Child maltreatment has a documented independent negative impact on children's language development¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Child maltreatment independently impacts children's language, literacy, and social skills development. → Pamela C. Snow 2021

Evidence¶

Pamela C. Snow 2021¶

Pamela C. Snow. (2021). Psychosocial Adversity in Early Childhood and Language and Literacy Skills in Adolescence: The Role of Speech-Language Pathology in Prevention, Policy, and Practice. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_PERSP-20-00120

q2 · i? · review · r1

Narrative review assertion citing Lum et al. (2018) and Snow (2009) that maltreatment has a "documented independent impact" on children's language, literacy, and social skills. The review reports this as established evidence without printing effect sizes.

"Child maltreatment needs to be central to speech- language pathology scope of practice and advocacy because of the documented independent impact it has on children's language (and, by extension, literacy) development and social skills"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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• Preschoolers' social skills are related to preliteracy, language, and mathematics development controlling for attention and aggression problems — related