including the School Concerns Questionnaire (SCQ; Rice et al. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 81, 2011, 244), was administered.
Results
The TD group had significantly lower levels of school concern than DLD and LL groups while DLD and LL groups did not significantly differ. Scholastic competence predicted overall concerns of children with DLD; social competence predicted TD overall concerns; and no variables predicted overall concerns of children with LL. Exploration of school concern subfactors highlighted the importance of emotion recognition for all groups and social competence for children with LL.
Conclusions
Results indicate that school provision to facilitate a successful transition may most usefully target different areas depending on pupils’ language level.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) |
| Journal or Publication Title: | British Journal of Educational Psychology |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| ISSN: | 0007-0998 |
| Official Date: | May 2020 |
| Dates: | Date Event May 2020 Published 27 June 2019 Available |
| Volume: | 90 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Page Range: | pp. 249-265 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/bjep.12292 |
| Status: | Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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| URI: | https://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/130200/ |
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